Doylestown Cemetery was founded in 1849 by a group of local residents that included W.T. Rogers, Charles E. DuBois, John S. Brown, S.J. Paxson, and the Rev. Silas M. Andrews, who purchased a 10 acre tract specifically for the purpose of starting a nondenominational, non-discriminatory cemetery where all people were welcome. Though the purchase of the adjoining Hope Cemetery in 1893 and subsequent expansions, the cemetery now consists of 33 beautiful acres and is maintained by a full-time grounds keeping staff.
Since 1850 over 10,000 people have been interred in Doylestown Cemetery, most notably, W. Atlee & David Burpee, Founder and President, respectively, of Burpee Seed Company; internationally renowned lecturer and author W. Edgar Geil, the first Westerner to traverse the Great Wall of China; local historian and Civil War General W.W.H Davis, the first governor of the Mexican Territory, which later became New Mexico, and founder of the Bucks County Historical Society; and Mr. & Mrs. Frank Swain, personal Secretary, housekeeper, and administrators of the Henry C. Mercer Estate.
Doylestown Cemetery is a private, non-profit corporation.