About Bellevue Cemetery
Bellevue Cemetery is a cemetery near Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. The grounds sit at about 984 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including William Owsley, Lewis W. Green and Albert G. Talbott. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 486811. The nearest other listed cemetery is Danville National Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stith Funeral Home in Danville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 26 cemeteries we list in Boyle County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Danville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bellevue Cemetery
Among them: 6 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 Revolutionary War veteran, 1 writer.
- William Owsley1782-1862Associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky
- Lewis W. Green1806-1863American minister and university president
- Albert G. Talbott1808-1887American politician
- John Boyle1774-1834United States federal judge and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Ormond Beatty1815-1890American educator and academic administrator
- Joshua Fry Bell1811-1870American politician
- William Clayton Anderson1826-1861American politician
- John Clarke Young1803-1857American educator, pastor, academic administrator, and fourth president of Centre College
- John Kincaid1791-1873United States Representative from Kentucky
- Bryan Owsley1798-1849American politician
- Jeremiah Boyle1818-1871General, Lawyer, Railroad President
- Samuel McDowell1735-1817American politician
Show all 18 notable burials
- Margaret Anderson Watts1832-1905American social reformer, writer, clubwoman
- Norris Armstrong1898-1981American football and basketball player and coach
- John W. Yerkes1854-1922Politician from Kentucky
- L. S. McMurtry1850-1924American surgeon
- Mary Peachy Fry1815-18851815
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bellevue Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Bellevue Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Danville National CemeteryDanville, KYNational cemetery0.1 mi
- Hilldale CemeteryDanville, KYCemetery1.5 mi
- Danville Memorial GardensJunction City, KYMemorial park4.6 mi
- Gray CemeteryJunction City, KYCemetery5.0 mi
- Givans CemeteryJunction City, KYCemetery5.5 mi
- Pleasant Grove Church CemeteryDanville, KYChurch cemetery5.7 mi
- Shelby CemeteryJunction City, KYCemetery6.0 mi
- Robinson Road CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery6.0 mi
- Salt River CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery6.3 mi
- Proctor CemeteryDanville, KYCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Bellevue Cemetery
- Stith Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-2113
- Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-4343
- Smith-Jackson Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-5261
- Stith Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Junction City · (859) 854-3322
- Ransdell Funeral Chapel8.5 miFuneral chapel · Harrodsburg · (859) 734-4317
- Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Harrodsburg · (859) 734-3361
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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