Union Cemetery-Beatty Park

Cemetery in Steubenville, Ohio

United States historic place


Union Cemetery-Beatty Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Civil War memorial
40°22′6″N 80°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

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