Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania

Charles Evans Cemetery is a church cemetery in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1846. The grounds sit at about 390 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 42 notable people buried here, including Michael Constantine, David McMurtrie Gregg and William Strong. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1171579. The nearest other listed cemetery is Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cramp-Hummel Funeral Home in Reading, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 256 cemeteries we list in Berks County, and 116 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Berks County. 2 of the 256 listings in Berks County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 20 US representatives, 5 Civil War veterans, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 boxer.

• Michael Constantine1927-2021
  Greek-American actor
• David McMurtrie Gregg1833-1916
  Union Army general
• William Strong1808-1895
  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Joseph Hiester1752-1832
  American politician
• Alexander Schimmelfennig1824-1865
  Officer of the Prussian Army, Partaker in the German Revolution 1848/1849, Union Army general
• Gus Yatron1927-2003
  American politician
• Hiester Clymer1827-1884
  American politician
• Jehu Glancy Jones1811-1878
  American politician
• Matthias Richards1758-1830
  American politician
• William High Keim1813-1862
  Union Army general, politician
• Daniel Ermentrout1837-1899
  American politician
• George May Keim1805-1861
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Charles Evans 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.

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.

• Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery

  Hyde Park, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Kissingers Cemetery

  Greenfields, PA
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Saint Michaels Convent Cemetery

  Laureldale, PA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Gethsemane Cemetery

  3139 Kutztown Road, Laureldale, PA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery

  Reading, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Trinity Lutheran Cemetery

  Reading, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Saint Johns Cemetery

  Reading, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Fix - Gerber - Bitting Cemetery

  Reading, PA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Atonement Lutheran Church Columbarium

  Wyomissing, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Welsh Baptist Meeting House Burial Ground

  West Reading, PA
  Baptist cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Cramp-Hummel Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 375-4337
  0.4 mi
• John P. Feeney Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 372-4160
  0.7 mi
• Sanders Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 372-1624
  0.8 mi
• Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, Inc

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 374-0962
  1.1 mi
• Harris Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 372-5454
  1.2 mi
• Henninger Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Reading · (610) 373-4500
  1.2 mi

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