Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown
Also known as:
Historic Doylestown Cemetery
Located in:
Doylestown
Street address:
215 E. Court St., Doylestown, PA 18901
GPS location:
Latitude: 40.314972
Longitude: -75.126623
Longitude: -75.126623
Ownership
Unknown
Burial summary
Number of burials: 11,187
First burial: 1849
Last burial: ongoing
First burial: 1849
Last burial: ongoing
Contact information:
Jim Althouse
Superintendant
215 East Court Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-3911
Email: info@doylestowncemetery.com
Superintendant
215 East Court Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-3911
Email: info@doylestowncemetery.com
Web address:
Original burial records:
Doylestown Cemetery Office
Map of cemetery
A cemetery map is available here.
Other references:
A list of gravestone inscriptions is in the BCGS database.
Headstone transcriptions of this cemetery can be found at Pennsylvania Gravestones.
A map of this cemetery can be viewed here.
This cemetery is on Findagrave.
The Mercer Museum Library has the following: Doylestown cemetery records. s.l. s.n. n.d. 431 p. ; 22 x 32 cm. Call No. 974.821 Cem Doylestown 2 vol.; Copied with permission of Vernon Althouse, 8 August 1987-5 December 1987. Book 13 Tombstone inscriptions from the Doylestown Cemetery / by Joanne V. Fulcoly; tombstones proofread by Bucks County Historical Society volunteers, Justin and Sallie Engard, Helen Urbanchuk, Jennie Sperling, Frances Waite, Audry Wolfinger, Ed McClurken, Fred Wilmer; typed and indexed by Frank L. Lore. Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Historical Society, 1998. 196 p. ; 30 cm. Call No. 974.821 Cem Doylestown. Cemeteries -- Doylestown, PA. Book 47
Bucks County legend William Watts Hart Davis is buried here. He was born 7/27/1820 and died 12/26/1910. He founded the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880. He was a statesman, historian, author, lawyer, soldier and he wrote 10 books. He was a Civil War general and acting governor of the Territory of New Mexico.
Headstone transcriptions of this cemetery can be found at Pennsylvania Gravestones.
A map of this cemetery can be viewed here.
This cemetery is on Findagrave.
The Mercer Museum Library has the following: Doylestown cemetery records. s.l. s.n. n.d. 431 p. ; 22 x 32 cm. Call No. 974.821 Cem Doylestown 2 vol.; Copied with permission of Vernon Althouse, 8 August 1987-5 December 1987. Book 13 Tombstone inscriptions from the Doylestown Cemetery / by Joanne V. Fulcoly; tombstones proofread by Bucks County Historical Society volunteers, Justin and Sallie Engard, Helen Urbanchuk, Jennie Sperling, Frances Waite, Audry Wolfinger, Ed McClurken, Fred Wilmer; typed and indexed by Frank L. Lore. Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Historical Society, 1998. 196 p. ; 30 cm. Call No. 974.821 Cem Doylestown. Cemeteries -- Doylestown, PA. Book 47
Bucks County legend William Watts Hart Davis is buried here. He was born 7/27/1820 and died 12/26/1910. He founded the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880. He was a statesman, historian, author, lawyer, soldier and he wrote 10 books. He was a Civil War general and acting governor of the Territory of New Mexico.
Comments
Doylestown Historical Society has a printout of all of the burials.
Hope Cemetery was purchased by Doylestown Cemetery in the 1890's.
Thanks to volunteer Jamie Aulet for gathering information on this cemetery
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