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.
Notable interments Notable people buried at the Union Cemetery:
NameNotable event or occupation Governor of PennsylvaniaU.S. CongressmanU.S. Ambassador to Russia U.S. Congressman American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General U.S. Congressman U.S. Congressman U.S. CongressmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania Associate JusticePennsylvania State Senator U.S. CongressmanU.S. SenatorPresident pro tempore of the United States SenateSecretary of State of Pennsylvania President of the Pennsylvania State University U.S. Congressman American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier GeneralGovernor of PennsylvaniaPresident of the Pennsylvania State University Medical missionary and ethnographer Governor of Pennsylvania Union Army American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
References
External links Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA: Search the Burial Records Database