Union Cemetery-Beatty Park | |
 The Civil War memorial | |
   | |
| Nearest city | Steubenville, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°22′6″N 80°37′59″W / 40.36833°N 80.63306°W |
| Built | 1854 |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003507 |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
Union Cemetery-Beatty Park is a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Steubenville, Ohio. Union Cemetery was incorporated as a not for profit in 1854, and through donations and purchase, additional land has been added. That part not suitable for a burial ground was used as a parkland.[1]
This District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1987 for its landscape architecture.[2] The address is 1720 W. Market St. And Lincoln Ave., Steubenville, Ohio.[2]
Notable interments
- Joseph J. Gill (1846–1920), U.S. Representative from Ohio[3]
- William C. McCauslen (1796–1863), U.S. Representative from Ohio[4]
- Anson G. McCook (1835–1917), Union Army colonel and U.S. Representative from Ohio[5]
- B. Frank Murphy (1867–1938), U.S. Representative from Ohio[6]
- Jimmy Snyder (1918–1996), sports commentator[citation needed]
- Samuel Stokely (1796–1861), U.S. Representative from Ohio[7]
- Andrew Stuart (1823–1872), U.S. Representative from Ohio[8]
- Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857), U.S. Senator from Ohio and U.S. district judge[9]
- Bezaleel Wells (1773–1846), Ohio Senate member, founder of Steubenville and Canton[10]
References
- ^ "The History of Union Cemetery". Jefferson County Genealogical Society. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ a b "Union Cemetery-Beatty Park". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ "Gill, Joseph John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "McCauslen, William Cochran". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "McCook, Anson George". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "Murphy, Benjamin Franklin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "Stokely, Samuel". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "Stuart, Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "Tappan, Benjamin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ Centennial Souvenir of Steubenville and Jefferson County, O. 1897. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-29 – via Archive.org.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Cemetery-Beatty Park.
- "Union Cemetery". Find a Grave.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Cemetery
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beatty Park
This page was last edited on 30 August 2023, at 03:25