Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery | |
.JPG) Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery | |
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| Location | 3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°W |
| Area | 124 acres (50 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | Hawkins, J.H.W.; Lamoreaux, L.A. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003198[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1982 |
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.[2]
Notable interments
- Hazel Abel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (Section 22)[3]
- Victor Emanuel Anderson, 28th Governor of Nebraska (Section 22)[4]
- Charles W. Bryan, 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska and 23rd and 30th Mayor of Lincoln (Section 13)[5]
- Elmer J. Burkett, United States Senator from Nebraska (Section 13)[6]
- Amasa Cobb, U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin, Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Union Army General (Section 6)
- J. James Exon, 33rd Governor of Nebraska and United States Senator from Nebraska (Section 40) [7]
- Gordon MacRae, actor
- Bennett S. Martin, 39th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (Section 22)[6]
- Samuel Roy McKelvie, 19th Governor of Nebraska (Section 18)[8]
- Albinus Nance, 4th Governor of Nebraska (Section 13)[9]
- Louise Pound, American folklorist, linguist, and English professor at the University of Nebraska (Section 25)[10]
- William A. Poynter, 10th Governor of Nebraska (Section 14)[11]
- Andrew J. Sawyer, 13th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[6]
- Charles Starkweather, spree killer (Section 28)[6]
- John Milton Thayer, 6th Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming Territory, and United States Senator from Nebraska. (Section GAR)[12]
- John M. Young, founder of Lancaster, Nebraska, which later became Lincoln (Section 7)[6]
- Frank Connell Zehrung, 22nd, 25th, and 28th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[6]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
- ^ "Hazel ABEL". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7267703/victor-emanuel-anderson
- ^ https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor6.htm
- ^ a b c d e f Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11141355/john-james-exon
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7267699/samuel-roy-mckelvie
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12839/albinus-nance
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74321748/louise-pound
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7267693/william-amos-poynter
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5897005/john-milton-thayer
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