Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Arch - Union, UT, USA
N 40° 36.575 W 111° 50.923
12T E 428201 N 4495764
This arch is at the entrance to the Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, which is located in the unincorporated area of Union, in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMFZM8
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2012
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This freestanding arch is tubular metal, painted yellow, with the wording of the sign within the arch. The wording reads:
18 UNION PIONEER MEMORIAL 51
An historical marker within the Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery provides the following information about this cemetery:
UNION CEMETERY Rufus Forbush buried his wife, Polly Clark, at this spot on 22 August 1851. In 1852, after several victims of a Black Smallpox epidemic had been buried here, he contributed the land for use as a pioneer cemetery and many of the prominent early citizens of Union were buried here. All official records are lost but the restorers of the cemetery have been able to identify the graves of 48 adults, 72 children and 20 persons of undetermined age.
From this information, it appears that a total of 140 people are buried in this cemetery. The cemetery is located at 1485 E Creek Road. A history of the cemetery can be found at: (
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