Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania)

Union Cemetery located on East Howard Street in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania was established in 1795. Burials occurred as early as 1808, and the cemetery itself was chartered in 1856. It is the final resting place of Bellefonte's founding families, Pennsylvania Governors and their wives, U.S. Congressmen, war heroes and veterans, including black soldiers of the famous Union "Army of the James" in the American Civil War. Evan Pugh, the first President of the Pennsylvania State University is buried here.

Notable interments

Notable people buried at the Union Cemetery:

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Notable event or occupation
Andrew G. Curtin	22 April 1817	7 October 1894	Governor of Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman U.S. Ambassador to Russia
William W. Potter	18 December 1792	28 October 1839	U.S. Congressman
John I. Curtin	17 June 1837	1 January 1911	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
John Blanchard	30 September 1787	9 March 1849	U.S. Congressman
James Irvin	18 February 1800	28 November 1862	U.S. Congressman
Thomas Burnside	28 July 1782	25 March 1851	U.S. Congressman Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Associate Justice
Andrew Gregg	10 June 1755	20 May 1835	U.S. Congressman U.S. Senator President pro tempore of the United States Senate Secretary of State for Pennsylvania
Evan Pugh	29 February 1828	29 April 1864	President of the Pennsylvania State University
James T. Hale	14 October 1810	6 April 1865	U.S. Congressman
James A. Beaver	21 October 1837	31 January 1914	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General Governor of Pennsylvania President of the Pennsylvania State University
Daniel H. Hastings	26 February 1849	9 January 1903	Governor of Pennsylvania
George W. Harris	6 March 1835	30 January 1921	Union Army American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
William H. Blair	16 July 1821	7 December 1888	American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General

External links

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