Wyuka Cemetery

	Wyuka Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery
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Location	3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates	40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°WCoordinates: 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
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 (1888–1966), US Senator^[3]^[4]
Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902–1962), Governor of Nebraska^[5]^[6]
Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945), Mayor of Lincoln and Governor of Nebraska^[7]^[6]
Elmer J. Burkett (1867–1935), US Senator^[8]^[9]
Amasa Cobb (1823–1905), US Congressman^[10]
Oren Sturman Copeland (1887–1958), US Congressman^[11]
J. James Exon (1921–2005), Governor of Nebraska and US Senator^[12]
Eugene Jerome Hainer (1851–1929), US Congressman^[13]
Don Hollenbeck (1905–1954), Radio newscaster and commentator
John Larkin (1901–1965), Hollywood screen-writer^[14]
Gilbert L. Laws (1838–1907), US Congressman^[15]
Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), singer and actor^[16]
Turner M. Marquett (1829–1894), US Congressman^[17]
Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881–1956), Governor of Nebraska^[6]
Milton Montgomery (1825–1897), Civil War Brevet Brigadier General
Albinus Nance (1848–1911), Governor of Nebraska ^[18]
Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist, linguist, and English professor^[19]
William A. Poynter (1848–1909), Governor of Nebraska^[6]
Peter Sauer (1900–1949), Russian-born World Wrestling champion using the ring name Ray Steele^[20]
Charles Starkweather (1938–1959), spree killer^[8]^[21]
Jesse Burr Strode (1845–1924), US Congressman^[22]
John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Nebraska and US Senator^[6]
Roy Henry Thorpe (1874–1951), US Congressman^[23]
Bobby Rae Williams (1942–2012), professional football player

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.
^ Lincoln Journal Star
^ National Governors Association
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e [https://books.google.ca/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=%22wyuka+cemetery%22+samuel+mckelvie&source=bl&ots=1oDqQxvRwi&sig=ACfU3U1y4xUu_GAeBPvIpYPR1kaji1ahZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEj5uNmLnxAhUD6J4KHTjgCiAQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22wyuka%20cemetery%22%20samuel%20mckelvie&f=false Where They're Buried, p. 422
^ "InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: Past Mayors of Lincoln, NE". lincoln.ne.gov. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^ Burkett, Elmer Jacob
^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 177.
^ "Copeland, Oren Sturman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ Lincoln Journal Star
^ "Hainer, Eugene Jerome". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7296. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ "Laws, Gilbert Lafayette". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7977. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ "Marquett, Turner Mastin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ National Governors Association
^ "Pound". Lincoln Journal Star. 1958-07-01. p. 20. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12066. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #'s12040/12041. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ "Connell, William James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ "Thorpe, Roy Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

External links[]

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.

[3] "Hazel Abel". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved 2014-06-02.

[4] Lincoln Journal Star

[5] National Governors Association

[where-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e [https://books.google.ca/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=%22wyuka+cemetery%22+samuel+mckelvie&source=bl&ots=1oDqQxvRwi&sig=ACfU3U1y4xUu_GAeBPvIpYPR1kaji1ahZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEj5uNmLnxAhUD6J4KHTjgCiAQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22wyuka%20cemetery%22%20samuel%20mckelvie&f=false Where They're Buried, p. 422

[7] "InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: Past Mayors of Lincoln, NE". lincoln.ne.gov. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.

[tour-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[9] Burkett, Elmer Jacob

[Eicher177-10] Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 177.

[11] "Copeland, Oren Sturman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[12] Lincoln Journal Star

[13] "Hainer, Eugene Jerome". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[14] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7296. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[15] "Laws, Gilbert Lafayette". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[16] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7977. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[17] "Marquett, Turner Mastin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[18] National Governors Association

[19] "Pound". Lincoln Journal Star. 1958-07-01. p. 20. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[20] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12066. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[21] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #'s12040/12041. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[22] "Connell, William James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[23] "Thorpe, Roy Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

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