Find A Grave - West Chester

Bailey, Bill b. December 8, 1912 d. December 12, 1978
Singer, Dancer, and Actor. Brother of legendary singer Pearl Bailey. He appeared in the films, "Rhythm And Blues Revue" (1955), "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), and "Going Native" (1936). An interesting side note, Bailey can be seen tap dancing in the 1955 tribute film to dancer Bill Bojangles "Harlem Variety Revue," in which he is seen finishing his act by doing the 'Moon Walk' off the stage, a step later made...[Read More]
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Bailey, Pearl Mae b. March 29, 1918 d. August 17, 1990
Singer, Stage Performer, Author. She was a vocalist with various popular bands, including Count Basie and Cootie Williams bands. She made her Broadway stage debut in "St. Louis Woman," 1946, followed by "Arms in the Girl," 1950, "Bless You All," 1950, "House of Flowers," 1954, and "Hello, Dolly!," 1967-69; She also appeared in motion pictures, including "Variety Girl," 1947, "Isn't It Romantic," 1948, "Carmen Jones," 1954, "That Certain Feeling," 1955, "St. Louis Blues," 1957, "Porgy and Bess,"...[Read More]
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Meditation Garden, Lot D, Grave 16
Barber, Samuel b. March 9, 1910 d. January 23, 1981
Composer. Wrote and scored symphonies, concerti, operas, chamber works, choral works and songs, winning two Pulitzer Prizes in the process. His most famous work is the "Adagio for Strings". Barber's will provided for a burial plot next to his own, reserved for composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti, Barber's partner for most of his adult life. Further, the will said that if Menotti chose not to be buried in Oaklands Cemetery (he is buried near his last home in Scotland), a stone should be...[Read More]
Cause of death: Cancer
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Barnard, Isaac Dutton b. March 22, 1791 d. February 18, 1834
US Senator. He served during the War of 1812 as Major of the 14th United States Infantry. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat Senator from Pennsylvania to the United States Senate, serving from 1827 to 1831.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Bell, Thomas Sloan b. May 12, 1838 d. September 17, 1862
Civil War Union Army Officer. A native of Chester, Pennsylvania, he received a commission of Lieutenant Colonel, 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry when it was apparent in the summer of 1861 that the Civil War would not be a short one. The 51st Pennsylvania was assigned to General Ambrose Burnside's Roanoke, North Carolina expedition. During the first battle (Roanoke Island), the 51st Pennsylvania was deployed in the rear of the 9th New York Zouaves who fled in a panicked retreat upon being...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Borden, Joseph Emley b. May 9, 1854 d. October 14, 1929
Sports figure. He was the winning pitcher of the first Major League Baseball game ever played. Borden was the pitcher for the Boston Red Caps who beat the hometown Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 on April 22, 1876 in front of a crowd of three thousand. (Bio by: Paul S.)
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Brickley, Shirley b. December 9, 1944 d. October 13, 1977
R&B Singer. Brickley was born in in 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she began her interest in music. While attending Overland High School, Shirley, Rosetta Hightower, Marlena Davis, and Shirley's sisters, Audrey and Jean, created the musical group, 'Audrey And The Teenetts.' The group played locally in the high school and around the city of Philadelphia. Later on Audrey and Jean left the group and were replaced by fellow student, Stephen Caldwell. In 1961 the group auditioned for Kal...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Butler, Smedley Darlington b. July 30, 1881 d. June 21, 1940
United States Marine Corps General, Double Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. One of only 20 men to have twice received the Medal of Honor, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at age 16 on May 20, 1898. He saw combat during Spanish-American War; the Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion), the Nicaragua Campaign of 1912, the Vera Cruz, Mexico Landings of 1914 (where he was awarded his first CMOH) the Haitian Campaign of 1915 (...[Read More]
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Butler, Thomas Stalker b. November 4, 1855 d. May 26, 1928
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 6th, 7th and 8th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from first 1897 to 1903 (6th District), then from 1903 to 1923 (7th District), then finally from 1923 until is death in office in 1928 (8th District). During his tenure he was the longtime Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. He was the father of United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor Recipient Smedley Darlington...[Read More]
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Cash, William Walker 'Ready' b. February 21, 1919 d. September 12, 2011
Professional Baseball Player. He was a Negro Leagues catcher beginning his pro career with the Philadelphia Stars from 1943 to 1950. He batted .321 in his rookie year and made the all-star team in 1948 and 1949. He then played in Mexico and Canada and he was in the Chicago White Sox organization in 1952 but injuries kept him in the minors. He then played in the Dominican Republic through 1955 when he left professional baseball. He was honored at the White House in 1994 by President Bill Clinton...[Read More] (Bio by: Big Ern)
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Darlington, Smedley b. December 24, 1827 d. June 24, 1899
US Congressman. He served during the Civil War as Captain in Beaumont's Independent Company of Cavalry, Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia. He was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1891.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Darlington, William b. April 28, 1782 d. April 23, 1863
US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1815 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1823.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Davis, James B. b. June 6, 1916 d. April 17, 2007
Gospel Vocalist. He was founder of the influential gospel music group The Dixie Hummingbirds. They are best known to many for their backing vocal contributions on singer Paul Simon's 1973 hit "Loves Me Like a Rock". The group later won a Grammy Award for their own recorded rendition. Davis formed his first group in 1928 when he was only eleven years old. They performed in local churches in South Carolina. They later reformed after Davis relocated to Philadelphia during the early 1940s. Over the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Dunn, Harry b. May 3, 1929 d. June 9, 1998
Artist. He is best known for being the creator of the famous NBC television network peacock logo. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Art. He worked as an artist-draftsman while in the army and after discharge designed many commercials for the major television networks. After living in New York he moved back to the Philadelphia area, and later settled back in West Chester where he opened his own gallery. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Everhart, James Bowen b. July 26, 1821 d. August 23, 1888
US Congressman. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War as Captain of Company D, 10th Pennsylvania (1862) Militia. He was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1887. He was the son of Pennsylvania Congressman William Everhart.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Everhart, William b. May 17, 1785 d. October 30, 1868
US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Gettys, Spencer d. November 18, 2004
Negro League Baseball Player. He was a catcher for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants of the Negro National League. After baseball he became a stonemason. He eventually began teaching high school masonary classes. In his 60's he went to college and earned a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in education in order to be a better teacher. He died at 88 yeas of age. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Guss, Henry Ruhl b. July 28, 1825 d. April 25, 1907
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. In July of 1861, he received authority from the Secretary of War to recruit a Pennsylvania regiment and thus formed the 97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and was commissioned Colonel in command. Promoted Brigadier General in 1862, he led the 97th Pennsylvania the entire Civil War in engagements in Maryland, Virginia and up to the surrender of Confederate General Johnson's Army at Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. For the remainder of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section F, Lot 28
Harrison, Frank Girard b. February 2, 1940 d. June 1, 2009
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1965 and commenced the practice of law in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. After serving as a Captain in the US Air Force, 1966 to 1969, he was a college professor at Trinity University, Texas, until 1982. In 1983, he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress, serving until 1985. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination, he resumed the practice of practice of law and served as a scholar at King's College, Pennsylvania. He died of heart...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Agnes Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hergesheimer, Joseph b. February 15, 1880 d. April 25, 1954
Author. He wrote "Three Black Pennys," "Java Head," and other novels.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

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