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Delaware Cemetery is a picturesque burial ground in Dingmans Ferry, Pike, Pennsylvania. The earliest burials are from the 1810s. Delaware is an active cemetery.
The Delaware Cemetery Association was formed in 1880:
"The Delaware Cemetery Association is a volunteer organization formed in 1880 to own a piece of property, and from that real estate to provide the selling of burial grave plots; facilitate burials in those deeded plots; and maintain the cemetery in presentable condition."
http://delawarecemeterypa.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/44674/delaware-cemetery
The most famous of the cemtery's burials is:
Chief Thundercloud, Blackfoot Indian
"Noted American Indian. He was a member of the Blackfeet tribe and a scout with the US Army. He also worked in show business with P.T. Barnum and he was also in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He posed for artists such as Fredrick Remington and John Singer. It is believed that he was the model for the U.S. nickel coin as well as the last five dollar gold piece that was minted in the U.S."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15688574/thunder-cloud