Foochow Mission Cemetery (;

Foochow Romanized Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8 ...

: ''Iòng-muó-dìng'') was a

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once located on the north and south side of a hill at the west end of Maiyuan Road,

Cangshan District Cangshan District (, Fuzhou dialect: Chŏng-săng) is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. History * Cangshan District was formerly known as "Guatengshan" (literally, "Melon Vi ...

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. Covering an area of about , Foochow Mission Cemetery had been the burial ground for the Western Protestant

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and

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who died in Fuzhou (then known as Foochow) since the founding of the Mission in 1847. Until 1949 there were more than 400 burials, with all

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s in size and neatly aligned. The cemetery was demolished during the

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Notable interments

* Carl Joseph Fast *

Charles Hartwell Charles Hartwell (; Pinyin: ''Xià Chálǐ''; Foochow Romanized: ''Hâ Chák-lī''; December 19, 1825 - January 30, 1905) was an American Board missionary to Fuzhou, China in the second half of the 19th century. Life and work Hartwell was b ...

* Nathan Sites * Robert Warren Stewart *

Isaac William Wiley Isaac William Wiley (; Pinyin: ''Huáilǐ''; Foochow Romanized: ''Huài-lā̤''; 29 March 1825 – 22 November 1884) was an American who distinguished himself as a physician, a Methodist missionary to China, a pastor, as the President (education ...

Gallery

File:Fuh-chau cemetery.jpg, Illustration of Foochow Mission Cemetery, ca. 1858, by

Erastus Wentworth Erastus Wentworth (; Pinyin: ''Wànwéi''; Foochow Romanized: ''Uâng-ùi''; August 5, 1813 – May 26, 1886) was an educator, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and a missionary to Fuzhou, China. Life Dr. Wentworth was born in Stonington, Conne ...

File:Grave of nathan sites.jpg, Tomb of Nathan Sites File:Kucheng massacre cemetery2.jpg, Tomb of Robert Warren Stewart and other victims of Kucheng Massacre File:Grave of charles hartwell.jpg, Tomb of

File:American cemetery in foochow.jpeg, American Cemetery

References

Fuzhou City Records
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External links

The Mission Cemetery of Fuh-Chau
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I.W. Wiley Isaac William Wiley (; Pinyin: ''Huáilǐ''; Foochow Romanized: ''Huài-lā̤''; 29 March 1825 – 22 November 1884) was an American who distinguished himself as a physician, a Methodist missionary to China, a pastor, as the president of a semin ...

, 1858 Cemeteries in China Protestant Reformed cemeteries Buildings and structures in Fuzhou