Prospect Hill Cemetery (York, Pennsylvania)
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| Established | 1849 |
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Prospect Hill Cemetery in
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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
- 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
- ^ "Court of Valor". Prospect Hill Cemetery. Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- OCLC 948561021.
- ^ "Arthur Briggs Farquhar". Prospect Hill Cemetery. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
