Homewood Cemetery is a historic

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. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by

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, the neighborhood of

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, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery. It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins' estate, Homewood.

Notable interments

Business leaders

Edward Jay Allen Edward Jay Allen (April 27, 1830 – December 26, 1915) was a pioneer, entrepreneur, and businessman. Edward Jay Allen traveled west over the Oregon Trail in 1852 and made his way to Puget Sound, arriving in December of that year. Allen played a s ...

(1830–1915), businessman *

Michael Late Benedum Michael Late Benedum (July 16, 1869 – July 30, 1959) was a wealthy businessman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who made his fortune in the oil and natural gas industry in the early 20th century. Benedum was born in Bridgeport, West Virgini ...

(1869–1959) businessman, co-founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company * David Lytle Clark (1864–1939), businessman, creator of Clark Bar and

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* Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist, founder of the

South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was a Pennsylvania corporation which operated an exclusive and secretive retreat at a mountain lake near South Fork, Pennsylvania, for more than fifty extremely wealthy men and their families. The club was ...

Henry J. Heinz Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur of Palatine descent who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish concern in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business exp ...

(1844–1919), founder of H. J. Heinz Company * H. J. "Jack" Heinz II (1908–1987), industrialist *

Henry Hillman Henry Lea Hillman (December 25, 1918 – April 14, 2017) was an American billionaire businessman, investor, civic leader, and philanthropist. He was chairman of The Hillman Company, a family office and investment company headquartered in Pi ...

(1918-2016), businessman, investor, civic leader, and philanthropist *

William Larimer Mellon Sr. William Larimer Mellon Sr. (June 1, 1868 – October 9, 1949), sometimes referred to as W. L., was an American businessman who was active in Republican Party politics. A co-founder of Gulf Oil, he was a member of the prominent Mellon family of ...

(1868–1949), founder of

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* Willard Rockwell (1888–1978), founder of

Rockwell International Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, components in the automotive industry, printing presses, avionics and industrial products. R ...

Ernest T. Weir Ernest Tener Weir (August 1, 1875 — June 26, 1957) was an American steel manufacturer best known for having founded both ISG Weirton Steel, Weirton Steel (which became National Steel Corporation) and the town of Weirton, West Virginia. Weir was ...

(1875–1957), founder of

Weirton Steel Weirton Steel Corporation was a steel production company founded by Ernest T. Weir in West Virginia in 1909. It was at one time one of the world's largest producers of tin plate products. History Weirton Steel Corporation was an integrated stee ...

and National Steel Corporation"Ernest T. Weir Dies At 81." ''Wall Street Journal.'' June 27, 1957. *

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(1871-1947), VP of

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Political leaders

Edward V. Babcock Edward Vose Babcock (January 31, 1864 – September 2, 1948) was a lumber industrialist who served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1922. Biography Early life Edward Vose Babcock entered the lumber business from an early age. He ran successf ...

(1864–1948), Mayor of Pittsburgh 1918–22 *

Matthew A. Dunn Matthew Anthony Dunn (August 15, 1886 – February 13, 1942) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Matthew A. Dunn was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania. As a result of numerous accidents he lo ...

(1886–1942), member of the United States House of Representatives 1933–41 * William Flinn (1851–1924), politician * Henry P. Ford (1837–1905), Mayor of Pittsburgh 1896–99 *

H. John Heinz III Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Heinz represented the Pittsburgh suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and ...

(1938–1991), United States Senator 1977–91 *

William McCallin William McCallin (August 8, 1842 – September 4, 1904) was Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1887 to 1890. Early life Mayor McCallin was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh in 1842 into a livery family. Pittsburgh po ...

(1842–1904), Mayor of Pittsburgh 1887–90 *

John K. Tener John Kinley Tener (July 25, 1863May 19, 1946) was a Northern Irish born American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive. He served as the 25th List of governors of Pennsylvania, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 until 1915. ...

(1863–1946), Governor of Pennsylvania 1911–15 * William Wilkins (1779–1865), United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1831–34, Secretary of War 1844–45 *

George Wilson George Wilson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Balch Wilson (born 1927), American composer, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan * George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer * George Christopher (actor) ...

(1816–1902), Mayor of Pittsburgh 1860–62

Military leaders

* John Wilkins Jr. (1761–1816), Quartermaster General of the United States Army 1796–1802

Artists and musicians

Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first rec ...

(1921–1977), jazz pianist and composer *

Walt Harper Walter Eugene Harper (July 3, 1926 – October 25, 2006) was an American jazz pianist and influential nightclub owner. Early life Harper grew up in the Schenley Heights section of Pittsburgh and was the sixth of eight children. Harper's father h ...

