Old St. Joseph's Cemetery

The Old St. Joseph's Cemetery is a cemetery in Cincinnati.

History

Old St. Joseph's Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Reverend John Baptist Purcell. The cemetery received its first burials the same year, and there have been over 85,000 interments since.

Notable interments

• Larry Benton (1897–1953), football player
• Moe Burtschy (1922–2004), baseball player
• Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894), Civil War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Stephen Joseph McGroarty (1830–1870), Civil War general
• Clyde Vollmer (1921–2006), baseball player

References

External links

• St. Joseph's Cemetery
• Old St. Joseph's Cemetery