Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery
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| Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Location | 1300 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, Kentucky |
| No. of interments | Estimated 55,000 |
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery is located at 1300 Old Hartford Road in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. There are about 55,000 interments at the cemetery, which is officially recognized as a historical landmark by the state of Kentucky. Notable people buried in the cemetery include a number of US Congressmen, as well as Rainey Bethea, the last person to be publicly executed in the United States.
Notable persons
- Rainey Bethea
- William Thomas Ellis
- Wendell Hampton Ford
- Christine Johnson[1]
- James Leeper Johnson
- Thomas Clay McCreery
- John Hardin McHenry Sr
- Johnny Morrison
- William Northcut Sweeney
- Philip Thompson
- Charles Stewart Todd
- George Washington Triplett (1809–1894), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Kentucky Senate and Confederate States Congress[2]
- Philip Triplett
References
- ↑ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (foreword) (2016). "Johnson, Christine #6533". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
- ↑ Warner, Ezra J.; Yearns, W. Buck (1975). Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 239–240. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via Archive.org.
External links
- Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery Website
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosehill – Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum North
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosehill – Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum South
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