Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown

by Milano, Kenneth W.

• ISBN13: 9781609492427
• ISBN10: 1609492420
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-25
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

At the Heart of Fishtown is the final resting place of generations of Kensington and Fishtown residents. Founded prior to 1748,Palmer Cemetery is one of the oldest in Philadelphia. Interred here and in Hanover Street and West Street Burial Grounds are soldiers from every war fought by colonists and then Americans, from the French and Indian war until Desert Storm. The fishing and shipbuilding families who built the neighborhood, victims storm. The fishing and shipbuilding families who built the neighborhood, victims of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the ancestors of the Shibe family, the owners of the Philadelphia Athletics, are also buried in these plots. Kenneth W. Milano walks the cemetery paths and reveals the secrets the stones keep with Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Anthony Palmer: Founder of Kensington	p. 9
The Founding of Palmer Cemetery	p. 13
The Original Palmer Trustees and the Revolutionary War	p. 21
The Yellow Fever Visits Palmer Cemetery	p. 31
The Nineteenth-Century History of Palmer Cemetery	p. 37
Palmer Cemetery in the Twentieth Century	p. 69
Hanover Street Burial Ground	p. 81
Union Burial Ground of the Northern Liberties and Kensington: A Place of Many Names	p. 103
Other Historic Cemeteries of Kensington and Fishtown	p. 113
Bibliography	p. 137
About the Author	p. 143
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