The oldest African-American-owned cemetery in the United States, it was established June 20, 1902. When other black cemeteries in Philadelphia were condemned by the city in the early 20th century, including the Olive Graveyard, Lebanon Graveyard, and Stephen Smith Home Burial Ground, the bodies were re-interred at Eden. The cemetery is still in operation.

Famous interments

• Marian Anderson (1897–1993), opera singer
• Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), civil rights leader, baseball pioneer (originally buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Philadelphia; transferred to Eden, May 14, 1903)
• Tyrone Everett (1953–1977), Philadelphia professional boxer
• Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), editor, poet, essayist and novelist
• Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928), journalist, civil rights leader
• Stanislaus Kostka Govern (1854–1924), West Indian–American baseball player, first manager of the Cuban Giants, labor organizer, journalist, and Shakespearean actor
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), poet, abolitionist
• William Still (1821?–1902), abolitionist
• John Baxter Taylor, Jr. (1882–1908), track and field athlete, first African American Gold Medalist.
• Charles Albert Tindley (1851–1933), minister, composer
• George Henry White (1852–1918), US Congressman from North Carolina

Sources

• Thomas H. Keels, Philadelphia Graveyards & Cemeteries, 2003, Arcadia Publishing, Philadelphia, ISBN 073851229X

References

External links

• Article at PhillyGraves.com
• Eden Memorial Cemetery at Find A Grave