About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near South Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of South Uniontown. The grounds sit at about 1,020 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Allen Foster Cooper, Bruce Foster Sterling and Andrew Stewart. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182735. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Lawn Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jerome W Shell Funeral Home in Uniontown, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 268 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 111 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fayette County dates to 1818. 1 of the 268 listings in Fayette County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Uniontown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 8 US representatives, 1 physician, 1 World War II veteran.
- Allen Foster Cooper1862-1917American politician
- Bruce Foster Sterling1870-1945American politician
- Andrew Stewart1791-1872Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1821-1829, 1831-1835, 1843-1849)
- Charles Edmund Boyle1836-1888American politician
- William Josiah Crow1902-1974American politician
- Henry White Beeson1791-1863American politician
- Robert Freeman Hopwood1856-1940American politician
- Wooda Nicholas Carr1871-1953American politician
- Princess Lida of Thurn and Taxis1875-1965German princess
- Silas M. Baily1836-1900American Union Army general
- Jacob Sidwell Hackney1862-1933American physician
- John H. Miller1810-1850American military officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove 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
- Oak Lawn CemeterySouth Uniontown, PACemetery0.2 mi
- Moore Family CemeterySouth Uniontown, PAFamily cemetery0.3 mi
- Old Methodist Cemetary (1790)Uniontown, PAMethodist cemetery0.5 mi
- Old Methodist CemeteryUniontown, PAMethodist cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint John The Evangelist Roman Catholic CemeteryUniontown, PACatholic cemetery0.6 mi
- Calvary CemeteryOliver, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Great Bethel Baptist Church CemetaryUniontown, PABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Historic Presbyterian Public CemeteryUniontown, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.0 mi
- Fayette County Cemetery - OldSouth Uniontown, PAMunicipal cemetery1.1 mi
- Fayette County Cemetery - NewOliver, PAMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jerome W Shell Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Uniontown · (724) 437-2081
- Andrew D Ferguson Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Uniontown · (724) 439-2577
- DeGusipe Funeral Home & Crematory0.7 miCremation provider · Uniontown · (724) 434-2273
- Marshall Monuments0.9 miMonument dealer · Uniontown · (724) 438-5200
- Gates Funeral Home And Crematory Llc0.9 miCremation provider · Uniontown · (724) 434-8040
- Baker-Terravecchia Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Uniontown · (724) 438-3200
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