Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.
Union Baptist Cemetery | |
 Overview of the cemetery | |
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| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°7′0″N 84°36′10″W / 39.11667°N 84.60278°W |
| Area | 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001057[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 2002[1] |
History edit
The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]
Notable burials edit
- Newt Allen, a Negro league baseball player[3]
- Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.[4]
- Bishop Mary Beck Bell, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul[3]
- Tiny Bradshaw, musician [3]
- Edith Hern Fossett, enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at President's House (White House) and head cook at Monticello[5]
- Hon. George W. Hayes
- David Leroy Nickens[3]
- Consuelo Clark-Stewart[3]
- Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School
- Wallace "Bud" Smith, boxer[3]
Notes edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
- ^ "Union Baptist Cemetery". Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Hanlin, Chris. "Union Baptist Cemetery Tour". Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ Grace, Kevin; Tom White (2004). Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7385-3348-3.
- ^ "Edith Hern Fossett". www.monticello.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
