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Allegheny Cemetery

Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a historic rural cemetery.

History
Incorporated in 1844, the Allegheny Cemetery is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in the United States. It has been expanded over the years and now encompasses . Some of the oldest graves are of soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War. Their remains were reinterred here, moved from their original burial site at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh. Many notables from the city of Pittsburgh are buried here. The cemetery was among those profiled in the PBS documentary A Cemetery Special. Mt. Barney was selected as the site of a memorial to naval heroes in 1848, and Commodore Joshua Barney and Lt. James L. Parker were reinterred there. On Memorial Day, 1937, a new memorial was unveiled at Allegheny Cemetery, dedicated to the more than 7,000 servicemen buried here. ==Notable interments==
Notable interments
(located beside the 1870 portion of the Butler Street entrance shown in the above picture) • Gabriel Adams (1790–1864), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1847–49) • John Arbuckle (1838–1912), coffee and sugar businessman • Marcus E. Baldwin (1863–1929), Major League Baseball player • Joseph Barker (1806–1862), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1850–51) • Joshua Barney (1759–1818), Commodore in the United States Navy and American Revolutionary War, War of 1812 veteran (Moved to new site in 1848) • Richard Biddle (1796–1847), US Congressman • Lem Billings (1916–1981), friend and campaigner for President John F. KennedyWilliam Bingham (1808–1873), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1856–57) • James Blackmore (1821–1875), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1868–69 & 1872–75) • Francis B. Brewer (1820–1892), US Congressman • Don Brockett (1930–1995), motion picture and television actor, "Chef Brockett" on the PBS series ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' • Adam M. Brown (1826–1910), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1901) • James W. Brown (1844–1909), US Congressman • Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1869–72) • Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his gruesome death caused by consumption of the radioactive patent medicine Radithor. • John Caldwell Jr. (1827–1902), George Westinghouse partner and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubLouis Semple Clarke (1867–1957), automotive pioneer, founder of the Autocar Company and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubJames Wallace Conant (1862–1906), manager of the Schenley Park Casino and Duquesne Gardens, and founder of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. • Beano Cook (1931–2012), college football commentator • Daniel William Cooper (1830–1920), one of the founders of the Sigma Chi Fraternity • John Dalzell (1845–1927), US Congressman • Cornelius Darragh (1809–1854), US Congressman • Ebenezer Denny (1761–1822), first Mayor of Pittsburgh (1816–17), American Revolutionary War veteran • Harmar Denny (1794–1852), U.S. CongressmanHarmar D. Denny Jr. (1886–1966), US Congressman • William J. Diehl (1845–1929), politician and Mayor of Pittsburgh (1899–1901) • Samuel Diescher (183–1915), engineer who designed the Duquesne Incline and the majority of such projects in Pennsylvania and the US, also designed many industrial projects • Harry Allison Estep (1884–1968), US Congressman • John Baptiste Ford (1811–1903), industrialist, founder of PPG Industries and Ford City, PennsylvaniaWalter Forward (1786–1852), United States Secretary of the TreasuryStephen Foster (1826–1864), songwriter • Andrew Fulton (1850–1925), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1884–87) • Edward D. Gazzam (1803–1878), doctor, politician, and abolitionist • Josh Gibson (1911–1947), baseball great of the Negro leaguesGus Greenlee (1893–1952), Major League Baseball Team Owner • George W. Guthrie (1848–1917), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1906–09) • John B. Guthrie (1807–1885), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1851–53) • Lizzie M. Guthrie (1838–1880), missionary • Moses Hampton (1803–1878), US Congressman • Alexander Hay (1806–1882), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1842–45) • General Alexander Hays (1819–1864) • William B. Hays (1844–1912), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1903–06) • Joseph Horne (1826–1891), founder of Pittsburgh department store Horne's; this chain closed in 1994 • Thomas Marshall Howe (1808–1877), US Congressman • Alfred E. Hunt (1855–1899), co-founder of the company that became AlcoaThomas Irwin (1785–1870), US Congressman • William Wallace Irwin (1803–1856), US Congressman, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1840–41) • William Freame Johnston (1808–1872), Governor of Pennsylvania • William Kerr (1809–1853), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1846–47) • Samuel Kier (1813–1874), pioneer oil refiner • Charles H. Kline (1870–1933), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1926–33) • Andrew W. Loomis (1797–1873), US Congressman • F. T. F. Lovejoy (1854–1932), Industrialist, associate of Andrew CarnegieJames Lowry Jr. (1820–1876), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1864–66) • William McClelland (1842–1892), US Congressman • Charles McClure (1804–1846), US Congressman • James McCord (1822–1894), millionaire owner of the oldest hattery west of the Allegheny Mountains and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club • Henry Sellers McKee (1843–1924), millionaire glass manufacturer, founder of Jeannette, Pennsylvania and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubRobert McKnight (1820–1885), US Congressman • William McNair (1880–1948), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1934–36) • Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), founder of Mellon BankAlexander Pollock Moore (1867–1930), publisher of the Pittsburgh Leader and ambassador who was married to actress Lillian RussellJames Kennedy Moorhead (1806–1884), US Congressman • Philip H. Morgan (1825–1900), lawyer, jurist, diplomat • General James S. Negley (1826–1901), Civil War general and U.S. CongressmanJohn Neville (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War veteran and tax collector during the Whiskey RebellionGeorge Tener Oliver (1848–1919), publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette Times and Chronicle Telegraph, US Senator • Alfred L. Pearson (1838–1903), United States Army officer • Henry Kirke Porter (1840–1921), US Congressman • James Hay Reed (1853–1927), founding partner, Knox & Reed (now Reed Smith LLP), and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubRobert M. Riddle (1812–1858), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1853–54) • John Buchanan Robinson (1846–1933), US Congressman • William Robinson Jr. (1785–1868), politician, businessman and militia general • Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879–1912), aviation pioneer • James Ross (1762–1847), US Senator • Archibald H. Rowand Jr. (1845–1913), Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient • Lillian Russell (1861–1922), singer, actress • Ted Sadowski (1936–1993), Major League Baseball Player • Richard Mellon Scaife (1932–2014), billionaire supporter of conservative causes, publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewGeorge Shiras Jr. (1832–1924), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice • Jacob B. Sweitzer (1821–1888), Pennsylvania lawyer and soldier. He commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division/5th Corps of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg • Jane Swisshelm (1815–1884), journalist, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate • Adamson Tannehill (1750–1820), Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer, US Congressman • Benjamin Thaw (1859–1933), Pittsburgh financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubHarry Kendall Thaw (1871–1947), murderer of architect Stanford White, husband of Evelyn NesbitJames Thomson (1790–1876), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1841–42) • Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000), jazz musician • Ferdinand E. Volz (1823–1876), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1854–56) • Rachel Mellon Walton (1899–2006), member of the prominent Mellon family, centenarian, and prominent Pittsburgh philanthropistHenry A. Weaver (1820–1890), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1857–60) • Calvin Wells (1827–1909), industrialist, financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting ClubJane McDowell Foster Wiley (1829–1903), wife of Stephen Foster and inspiration for his song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" • Thomas Williams (1806–1872), Civil War congressman, prosecutor in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. • The unidentified remains of 54 victims of the 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Angel of the Resurrection (side view), James B. Hogg Monument, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2016.JPG|Angel of the Resurrection on James B. Hogg monument (sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown, ca. 1850) File:Angel of the Resurrection (front view), James B. Hogg Monument, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2016.JPG|Angel of the Resurrection on James B. Hogg monument (sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown, ca. 1850) File:Faith, Hope and Charity by Carl Conrads on Moorhead Column, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2016.JPG|Faith, Hope and Charity on Moorhead Column (sculpted by Carl Conrads, 1877) == See also ==
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