Washington Cemetery
North Franklin Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Washington Cemetery has a rich history, dating to March1853 (eight years before the beginning of the U.S. Civil War) and remains the largest not-for-profit–traditional–all faiths cemetery in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Washington Cemetery encompasses 245 acres in North Franklin Township has three different veterans sections and there have been more than 50,000 interments there, including Revolutionary War soldiers and a Medal of Honor recipient, Hugh P. Boon, a Civil War captain from Company B West Virginia Cavalry.
The first person interred in the cemetery was a baby, John Morgan Hayes, on Nov. 1, 1853.
The cemetery founder was Sarah Foster Hannah, President of Washington Female Seminary.
Washington Cemetery has a rich history, dating to March1853 (eight years before the beginning of the U.S. Civil War) and remains the largest not-for-profit–traditional–all faiths cemetery in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Washington Cemetery encompasses 245 acres in North Franklin Township has three different veterans sections and there have been more than 50,000 interments there, including Revolutionary War soldiers and a Medal of Honor recipient, Hugh P. Boon, a Civil War captain from Company B West Virginia Cavalry.
The first person interred in the cemetery was a baby, John Morgan Hayes, on Nov. 1, 1853.
The cemetery founder was Sarah Foster Hannah, President of Washington Female Seminary.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 46585
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