New Cathedral Cemetery

New Cathedral Cemetery
Details
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Country	United States of America
Coordinates	39.287708°N 76.687355°W / 39.287708; -76.687355
Type	Roman Catholic
Size	125 acres (51 ha)
Find a Grave	New Cathedral Cemetery

The New Cathedral Cemetery, formerly Bonnie Brae Cemetery, is a Roman Catholic cemetery, with 125 acres, located on the westside of Baltimore, Maryland, at 4300 Old Frederick Road. It is the final resting place of 110,000 people, including numerous individuals who played important roles in Maryland history.

History

New Cathedral Cemetery was begun in 1869. It didn't open until 1871, replacing Cathedral Cemetery (established in 1816), which moved its burials to the new cemetery.[1][2][3] The Bonnie Brae estate was purchased from Captain Charles McBlair to establish the new cemetery. For a time, the new cemetery was called the Bonnie Brae Cemetery.[3] Burials were transferred from the old cemetery to the new cemetery between 1877 and 1890. The cemetery was originally 40–50 acres, but, as of 2011, had expanded to 122 acres (49 ha).[3]

As of 2018, the cemetery is 125 acres (51 ha).[4]

Interments

The cemetery is the final resting place of 100,000 people.[4] contains several players from the Baltimore Orioles, including four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame: John McGraw, Joseph Kelley, Ned Hanlon, and Wilbert Robinson.[5][6] It is believed that no other cemetery has so many Hall of Famers.[4]

Other notable burials

• Ephraim Francis Baldwin
• Edward H. Burke (1886–1955), state delegate and lawyer[7]
• John Lee Carroll
• Charles Pearce Coady
• William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. Representative from Maryland[8]
• Miriam Cooper
• Frederick L. Dewberry (1921–1990), Baltimore County Executive, Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation[9]
• Edmund Francis Dunne
• George Proctor Kane (1817–1878), Mayor of Baltimore and Marshal of Police in Baltimore[10]
• Otis Keilholtz (1838–1883), Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and ex-officio mayor of Baltimore[11]
• Ambrose Jerome Kennedy (1893-1950), Baltimore city councilman, Maryland state senator, and U.S. Congressman representing Maryland's Fourth Congressional District, 1933-1941.
• Aloysius Leo Knott (died 1918), American politician, lawyer and educator[12]
• John Lee
• J. R. Malone
• Bobby Mathews
• Henry May (1816–1866), U.S. Representative from Maryland[13]
• Thomas Francis McNulty (1859–1932), American sheriff and composer[14]
• Hugh Allen Meade
• John Mullan (road builder)
• Herbert O'Conor
• Eugene O'Dunne
• Vincent Luke Palmisano
• Theodore Wells Pietsch
• Wilbert Robinson
• Walt Smallwood
• John Surratt
• George J. Turner

References

1. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin: 2001. Maryland Genealogical Society. 2001.
2. New Cathedral Cemetery
3. "New Cathedral Cemetery (B-5110)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
4. Kelly, Jacques (April 14, 2018). "New Cathedral is resting place for notable Baltimoreans, and small flock of Orioles greats". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
5. Klingaman, Mike (April 10, 2018). "Cranky and cross, Mugsy McGraw was one of the Orioles' most colorful characters". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
6. Scott Wilson (16 September 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
7. "Edward H. Burke". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
8. "Cole, William Hinson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
9. "Dewberry". The Evening Sun. 1990-07-10. p. E5. Retrieved 2023-02-25 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Death of Mayor Kane". The Baltimore Sun. 1878-06-24. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-09-19 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "College Journal" (PDF). Georgetown College. 1883. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
12. "Gen. A. Leo Knott". The Baltimore Sun. 1918-04-19. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Obsequies of the Late Hon. Henry May". The Baltimore Sun. 1866-09-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-01-07 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Service Saturday for T. F. M'Nulty". The Baltimore Sun. 1932-05-26. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-12-04 – via Newspapers.com.