Place:Red Lion Methodist Church Cemetery, New Castle, Delaware, United States

The name of this cemetery is based on information in Find-A-Grave. The cemetery itself does not have a sign indicating its name. The grounds are not well maintained, most monuments are in excess of 100 years old and are in varying states of legibility. The cemetery abuts Delaware State Highway 7 (DE 7) a short distance south of the DE 7 / DE 71 intersection. The cemetery does not have a road leading into it, nor parking available; however there is sufficient space to pull a car off of the road and shoulder and onto the grass fronting the cemetery.

Information about burials

Data supporting content in this section appears in a .ods-format file on Google Docs.

Surname frequency

The image at right shows the frequency of appearance among burials of all 25 surnames represented in the cemetery based on transcription content as of 18 Dec 2011. All information was taken from Find-A-Grave to create this image and the representation of the cemetery in this resource is not complete. The prevalence of "Unknown" reflects a combination of poor condition of memorials but also the absence of maiden names for married women. This page has been placed in all 24 surname categories (not 'unknown') corresponding to the surnames encountered to date.

Gender balance

• 50% female
• 45% male
• 4.5% ambiguous

Age distribution

Of the 44 interments reviewed here, 32 had sufficient information available to determine age. The minimum age was 0 (infant) and the maximum, 93; the female median age is 32.5 and the mode age was 0, while the male median age is 55.5 and the mode age 70.

Year of death distribution

Earliest and latest discernible death years are 1812 and 1925.

Resources

• Find-A-Grave listing

  As of 18 Dec 2011, the Find-A-Grave resource listed 44 interment records, which is a subset of the complete set of burials. There are several records for illegible or barely legible monuments, but these are generally under-represented in the record set.

• GeoHack mapping resources
• 2001 posting to a New Castle, Delaware e-mail list with name transcription and alternate cemetery name