Harrisburg Cemetery Explained

Harrisburg Cemetery
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Location:	13th and Liberty Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Built:	1845
Architecture:	Gothic Revival
Added:	March 07, 1985
Refnum:	85000866
Designated Other1 Name:	Pennsylvania state historical marker
Designated Other1 Abbr:	PHMC
Designated Other1 Date:	September 30, 1990^[1]
Designated Other1 Link:	List of Pennsylvania state historical markers
Designated Other1 Color:	navy
Designated Other1 Textcolor:	ffc94b

Harrisburg Cemetery, sometimes referred to as Mount Kalmia Cemetery, is a prominent rural cemetery and national historic district in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located at 13th and Liberty streets in the Allison Hill/East Harrisburg neighborhoods of the city.^[2] It was founded in 1845, though interments took place for many years before.

The cemetery is also the burial ground for American Revolutionary War soldiers.^{[3] [4]} The caretaker's cottage was built in 1850. It was designed by famed 19th Century architect, Andrew Jackson Downing, in the Gothic Revival style.^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notable burials

• Edward E. Beidleman (1873–1929), Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator and Pennsylvania's 12th lieutenant governor
  • George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), sculptor of several figures at the new Pennsylvania State Capitol Jacob D. Boas (1806–1887), Pennsylvania state senator and Harrisburg mayor
• John Conrad Bucher (1792–1844), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• James Donald Cameron (1833–1918), Secretary of War and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
• Simon Cameron (1799–1889), Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln
• Charles C. Davis (1830–1909), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient during American Civil War
• William Findlay (1768–1846), Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Mint director
• John Augustus Fritchey (1857–1916), three-term Harrisburg mayor
• John White Geary (1819–1873), first mayor of San Francisco, governor of Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania, and Union Army general in American Civil War
• Jacob Samils Haldeman (1821–1889), Pennsylvania State Representative and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
• Richard Jacobs Haldeman (1831–1886), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• John Andre Hanna (1762–1805), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania and delegate to the state convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution; and brigadier general during Whisky Insurrection
• Robert Harris (Pennsylvania) (1768–1851), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• John Christian Kunkel (1816–1870), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• George Kunkel (politician) (1893–1965), Pennsylvania state senator
• John Crain Kunkel (1898–1970), U.S. Congressman
  • Vance C. McCormick (1872–1946), chair of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles Benjamin Franklin Meyers (1833–1918), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William Henry Miller (1829–1870), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Jesse Miller (1800–1850), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Ray Coleman Mueller (1912–1994), professional baseball player
• Marlin Edgar Olmsted (1847–1913), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• John James Pearson (1800–1888), U.S. Congressman and judge from Pennsylvania
• David Rittenhouse Porter (1788–1867), Pennsylvania governor
• Luther Reily (1794–1854), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Charles "Dutch" Schesler (1900–1953), Major League Baseball player
• William K. Verbeke (1820–1898), Harrisburg developer, philanthropist, and Harrisburg mayor
• John Winebrenner (1797–1860), religious leader and founder of the first Church of God in Pennsylvania
• George Wolf (1777–1840), Pennsylvania governor

See also

• List of Pennsylvania cemeteries
• List of cemeteries in the United States

References

1. Web site: PHMC Historical Markers . Historical Marker Database . Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission . December 20, 2013 . https://archive.today/20131207041235/http://search.pahistoricalmarkers.com/ . December 7, 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Harrisburg Cemetery. 2007. afrolumensproject. 2007-01-18.
3. Web site: City Wide Sights, Allison Hill & Eastern Harrisburg. 2004. City of Harrisburg. 2007-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070120144006/http://www.harrisburgpa.gov/visitors/cityWide/allisonHill0.html . 2007-01-20.
4. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. November 15, 2011. September 14, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H064457_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harrisburg Cemetery]. 2011-11-15. Jeb Stuart. PDF. August 1982.
5. Web site: History & Grounds – Harrisburg Cemetery.

External links

• • The Political Graveyard

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