Union Baptist Cemetery

Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.

Union Baptist Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Overview of the cemetery
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Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°7′0″N 84°36′10″W
Area	160 acres (0.65 km2)
NRHP reference No.	02001057[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 2002[1]

History

The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.^[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.

Notable burials

• Newt Allen, a Negro league baseball player^[3]
• Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.^[4]
• Bishop Mary Beck Bell, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul^[3]
• Tiny Bradshaw, musician ^[3]
• Edith Hern Fossett, enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at President's House (White House) and head cook at Monticello^[5]
• Hon. George W. Hayes
• David Leroy Nickens^[3]
• Consuelo Clark-Stewart^[3]
• Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School
• Wallace "Bud" Smith, boxer^[3]