Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
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.
Notable interments
- Larry Benton (1897–1953), football player
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
