The United American Cemetery is the oldest African-American cemetery in Ohio, located on Duck Creek Road in
Cincinnati, Ohio and founded in 1844 by the United Colored American Association.
Among those
interred
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...
at the cemetery who are notable are
Horace Sudduth, an early twentiethcentury real estate speculator and owner of the
Manse Hotel in Walnut Hills, and
John Isom Gaines, a black educator.
This cemetery is located in Section 23 of Columbia Township. The entrance is on the north side of Duck Creek Road, about 1500 feet east of Kennedy Avenue. The cemetery encompasses 11.5 acres.
By the middle of the twentieth century the cemetery became increasingly neglected. A group of plot owners sued the cemetery association in 1956. The courts appointed a new board to operate the cemetery but the board was unable to convince plot owners to pay for perpetual care which would generate funds for ongoing cemetery maintenance. In 1968 the cemetery was transferred to Union Baptist Church.
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United American Cemetery – Union Baptist Church
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Cemeteries in Cincinnati
African-American history in Cincinnati
Cemeteries established in the 1840s
1844 establishments in Ohio
African-American cemeteries in Ohio