Bellevue Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Danville, Kentucky. It was established in the 1840s and was originally named Danville City Cemetery.
The Danville National Cemetery is located within Bellevue Cemetery. The federal government purchased 18 lots within Bellevue Cemetery at the beginning of the American Civil War. The initial burials were Union soldiers who died at several Danville hospitals and subsequent burials included reinterments from other cemeteries. In 1876, the half-acre, rectangular plot in the northwest corner of Bellevue Cemetery was designated a national cemetery.
A lot in Bellevue Cemetery adjacent to the national cemetery contains the burial of 66 Confederate soldiers.
Bellevue Cemetery is managed by the City of Danville and is open to new burials.
Notable burials
William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), U.S. congressman Ormond Beatty (1815–1890), seventh president of Centre College Joshua Fry Bell (1811–1870), U.S. congressman Jeremiah Boyle (1818–1871), Union Army Brigadier General John Boyle (1774–1834), U.S. congressman Milton J. Durham (1824–1911), U.S. congressman Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), Union Army Brigadier General Lewis Warner Green (1806–1863), Presbyterian minister, educator and academic administrator John Kincaid (1791–1873), U.S. congressman Sara Mahan (1870–1966), secretary of state of Kentucky William Owsley (1782–1862), 16th governor of Kentucky Thomas A. Spragens (1917–2006), 17th president of Centre College Albert G. Talbott (1808–1887), U.S. congressman Charles J. Turck (1890–1980), lawyer, educator and academic administrator John S. Van Winkle (1829–1888), Secretary of State of Kentucky and member of the Kentucky General Assembly Margaret Anderson Watts (1832–1905), social reformer John C. Young (1803–1857), fourth president of Centre College William C. Young (1842–1896), eighth president of Centre College
References
External links A Grave Interest blog: Cemeteries Worth the Visit – Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky