SITE DIRECTORY
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Ellsworth Cemetery
ELLSWORTH CEMETERY
FOUNDED: 1876
ADDITONAL NAMES: N/A
AFFILIATION(S):
Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites
HISTORY:
The Ellsworth Cemetery Corporation was created on December 21, 1876. Leaders of the African American community of Westminster, including USCT Union Army Veterans, filed Maryland Articles of Incorporation to provide a burial place "for the Colored residents of Westminster, Maryland".
Through the years, Ellsworth Cemetery has been the final resting place of many African Americans of Westminster families. Black residents of the Carroll County Alms House and residents of today's Westminster Rescue Mission of all races are buried there. Strangers' Row accepts those who die Carroll County without known family.
BCN Contact Information:
Diane Boettcher
admin@ellsworthcemetery.org