Witcraft Obelisk - Cherry Hill, NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
N 39° 56.032 W 074° 59.526
18S E 500674 N 4420417
One of four very tall funerary obelisks in the NRHP Colestown Cemetery marking family plots.
Waymark Code: WMDMQE
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member ucdvicky
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The granite obelisk is about 22 feet high from tip to base and is about 50 feet from the road. The Witcraft family obelisk is 45 feet due north of the Coffin Obelisk. There are family members and their DOB, DOD information inscribed on the marker. The words AT REST is incised rather prominently on the bottom of the front base. The various information on he four-sided monument reads:

Charles Witcraft,
Born April 3, 1815,
Died Aug. 7, 1895.

Martha H.
Wife of
Charles Witcraft
Born Jan. 10, 1821,
Died Jan. 20, 1908.

AT REST

S. Leonard Witcraft
1873 --- 1899

Samuel S. Witcraft
1840 --- 1925

Sara S. Witcraft
18__ --- 1936

Clinton W. Witcraft
186_ --- 1948

Lillian _ Witcraft
1835 - 1951

Date Created/Placed: April 3, 1815

Address:
Intersection of Church Road & Kings Highway 100 Kings Hwy N Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

Height: 22 feet

Illuminated: no

Website: Not listed
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