Allegheny Cemetery [SEP] inception
on the National Register.
History.
Incorporated in 1844, the Allegheny Cemetery is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in America and has expanded over the years to now encompass .
Allegheny Cemetery memorializes more than 124,000 people. Some of the oldest graves are of soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War, which were moved here from their original burial site at Pittsburgh's Trinity Cathedral downtown. Many notables from the city of Pittsburgh are buried here. The cemetery was amongst those profiled in the PBS documentary "A Cemetery
Co., steelmakers, an organizing shareholder.
Hussey, Howe & Co., steelmakers.
Howe, Brown & Company, Ltd., steelmakers, President.
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, Director, Shareholder.
Penn Cotton Mills, Allegheny, PA., original proprietor.
Civic Interests.
Allegheny Cemetery of Pittsburgh, Incorporator, President for thirty years.
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, President from inception to his death.
Political Highlights.
Whig Party of Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania leader, active in the