Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery is located at 1300 Old Hartford Road Owensboro Daviess County Kentucky. There are about 55,000 interments. It is officially recognized as a historical landmark by the state of Kentucky. Notable people buried in the cemetery include a number of US Congressman, as well as

Rainey Bethea Rainey Bethea ( – August 14, 1936) was the last person publicly executed in the United States. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensb ...

, the last person to be publicly

executed Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

in America.

Notable people

William Thomas Ellis William Thomas Ellis (July 24, 1845 – January 8, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, United States. Early life and family William Ellis was born near Knottsville, Kentucky, on July 24, 1845."Ellis, William Thomas". ''Biographical ...

* Wendell Hampton Ford * Christine Johnson * James Leeper Johnson * Thomas Clay McCreery * John Hardin McHenry, Sr * Johnny Morrison * William Northcut Sweeney * Philip Thompson *

Charles Stewart Todd Colonel Charles Stewart Todd (January 22, 1791 – May 17, 1871) was an American military officer, government official and United States diplomat. Todd was the son of Supreme Court Associate Justice Thomas Todd and his first wife, Elizabeth Har ...

* George Washington Triplett *

Philip Triplett Philip Triplett (December 24, 1799 – March 30, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Triplett attended the common schools of central Kentucky near Franklin, and in Scott County. He studied law in O ...

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