Cedar Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of

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. It was established by a company incorporated on March 25, 1850. The main gatehouse was built in 1869.

Notable interments

* Alexander Crawford (1842–1886),

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(1846–1910), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. *

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John Paul Verree John Paul Verree (March 9, 1817 – June 27, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Paul Verree was born at "Verree Mills," on Pennypack Creek, near what is now Fox Chase Station, Philadelphia. ...

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Cemeteries established in the 1850s Cemeteries in Philadelphia 1850 establishments in Pennsylvania History of Philadelphia Frankford, Philadelphia