Prospect Hill Cemetery (York, Pennsylvania)
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Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania is a historic cemetery that was documented by the Historic American Landscapes Survey.
Founded in 1849, is the final resting place for soldiers from every American war.[1] Two Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War are buried on the premises.
Notable burials
[edit]- Founding Father
- Philip Livingston (1716–1778) – signer of the Declaration of Independence[2]
- Military figures
- J. Henry Denig (1838–1876) – Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- William B. Franklin (1823–1903) – Union Army General
- Charles H. Ilgenfritz (1837–1920 Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Politicians
- Jeremiah S. Black (1810–1883) – Presidential Cabinet Secretary
- Edward S. Brooks (1867–1957) – US Congressman
- Samuel Feiser Glatfelter (1858–1927) – US Congressman
- Adam John Glossbrenner (1810–1889) – US Congressman
- Adam King (1783–1835) – US Congressman
- William Henry Kurtz (1804–1868) – US Congressman
- Daniel F. Lafean (1861–1922) – US Congressman
- Henry Nes (1799–1850) – Medical doctor and US Congressman
- Jacob Spangler (1767–1843) – US Congressman
- James Alonzo Stahle (1830–1912) – US Congressman
- S. Walter Stauffer (1888–1975) – US Congressman
- Edward Danner Ziegler (1844–1931) – US Congressman
- Others
- Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838–1925) – Businessman[3]
- George Holtzapple (1862–1946) – Medical pioneer
References
[edit]- ^ "Court of Valor". Prospect Hill Cemetery. Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Livingston, Robert #7680". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
- ^ "Arthur Briggs Farquhar". Prospect Hill Cemetery. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
