Mount Peace Cemetery is a cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is owned and operated by the Odd Fellows organization. It was established in 1865 and is located at 3111 West Lehigh Avenue, near the Laurel Hill Cemetery .
4-522: The cemetery property was originally part of the colonial estate of Robert Ralston and kept the estate name of Mount Peace. Another portion of the estate was used for the creation of Mount Vernon Cemetery . In May 1913, a statue of James Bartram Nicholson was erected in Mount Peace Cemetery in dedication to his service as Grand Sire of Sovereign Grand Lodge and as Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of 1.O.O.F. of Pennsylvania. In 1951,
8-666: The Oddfellows Cemetery on 22nd street in Philadelphia was closed and the bodies reinterred to other cemeteries operated by the Oddfellows including Lawnview Memorial Park and Mount Peace Cemetery. The burial records for Mount Peace Cemetery are kept at Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania . Robert Ralston (philanthropist) Robert Ralston (1761 Little Brandywine, Pennsylvania – 11 August 1836 Philadelphia )
12-627: Was a merchant and philanthropist . He became a merchant at an early age, and amassed a large fortune in the East Indian trade, which he spent liberally in benevolent enterprises. He contributed largely to the establishment of the Widows' and Orphans' Asylum and the Mariner's Church in Philadelphia, founded the Pennsylvania Bible Society (then called the 'Bible Society at Philadelphia'), which
16-577: Was the first Bible society in North America , and in 1819 became first president of the board of education of the Presbyterian church. His colonial estate in Philadelphia became the location of Mount Vernon Cemetery and Mount Peace Cemetery . The Robert Ralston School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. This article incorporates text from a publication now in
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