Union Cemetery-Beatty Park

Union Cemetery-Beatty Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Steubenville, Ohio
Coordinates	40°22′6″N80°37′59″W / 40.36833°N 80.63306°W / 40.36833; -80.63306
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

1. "The History of Union Cemetery". Jefferson County Genealogical Society. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
2. "Union Cemetery-Beatty Park". National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-01-08.
3. "Gill, Joseph John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
4. "McCauslen, William Cochran". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
5. "McCook, Anson George". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
6. "Murphy, Benjamin Franklin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
7. "Stokely, Samuel". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
8. "Stuart, Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
9. "Tappan, Benjamin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
10. Centennial Souvenir of Steubenville and Jefferson County, O. 1897. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-29– via Archive.org.

External links

• "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