(1926–2006), jazz pianist * Teenie Harris (1908–1998), photographer * George Hetzel (1826–1899), portrait and landscape painter *

Churchill Kohlman Churchill Kohlman (January 28, 1906 – May 25, 1983) was an American songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be cal ...

(1906–1983), songwriter * Malcolm McCormick (Mac Miller) (1992–2018), rapper, singer, record producer * Anna Woodward (1868–1935), portrait and landscape painter

Science and medicine

Mary Bidwell Breed Mary Bidwell Breed (September 15, 1870 – September 15, 1949) was an American chemist. In 1901 she became the first female dean of Indiana University and her chemistry work with aromatic acids. Biography Mary Bidwell Breed was born on Septem ...

(1870–1949), chemist and first female dean of

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* Bertha Lamme Feicht (1869–1943), first female engineering graduate from

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and first female engineer to be employed by Westinghouse * Bernard Fisher (1918–2019), pioneer of breast cancer treatment *

Childs Frick Childs Frick (March 12, 1883 - May 8, 1965) was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership wi ...

(1883–1965), paleontologist * John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904), paleontologist *

Edwin Ruud Edwin Ruud (9 June 1854 – 9 December 1932) was a Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor who immigrated to the United States where he designed, sold, and popularized the tankless water heater. He was the founder and President of Ruu ...

(1854–1932), mechanical engineer and inventor *

Alvin P. Shapiro Alvin P. Shapiro (December 28, 1920 – November 21, 1998) was an American physician and professor primarily at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Shapiro was the recipient of a Lasker Award and was known for his research i ...

(1920–1998), physician and educator

Sports figures

* Bill Bishop (1869–1932), professional baseball player * Chuck Cooper (1926–1984), first African-American to be drafted into the

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Earl Francis Earl Coleman Francis (July 14, 1935 – July 3, 2002) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in 103 games, 52 of them as a starter, in Major League Baseball between 1960 and 1965. A native of Slab Fork, ...

(1935–2002), professional baseball player * Jock Sutherland (1889–1948), football coach *

Pie Traynor Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (November 11, 1898 – March 16, 1972) was an American third baseman, manager, scout and radio broadcaster in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career between 1920 and 1937 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. ...

(1899–1972), baseball Hall of FamerForr, James and Proctor, David. ''Pie Traynor: A Baseball Biography.'' Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2010, p. 8.

Others

Edward Manning Bigelow Edward Manning Bigelow (1850–1916), known as the "father of :Parks in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Pittsburgh's parks",Helen Clay Frick Helen Clay Frick (September 2, 1888 – November 9, 1984) was an American philanthropist and art collector. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and his wife ...

(1888–1984), philanthropist *

Rust Heinz Rust Heinz (October 18, 1914 – July 24, 1939) was an American car and boat designer. He is perhaps best known for designing the 1938 Phantom Corsair, a prototype car built on a Cord 810 chassis by the coach builder Bohman & Schwartz, incor ...

(1914–1939), auto and boat designer * Elsie Hillman (1925-2015), philanthropist and former Republican National Committeewoman *

John Barrett Kerfoot John Barrett Kerfoot (March 1, 1816 – July 10, 1881) served as Rector of the College of St. James near Hagerstown, Maryland, as President of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and as the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh ...

(1816–1881), first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh * Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin (1883–1965), civil rights activist * Perle Mesta (1889–1975), Ambassador to Luxembourg 1949–53, and a noted Washington, D.C. socialite during Eisenhower and Nixon eras *

Robert Lee Vann Robert Lee Vann (August 27, 1879 – October 24, 1940) was an African-American newspaper publisher and editor. He was the publisher and editor of the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' from 1910 until his death. Biography He was born in Ahoskie, North Car ...

(1879–1940), publisher and editor of the '' Pittsburgh Courier'' * Stephen Varzaly (1890–1957), priest, journalist, and cultural activist * Tom Boggs (1905-1952), poet

Gallery

File:Motherless Monument, Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2016.JPG, ''Motherless'' (1897), George Anderson Lawson, sculptor File:Walker Monument, Bronze Relief by Max Bachmann, Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2016.JPG, Bronze relief on Walker monument (ca. 1918–1921), Max Bachmann, sculptor

References

External links

Main Homewood Cemetery website

Historical website
{{Coord, 40.441, N, 79.909, W, type:landmark, display=title Cemeteries in Pittsburgh 1878 establishments in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks Rural cemeteries