Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery Explained

Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery
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Location:1300 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, Kentucky
Interments:Estimated 55,000

Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery is located at 1300 Old Hartford Road in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. There are about 55,000 interments at the cemetery, which is officially recognized as a historical landmark by the state of Kentucky. Notable people buried in the cemetery include a number of US Congressmen, as well as Rainey Bethea, the last person to be publicly executed in the United States.

Notable persons

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, Christine #6533. 3rd. Scott. Wilson. Gregory W. (foreword). Mank. 2016. McFarland & Company, Inc.. 978-0786479924. 948561021.
  2. Book: Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress . 1975 . Warner . Ezra J. . Yearns . W. Buck . Louisiana State University Press . 239–240 . . 2024-02-07.