Union Cemetery

Union Cemetery is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Bellefonte, Centre County, dedicated 1992.

At entrance at E Howard St., near Cowdrick Alley, Bellefonte

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First burial here as early as 1808. Cemetery chartered in 1856. Here lie three Governors of Pennsylvania and their wives -- Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894), who served 1861-67, and Katharine Wilson Curtin (1821-1903); James Addams Beaver (1837-1914), who served 1887-91, and Mary McAllister Beaver (1842-1926); Daniel Hartman Hastings (1849-1903), who served 1895-99, and Jane Rankin Hastings (1851-1937).

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Historical maps covering this location

1804 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1810 · United States of America, northern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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