✣ Friends Burial Ground ✣
I only realized after returning home and doing some research that there are actually two Friends Burial Grounds tucked into the center of Stroudsburg. This one is at the intersection of Ann and 8th streets and is the older of the two small graveyards, established in conjunction with a meetinghouse in 1811.
Despite their peaceable reputation, a schism occurred in 1827, known as the “Separation,” which split the Quakers between the more rural-minded Hicksite and their urban Orthodox brethren. While the meetinghouses of both factions are gone, their separate graveyards remain. The second gravesite, located on Quaker Alley, was linked with the Hicksite group who purchased their plot in 1831, while this graveyard continued to be used by the Orthodox branch after the split.
As usual, I was drawn to the older and more rustic headstones. Unfortunately those with the most information are rather difficult to read. Slides three through six show the markers for M. Cotant from 1888 and Jonathan Hallock, who died in 1836, in both black & white and color. The next two are the memorials for James Bell and S. Bell. I love the delicate script used on James Bell’s headstone.
➺ Friends Burial Ground
➺ The Historical Marker Database ➺ Find A Grave
➺ The Historical Marker Database ➺ Find A Grave
Of the (likely older) fieldstone memorials, many only enigmatically list two initials. ✣ Ann & 8th St. Stroudsburg, PA 18360 • Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County ✣
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