Locust Hill Cemetery - Evansville, IN
N 38° 00.601 W 087° 34.947
16S E 448869 N 4207086
Locust Hill Cemetery on Evansville's north side
Waymark Code: WMB8FY
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2011
Views: 3
Locust Hill Cemetery is one of 2 municipal cemeteries in Evansville (the other being Oak Hill Cemetery). This cemetery features 2 different military sections, one with many unknown soldier graves. The cemetery also has the interred body of the Corporal James Bethel Gresham, one of the first three servicemen to die in combat in WWI.
2 US Congressmen are also buried here. Charles LaFollette (IN 8th District House of Representatives 1943 to 1947) and Harry Emerson (IN 1st District House of Representitives 1925 to 1931)
There are nearly 6,000 graves here.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
Post an original, un-copywrited picture of the Cemetery into this Waymark gallery, along with any observations about the cemetery.