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 Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green Cemetery - New Castle, Delaware Posted by:  BruceS
N 39° 39.641 W 075° 33.750
18S E 451748 N 4390248
Cemetery surrounding historic Episcopal Church in New Castle, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WMN7Z9
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2015
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The cemetery has a few hundred stones some dating back to the early 1700s. The cemetery is the final resting place for several individuals who were prominent in the early history of Delaware and the United States including the following:
Several notable people are interred in the Immanuel Church cemetery:
- Gunning Bedford, Sr., Governor of Delaware
- C. Douglass Buck, U.S. Senator
- John L. Gardner, Brigadier General
- George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- George B. Rodney, U.S. Representative
- Thomas Stockton, Governor of Delaware
- Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr., Governor of Delaware
- Nicholas Van Dyke, Jr., U.S. Senator
Name of church or churchyard: Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green
Approximate Size: Large (100+)
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