Saint James the Greater Episcopal Churchyard, Bristol

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Also known as:
Saint James Episcopal Churchyard

Located in:
Bristol

Street address:
225 Walnut St., Bristol, PA 19007

GPS location:
Latitude: 40.09760
Longitude: -74.85390

Ownership
St. James the Greater Episcopal Church

Burial summary
Number of burials: 2000
First burial: 1713
Last burial: ongoing

Contact information:
Denise Ciambrello
Parrish Adm. Asst.
225 Walnut St.
Bristol, PA 19007
Phone: 215-788-2228
Email: office.stjames.bristol@verizon.net

Web address:

Original burial records:
Church rectory from 1821 to the present

Other references:
Burial transcriptions are kept at the Church rectory.

The Grundy Library has ref 929.5 King up to 1995 by the Bucks Co. Historical Society

This cemetery is on Findagrave.

The Mercer Museum Library has the following: Lower Bucks County church and cemetery records ...Doylestown, PA : Bucks County Historical Society, 2005. 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm. Call No. 974.821 Chu v.47. Book 20. Unpublished computer printouts and photocopies of typescripts. Bound 2005. Includes indexes. Tombstone inscriptions from the St. James Episcopal Church cemetery / copied and indexed by Clarence H. King. Doylestown, Pa. : Bucks County Historical Society, 1993. 128 p. : illus. ; 28 cm. Cal No. 974.821 Cem Bristol. Book 48


Comments
Six Revolutionary War and 35 Civil War Veterans are buried here. As well as, William Reading Montgomery (DOB 7/10/1801 DOD 5/31/1871)a Civil War Brigader Gen. He also fought in the Seminole & Mexican Wars. Also, William Rodman (DOB 10/7/1757 DOD 7/27/1824) a U.S. Congressman.


Thanks to volunteer Peg Felter for gathering information on this cemetery



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