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2009 Thank you for visiting our website. You
may view recent pictures of Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland on pages 2 and 3. We are consistently working to post
new pictures at the cemetery and the names of those we have been able to locate. Below is also a link to the Find-A-Grave
website that we are also working on for Mt. Auburn. Please, should you need help or want to help, feel free to e-mail me:
lumoorman@preservationalliance.net Please check back often as we will be adding new information weekly.
This link to a Find A Grave site has the most recent up to date postings of located graves and short bio's of those interred
at Mount Auburn that I have seen to date. The main contributor to the Mt. Auburn listing on Find-A-Grave is Sean P. Murphy
who we thank for all his hard work. The site has over 790 names currently listed and growing. (There are 40,000+ interred)
This is an outstanding tool in the genealogy search and recording of gravesites at the cemetery. Hopefully, you will find
the person you have been searching for here
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Dedicated to seeing through the preservation, restoration and conservation of Mt. Auburn
Cemetery. Owned by the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.
This most historic African American
cemetery located in Baltimore, Maryland was once the only burial place for persons of color founded in 1868. One can find
historic figures such as Joe Ganns, the first light heavy weight boxing champion; Lillie Carroll Jackson, civil rights activist
who founded the NAACP in Baltimore; John Henry Murphy, founder of the Afro American Newspaper; Dr. Vivien T. Thomas, Scientist
and Inventor, and other prominent Baltimore African Americans along side those of freed slaves... It is still in use today
by some families as a final resting place. Our goal is to see through to its completion, the restoration and preservation
of this once beautiful cemetery and to preserve its history for those generations to come. For we truly stand on the
shoulders of our ancesters...
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Anderson John W. ?Sept1866 ?July 1898
Beane Susie 12-Feb-18? 10-Mar-?
Beane William 1-Sep-1906 20-Mar-?
Bennett Mary
C ? ?
Bennett Charles G. ? ?
Booze Catherine 3-Jul-? 28-May-1982
Bosley ? ?
Bowie Randolph
WWII Navy 29-Dec-1925 3-Oct-1980
Briscoe Marsha W ?-?-1942 ?-?-1967
Brooks Ada L ?1910 ?1959
Brooks Myrtle
C ?1899 ?19?
Brown Hattie 17-Jul-1938 12-Jun-1978
Brown Bear Bear 16-Dec-1917
Butler Annie
E ? ?
Butler Leslie B 23-Jan-1946 19-Apr-1995
Cale D-s--le 02-Jan- ? ?-14-?
Carr Indiana ? ?
Carter Norris ?1900 ?1985
Carter Mary ?1897 ?
Carter Olivia
M ?1911 ?1991
Cephas Albert H 1-Apr-1905 26-Apr-1905
Cephas Annie Perry 14-Apr-1890 3-Jan-1970
Cephas A. 15-Apr-1905 ?
Cephas Henry
D Perry 23-Feb-1905 ?
Cook Viola G 14-Jun-1898 ?-?-1973
Cooper Catherime ?1902 ?1962
Cooper E.
Bernard ?1903
DeShazo Reginald Matthew ? ?
Dow Julius 22-?-1929 11-?-1994
Dow Geraldine
Dow 31-May-1940 17-Jun-1990
Dow Olivia 25-Nov-1935 16-Aug-1983
Downs Clarence O
Sr. ?1903 ?1989
Draper Lawrence H 15-May-1917 8-Feb-1994
Duffie Helena Walker 3-Nov-1946 8-Jan-2000
Frisby Lamont ?1964 ?1965
Gail George C ?-?-18? ?-?-1910
Gail Louise
P ?-?-1894 ?-?-1985
Gaines Sylvester 11-Apr-1918 27-Apr-1956
Govand Edwerds ? 10
Dec 1895
Goynes Clifton ?1872 ?1955
Goynes Mary ?1881 ?1956
Goynes William 5-Apr-1905 12-Jan-1978
Goynes Clifton ?-?-1872 ?-?-1965
Grant Sam Reverend 4-Apr-1919 20-Jun-1995
Green
Mary 11/10//1856
Gross Issac S. ? ?1905
Gross Annie M ? ?1910
Gross Susan ???? ?1925
Harges Eva
R ?1945 ?1959
Holly Merrill ?190? ?1968
Holly Thelma ?1906 ?2004
Holly Mamie
Hall ?1891 ?1959
Hudson-Williams Helen Rodia 25-Dec-1923 24-Feb-1974
Huggins, Sr. Herbert 21-May-1911 20-May-1967
Hutchins Ernest
Hythe Gwendolyn
Mae 23-Feb-1951 1-Jan-1971
Hythe Bessie Mae 21-Mar-1922 26-Jul-1984
Johnson Francis ?1825 ?1898
Jones Willie Thomas ? ?
Larkins Douglas ?1893 ?1917
Larkins Mary
A. ?1823 ?1918
Larkins George ?1865 ?1938
Larkins Annie ?1868 ?1958
Larkins
Ellen ? ?
Lisane Louise ? ?1921
Lomay Virginia 6-Mar-1933 30-Apr-1982
Loney Susan ?1885 ?1956
Louisa Annie ? ?195?
Mack Walter ?1899 ?1971
Mann John ?1885 ?1956
Martin Prue ?1904 ?1968
Martin Birdie ?1903 ?1986
McMillian
Michael A 20-Oct-1964 2-Apr-1985
Miller Dorothy 7-Nov-1927 8-Mar-1967
Minkins Albert
H ?1849 ?1903
Minkins Annie ?1859 ?1899
Minkins Walter H ?1875 ?1923
Minkins Edna
E Talbott ?1892 ?1966
Moore Willie Mae ?1935 ?1974
Pearson Rosa ?1922 ?1985
Porter Luke
J 7-Feb-1927 17-Nov-1996
Pryor Evangelince 12-Aug-1909 2/6/19??
