Chester Rural Cemetery

Chester Rural Cemetery
Details
Established 1863
Location Chester, Pennsylvania
Country United States
Coordinates 39°51′37″N 75°22′5″W / 39.86028°N 75.36806°W / 39.86028; -75.36806
Type Public
Size 36 acres (15 ha)
Number of graves 31,000

Chester Rural Cemetery, located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania near the city of Chester, was founded in March 1863. Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died at the government hospital across the street, were some of the first burials. Many of the soldier's graves were moved to Philadelphia National Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1891.[1]

The cemetery is landscaped and had a large lake, which was drained in the 1950s. It covers 36 acres and contains the graves of 31,000 individuals. Two monuments in the cemetery have been documented by the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System: "Sorrow" by Samuel Murray, and the Civil War Memorial, by Martin Milmore.[2][3]

Notable burials

References

  1. A brief history of Chester Rural Cemetery Chester, PA, accessed October 31, 2011.
  2. Sorrow SIRIS, Control Number IAS 44730002, accessed October 31, 2011.
  3. Civil War Soldier SIRIS, Control Number IAS PA000125, accessed October 31, 2011.
  4. "Dorothy Chacko, Selfless At Home, Abroad". web report. Philly. 1 January 1993. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

Further reading

A History of Delaware County, George Ashmead.

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