• Source: Bellevue Cemetery (Danville, Kentucky)

    • Bellevue Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Danville, Kentucky. It was established in the 1840s and was originally named Danville City Cemetery.
    The Danville National Cemetery is located within Bellevue Cemetery. The federal government purchased 18 lots within Bellevue Cemetery at the beginning of the American Civil War. The initial burials were Union soldiers who died at several Danville hospitals and subsequent burials included reinterments from other cemeteries. In 1876, the half-acre, rectangular plot in the northwest corner of Bellevue Cemetery was designated a national cemetery.
    A lot in Bellevue Cemetery adjacent to the national cemetery contains the burial of 66 Confederate soldiers.
    Bellevue Cemetery is managed by the City of Danville and is open to new burials.


    Notable burials


    William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), U.S. congressman
    Ormond Beatty (1815–1890), seventh president of Centre College
    Joshua Fry Bell (1811–1870), U.S. congressman
    Jeremiah Boyle (1818–1871), Union Army Brigadier General
    John Boyle (1774–1834), U.S. congressman
    Milton J. Durham (1824–1911), U.S. congressman
    Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), Union Army Brigadier General
    Lewis Warner Green (1806–1863), Presbyterian minister, educator and academic administrator
    John Kincaid (1791–1873), U.S. congressman
    Sara W. Mahan (1870–1966), secretary of state of Kentucky
    William Owsley (1782–1862), 16th governor of Kentucky
    Thomas A. Spragens (1917–2006), 17th president of Centre College
    Albert G. Talbott (1808–1887), U.S. congressman
    Charles J. Turck (1890–1980), lawyer, educator and academic administrator
    John S. Van Winkle (1829–1888), Secretary of State of Kentucky and member of the Kentucky General Assembly
    Margaret Anderson Watts (1832–1905), social reformer
    John C. Young (1803–1857), fourth president of Centre College
    William C. Young (1842–1896), eighth president of Centre College


    References




    External links


    A Grave Interest blog: Cemeteries Worth the Visit – Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky
    Bellevue Cemetery at Find a Grave

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