| Nocat | yes |
|---|---|
| Area | 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°7′0″N 84°36′10″W |
| Locmapin | Ohio#USA |
| Added | September 20, 2002[1] |
| Refnum | 02001057[1] |
Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.
History
The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]
Notable burials
- Newt Allen, Negro league baseball player[3]
- Powhatan Beaty (1837–1916), American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment; a Medal of Honor recipient[4]
- Mary Beck Bell, bishop, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul[3]
- Tiny Bradshaw (1907–1958), musician [3]
- Edith Hern Fossett (1787–1854), enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at the White House, and head cook at Monticello[5]
- George W. Hayes (1847–1933), Ohio state legislator[6]
- David Leroy Nickens[3]
- Consuelo Clark-Stewart[3]
- Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School
- Wallace "Bud" Smith, boxer[3]
Notes
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- ^ "Union Baptist Cemetery". Archived June 9, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Hanlin, Chris. "Union Baptist Cemetery Tour". Archived September 29, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Grace, Kevin & Tom White (2004). Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7385-3348-3.
- ^ "Edith Hern Fossett". www.monticello.org. Archived January 27, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "African-American Legislators". georgewashingtonwilliams.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.