Coatesville Presbyterian Cemetery
Also known as Old Coatesville Presbyterian Cemetery
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 United StatesCoordinates: 39.98315, -75.81847 - Cemetery ID:
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*** This cemetery is Defunct. Do Not Add new burials unless you have documented proof this is the correct cemetery. Only burials earlier then 1936. There has not been a new burial in this cemetery in over 75 Years. ***
Chester County Historical Society records show the cemetery was established May 10, 1845 from land purchased from Elizabeth George for $100.
Chester Valley Union
June 20, 1888
A Beautiful Place.- The Presbyterian Burial Ground in our town has been put in excellent order, and presents a beautiful appearance. Miss Hannah Withrow, by her will, left one thousand dollars, the interest of which the Trustees of the Church are to spend in keeping her lot and the grounds in proper condition. The Trustees desire each lot holder to look after and keep their lot in order, but where they have failed to do so, the Trustees have done it for them. The ground is small, and no more lots are being sold- the only interments being by present lot holders. There is an iron fence on Harmony Street and on the east side. We understand that the Trustees are about making an effort to put an iron fence on the west and south. There are several beautiful monuments in the enclosure.
Coatesville Record
May 28, 1943
Six of eleven boys, arrested here several weeks ago for acts of vandalism at the old Presbyterian cemetery on Harmony Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, have paid their share of damages, it was disclosed today at the City Police Station. Each youth was assessed $10. Police charged the boys, while looking for garter snakes, upset and damaged a large number of stones.
Coatesville Record
October 19, 1969
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.....W.K. Thorne, once an elder in the Presbyterian Church, could not remember a burial in the cemetery over the past 34 years. He thought, however, that several bodies were exhumed and transplanted in Fairview Cemetery when it was begun as Coatesville's burying place.
*** This cemetery is Defunct. Do Not Add new burials unless you have documented proof this is the correct cemetery. Only burials earlier then 1936. There has not been a new burial in this cemetery in over 75 Years. ***
Chester County Historical Society records show the cemetery was established May 10, 1845 from land purchased from Elizabeth George for $100.
Chester Valley Union
June 20, 1888
A Beautiful Place.- The Presbyterian Burial Ground in our town has been put in excellent order, and presents a beautiful appearance. Miss Hannah Withrow, by her will, left one thousand dollars, the interest of which the Trustees of the Church are to spend in keeping her lot and the grounds in proper condition. The Trustees desire each lot holder to look after and keep their lot in order, but where they have failed to do so, the Trustees have done it for them. The ground is small, and no more lots are being sold- the only interments being by present lot holders. There is an iron fence on Harmony Street and on the east side. We understand that the Trustees are about making an effort to put an iron fence on the west and south. There are several beautiful monuments in the enclosure.
Coatesville Record
May 28, 1943
Six of eleven boys, arrested here several weeks ago for acts of vandalism at the old Presbyterian cemetery on Harmony Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, have paid their share of damages, it was disclosed today at the City Police Station. Each youth was assessed $10. Police charged the boys, while looking for garter snakes, upset and damaged a large number of stones.
Coatesville Record
October 19, 1969
(excerpt)
.....W.K. Thorne, once an elder in the Presbyterian Church, could not remember a burial in the cemetery over the past 34 years. He thought, however, that several bodies were exhumed and transplanted in Fairview Cemetery when it was begun as Coatesville's burying place.
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