About Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Hagerstown. The grounds sit at about 545 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Louis E. McComas, William Preston Lane and George Bell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 591719. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Episcopal Churchyard, about 0.7 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Minnich Funeral Home in Hagerstown, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 78 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hagerstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 2 World War I veterans, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Louis E. McComas1846-1907American politician
- William Preston Lane1892-1967American politician
- George Bell1828-1907United States Army Brigadier General
- Richard Henry Alvey1826-1906American judge
- Cornelius L. Keedy1834-1911American pastor, physician, and academic administrator
- Donald McNeill Fairfax1818-1894United States Navy admiral
- Andrew G. Boyd1825-1885Confederate soldier and editor of the Maryland Free Press
- Elmer Kendall Eyerly1865-1949American educator
- John S. Kieffer1904-1975American classical philologist
- Joseph Charles Byron1860-1932American military officer and businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill 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
- Saint Johns Episcopal ChurchyardHagerstown, MDEpiscopal cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Johns ChurchyardHagerstown, MDChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Marys GraveyardHagerstown, MDCemetery1.1 mi
- Zion CemeteryHagerstown, MDCemetery1.1 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryHagerstown, MDCemetery1.2 mi
- Funkstown Public CemeteryHagerstown, MDCemetery1.6 mi
- B'nai Abraham CemeteryHalfway, MDJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- Cedar Lawn Memorial ParkHagerstown, MDMemorial park2.4 mi
- Rest Haven Funeral Home and CemeteryFountainhead-Orchard Hills, MDCemetery2.8 mi
- Shiloh GraveyardHagerstown, MDChristian cemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Rose Hill Cemetery
- Hammaker & Darner Monument & Bronze0.3 miMonument dealer · Hagerstown · (301) 733-1792
- Minnich Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Hagerstown · (301) 739-6800
- Andrew K. Coffman Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Hagerstown · (301) 739-1444
- Potomac Valley Cremation Center1.2 miCremation provider · Hagerstown · (301) 739-5498
- Harman Funeral Home, P.A.1.2 miFuneral home · Hagerstown · (301) 739-1414
- Douglas A Fiery Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Hagerstown · (301) 791-7759
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