Cedar Hill Cemetery

Cedar Hill was established in 1850 on March 25th. It is located in the Frankford neighborhood, which is in the lower Northeast section of the city and was founded in 1684 by German settlers.

Cedar Hill is a sprawling cemetery that has five notable people buried on its grounds.

The first of these is Alexander Crawford. Born in 1842, he was a sailor on the USS Wyalusing during the United States Civil War. He was awarded a medal of honor for his heroics and was buried at Cedar Hill in 1886. Second, is William Walker Foulkrod. Walker was born in Philadelphia in 1846 and rose to prominence as a U.S. Representative from the Pennsylvania 5th district. He died in office in 1910 and was then buried at Cedar Hill.

George Shoch is the third. He was born in 1859 and was a utility player for the Washington Nationals from 1886 to 1889. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1891, the Baltimore Orioles in 1892 and the Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms from 1893 to 1897. He died at the age of 78 and was buried at Cedar Hill in 1937. John Paul Verree is the fourth notable person and the second politician who now resides at Cedar Hill. Born in 1817 he was a U.S. Representative from the Pennsylvania 3rd district from 1859 to 1863. He died in 1889 and was then buried at Cedar Hill.
The fifth, and final, person of note buried at Cedar Hill is Sam White. He was a Major League Baseball play born in 1893. He played in only one game for the Boston Braves during the 1919 season. He died in 1929 and now rests at Cedar Hill.The cemetery has the option of listening to an audio historical guide at points throughout the grounds. Cedar Hill Cemetery is an interesting and unique asset to North Philadelphia.

Pictures by: Gj Scott and Sarah Virnig
Citations:

Author, Kestenbaum, Lawrence. (24 March 2009). “The Political Graveyard”. Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH5.html

Author, Sports Reference LLC. (2009). “Samuel Lambeth White”. Retrieved from http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitesa01.shtml?redir

Author, Sports Reference LLC. (2009). “George Shoch”. Retrieved from http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shochge01.shtml

Author, Morfe, Don. (27 Feb 2003). “Alexander Crawford” Retrieved from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7217945