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This project is for those who are interred in Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
The cemetery is also known as Allentown Cemetery and Old Allentown Cemetery. It is located on 10th and Linden Streets.
Allentown Cemetery Park was created by William Allen as the graveyard for his little community. The first person recorded as being buried in the cemetery was Mary Huber in 1765. The older stones have epitaphs written in ornate German Gothic script. There are many graves here of Allentown men who fought in the American Revolution. A large plaque at the corner of 10th and Linden lists them as well as the veterans of the War of 1812. Among the most famous interred here is Peter Rhoads Sr., a local storekeeper and member of the Revolutionary-era Committee for Public Safety.
Memorials of Distinction
- Tilghman H. Good
- Hon. John Westbrook Hornbeck
- Hon. Peter Newhard
- Hon. Peter Rhoads Surname changed from Roth to Rhoads