About Abington Friends Cemetery
Abington Friends Cemetery is a cemetery near Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 302 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Edwin Hallowell, Abigail Pemberton Jenkins and Isaac Child. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1207693. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Basil the Great Convent Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Joseph J. McGoldrick Funeral Home in Jenkintown, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 182 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jenkintown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Abington Friends Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Edwin Hallowell1844-1916American politician
- Abigail Pemberton Jenkins1679-1750Daughter of Phineas Pemberton and Phoebe Harrison; wife of Stephen Jenkins
- Isaac Child1734-1769
- Priscilla Pemberton1692-1771Daughter of Phineas Pemberton and Phoebe (Phebe) Pemberton (Phoebe Harrison)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Abington 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
40.09371, -75.11953
What Abington 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
- Saint Basil the Great Convent CemeteryRockledge, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Mary's Ukrainian Catholic CemeteryRockledge, PACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Abington Presbyterian CemeteryAbington, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.4 mi
- Lawnview Memorial ParkRockledge, PAMemorial park1.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal ChurchyardElkins Park, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.7 mi
- Shoemaker CemeteryElkins Park, PAQuaker cemetery1.7 mi
- Montefiore CemeteryRockledge, PAJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Ardsley Burial ParkGlenside, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Hillside CemeteryAbington, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Korean United Church CemeteryElkins Park, PAChristian cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Abington Friends Cemetery
- Joseph J. McGoldrick Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Jenkintown · (215) 884-0800
- Meyers & Givnish Family Funeral Homes: Walter J. Meyers0.5 miFuneral home · Jenkintown · (215) 338-3799
- McGoldrick Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Jenkintown
- Spencer T. Videon Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Jenkintown · (215) 663-1838
- Kiersten M. Talbert Funeral Chapel Inc.1.7 miFuneral chapel · Abington Twp · (215) 645-7443
- Campbell Family Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Glenside · (215) 885-4960
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