About Sewickley Cemetery
Sewickley Cemetery is a cemetery near Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Sewickley. The grounds sit at about 1,109 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Paul H. O'Neill, Ethelbert Nevin and Caitlin Clarke. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1187280. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint James Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Richard D Cole Funeral Home in Sewickley, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 97 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sewickley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sewickley Cemetery
Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Paul H. O'Neill1935-2020American politician
- Ethelbert Nevin1862-1901American pianist and composer
- Caitlin Clarke1952-2004American actress
- Arthur Finley Nevin1871-1943American composer, conductor and teacher
- J. Twing Brooks1884-1956American politician
- Milton Goff1831-1890American academic administrator
- Robert Brewster Stanton1846-1922American civil engineer
- Willibald Trinks1874-1966German-American mechanical engineer
- Benjamin Loman Horsely Dabbs1839-1899(1839-1899) American photographer
- Robert Peebles Nevin1820-1908(1820-1908) American writer, newspaper publisher and editor
- David N. White1805-1888American journalist and politician
- Grace Schureman Keys1876-1951Wife of Charles Cyrus Ramsey
Show all 15 notable burials
- J. W. F. White1821-1900American judge
- James Martinus Schoonmaker1888-1941
- Thomas Charles Blaisdell1867-1948American English professor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sewickley 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 Sewickley 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 James CemeteryCoraopolis, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Shields Family MausoleumEdgeworth, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Merriman Family Private CemeteryCoraopolis, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Blackburn United Methodist Church CemeteryCoraopolis, PAMethodist cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Paul Lutheran CemeteryCoraopolis, PALutheran cemetery2.0 mi
- Coraopolis CemeteryCoraopolis, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Ferree CemeteryCoraopolis, PACemetery2.5 mi
- Shousetown Glenwillard CemeteryLeetsdale, PACemetery3.0 mi
- Felician Sisters CemeteryCoraopolis, PACemetery3.1 mi
- Sharon Presbyterian CemeteryCarnot-Moon, PAChristian cemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Sewickley Cemetery
- Richard D Cole Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Sewickley · (412) 741-4334
- Anthony J Sanvito Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Coraopolis · (412) 264-3050
- Sanvito Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Coraopolis
- Huntsman Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Coraopolis · (412) 264-6050
- Alvarez-Hahn Funeral Services and Cremation4.3 miFuneral home · Ambridge · (724) 266-2549
- John Syka Funeral Home Inc4.5 miFuneral home · Ambridge · (724) 266-2150
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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