On this date, March 22nd, in 1887, the Philadelphia Board of Health acknowledges that the trustees of Bethel Church had complied with the Board’s order to repair the cemetery’s surrounding fence and take steps to ensure all burials are conducted in accordance with the law. Neighbors of the cemetery made several nuisance complaints to the Board after coffins and human remains started to wash through the dilapidated fence around the area. (From Board of Health records at the City Archives of the City of Philadelphia. )
Bethel Burying Ground Project 