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Old St. Joseph's Cemetery

Coordinates: 39°6′12″N 84°34′40″W / 39.10333°N 84.57778°W / 39.10333; -84.57778
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Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
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Details
Established1843
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°6′12″N 84°34′40″W / 39.10333°N 84.57778°W / 39.10333; -84.57778
TypePrivate, Roman Catholic
Owned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati / Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society
Size200 acres (0.81 km2)
No. of interments>20,000
WebsiteCincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society
Find a GraveOld St. Joseph's Cemetery
Gravemarker inscribed in German in the old section

The Old St. Joseph's Cemetery is a cemetery in Cincinnati.

History

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Old St. Joseph's Cemetery was founded at West Eight Street & Enright Avenue, in 1843 by Reverend John Baptist Purcell. The cemetery received its first burials the same year, and there have been over 85,000 interments since.[1]

Notable interments

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References

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  1. ^ Work Projects Administration, Writers' Program of Ohio (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Cincinnati: The Weisen-Hart Press. p. 463.
  2. ^ Lee, Bill (2003). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland Publishing. p. 491. ISBN 978-0786415397.
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