Allegheny Cemetery - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

  • Marcus E. Baldwin (1863–1929), Major League Baseball Player
  • Joseph Barker (mayor) (1806–1862), mayor of Pittsburgh (1850–1851)
  • Joshua Barney (1759–1818), Commodore in the United States Navy and American Revolutionary War veteran
  • Richard Biddle (1796–1847), US Congressman
  • Marcus Peter Blakemore (1889–1959), founder Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
  • Francis B. Brewer (1820–1892), US Congressman
  • Don Brockett (1930–1995), motion picture and television actor, "Chef Brockett" on the PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
  • James W. Brown (1844–1909), US Congressman
  • Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his gruesome death caused by consumption of the radioactive patent medicine Radithor.
  • John Caldwell, Jr. (1827–1902), George Westinghouse partner and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Louis Semple Clarke (1867–1957), automotive pioneer, founder of the Autocar Company and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • James Wallace Conant (1862–1906), manager of the Schenley Park Casino and Duquesne Gardens and founder of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League.
  • John Dalzell (1845–1927), US Congressman
  • Cornelius Darragh (1809–1854), US Congressman
  • Ebenezer Denny (1761–1822), first mayor of Pittsburgh, American Revolutionary War veteran
  • Harmar Denny (1794–1852), U.S. Congressman
  • Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (1886–1966), US Congressman
  • William J. Diehl (1845–1929), Pittsburgh Mayor
  • Harry Allison Estep (1884–1968), US Congressman
  • John Baptiste Ford (1811–1903), industrialist, founder of PPG Industries and Ford City, Pennsylvania
  • Walter Forward (1786–1852), United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • Stephen Foster (1826–1864), songwriter
  • Josh Gibson (1911–1947), baseball great of the Negro Leagues
  • Gus Greenlee (1893–1952), Major League Baseball Team Owner
  • Moses Hampton (1803–1878), US Congressman
  • General Alexander Hays (1819–1864)
  • William B. Hayes (1844–1912), Pittsburgh mayor
  • Joseph Horne (1826–1891), founder of Pittsburgh department store Horne's the chain of stores close in 1994
  • Thomas Marshall Howe (1808–1877), US Congressman
  • Thomas Irwin (1785–1870), US Congressman
  • William Wallace Irwin (1803–1856), US Congressman, Pittsburgh Mayor
  • William Freame Johnston (1808–1872), Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Andrew W. Loomis (1797–1873), US Congressman
  • F. T. F. Lovejoy (1854–1932), Industrialist, associate of Andrew Carnegie
  • William McClelland (1842–1892), US Congressman
  • Charles McClure (1804–1846), US Congressman
  • James McCord (1822–1894), millionaire owner of the oldest hattery west of the Allegheny Mountains and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Henry Sellers McKee (1843–1924), millionaire glass manufacturer, founder of Jeannette, Pennsylvania and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Robert McKnight (1820–1885), US Congressman
  • William McNair (1880–1948), Pittsburgh mayor
  • Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), founder of Mellon Bank
  • Alexander Pollock Moore (1867–1930), Pittsburgh newspaper publisher and ambassador who was married to actress Lillian Russell
  • James Kennedy Moorhead (1806–1884), US Congressman
  • General James S. Negley (1826–1901), Civil War general and U.S. Congressman
  • General John Neville (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War veteran
  • George Tener Oliver (1848–1919), publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and Chronicle-Telegraph, US Senator
  • Alfred L. Pearson (1838–1903), United States Army officer
  • Henry Kirke Porter (1840–1921), US Congressman
  • James Hay Reed (1853–1927), founding partner, Knox & Reed (now Reed Smith LLP), and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • John Buchanan Robinson (1846–1933), US Congressman
  • Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879–1912), aviation pioneer
  • James Ross (1762–1847), US Senator
  • Archibald H. Rowand, Jr. (1845–1913), Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
  • Lillian Russell (1861–1922), singer, actress
  • Ted Sadowski (1936–1993), Major League Baseball Player
  • George Shiras, Jr. (1832–1924), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
  • Jane Swisshelm (1815–1884), journalist, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate
  • Adamson Tannehill (1750–1820), US Congressman
  • Benjamin Thaw (1859–1933), Pittsburgh financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Harry Kendall Thaw, (1871–1947), murderer of architect Stanford White, husband of Evelyn Nesbit
  • Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000), jazz musician
  • Calvin Wells (1827–1909), industrialist, financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Thomas Williams (1806–1872), Civil War congressman, prosecutor in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
  • The unidentified remains of 54 victims of the 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion.

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