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Samuel Adkisson

Birth
Kent County, Maryland, USA
Death
11 Aug 1883 (aged 75–76)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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s/o Stephen Adkisson

h/o Mary Ann Pallard

f/o Stephen1842-1846, Zachariah T(1848-1895), John B(1852-1909), Belinda(1854), Mary(1858) Adkisson

The bodies from this cemetery where to be individually moved to Lafayette Cemetery that was later renamed Evergreen Memorial Park. However, it was discovered, while working on a construction site, some tunnels that led to 300’ trenches filled with coffins and bones. The exact locations of all 47,000 bodies are not known.
s/o Stephen Adkisson

h/o Mary Ann Pallard

f/o Stephen1842-1846, Zachariah T(1848-1895), John B(1852-1909), Belinda(1854), Mary(1858) Adkisson

The bodies from this cemetery where to be individually moved to Lafayette Cemetery that was later renamed Evergreen Memorial Park. However, it was discovered, while working on a construction site, some tunnels that led to 300’ trenches filled with coffins and bones. The exact locations of all 47,000 bodies are not known.


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  • Created by: Latitia Tew Leishman
  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206103931/samuel-adkisson: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Adkisson (1807–11 Aug 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 206103931, citing Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Latitia Tew Leishman (contributor 46935255).