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Journalists buried in Pennsylvania

Wikidata records 99 journalists as buried in 46 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Allegheny Cemetery in Bloomfield holds the most, with 12. Pennsylvania has the 6th highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.

People with journalist among their recorded occupations.

99

journalists

46

cemeteries

3%

of notable burials in Pennsylvania

1910s

the decade with the most deaths (14)

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In order of death

Journalists buried in Pennsylvania

Morgan John Rhys1760-1804
Welsh Baptist minister
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
William Duane1760-1835
American newspaper editor
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
George Lippard1822-1854
Novelist, journalist
Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, PA
Robert M. Riddle1812-1858
American mayor
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Lewis Charles Levin1808-1860
American politician
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Neville B. Craig1787-1863
American newspaper editor, politician, historian, and lawyer
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
J. Heron Foster1822-1868
American journalist
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
William H. Sylvis1828-1869
American labor leader
Fernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
Thomas Birch Florence1812-1875
American politician
Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, PA
William Henry Witte1817-1876
American politician
Durham Cemetery, Raubsville, PA
Daniel O'Neill1830-1877
American journalist
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Bayard Taylor1825-1878
United States poet, novelist and travel writer
Longwood Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
Alexander Cummings1810-1879
American politician
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Morton McMichael1807-1879
American politician in Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Ripley Chandler1792-1880
American politician
New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Henry Pleasants1833-1880
Union United States Army general
Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA
John Weiss Forney1817-1881
American journalist and writer
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Jane Swisshelm1815-1884
American journalist
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Thomas J. Bigham1810-1884
American abolitionist, politician and journalist
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Charles Fenno Hoffman1806-1884
United States poet and novelist
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
Matthew Simpson1811-1884
American Methodist bishop and academic
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
William H. Smith1814-1885
US journalist, co-founder of Pittsburgh Post
Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
Richard Jacobs Haldeman1831-1886
American politician
Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
Bartley Campbell1843-1888
American playwright
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Thompson Westcott1820-1888
American journalist and historian
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
James Lawrence Getz1821-1891
American politician
Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
Anne Hampton Brewster1818-1892
American writer
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
George Rex Graham1813-1894
American journalist
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
George William Childs1829-1894
American publisher
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Edward McPherson1830-1895
American politician
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
William M. Singerly1832-1898
American newspaper publisher
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
John Franklin Meginness1827-1899
American soldier and journalist
Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, PA
Walter N. Wyeth1833-1899
American Baptist minister and journalist
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
John Russell Young1840-1899
Librarian of Congress
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
Uriah Hunt Painter1837-1900
American journalist, lobbyist, entrepreneur, investor, and photographer
The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
Frank R. Stockton1834-1902
American writer
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
Charles Godfrey Leland1824-1903
American folklorist
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
L. Clarke Davis1835-1904
American writer
Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Sara Jane Lippincott1823-1904
American writer
Grove Cemetery, New Brighton, PA
William J. Kountz1817-1904
Steamboat entrepreneur
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Charles Emory Smith1842-1908
American diplomat
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Alexander McClure1828-1909
American politician
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Rebecca Harding Davis1831-1910
American journalist
Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
William Watts Hart Davis1820-1910
American general and historian
Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
Elizabeth Stumm1848-1910
American teacher, journalist
Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
Louisa Knapp Curtis1851-1910
American writer
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper1825-1911
American writer
Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
William Carl Bolivar1844-1914
Bibliophile, journalist, scrapbooker, and community historian
Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
George Alfred Townsend1841-1914
American journalist
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Harding Davis1864-1916
American journalist and fiction writer
Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
James E. Leslie1854-1917
American journalist and drama critic
Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, PA
Abel Payne Caldwell1865-1917
American newspaper editor, journalist
Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Benjamin Franklin Meyers1833-1918
American politician
Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
Napoleon Augustus Jennings1856-1918
American journalist and Texas Ranger
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
George T. Oliver1848-1919
American politician
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Julius Friedrich Sachse1842-1919
American photographer, journalist, and historian
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Wilmer Atkinson1840-1920
American newspaper editor
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Emma Churchman Hewitt1850-1921
American writer, journalist
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
John J. McLaurin1841-1923
American journalist and newspaper editor
Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, PA
Stanlislaus Kostka Govern1854-1924
American actor
Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
William Anderson Coffin1855-1925
American landscape and figure painter
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Charles Belmont Davis1866-1926
American journalist, writer, publisher and dramatic critic
Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Eugene M. O'Neill1850-1926
American lawyer and newspaper owner
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Francis Richter1854-1926
American baseball writer and editor
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Barbour Lathrop1847-1927
American philanthropist
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Timothy Thomas Fortune1856-1928
American writer, activist
Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
William Walton Griest1858-1929
American politician
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
Word H. Mills1864-1933
Journalist, businessman, and member of the Socialist Labor Party
Mount Zion Cemetery, Boiling Springs, PA
Curtis Hussey Gregg1865-1933
American politician
Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA
Louis Thomas McFadden1876-1936
American politician
East Canton Cemetery, Canton, PA
Robert L. Vann1879-1940
African American lawyer, politician, and newspaper publisher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
Evalena Fryer Hedley1865-1943
American journalist and author
Fernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
Ida Tarbell1857-1944
American journalist
Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
Solomon Solis-Cohen1857-1948
Jewish American physician, professor of medicine and prominent Zionist
Mount Sinai Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
Rufus Jones1863-1948
American writer
Haverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
Walter Conrad Arensberg1878-1954
American art collector, critic and poet
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Ray Sprigle1886-1957
American journalist
Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, West View, PA
Stephen Varzaly1890-1957
Orthodox priest
Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
Frazier Hunt1885-1967
American correspondent
Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, PA
Gregory Žatkovich1886-1967
Czechoslovak Rusyn nation politician
Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.1891-1967
American diplomat
The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
Harry Jacob Anslinger1892-1975
1st Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, PA
Al Abrams1904-1977
American sportswriter
Jefferson Memorial Park, Baldwin, PA
Gladys Hall1891-1977
American journalist
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Ruth Pickering Pinchot1893-1984
American writer
Milford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
Hugh Maxwell Hamill Sr.1901-1989
Journalist and BIA agent
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Paul Shannon1909-1990
Pittsburgh radio and television presenter
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Thompsonville, PA
Marie Torre1924-1997
American television journalist
Jefferson Memorial Park, Baldwin, PA
William H. Whyte1917-1999
American sociologist
The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
Eddie Adams1933-2004
American photographer
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Natrona Heights, PA
Jerry Nachman1946-2004
American journalist
Uniondale Cemetery 1, Pittsburgh, PA
Myron Cope1929-2008
American sports journalist
Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, PA
Edie Huggins1935-2008
American journalist
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
John Updike1932-2009
American novelist, poet
Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery, Flying Hills, PA
William Tenn1920-2010
British-American science fiction author
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Thompsonville, PA
Phil Jasner1942-2010
American sportswriter
Montefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
Beano Cook1931-2012
College football historian and commentator
Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
Bill Nunn1925-2014
American journalist and football scout
Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
Acel Moore1940-2016
American journalist
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA

Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.

Over time

Deaths by decade

1800s1
1830s1
1850s2
1860s4
1870s6
1880s11
1890s9
1900s8
1910s14
1920s11
1930s3
1940s5
1950s3
1960s3
1970s3
1980s2
1990s3
2000s5
2010s5

By recorded year of death, for the 99 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA12
Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA11
West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA10
The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA6
Eden Memorial Cemetery · Collingdale, PA5
Leverington Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA4
Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA4
Mount Moriah Cemetery · Yeadon, PA3
Harrisburg Cemetery · Harrisburg, PA2
The Oaklands Cemetery · West Chester, PA2
Lawnview Memorial Park · Rockledge, PA2
Jefferson Memorial Park · Baldwin, PA2
Fernwood Cemetery · Yeadon, PA2
Queen of Heaven Cemetery · Thompsonville, PA2
Charles Evans Cemetery · Reading, PA1
Christ Church Burial Ground · Philadelphia, PA1
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA1
Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Homestead, PA1
Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery · Hollidaysburg, PA1
Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery · West View, PA1
Woodward Hill Cemetery · Lancaster, PA1
Chartiers Cemetery · Carnegie, PA1
Evergreen Cemetery · Gettysburg, PA1
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery · Natrona Heights, PA1
Ivy Hill Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA1

Top 25 of 46 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

Method

How this list is made

A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.

Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.

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