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There are 23 Sections in Eden Cemetery

  • Douglas, A, B, C, D, E: Honoring Frederick Douglas
  • Home: Honoring the Deceased from Stephen Smith Home
  • Celestine: Named after the first person buried at Eden, Celestine Moseley Cromwell
  • Lincoln: Honoring Abraham Lincoln
  • David Bowser: (David Bustill Bowser) A native Pennsylvania artist; painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in oil (taken from a photograph) and painted a portrait of John Brown who was killed at Harper's Ferry. He was a member of the 18th century famous Cypruss Bustill, and Educator and baker during the Revolutionary War up to the 20th Century Paul Robeson.
  • Richard Allen: Named for the founder of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
  • John Brown: The leader of the rebellion
  • Catto A&B: (Octavius H. Catto) Martyr in the fight for civil rights in the 1860s
  • Lebanon: A cemetery in Philadelphia purchased by Eden Company, bodies transferred to Eden in 1903
  • Harriet Tubman: Honoring the outstanding female freedom fighter
  • Letson-Martin: (Albert Letson) President of Eden Cemetery; Secretary Board of Revisions of Texas (City of Philadelphia); Member of the State of Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission; Founder of the First Black Golf & Country Club "Freeway" Sicklerville, NJ; Founder/President of Letson Realtor Company; (I. Maximilian Martin) - Treasurer of Eden Cemetery Company; President of Berean Savings Bank; Life Heritage Member of the NAACP
  • Lehmann: Named after Martin J. Lehmann, one of the five Charter Members
  • Celestine 1 & 2: Expansion of the Celestine Section
  • Katherine Parvis Gardens: Daughter of Daniel Parvis
  • Olive: A former cemetery purchased by Eden. The bodies were transferred around 1923.
  • Bowers: Named after Henrietta Bowers Duterte, America's first female undertaker
  • Daniel Parvis: A Founder, Manager and Vice President. Father of Katherine Parvis

Organizations who believed in the worth of Eden Cemetery, and purchased lots for their members are:

  • The British Great War Veterans
  • Veterans of Both Wars
  • House of Refuge
  • The Association of Colored Orphans of Philadelphia
  • Home for Destitute Colored Children
  • The Prime Hall Masons
  • The IBPOE if W
  • Odd Fellows
  • The Cyrens
  • African Presbyterian Church
  • Lombard Central Presbyterian Church
  • Wesley AME Zion Church
  • Grace Union AME Church
  • Church of God and Saints of Christ
  • St. Thomas P. E. Church
  • St. Marks P. E. Church
  • Church of the Crucifixion
  • St. Mary's P. E. Church
  • St. Simon the Cyrenian Church
  • Union Baptist Church

Some of the many outstanding citizens buried in Eden area:

  • Amos Scott - First Magistrate for Philadelphia
  • Chris J. Perry - Founder of the Philadelphia Tribune
  • William and Letitia Still - Author of "The Underground Railroad"
  • Dr. Caroline Still-Anderson - Philadelphia's first Black female physician. Daughter of William and Letitia Stil
  • Dr. Rebecca Cole - Another female physician
  • John Taylor - First African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
  • Jesse Fauset - Noted Author, Teacher and First Phi Beta Kappa
  • William Cole - An Ambidexter
  • Ms. Caroline Lecound - Principal of O. V. Catto School
  • Francis Harper - Noted Author
  • Mrs. Henrietta S. Bowers-Duterte - First female Undertaker in the country
  • Nellie Bright - Teacher and First female PhD., University of Penn graduate
  • Martin Anderson - Renowned Opera Singer
  • The Reverends John Reave, Charles Tindley, J. Campbell Beckett, Wesley Parks, William Creditt, Father McDuffy, Father Bright, and Bishop Ida Robinson are interred in Eden
  • Doctors E. C. Howard, R. J. Abele, Monroe Turnell and James Potter, repose in Eden
  • Joseph Turpin Seth - Successor to Harietta Bowers Duterte as well as her nephew. When he died in 1927 the business was the oldest "colored" business in Philadelphia. It was over 80 years old.