Cedar Grove Cemetery is a historic

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

located at

New Bern New Bern, formerly Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 31,291 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located at the confluence of the Neuse River, Neuse a ...

Craven County, North Carolina Craven County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,720. Its county seat is New Bern. The county was created in 1705 as Archdale Precinct from the now-extinct Bath County. It w ...

. It was established in 1800, and is encircled by a magnificent paneled

coquina Coquina () is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically sorted fragments of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. The term ''coquina'' comes from the S ...

wall built in 1853 and broken by a towering triple-arch entrance. It includes family plots, some of which are enclosed by

cast iron Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloying elements determine the form in which its car ...

fencing. Located in the cemetery is the Confederate memorial. The cemetery was owned by Christ Episcopal Church until 1853, when it was transferred to the town of New Bern. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1972.

Notable burials

* Congressman

Charles Laban Abernethy Charles Laban Abernethy (March 18, 1872 – February 23, 1955) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1922 and 1935. Born in Rutherford College, Nor ...

(1872–1955) * Congressman Graham Arthur Barden (1896–1967) *

Pepsi Pepsi is a Carbonated water, carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor, manufactured by PepsiCo which serves as its flagship product. In 2023, Pepsi was the second most valuable soft drink brand worldwide behind Coca-Cola; the two share a long ...

inventor

Caleb Bradham Caleb Davis Bradham (May 27, 1867 – February 19, 1934) was an American pharmacist, who invented the soft drink Pepsi. Early life Bradham was born Caleb Davis Bradham on May 27, 1867, in Chinquapin, North Carolina, to George Washington Bradha ...

(1867–1934) * Congressman Samuel M. Brinson (1870–1922) * Author

Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke ( Devereux; May 13, 1827 – March 30, 1886) was a writer, poet, and editor who resided in North Carolina. Described posthumously by the Raleigh '' News and Observer'' as "one of its most gifted daughters", She set ou ...

* Congressman Richard Spaight Donnell (1820–1867) * Congressman and jurist

William Gaston William J. Gaston (September 19, 1778 – January 23, 1844) was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. He was the author of the official state song of North Carolina, The Old North State (song), "The Old North State". Gas ...

(1788–1844) * Educator Moses Griffin * Confederate General Robert Ransom, Jr. (1828–1892) * Congressman Charles Biddle Shepard (1808–1843) * Congressman Furnifold McLendel Simmons (1854–1940) * Congressman John Stanly (1774–1833) * Congressman Charles R. Thomas (1827–1891) * Congressman Charles R. Thomas (1861–1931) * Congressman William Henry Washington (1854–1940) * Artist William Joseph Williams (1813–1860)

References

External links

* * {{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina 1800 establishments in North Carolina Buildings and structures in New Bern, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Craven County, North Carolina Protected areas of Craven County, North Carolina