Caln Orthodox Friends Burial Ground
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Caln Orthodox Friends Burial Ground

Also known as Caln Friends Orthodox Burial Ground

Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 United States
    Coordinates: 40.00717, -75.76343
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Across the highway from the Caln Hicksite Cemetery
See: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground

THE HICKSITE/ORTHODOX DIVISION
Old Caln Hicksite graveyard lies behind the Meeting House. In 1827/28, a Hicksite/Orthodox division occurred and Bradford, Robeson, and Uwchlan went mostly Orthodox. Sadsbury and its half dozen preparative meetings went mostly Hicksite. At Old Caln, those who went Orthodox met in the east room of the large meetinghouse while the Hicksites met in the west room, with both groups using the middle room as needed. The Orthodox at Old Caln also created a separate burial ground across King's Highway from the now Hicksite Meeting House. In 1907 the Orthodox began holding their meetings in a home in Coatesville and continued doing so for a few years until they built a new meetinghouse in Coatesville where members of the small Orthodox Sadsbury Meeting joined them.

Around 1935 Gerberich recorded the tombstone inscriptions of the Friends cemeteries. He called this cemetery Caln Friends Orthodox Burial Ground and described its location across the highway from the Hicksite. Many of his recorded burials are improperly entered at the Hicksite listing in Findagrave and most are so noted on their respective memorial page.



Across the highway from the Caln Hicksite Cemetery
See: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground

THE HICKSITE/ORTHODOX DIVISION
Old Caln Hicksite graveyard lies behind the Meeting House. In 1827/28, a Hicksite/Orthodox division occurred and Bradford, Robeson, and Uwchlan went mostly Orthodox. Sadsbury and its half dozen preparative meetings went mostly Hicksite. At Old Caln, those who went Orthodox met in the east room of the large meetinghouse while the Hicksites met in the west room, with both groups using the middle room as needed. The Orthodox at Old Caln also created a separate burial ground across King's Highway from the now Hicksite Meeting House. In 1907 the Orthodox began holding their meetings in a home in Coatesville and continued doing so for a few years until they built a new meetinghouse in Coatesville where members of the small Orthodox Sadsbury Meeting joined them.

Around 1935 Gerberich recorded the tombstone inscriptions of the Friends cemeteries. He called this cemetery Caln Friends Orthodox Burial Ground and described its location across the highway from the Hicksite. Many of his recorded burials are improperly entered at the Hicksite listing in Findagrave and most are so noted on their respective memorial page.



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