Sherrard Clifton ? ?
Shivers Damon
A 27-Feb-1967 20-Aug-1976
Simons Edith 25-Jan-1914 21-Dec-1973
Simons Enith Middle 25-Jan-1914 21-Dec-1973
Smallwood Lucinda 10-May-1803 ?1866
Smallwood Mineyca,
Lucinda ?1946
Snell Ruby ?1903 ?1933
Snell Emanuel ?19?2 ?1033
Snell Ruby ?-?-1903 ?-?-1983
Snell Emanuel ?-?-1883 ?-?-1933
Speede Bessie
M ? ?1961
Speede Samuel W. ? ?1969
Speede Maxie N. Colbert ? 30-May-1905
Stokes James
Elijah Jr 20-Jan-1975 30-Apr-1982
Thomas Clara B ?-?-1893 ?-?-1969
Walker Pauline L 14-May-1906 ?
Williams Jonathan ?-?-1885 ?-?-1893
Wilson Wardell
Woodrow 25-Feb-1917 6-Feb-1983
Wilson Martha ?-?-1882 ?-?-192?
Wise John Spanish
Amer War ? ?1886
Young Daniel ? ?1917
Young Theresa R. Dow 25-Aug-1956 ?Apr-1994
Young Annie ?-?-1862 ?-?-1845
Young
Catherine ? ?
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UPDATE: 12/08
MT AUBURN CEMETERY RECORDS FINALLY AVAILABLE
After
years of unsuccessfully trying to obtain the public access of burial records from the cemetery "stewards" Sharp Street Church,
we have been successful in having a copy of the records purchased from the Schomberg Center for African American Studies in
New York by the Enoch Pratt Free Central Library in Baltimore.
The detailed records are housed in the African American
Department on the first floor of the Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 410-396-5430 or 1-800-325-6438.
I was privileged to be the first person along with our Families Coordinator, Tavon Clagett, to view them yesterday.
The records, on Microfilm, consist of the following information:
Reel 1- Financial Board Meetings 1913-1933
Reel
2- Board Meetings 1911-1950
Reel 3- Damaged and not available
Reel 4- Cemetery Ledgers 1892-1936
Reel 5- Cemetery
Burials 1933-1955
Reel 6- Cemetery Burials 1953-1964
Reel 7- Cemetery Burials 1966-1974
Reel 8- Cemetery Burials
1907-1968
Reel 9- Cemetery Burials 1974-1989
(there are also burials from 1993 on this reel) along with Sharp Street
Weekly Reports Jan-Dec 1947
While there are large gaps in some of the burial dates, everything that was available
during the time of the Lily Foundation/Schomberg Survey of African American Churches is listed. We will be advocating and
pursuing the release of any additional/all records, currently located in the basement of Sharp Street Church, be added to
these public records. This will allow anyone who is interested to have free access to help in their search for family members
buried at Mt. Auburn.
Again, these records are FREE to access with only normal minimal library charges to print a
copy of the page you need.
During our visit, we noted quite a bit of confusing and sometimes unusual notations such
as:
Burial descriptions-
Single Grave Reg XDeep
Single Grave on Top
Regular Depth Deep
Location descriptions-
Left
of wooden upright headstone from row
Behind Big Tree
Buried near the Fence
Still, it is so much more information
than we have ever had access to before.
Most of the records contain-
The Name, Age, Date of Birth, Date of Death,
Funeral Home, Location of Death, Place of Birth, Where Buried and the Date Recorded.
In the next few days we will
be posting a link to at least one complete page from the records so that you can see the information and how it was recorded.
Finally! these records are back at home in Baltimore for all to access, FREE!
And as always, we will continue
our fight to preserve and restore Baltimore and Maryland's most historic African American Cemetery and will continue to post
updates.
lumoorman@preservationalliance.net
tavonclaggett@comcast.net
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4/2009 Progress! Update!
Anyone that
has been out to Mt. Auburn recently has seen a "drastic" change in the topography. The grounds have been almost totally cleared
by the Dept of Corrections inmates (as we have advocated for since the beginning of our journey 3 years ago).
Everything
has been removed from trees (only a few standing), loose grave markers and stones (where did they go), animals, etc. The drawback
is that a lot of the "intended shrubbery" that has been removed was once used as markers and path descriptions to the majority
of the graves. This is great progress, nonetheless.
The records that we assisted in being bought to and placed at
the Central Library in Baltimore list descriptions such as:
“Third grave from the large pine tree” or “Third grave from
the Smith stone”.
The other very important job the shrubbery did was to “hold the ground steady” from erosion. This kept
the plots covered and concealed.
Since the beginnings of Morgan State University root in Sharp Street Church (the
stewards of the cemetery), they are also involved their Landscape Architecture and Museum Studies programs in the proposed
future improvements on the grounds.
Along with the records being back home, (we are still trying to convince Sharp
Street Church to release the rest of the records to the Central Library) I would say things are moving in the right direction.
Exact grave locations or mapping actual graves, perpetual care and maintaining what has and will be done at the cemetery are
on-going issues.
Families have stood together and made a strong impact on this progress. One united voice! We still
need to convince the “powers that be” that family and outside (unrelated to the congregation) representation should be included,
along with a historian, a financial advisor, and participation from Morgan State University and the Baltimore-Washington Conference
of the United Methodist Church (owners of the cemetery) in any future Boards created to oversee the cemetery going forward.
I hope that this non-partisan board will stand to see that these hollowed grounds are preserved for generations to come.
More
to come….
Here is another link to additional records housed at the Maryland State Archives:
http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/cfm/dsp_results.cfm?keyword=mount+auburn&a_level=Collection
lumoorman@preservationalliance.net
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