Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) Explained

Union Cemetery
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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
	Governor of Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman U.S. Ambassador to Russia
	U.S. Congressman
	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
	U.S. Congressman
	U.S. Congressman
	U.S. Congressman Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Associate Justice Pennsylvania State Senator
	U.S. Congressman U.S. Senator President pro tempore of the United States Senate Secretary of State for Pennsylvania
	President of the Pennsylvania State University
	U.S. Congressman
	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General Governor of Pennsylvania President of the Pennsylvania State University
	Governor of Pennsylvania
	Union Army American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General

External links

• Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA: Search the Burial Records Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virtual Walking Tour of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Stop 36. Union Cemetery. Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association . 2009-07-23.