Graveyard
The historic graveyard is included with the "old" St. David’s Church on the National Register of Historic Places, and was listed in 1978. Open to all, it also serves as a quiet sanctuary for anyone who wishes to walk its paths or sit amongst the graves and trees.
As might be expected from a churchyard of such an age, there are a number of prominent people buried at St. David’s. These include:
- Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), general in the American Revolution; he died in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was buried there. His son Isaac, wishing to bury him at his home church, traveled to Erie in 1809 and had the body exhumed and rendered to separate the bones from the flesh. All the bones that would fit in Isaac Wayne’s luggage were brought to St. David’s and buried in the Newtown Township portion of the graveyard.
- Isaac Wayne (1772–1852) Anthony Wayne’s son, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1823–25.
- George W. Pepper (1867–1961), U.S. Senator 1922–1927. He is said to be buried in the Easttown portion of the graveyard.
- William W. Atterbury (1866–1935), Brigadier General in World War I, and President of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925–1935.
- Helen Hope Montgomery Scott (1904–1995), inspiration of "The Philadelphia Story" and its leading character, Tracy Lord; and her husband, Edgar Scott.
- Rose Bampton (1907–2007), opera singer.
- Edward Lowber Stokes (1880–1964), US Congressman.
- R. Norris Williams (1891–1968), professional tennis player and Olympic athlete.
Read more about this topic: St. David's Episcopal Church (Radnor, Pennsylvania)
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“I see those two hearts, I’m afraid,
Still. Cool here in the graveyard of good and evil,
They are even so to be honored and obeyed.”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)