Find A Grave - Abney Park Cemetery

Jay, John b. 1808 d. 1872
Builder and stonemason, erected the neo-gothic Chapel at Abney Park Cemetery (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Plot: Dr. Watts Walk
Kitching, Theodore Hopkins b. 1866 d. 1930
Salvation Army Commissioner. Epitaph: 'Promoted to Higher Service [from Paris]' (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Lawley, John b. 1859 d. 1922
Salvation Army Commissioner (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
McAlonan, William J. b. June 12, 1863 d. May 1, 1925
Salvation Army Commissioner (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Medhurst, Rev. Dr Walter Henry b. 1796 d. 1857
Congregationalist Missionary. He was best-known as one of the earliest translators of The Bible into Chinese language editions. In 1816, he travelled to Mallacca with the London Missionary Society, which was at the time a printing center. He learned Malay and was active in missionary projects throughout China before founding the London Missionary Society Press in Shanghai. In 1840 he helped translate The Bible into Chinese after many years of research. This project was finally completed in 1847...[Read More] (Bio by: s.canning)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Mitchell, George b. 1873 d. 1930
Salvation Army Commissioner. (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
O'Brien, James Bronterre b. 1805 d. December 23, 1864
Chartist Leader.
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Railton, George Scott b. July 6, 1849 d. July 19, 1913
First Commissioner of the Salvatino Army (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Raleigh, Alexander b. 1817 d. 1880
Religious Leader. Congregationalist minister and Chairman of the Congregationalist Union of England and Wales. His memorial represents 'the Rock of Ages'. (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Plot: Abney House Corner
Reed, Talbot Baines b. April 3, 1852 d. November 28, 1893
Writer of children's books (including 'The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch' and 'The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's'). Also a founder of the Bibilographic Society and an expert in the history of publishing. (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Plot: Abney House Corner
Richard, Henry b. April 3, 1812 d. August 20, 1888
Congregationalist minister who became a crusader for world peace and became MP for Merthyr Tydfil in 1868. Also a pinoeer in advocating the traching of the Welsh language in Welsh schools. His monument was erected by public subscription. (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Plot: Abney House Corner
Risdell, William b. 1844 d. 1931
Salvation Army Commissioner (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Sharpe, Samuel b. 1801 d. 1832
Folk Figure. A Creole slave, he was a leader in the Christmas Rebellion, which began on December 25, 1831, at the Kensington Estate in Jamaica. It was caused by the mistaken belief that the emancipation of the slaves was already granted by the British Parliament. The rebellion was put down within two weeks and most of the ringleaders, including Sharpe, were hanged. The rebellion succeeded in strenghtening the cause for the abolition of slavery across all British colonies, in 1833. He is now...[Read More] (Bio by: s.canning)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Sowton, George Charles b. 1865 d. 1932
Salvation Army Commissioner (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Unsworth, Isaac b. 1860 d. 1931
Salvation Army Commissioner (Bio by: David Conway)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Watts, Isaac [cenotaph] b. 1674 d. 1748
Hymnist. He wrote hymns, including 'O God our Help in Ages Past.'
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England
Williams, John b. 1811 d. 1862
Anglican priest and antiquary. He is primarilly best-known as the author of "The Church of England Independent of the Church of Rome in all Ages" and "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry or the Ancient British Church." He was considered by many to be one of the leading Welsh Scholars of his day. (Bio by: s.canning)
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Greater London, England

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