About Friends Southwestern Burial Ground
Friends Southwestern Burial Ground is a quaker cemetery near Millbourne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 121 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Addison Hutton, James Wolfenden and Joseph P. Remington. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1175251. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fernwood Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Philadelphia Cremation Society in Upper Darby, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 184 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 110 listings in Delaware County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Millbourne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Friends Southwestern Burial Ground
Among them: 1 architect, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Addison Hutton1834-1916American architect
- James Wolfenden1889-1949American politician
- Joseph P. Remington1847-1918Eminent community pharmacist, manufacturer, and educator
- Josiah White1781-1850Coal technology pioneer
- Charles Evans1802-1879Philadelphia doctor and Quaker 1802-1879
- John Bell1796-1872Irish-American surgeon
- Benjamin F. Whitson1867-1957American businessman
- Elizabeth Davis1814-1898
- Elizabeth Wistar1775-1844(ca. 1775-1844)
- Harriet Randolph1856-1926American botanist
- Lydia Jones Wistar1804-1878
- Mary Farnum1847-1891
Show all 13 notable burials
- Townsend Sharpless1793-1863
People whose Wikidata entry gives Friends Southwestern Burial Ground 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 Friends Southwestern Burial Ground 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
- Fernwood CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Graceland CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Congregation Mikveh Israel Beth El Emeth CemeteryMillbourne, PAJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Owen and Palmer Burial GroundYeadon, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryYeadon, PACatholic cemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval PlotYeadon, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Montrose CemeteryDrexel Hill, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Hebrew Mutual Burial GroundYeadon, PAJewish cemetery2.0 mi
- Arlington CemeteryDrexel Hill, PAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Southwestern Burial Ground
- Philadelphia Cremation Society0.4 miCremation provider · Upper Darby · (610) 572-7078
- John P. Donohue Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Upper Darby · (610) 352-5111
- Vraim Funeral Home Inc.1.1 miFuneral home · Upper Darby Township · (610) 449-7770
- Christopher G. Kent Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 748-1900
- Celebration of Life Funeral Home LLC1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 474-1092
- Lloyd Q. Garriest and Frank Crawley Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 476-2133
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Frequently asked questions
Is Friends Southwestern Burial Ground a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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