Northwood Cemetery

For Northwood Cemetery in London, England, see Northwood Cemetery, London.

Northwood Cemetery
Details
Established	1878
Location	15th and Haines streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°03′39″N75°08′40″W / 40.0607°N 75.1445°W / 40.0607; -75.1445
Type	private
Find a Grave	Northwood Cemetery

Northwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, It was established in 1878.

Notable interments

• George Bradley (1852–1931) Major League Baseball player ^[1]
• Duke Esper (1868–1910) Major League Baseball Player ^[2] Born Charles Esbacher.
• William "Kid" Gleason (1866–1933) Major League Baseball player and manager ^[3]
• Eddie Griffin (1982–2007) Professional Basketball player ^[4]
• George Hesselbacher, Major League Baseball player ^[5]
• John Miller (1839–1882) Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient ^[6] (true name Henry Fey). He was a Private in the 8th New York Cavalry.
• Frank Bernard Nicholls (1877–1924), English-American golf professional
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973), gospel singer, songwriter, and recording artist
• Dave Zearfoss (1868–1945), professional Baseball player

The cemetery contains five Commonwealth war graves, a Canadian Army soldier of World War I and 4 British naval personnel of World War II. ^[7]

References

1. Baseball-Reference
2. Baseball Almanac
3. Society for American Baseball Research
4. Philadelphia Inquirer
5. Baseball-Reference
6. vconline
7. CWGC Cemetery report, breakdown obtained from casualty record.

External links

• Philadelphia portal

• Northwood Cemetery at Find-A-Grave
• Northwood Cemetery at Interment.net