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Historic Dempsey D. Butler Cemetery (Camden, New Jersey)
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Historic Butler Cemetery located at the corner of Ferry Ave and Charles St.
in Camden NJ and is the final resting place of prominent Businessman and Real
Estate Entrepreneur DEMPSEY D. BUTLER, DOB 1820 - DOD 1900 and wife, ANNA ELIZA,
DOB UKN - DOD 1867.
His legacy includes Philanthropist, Abolitionist, Grand Master for the New Jersey State Chapter of Prince Hall Masons and establisher of UAME Churches. In addition to real estate, Mr. Butler owned and operated a General Store on Kaighn Ave in Camden City and Butler Hotel, located in Atlantic City NJ. By the time of his death,January 1900, Mr. Butler was noted as the richest African American in the State of New Jersey.
Interred at Butler Cemetery are approximately 236 Camden NJ City residents including the eight Civil War US Colored Troop Veterans listed below:
William H. Murray
b. 1845 MARYLAND d. 9/2/1913
Civil War
Pvt., Co. D 45th Regt US Col. Vol. Inf.
Enl. 6/15/1864 – Dis.- 11/04/1865
Samuel Jackson
b. 1845 Virginia d. 2/4/1917
Civil War
Landsman - US Navy, USS Princeton
Enl. 12/21/1864 – Dis.?
John Fitzgerald
b. 1838 d. 3/20/1911
Civil War
Landsman - US Navy, USS Princeton
Enl. 8/12/1864 – Dis.- 6/17/1865
James Hardcastle
b. 1839 d. 08/20/1910
Civil War
Pvt., Co. C, 25th Regt US Col Vol.
John Pierce
b. 1834 d. 2/15/1918
Civil War
Pvt., Co. I 6th Regt, PA US Col. Inf.
Enl. 9/8/1863 – Dis. 1/6/1865
(name in register book reads John Price)
John H. William
b. 1828 d. 12/22/1910
Civil War
Pvt., Co. E. 2nd Regt US Col. Vol. Inf.
Enl. 2/2/1865 – Dis. 12/6/1865
Joseph T. Armstrong
b. 1837 d. 1/30/1917
Civil War
Pvt., Co. C 23 Regt., USCT
Theodore Harris
Sailor
As per Courier Post article written
No visible gravemarker
ca. 1950
See butlercemetery.blogspot.com/ for more information and pictures.
in Camden NJ and is the final resting place of prominent Businessman and Real
Estate Entrepreneur DEMPSEY D. BUTLER, DOB 1820 - DOD 1900 and wife, ANNA ELIZA,
DOB UKN - DOD 1867.
His legacy includes Philanthropist, Abolitionist, Grand Master for the New Jersey State Chapter of Prince Hall Masons and establisher of UAME Churches. In addition to real estate, Mr. Butler owned and operated a General Store on Kaighn Ave in Camden City and Butler Hotel, located in Atlantic City NJ. By the time of his death,January 1900, Mr. Butler was noted as the richest African American in the State of New Jersey.
Interred at Butler Cemetery are approximately 236 Camden NJ City residents including the eight Civil War US Colored Troop Veterans listed below:
William H. Murray
b. 1845 MARYLAND d. 9/2/1913
Civil War
Pvt., Co. D 45th Regt US Col. Vol. Inf.
Enl. 6/15/1864 – Dis.- 11/04/1865
Samuel Jackson
b. 1845 Virginia d. 2/4/1917
Civil War
Landsman - US Navy, USS Princeton
Enl. 12/21/1864 – Dis.?
John Fitzgerald
b. 1838 d. 3/20/1911
Civil War
Landsman - US Navy, USS Princeton
Enl. 8/12/1864 – Dis.- 6/17/1865
James Hardcastle
b. 1839 d. 08/20/1910
Civil War
Pvt., Co. C, 25th Regt US Col Vol.
John Pierce
b. 1834 d. 2/15/1918
Civil War
Pvt., Co. I 6th Regt, PA US Col. Inf.
Enl. 9/8/1863 – Dis. 1/6/1865
(name in register book reads John Price)
John H. William
b. 1828 d. 12/22/1910
Civil War
Pvt., Co. E. 2nd Regt US Col. Vol. Inf.
Enl. 2/2/1865 – Dis. 12/6/1865
Joseph T. Armstrong
b. 1837 d. 1/30/1917
Civil War
Pvt., Co. C 23 Regt., USCT
Theodore Harris
Sailor
As per Courier Post article written
No visible gravemarker
ca. 1950
See butlercemetery.blogspot.com/ for more information and pictures.
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Coordinates: 39°55'10"N 75°6'24"W
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