Northwood Cemetery
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Northwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, United States
. It was established in 1878.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was established in 1878.
Notable interments
- George BradleyGeorge BradleyGeorge Washington Bradley , nicknamed "Grin", was an American Major League Baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder. He was 5'10.5" and weighed 175 lbs. Bradley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania.-Baseball career:...
(1852–1931) Major League Baseball player. - Duke EsperDuke EsperCharles H. "Duke" Esper , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1890–1898. He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns...
(1868–1910) Major League Baseball Player. Born Charles Esbacher. - William "Kid" GleasonKid GleasonWilliam J. "Kid" Gleason was an American professional athlete and Major League Baseball player and manager. Gleason is best known as the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, the team made infamous by the Black Sox scandal, in which Gleason's players conspired to intentionally lose the World...
(1866–1933) Major League Baseball player and manager. - Eddie GriffinEddie Griffin (basketball)Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007...
(1982–2007) Professional Basketball Player. - George HesselbacherGeorge HesselbacherGeorge Edward Hesselbacher is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics. He was born on January 18, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 6'2" and 175 pounds, and he also threw and batted right-handed....
, Major League Baseball player. - John Miller (1839–1882) Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (true name Henry Fey). He was a Private in the 8th New York Cavalry.
- Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) Pioneering gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist.
- Dave ZearfossDave ZearfossDavid William Tilden Zearfoss was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1896 to 1905. He played for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a .244 batting average for his career. He died in 1945 and was buried in Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Sources:...
(1868–1945) Professional Baseball Player.
External links
- Northwood Cemetery at Find-A-Grave
- Northwood Cemetery at Interment.net