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Chester County Alms House Cemeteries

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Memorials	:	1
Location	:	Newlin Township, Chester County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9319000, -75.7255000
Description	:	The Chester County Poor (or Alms) House was established in 1800. During its long history it went by many names — first as the Chester County Alms House, then as the Chester County Home, then the Chester County Institutional District, then the Embreeville State Hospital, and finally, until its closure in 1997 as the Embreeville State Center — there were three cemeteries located at the site. The oldest cemetery was located on a triangular plot of land on the West Bradford side of the township line, near the site of "Indian Hannah" Freeman's original stone marker, northwest of Conley Drive. This... Read More	The Chester County Poor (or Alms) House was established in 1800. During its long history it went by many names — first as the Chester County Alms House, then as the Chester County Home, then the Chester County Institutional District, then the Embreeville State Hospital, and finally, until its closure in 1997 as the Embreeville State Center — there were three cemeteries located at the site. The oldest cemetery was located on a triangular plot of land on the West Bradford side of the township line, near the site of "Indian Hannah" Freeman's original stone marker, northwest of Conley Drive. This cemetery saw its first burial around 1802 and was used throughout the 19th century. During the mid-1890s, construction at the County Home, including a new Hospital for the Insane and a water pipeline, necessitated the laying out of a new cemetery. This second cemetery was established several hundred yards west of the old plot, on the West Bradford township line and at the corner of the County's property. Many remains were removed to this new plot as they were uncovered during construction activities. This small plot would eventually come to hold at least 69 interments, according to the numbered stones there. Though it was restored by Embreeville Staff and other volunteers upon the urging of First Lady of Pennsylvania Jinny Thornburgh in the late 1980s, today it is overgrown, and largely inaccessible, and sits in the woods on the edge of a corn field. The third and most familiar cemetery was laid out in 1908 or shortly after, when Chester County purchased the 189-acre farm of John Hoopes across the Brandywine. This cemetery is located across the railroad along a well-used trail in the ChesLen Preserve. It is marked at its corners by four tall trees and is surrounded by a chain-link fence. The last burials in this third cemetery are believed to have occurred in the late 1940s. In both the second and third cemeteries, the gravestones have only numbers on them. It is said that though the facility once had records of burials on its grounds, and an index which associated the numbered tombstones with the occupants' identities, both have since been lost, either being disposed of when the facility closed or lost in a flood in Harrisburg with other records of the Embreeville State Hospital. Because of the complex history of the Embreeville site, there is no known way to differentiate with any certainty the burials in each burial ground — or to associate the numbered graves to individual's names. The known burials in all three cemeteries at the complex are listed in this single cemetery entry. Note: The County of Chester is also known to have buried the poor and others in its charge in Bradford Cemetery in nearby Marshallton. These interments are recorded in that cemetery's records.

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Chester County Alms House Cemeteries is located at 1664 Embreeville Rd Newlin Township, Chester County ,Pennsylvania , 19320USA.
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Latitude: 39.9319000
Longitude: -75.7255000

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Romansville United Methodist Church Cemetery
Romansville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9510994, -75.7385025

2. Romansville Friends Burying Ground
Romansville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9536018, -75.7431030

3. Old Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery
Laurel, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9373410, -75.7695410

4. Unionville Cemetery
Unionville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8950310, -75.7296066

5. Bradford Cemetery
Marshallton, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9474800, -75.6809000

6. Bradford Friends Burying Ground
Marshallton, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9497000, -75.6802000

7. Saint Michael Lutheran Church Columbarium
Unionville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8926920, -75.7191700

8. Marlborough Friends Burial Ground
Marlboro, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8953000, -75.7044000

9. Marshallton United Methodist Church Cemetery
Marshallton, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9506989, -75.6769028

10. Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Unionville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8888830, -75.7137970

11. Derry Union American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9649185, -75.7764344

12. Doe Run Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Coatesville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9488000, -75.7900000

13. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Downingtown, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9900017, -75.7155991

14. Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery
East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9505997, -75.8088989

15. Price-Burgoin Family Burial Ground
East Bradford Township, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9906110, -75.6753890

16. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Columbarium
Coatesville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9842680, -75.7891530

17. Pennsbury Union American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Pocopson, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8977440, -75.6413930

18. London Grove Friends Burial Ground
London Grove Township, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8691500, -75.7743200

19. Longwood Cemetery
Kennett Square, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8680496, -75.6728821

20. Parkersville Friends Meeting Cemetery
Parkersville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8861008, -75.6447983

21. Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Cemetery
Kennett Square, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8546982, -75.7146988

22. Union Hill Cemetery
Kennett Square, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8544006, -75.7161026

23. Fairview Cemetery
Coatesville, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9789009, -75.8071976

24. Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
Kennett Square, Chester County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8516000, -75.7160000

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