About Friends Cemetery
Friends Cemetery is a cemetery near Charles Village, Baltimore City, Maryland. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Charles Village. The grounds sit at about 157 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Charles Yardley Turner, Caleb Winslow and John Randolph Winslow. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 597437. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery (historical), about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is March Funeral Homes in Baltimore, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Baltimore City, and 129 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Baltimore City dates to 1839. 7 of the 55 listings in Baltimore City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Charles Village. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Friends Cemetery
Among them: 2 physicians, 1 artist.
- Charles Yardley Turner1850-1918American artist
- Caleb Winslow1824-1895American physician
- John Randolph Winslow1820-1866American physician
- Nathan Winslow1795-18734 Jan. 1795-29 Aug. 1873; North Carolina
- Nathan Winslow1878-1937American surgeon
- Randolph Winslow1852-1937American surgeon
People whose Wikidata entry gives Friends Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.31832, -76.59509
What Friends Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Holy Cross Cemetery (historical)Baltimore, MDCemetery0.4 mi
- Patterson Family CemeteryWaverly, MDFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Baltimore Hebrew CemeteryBaltimore, MDJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Ann Catholic Church CemeteryCharles Village, MDChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Vincents Cemetery2301 North Rose Street, Baltimore, MDChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Johns Episcopal CemeteryCharles Village, MDEpiscopal cemetery0.9 mi
- Greenmount CemeteryBaltimore, MDCemetery0.9 mi
- Green Mount Cemetery1501 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD · est. 1839Cemetery0.9 mi
- Baltimore CemeteryBaltimore, MDCemetery1.0 mi
- Laurel Cemetery (historical)Baltimore, MDCemetery1.0 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Cemetery
- March Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 727-3300
- Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 837-4926
- James E Lincoln Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (443) 388-9104
- Howell Funeral Homes East Baltimore1.3 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 485-3500
- Ronald Taylor Ii Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 962-8290
- Chatman Harris Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 488-5947
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