About Morris Cemetery
Morris Cemetery is a cemetery near Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 203 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Terry Gilkyson and Everett W. Anderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1192962. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Ann Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is R. Strunk Funeral Home in Phoenixville, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 287 cemeteries we list in Chester County, and 165 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 287 listings in Chester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Phoenixville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Morris Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician.
- Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker1843-1916Governor of Pennsylvania, Union United States Army soldier
- Terry Gilkyson1916-1999American musician
- Everett W. Anderson1839-1917United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Joseph Whitaker1789-1870American industrialist and politician
- Elizabeth Wendell Ewing1841-1905American nurse in the American Civil War
People whose Wikidata entry gives Morris 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
40.12661, -75.52350
What Morris 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 Ann CemeteryPhoenixville, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Mary of the Assumption CemeteryPhoenixville, PACatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church ColumbariumPhoenixville, PALutheran cemetery1.1 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryPhoenixville, PACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Schuylkill Friends CemeteryPhoenixville, PAQuaker cemetery1.2 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul CemeteryPhoenixville, PACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryPhoenixville, PACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Michael's Greek Catholic CemeteryPhoenixville, PACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Michael's CemeteryPhoenixville, PACemetery1.4 mi
- B'Nai Jacob CemeteryPhoenixville, PAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Morris Cemetery
- R. Strunk Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Phoenixville · (610) 933-1555
- Campbell-Ennis-Klotzbach Funeral0.5 miFuneral home · Phoenixville · (610) 933-3572
- Devlin - Gatcha Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.:0.5 miFuneral home · Phoenixville · (610) 933-3012
- Shalkop Grace & Strunk Funeral4.1 miFuneral home · Spring City · (610) 948-7672
- Cattermole-Klotzbach Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Royersford · (610) 948-7330
- Catagnus Funeral Home & Cremation Center4.8 miFuneral home · Limerick Twp · (610) 948-1950
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