About Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 72000936). The grounds sit at about 10 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Caleb Bradham, Robert Ransom, Jr. and Charles Laban Abernethy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1010128. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bern Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home Inc in New Bern, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 23 cemeteries we list in Craven County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Craven County dates to 1867. 2 of the 23 listings in Craven County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Bern. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 artists, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 writer.
- Caleb Bradham1867-1934American pharmacist, inventor of Pepsi-Cola
- Robert Ransom, Jr.1828-1892Confederate Army general
- Charles Laban Abernethy1872-1955American politician
- John Stanly1774-1833American politician
- Richard Spaight Donnell1820-1867American politician
- Samuel M. Brinson1870-1922American politician
- Bayard Wootten1876-1959American photographer known for naming Pepsi Cola
- William Joseph Williams1759-1823American painter
- Matthias Evans Manly1801-1881American politician
- Owen Haywood Guion1861-1925American politician and judge
- William J. Clarke1819-1886Soldier, state official, and poet
- Alexander Gaston1727-1781Colonial American surgeon and patriot
Show all 14 notable burials
- Clement Manly1853-1928American lawyer
- Julia S. Bradham1840-1923
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Grove 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
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What Cedar Grove 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
- Bern CemeteryNew Bern, NCCemetery0.1 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryNew Bern, NCCemetery0.3 mi
- New Bern National Cemetery1711 National Avenue, New Bern, NC · est. 1867National cemetery0.9 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryNew Bern, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Bridgeton CemeteryNew Bern, NCCemetery2.6 mi
- New Bern Memorial CemeteryTrent Woods, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Greenleaf Memorial Park900 River Road, New Bern, NCMemorial park4.5 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryNew Bern, NCCemetery5.0 mi
- Boyd CemeteryFairfield Harbour, NCCemetery6.8 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryFairfield Harbour, NCCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home Inc0.3 miFuneral home · New Bern · (252) 637-5141
- Gibbs Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · New Bern · (252) 670-1246
- Oscar's Mortuary1.4 miMortuary · New Bern · (252) 633-1156
- Pollock-Best Funerals and Cremations1.5 miCremation provider · New Bern · (252) 637-5111
- Cotten Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · New Bern · (252) 637-3181
- Bennett Funeral & Cremation Care3.1 miCremation provider · New Bern · (252) 877-0134
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