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Mount Peace Cemetery is a 
In May 1913, a statue of James Bartram Nicholson was erected in Mount Peace Cemetery in dedication to his service as Grand Sire of Sovereign Grand Lodge and as Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of 1.O.O.F. of Pennsylvania.
In 1951, the Oddfellows Cemetery on 22nd street in Philadelphia was closed and the bodies reinterred to other cemeteries operated by the Oddfellows including Lawnview Memorial Park and Mount Peace Cemetery.
The burial records for Mount Peace Cemetery are kept at Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.
Official website
Mount Peace Cemetery
at Find a Grave 1865 establishments in Pennsylvania Cemeteries established in the 1860s Cemeteries in Philadelphia East Falls, Philadelphia Odd Fellows cemeteries in the United States
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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that is owned and operated by the Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows when referencing the Grand United Order of Oddfellows or some British-based fraternities; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in 18th-cen ...
organization. It was established in 1865 and is located at 3111 West Lehigh Avenue, near the Laurel Hill Cemetery.
The cemetery property was originally part of the colonial estate of Robert Ralston and kept the estate name of Mount Peace.
Another portion of the estate was used for the creation of Mount Vernon Cemetery.
In May 1913, a statue of James Bartram Nicholson was erected in Mount Peace Cemetery in dedication to his service as Grand Sire of Sovereign Grand Lodge and as Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of 1.O.O.F. of Pennsylvania.
In 1951, the Oddfellows Cemetery on 22nd street in Philadelphia was closed and the bodies reinterred to other cemeteries operated by the Oddfellows including Lawnview Memorial Park and Mount Peace Cemetery.
The burial records for Mount Peace Cemetery are kept at Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.
Notable burials
* Joseph A. Bailly (1825–1883), sculptor * Charles E. Barber (1840–1917), Sixth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint * Thomas Brigham Bishop (1835–1905), composer of popular music * Daniel G. Caldwell (1842–1917), U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Charles H. Clausen (1842–1922), U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * John W. Comfort (1844–1893), Texas-Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient * Horace Fogel (1861–1928), Major League Baseball manager * Bill Haeffner (1894–1982), professional baseball player * Bill Hallman (1876–1950), professional baseball player * Jack Lapp (1884–1920), professional baseball player * Francis Mahler (1826–1863), Union Army officer in the U.S. Civil War * Turner Gustavus Morehead (1814–1892), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army * Uriah Smith Stephens (1821–1882), labor leader * John Weaver (1861–1928), mayor of Philadelphia from 1903 to 1907 * Jimmy Young (1948–2005), professional boxerReferences
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Official website
Mount Peace Cemetery
at Find a Grave 1865 establishments in Pennsylvania Cemeteries established in the 1860s Cemeteries in Philadelphia East Falls, Philadelphia Odd Fellows cemeteries in the United States