Historic Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, PA

The following pages contain names of those persons known to be buried at Lincoln Cemetery, some history, and some photographs of the site.

The burial data has been supplied by the Friends of Midland Cemetery. Transcriptions of all surviving markers, tombstones, headstones and plot markers was completed several years ago by volunteers. Recently, the data was made available to the Friends of Midland to be published on this website. Only obvious transcription errors have been corrected. All other spellings remain as recorded. In addition, names from Dauphin County death records, compiled by Barbara Pietila of Baltimore, have been added.

A preservation organization has been set up to look after this cemetery. The contact address is below. Contributions for the care and preservation of this cemetery may be sent to this address:
Lincoln Cemetery Historical Preservation Society
c/o Wesley Union AME Zion Church
Box 5124
Harrisburg, PA 17110


		a historic African American cemetery in Penbrook, Dauphin County, PA
Study Areas: Slavery Anti-Slavery Free Persons of Color Underground Railroad US Colored Troops Year of Jubilee (1863)	The following pages contain names of those persons known to be buried at Lincoln Cemetery, some history, and some photographs of the site. The burial data has been supplied by the Friends of Midland Cemetery. Transcriptions of all surviving markers, tombstones, headstones and plot markers was completed several years ago by volunteers. Recently, the data was made available to the Friends of Midland to be published on this website. Only obvious transcription errors have been corrected. All other spellings remain as recorded. In addition, names from Dauphin County death records, compiled by Barbara Pietila of Baltimore, have been added. A preservation organization has been set up to look after this cemetery. The contact address is below. Contributions for the care and preservation of this cemetery may be sent to this address: Lincoln Cemetery Historical Preservation Society c/o Wesley Union AME Zion Church Box 5124 Harrisburg, PA 17110
	Known burials at Lincoln Cemetery unknown and A-C D-G H-L M-P Q-S T-Z History Image Gallery, page 1 Image Gallery, page 2 Harrisburg men in the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry US Colored Troops burials at Lincoln 1911 Memorial Day Service letter from Calobe Jackson, Jr. Books in the PA State Library on Lincoln Cemetery Documents Funeral notice for T. Morris Chester T. Morris Chester Tombstone Rededication Tombstone transcriptions by quadrant (MS WORD document)
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