Bellevue Cemetery is a historic

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. It was established in the 1840s and was originally named Danville City Cemetery. The Danville National Cemetery is located within Bellevue Cemetery. The federal government purchased 18 lots within Bellevue Cemetery at the beginning of the

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. The initial burials were

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soldiers who died at several Danville hospitals and subsequent burials included reinterments from other cemeteries. In 1876, the half-acre, rectangular plot in the northwest corner of Bellevue Cemetery was designated a

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. A lot in Bellevue Cemetery adjacent to the national cemetery contains the burial of 66

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soldiers. Bellevue Cemetery is managed by the City of Danville and is open to new burials.

Notable burials

William Clayton Anderson William Clayton Anderson (December 26, 1826 – December 23, 1861) was a nineteenth-century slave owner, lawyer, and politician. He served as a United States representative from Kentucky. Early life and career Anderson was born in Lancaster, G ...

(1826–1861), U.S. congressman * Ormond Beatty (1815–1890), seventh president of Centre College *

Joshua Fry Bell Joshua Fry Bell (November 26, 1811 – August 17, 1870) was a Kentucky slave owner and political figure. Bell was born in Danville, Kentucky, where he attended public schools and then Centre College, where he graduated in 1828. He next st ...

(1811–1870), U.S. congressman *

Jeremiah Boyle Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (May 22, 1818 – July 28, 1871) was a successful lawyer and noted abolitionist. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Boyle was born and raised in Mercer County (now B ...

(1818–1871), Union Army Brigadier General * John Boyle (1774–1834), U.S. congressman *

Milton J. Durham Milton Jameson Durham (May 16, 1824 – February 12, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as Comptroller of the Treasury, First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Presi ...

(1824–1911), U.S. congressman * Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), Union Army Brigadier General *William Anderson Hoskins (1826–1897), Colonel 12th Kentucky Infantry * John Kincaid (1791–1873), U.S. congressman * Sara W. Mahan (1870–1966), secretary of state of Kentucky *

William Owsley William Owsley (March 24, 1782 – December 9, 1862) was an associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was Kentucky Secretary of State ...

(1782–1862), 16th governor of Kentucky * Thomas A. Spragens (1917–2006), 17th president of Centre College * Albert G. Talbott (1808–1887), U.S. congressman *

Margaret Anderson Watts Margaret Anderson Watts (, Anderson; September 3, 1832 – April 30, 1905) was an American social reformer in the temperance movement, writer, and clubwoman. She was a deep thinker on the most advanced social and religious topics of her day, and o ...

(1832–1905), social reformer *

John C. Young John Chew Young (; June 16, 1912 – October 27, 1987), Chinese American, was born in San Jose, California. A key figure in the development of Chinatown, San Francisco, he was one of the original board members of the Chinese Historical Socie ...

(1803–1857), fourth president of Centre College * William C. Young (1842–1896), eighth president of Centre College

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External links

A Grave Interest blog: Cemeteries Worth the Visit - Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky

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