Old St. Joseph's Cemetery

Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
39°6′12″N 84°34′40″W / 39.10333°N 84.57778°W / 39.10333; -84.57778TypePrivate, Roman CatholicOwned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati / Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery SocietySize200 acres (0.81 km2)No. of interments>20,000WebsiteCincinnati Catholic Cemetery SocietyFind a GraveOld St. Joseph's Cemetery
Gravemarker inscribed in German in the old section

The Old St. Joseph's Cemetery is a cemetery in Cincinnati.

History

Old St. Joseph's Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Reverend John Baptist Purcell. The cemetery received its first burials the same year, and there have been over 85,000 interments since.[1]

Notable interments

See also: Category:Burials at Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • Larry Benton (1897–1953), football player[2]
  • Moe Burtschy (1922–2004), baseball player
  • Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894), Civil War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • Stephen Joseph McGroarty (1830–1870), Civil War general
  • Clyde Vollmer (1921–2006), baseball player

References

  1. ^ Work Projects Administration, Writers' Program of Ohio (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Cincinnati: The Weisen-Hart Press. p. 463.
  2. ^ Lee, Bill (2003). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland Publishing. p. 491. ISBN 978-0786415397.

External links

  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • Saint Joseph Cemetery a.k.a. German Saint Joseph Cemetery, Old Saint Joseph Cemetery at Find a Grave
  • Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
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