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Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
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Established	1843
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Country	United States
Coordinates	39°6′12″N 84°34′40″W / 39.10333°N 84.57778°W
Type	Private, Roman Catholic
Owned by	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati / Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society
Size	200 acres (0.81 km2)
No. of interments	>20,000
Website	Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society
Find a Grave	Old St. Joseph's Cemetery

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The Old St. Joseph's Cemetery is a cemetery in Cincinnati.

History

Old St. Joseph's Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Reverend John Baptist Purcell. The cemetery received its first burials the same year, and there have been over 85,000 interments since.^[1]

Notable interments

Larry Benton (1897–1953), football player^[2]
Moe Burtschy (1922–2004), baseball player
Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894), Civil War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
Stephen Joseph McGroarty (1830–1870), Civil War general
Clyde Vollmer (1921–2006), baseball player

References

^ Work Projects Administration, Writers' Program of Ohio (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Cincinnati: The Weisen-Hart Press. p. 463.
^ Lee, Bill (2003). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland Publishing. p. 491. ISBN 978-0786415397.

External links

[1] Work Projects Administration, Writers' Program of Ohio (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Cincinnati: The Weisen-Hart Press. p. 463.

[2] Lee, Bill (2003). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland Publishing. p. 491. ISBN 978-0786415397.

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+{{Short description|Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA}}
+{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}
 {{ infobox cemetery
 | name        = Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
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 | website     = [http://cccsohio.org/ Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society]
 | findagraveid= 43156
+}}[[Image:Margaretha Bauer Janson.jpg|thumb|right|Gravemarker inscribed in German in the old section]]
-}}
+The '''Old St. Joseph's Cemetery''' is a cemetery in [[Cincinnati]].
+==History==
-[[Image:Margaretha Bauer Janson.jpg|thumb|right|Gravemarker inscribed in German in the old section]]
-The '''Old St. Joseph's Cemetery''' is located at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue in the [[Price Hill, Cincinnati|Price Hill]] neighborhood of [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. The Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Rev. [[John Baptist Purcell]], for both English & German speaking Catholics. The Irish section of St. Joseph Cemetery had reached its capacity after the [[cholera]] outbreak of 1849, the [[New St. Joseph Cemetery|new cemetery]] was located two miles (3&nbsp;km) west. The Germans remained and expanded the West Eight & Enright location.
+Old St. Joseph's Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Reverend [[John Baptist Purcell]]. The cemetery received its first burials the same year, and there have been over 85,000 interments since.<ref>{{cite book | author=Work Projects Administration, Writers' Program of Ohio | title=Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors | publisher=The Weisen-Hart Press | year=1943 | place=Cincinnati | page=463 | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064384848&seq=563}}</ref>
-The first burials were made in January 1843, when a child Joseph Menke and an adult John Herman Dornkamp were laid to rest. Each of the German RC churches had a section in the old cemetery and many of the older monument's inscriptions contain only German.
-The main gate is located near West Eighth and Seton Avenues
 == Notable interments ==
 {{Category see also |Burials at Old St. Joseph's Cemetery}}
+* [[Larry Benton]] (1897–1953), football player<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oEwCgAAQBAJ&dq=larry+benton+old+st+joseph&pg=PA491 |title=The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others |first1=Bill |last1=Lee |year=2003 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |page=491 |isbn=978-0786415397}}</ref>
-* [[Larry Benton]]
+* [[Moe Burtschy]] (1922–2004), baseball player
-* [[Heinrich Hoffman]]
+* [[Heinrich Hoffman]] (1836–1894), Civil War veteran and recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]
-* [[Stephen Joseph McGroarty]]
+* [[Stephen Joseph McGroarty]] (1830–1870), Civil War general
-* [[Clyde Vollmer]]
+* [[Clyde Vollmer]] (1921–2006), baseball player
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-* ''Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors'', American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, page 463
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:Cemeteries in Cincinnati]]
-[[Category:Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States]]
+[[Category:Roman Catholic cemeteries in Ohio]]
-[[Category:German-American history]]
 [[Category:German-American culture in Cincinnati]]
 [[Category:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati]]
 [[Category:1843 establishments in Ohio]]
+[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1840s]]