Northwood Cemetery Explained

Northwood Cemetery
Established:	1878
Country:	United States
Location:	15th and Haines streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.0607°N -75.1445°W
Type:	private
Findagraveid:	45632

Northwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, It was established in 1878.

Notable interments

• George Bradley (1852–1931) Major League Baseball player^[1]
• Duke Esper (1868–1910) Major League Baseball Player^[2] Born Charles Esbacher.
• William "Kid" Gleason (1866–1933) Major League Baseball player and manager^[3]
• Eddie Griffin (1982–2007) Professional Basketball playerPhiladelphia Inquirer
• George Hesselbacher, Major League Baseball player^[4]
• John Miller (1839–1882) Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient^[5] (true name Henry Fey). He was a Private in the 8th New York Cavalry.
• Frank Bernard Nicholls (1877–1924), English-American golf professional
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973), gospel singer, songwriter, and recording artist
• Dave Zearfoss (1868–1945), professional Baseball player

The cemetery contains five Commonwealth war graves, a Canadian Army soldier of World War I and 4 British naval personnel of World War II.^[6]

External links

• Northwood Cemetery at Find-A-Grave
• Northwood Cemetery at Interment.net

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bradlge01.shtml Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=esperdu01 Baseball Almanac
3. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/kid-gleason/ Society for American Baseball Research
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hessege01.shtml Baseball-Reference
5. http://vconline.org.uk/john-miller/4593869394 vconline
6. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073177/PHILADELPHIA%20(NORTHWOOD)%20CEMETERY