[3] One of the first burials in the cemetery was the body of Mary Mohrman, a six-year-old murder victim.

[4] The funds raised by the sale of burial lots were used for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.

[5] Church services were originally held in the mansion of the former owner of the property until the construction, in 1872, of St. Veronica Chapel and rectory, at the entrance to the cemetery at North Second Street and Nicetown Lane, which is West Butler Street today.

However, the parish outgrew the small chapel and a new church was built in 1892 on the northeast corner of 6th and Tioga Streets.

[6] Memorials for five American Civil War veterans buried in the cemetery were held in 2011[7] and 2019.