Ivy Hill Cemetery is a public

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and

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located at 1201 Easton Road in the Cedarbrook neighborhood of

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. Chartered in 1867, it is 80 acres in size and was originally named the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Cemetery. It was renamed Ivy Hill Cemetery in June 1871. The gatehouse is a grand gothic archway and contains a farmhouse chapel. One cremation unit was installed in 1985 and the number has been expanded to include six cremation units. One of the notable monuments in the cemetery is of Melville H. Freas. He fought in the

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as a member of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and commissioned a life-size statue of himself in his military uniform to adorn his grave.

Notable burials

* H.W. Ambruster (1879–1961), Rutgers University football coach * William Law Anderson (1879–1910), professional golfer *

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(1907–1991), professional baseball player * George Potter Darrow (1859–1943), U.S. congressman * Mahlon Duckett (1922–2015), professional baseball player * Charles Edgar Duryea (1861–1939), automotive engineer and inventor * "Smokin' Joe" Frazier (1944–2011), professional boxer * L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette (1827–1905), first woman ever ordained a minister in Canada *

Franklin B. Gowen Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 – December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, commonly referred to as the Reading Railroad, in the 1870s and 1880s. He is identified with the undercover infiltrati ...

(1836–1889), businessman * Bill Gray (1871–1932), professional baseball player *

Harold B. Hairston Harold B. Hairston ( December 8, 1939 - November 1, 2016) served as the first African-American Fire Commissioner for the Philadelphia Fire Department from 1992. Hairston was appointed head of the fire department by Mayor Ed Rendell and served unti ...

(1940–2016), Philadelphia fire commissioner *

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(1886–1971), professional baseball player * Margaret Lawrence (1889–1929), actress * Thomas McIntosh (1921–2005), Philadelphia city councilman * Harold Melvin (1939–1997), soul singer *

Acel Moore Acel Moore (October 5, 1940 – February 12, 2016) was a long-time reporter, columnist, and editor for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Moore won a Pulitzer Prize in 1977. He was among the first Black journalists hired at the Inquirer. Early life M ...

(1940–2016), ''

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'' editor *

Edwin Ward Moore Edwin Ward Moore (July 15, 1810 – October 5, 1865), was an American naval officer who also served as commander-in-chief of the Texas Navy, Navy of the Republic of Texas. Early life Moore was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His grandfather an ...

(1810–1865), commodore of the Texas Navy *

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(1954–2014), professional boxer * Francis D. Pastorius (1920–1962),

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Fayette Pinkney Fayette Regina Pinkney (January 10, 1948 – June 27, 2009) was an American singer and one of the original members of musical group The Three Degrees. Early life and education Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pinkney was one of three young ...

(1948–2009), soul singer *

Joni Sledge Joan Elise Sledge (September 13, 1956 – March 10, 2017) was an American singer best known as a founding member of the family vocal group Sister Sledge. The group was known for their hits during the mid-1970s, mid-1980s and 1990s; most notably 1 ...

(1956–2017), pop and disco singer *

William Thompson Russell Smith William Thompson Russell Smith (Glasgow, Scotland 1812 – Glenside, PA, 1896) was a Scottish-American painter who produced iconic images of Pennsylvania's landscape inspired by the aesthetic of the Hudson River School. Early life and education ...

(1812–1896), landscape painter *

Bill Tilden William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. He was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional by Ra ...

(1893–1953), professional tennis player * Lauretha A. Vaird (1952–1996), Philadelphia police officer * Louis Wagner (1838–1914), U.S. Army general *

Marion Williams Marion Williams (August 29, 1927 – July 2, 1994) was an American gospel singer. Early years Marion Williams was born in Miami, Florida, to a religiously devout mother and musically inclined father. She left school when she was nine ...

(1927–1994), gospel singer * Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953–1957), child murder victim known as the "boy in the box"

References

External links

* localcemeteries.net �
Ivy Hill Cemetery
* * {{GNIS, 1177894, Ivy Hill Cemetery Cemeteries established in the 1860s Cemeteries in Philadelphia Crematoria in the United States 1867 establishments in Pennsylvania Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia