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Erie Cemetery

Field	Value
name	Erie Cemetery
image	Erie Cemetery gate.jpg
imagesize	250px
caption	Erie Cemetery's gate
established	1850
country	United States
location	Erie, Pennsylvania
coordinates
type	Public
owner	Erie Cemetery Association
size	75 acre
graves
website	[Erie Cemetery](http://www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/erie_cemetery.html/)
findagraveid	44764
politicalgeo	PA/ER-buried.html#cms00095

Erie Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is situated on 75 acre of land bordered on the east by Chestnut Street, the west by Cherry Street, the north by 19th Street, and the south by 26th Street.

History

Porters' house is just to the right inside the entrance gate.

The cemetery was conceived in October 1846 when a citizens group circulated a petition and collected $1,500 towards the purchase of land. A new subscription effort in December 1849 led to the incorporation of the cemetery on 29 January 1850, at which time seven managers were named. The deed was conveyed to the corporation on 28 March 1850, at which time a $1,500 deposit was paid and a judgment bond of $6,000 signed to secure payment of the balance due. Officers of the corporation were elected on 24 May 1850, namely George A. Eliot, President; William A. Brown, Secretary; and J. C. Spencer, Treasurer. H. Daniels was hired in December 1850 to develop the property. The formal opening of the cemetery took place on 20 May 1851. A porters' lodge was erected near the main entrance before 1885.

The Erie Cemetery Association manages the Erie Cemetery, as well as Laurel Hill Cemetery in Millcreek Township and Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery in Harborcreek Township.

Notable interments

Notable people buried at the Erie Cemetery:

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Notable event or occupation
			U.S. Congressman
Rdml. John Marshall Bowyer			Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Superintendent of US Naval Academy, 1909–1911
			U.S. Congressman
			Burgess of Erie (first person buried at the cemetery)
			Famous African-American singer
			U.S. Congressman
			Early settler of Erie County
			World War II veteran, U.S. Navy rear admiral
			Major League Baseball pitcher, pitched no-hitter for
Milwaukee Brewers in 1884
			U.S. Congressman
			War of 1812 veteran, manager of the construction of Perry's
fleet for the Battle of Lake Erie.
			Philippine–American War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient
			U.S. Congressman
			Industrialist, founder of Himrod Mission school
			Major League Baseball player
			State legislator
			former Mayor of Erie
			Veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill, early settler of Erie County
			U.S. Congressman
			U.S. Congressman, President of the Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad
			U.S. Congressman, Erie County District Attorney,
Pennsylvania state representative
			U.S. Congressman, Burgess of Erie, Erie Postmaster
			Brigadier General, hero of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
			American Civil War and American Indian Wars veteran, Medal of Honor recipient (Battle of Big Hole, MT)
			American Civil War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient

Alexander Brewster was the first person buried at the cemetery.

References

(1884). "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania". Warner, Beer's and Company.
"David Berkley McCreary".

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