HISTORIC EDEN CEMETERY NOTABLES
Octavius Valentine Catto (1839 – 1871) educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth
William Still (1819 – 1902), abolitionist, businessman, writer, historian and civil rights activist
John C. Bowers (1811–1873), entrepreneur and abolitionist
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825 – 1911), abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer
Dr. Rebecca J Cole (1846–1922), the second African-American female to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree in the US
George Henry White (1852 – 1918), attorney and politician (U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district)
James Forten (1766–1842), abolitionist and businessman
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor (1885–1963) a founder of Delta Sigma Theta sorority
David Bustill Bowser (1820–1900), ornamental artist and portraitist
Charles Leroy Blockson (1933 – 2023) historian, author, and collector dedicated to preserving African-American history
Marian Anderson (1897 – 1993) groundbreaking contralto, celebrated for her opera and spiritual performances. She overcame racial barriers becoming the first African American at the Metropolitan Opera
Dedication of Octavius V. Catto Memorial, October 10, 2007