Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery | |
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°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[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 (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.
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