Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania)
Union Cemetery located on East Howard Street in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania was established in 1795. Burials occurred as early as 1808, and the cemetery itself was chartered in 1856. It is the final resting place of Bellefonte's founding families, Pennsylvania Governors and their wives, U.S. Congressmen, war heroes and veterans, including black soldiers of the famous Union "Army of the James" in the American Civil War. Evan Pugh, the first President of the Pennsylvania State University is buried here.
Notable interments
Notable people buried at the Union Cemetery:Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Notable event or occupation |
22 4 1817 | 7 10 1894 | Governor of Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman U.S. Ambassador to Russia | |
18.12.1792 | 28.10.1839 | U.S. Congressman | |
17 6 1837 | 1 1 1911 | American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General | |
30 9 1787 | 9 3 1849 | U.S. Congressman | |
18 2 1800 | 28.11.1862 | U.S. Congressman | |
28 7 1782 | 25 3 1851 | U.S. Congressman Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Associate Justice Pennsylvania State Senator | |
10 6 1755 | 20 5 1835 | U.S. Congressman U.S. Senator President pro tempore of the United States Senate Secretary of State for Pennsylvania | |
29 2 1828 | 29 4 1864 | President of the Pennsylvania State University | |
14.10.1810 | 6 4 1865 | U.S. Congressman | |
21.10.1837 | 31 1 1914 | American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General Governor of Pennsylvania President of the Pennsylvania State University | |
26 2 1849 | 9 1 1903 | Governor of Pennsylvania | |
6 3 1835 | 30 1 1921 | Union Army American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient | |
16 7 1821 | 7 12 1888 | American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General |