Lincoln Cemetery (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Lincoln Cemetery was founded in Nov 1877 by the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E. Zion Church).[1] It is located at 201 South 30th Street in the Penbrook area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[2][3] It is the oldest extant Black Cemetery in Harrisburg, and contains many people re-interred from the 4-5 original African-American Burial Grounds in the city of Harrisburg. Members of the Wesley Union church, spread out through the Harrisburg Area, were active in the Underground Railroad.[1] Civil War veterans, including Ephraim Slaughter, the last surviving Civil War Veteran of Harrisburg is buried in the cemetery. He served in the 37th regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops and the 3rd N.C. Colored Infantry.[1][4] It is the site of one of the historical markers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.[5]