Angel Hill Cemetery

{{Short description|Cemetery in Harford County, Maryland}}

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| location = Havre de Grace, Maryland

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Angel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

History

Angel Hill Cemetery was incorporated on May 4, 1886.{{cite book|title=Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics of Maryland|year=1899|url={{Google books|pQ8oAAAAYAAJ|page=175|plainurl=yes}}|page=175|access-date=December 17, 2022}} Later in 1886, an iron fence was built surrounding the cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114761586/angel-hill-cemetery-20-aug-1886-the/ |title=Angel Hill Cemetery |date=August 20, 1886 |newspaper=The Aegis and Intelligencer |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=December 17, 2022}}{{Open access}}

File:Admiral John Rodgers Post Civil War Memorial at Angel Hill Cemetery 2.jpg

On July 4, 1900, a ten-foot granite monument was dedicated to the "honorably discharged Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War 1861–1865". It was donated by the Admiral John Rodgers Post, No. 28, Department of Maryland Grand Army of the Republic.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lestweforgetguid0000sode/page/138/mode/2up |last=Soderberg |first=Susan Cooke |title=Lest We Forget |page=138 |year=1995 |isbn=9780942597769 |via=Archive.org |access-date=December 16, 2022}}

In 2014, portions of the third season of the television series House of Cards were filmed in and around Angel Hill Cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-house-of-cards-1010-20141009-story.html |title='House of Cards' star Kevin Spacey in Havre de Grace for cemetery scene |last=Zumer |first=Bryna |date=October 9, 2014 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=December 17, 2022}}

Notable interments

  • C. B. Burns (1879–1968), baseball player{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121123351/burns-7-jun-1968-the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Burns |date=1968-06-07 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=C15 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-18}}{{Open access}}
  • Frederick Lee Cobourn (1885–1962), politician and judge{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116439326/f-b-cobourn-25-jun-1962-the-evening/ |title=F. B. Cobourn |date=June 25, 1962 |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=January 14, 2023}}{{Open access}}
  • John Donahoo (1786–1858), lighthouse builder and town commissioner{{Cite news |url=http://www.lhdigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1004 |title=Two Lights on the Hill |date=April 2001 |work=Lighthouse Digest Magazine |last=Simms |first=William Q. |access-date=2023-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216004222/http://www.lhdigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1004 |archive-date=2023-02-16 |url-status=live}}
  • James W. Foster (died 1932), politician{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120339076/foster-18-nov-1932-the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Foster |date=1932-11-18 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-06}}{{Open access}}
  • Harry C. Lawder (1844–1921), politician and merchant
  • Robert R. Lawder (died 1967), state politician and mayor of Havre de Grace{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115100848/lawder-73-ex-mayor-of-havre-de-grace/ |title=Lawder, 73, Ex-Mayor of Havre De Grace |date=September 4, 1967 |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=December 25, 2022}}{{Open access}}
  • John O'Neill (1768–1838), lighthouse keeper and defender of Havre de Grace in War of 1812{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/164/mode/2up |title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake |year=2011 |page=165 |via=Archive.org |access-date=December 16, 2022}}
  • G. Arnold Pfaffenbach (1904–1982), Maryland state delegate and lawyer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114746659/pfaffenbach-23-jun-1982-the-baltimore/ |title=Pfaffenbach |date=June 23, 1982 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=49 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=December 16, 2022}}{{Open access}}
  • Robert Seneca (died 1931), state delegate and mayor of Havre de Grace{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120613082/seneca-31-mar-1931-the-evening-sun-34/ |title=Seneca |date=1931-03-31 |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=34 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-10}}{{Open access}}
  • Stone family, victims of murderer Hattie Stone{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/wildwomenofmaryl0000silb_d3q2/page/120/mode/2up |last=Silberman |first=Lauren R. |title=Wild Women of Maryland: Grit & Gumption in the Free State |year=2015 |pages=121–122 |via=Archive.org |access-date=December 16, 2022}}
  • Millard Tydings (1890–1961), U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/marylanderswhose0000eise/page/220/mode/2up |last=Eisenberg |first=Gerson G. |title=Marylanders Who Served The Nation: A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from Maryland |year=1992 |isbn=9780942370348 |via=Archive.org |access-date=December 16, 2022}}
  • Murray Vandiver (1845–1916), Maryland state delegate, Treasurer of Maryland and mayor of Havre de Grace{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001500/001551/html/1551bio.html |title=Murray Vandiver |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=December 17, 2022}}
  • Robert R. Vandiver (1805–1885), Maryland state delegate and contractor{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114807297/death-of-robert-r-vandiver-11-sep/ |title=Death of Robert R. Vandiver |date=1885-09-11 |newspaper=The Aegis and Intelligencer |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-02-15}}{{Open access}}

See also

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