Ashland Cemetery
York Rd, Carlisle, PA, 17013
GPS Coordinates:
40.198299, -77.177498
County: Cumberland
Record count: 536
Directions: Located within the borough limits of Carlisle, along the south side of York Rd, at the intersection with Giant Ln.
Background: Ashland Cemetery was established by Col. William Penrose out of a need for burial space in Carlisle. It was consecrated before a crowd of local residents on Oct. 8, 1865. At the time, the Old Graveyard on East South Street was filled to capacity and three other cemeteries were almost full.
The cemetery was managed by a group of trustees, among them was Alexander Black Ewing who started the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home in 1853. Still in operation, Ewing is one of the oldest family-owned undertaking businesses in the country.
When it opened, bodies from nearby cemeteries were transferred to Ashland.
Ashland Cemetery stayed in the Penrose family until 1952 when Penrose’s two remaining daughters sold the cemetery to Seymour Ewing and William Ewing, twin brothers and the great-grandsons of Alexander Black Ewing. The Ewing Brothers Funeral Home continued to operate the cemetery.
In 2017, Steven A. Ewing, who had become the sole owner of the cemetery, along with being the manager at Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, put it up for sale.
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