Union Cemetery
Details
Established1795 (1795)
Location
East Howard Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Union Cemetery located on East Howard Street in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania was established in 1795. Burials at the cemetery began in 1808, and the cemetery was formally chartered in 1856.

The cemetery is the final resting place of several prominent residents of Pennsylvania, including Bellefonte's founding families, Pennsylvania governors and their wives, U.S. Congressmen, war heroes, and veterans, including Black soldiers from the Union's Army of the James during the American Civil War. Evan Pugh, the first president of the Pennsylvania State University is buried in the cemetery.[1]

Notable interments

Notable people buried at the Union Cemetery:

Name Notable event or occupation
Andrew G. Curtin Governor of Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressman
U.S. Ambassador to Russia
William W. Potter U.S. Congressman
John I. Curtin American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
John Blanchard U.S. Congressman
James Irvin U.S. Congressman
Thomas Burnside U.S. Congressman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Associate Justice
Pennsylvania State Senator
Andrew Gregg U.S. Congressman
U.S. Senator
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Secretary of State for Pennsylvania
Evan Pugh President of the Pennsylvania State University
James T. Hale U.S. Congressman
James A. Beaver American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
Governor of Pennsylvania
President of the Pennsylvania State University
Daniel H. Hastings Governor of Pennsylvania
George W. Harris Union Army American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
William H. Blair American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General

References

  1. ↑ "Virtual Walking Tour of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Stop 36. Union Cemetery". Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

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