The list below is composed of persons interred in Union Dale, brought to our attention over many years. Some, whose names are easily recognized, are notable on a grand scale, while some were significant locally or played an important role in Allegheny City. We continue to enjoy the many wonderful stories brought to us from many sources, adding to this work in progress.
In Division One
Philotus Dean - Principal of Pittsburgh Central High School Colomb Gengembre - French architect, artist, and engineer - designed Allegheny City Hall Albert Buhl Hay - Civil War Major, co-founder of the Union Veteran Legion Charles Kirschler - Last mayor of Allegheny, deputy Mayor of Pittsburgh Thomas Megraw - Mayor of Allegheny 1878-1881 Robert Bruce Mowry, MD - A founder of the medical and surgical departments of West Penn Hospital David Navarro - P.T. Barnum's "Illinois Giant Boy" Hezekiah Nixon - Mayor of Allegheny 1844-1845. builder of first rolling-mill in Allegheny John E. Parke - Author of "Historical Gleanings of Allegheny" published in 1886 John T. Pressly - Cleric - First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Allegheny Jacob Stuckrath - Mayor of Allegheny 1858 Francis Torrance - co founder of American-Standard Corporation Reverend George Carothers Vincent - Leader of the founders and first presiding officer of Westminster College
In Division Two
William Bullock - Inventor of the rotary web press Andrew Bayne - Member of The Constitutional Convention of 1837-38 and Sheriff of Allegheny County. Thomas McKee Bayne - Civil War Colonel, US Congressman Mary Junkin Buchanan Cowley - Educator and early kindergarten and playground advocate Cruikshank Family - Manufacturers of jellies and preserves James J. Davis - Secretary of Labor under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, US Senator Helen D. English - Head of the Pennsylvania Division of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Nettie Gordon - "Queen of the North Side underworld" Charles Geyer - Mayor of Allegheny Lt. Friend W. Jenkins - Died aboard the USS Maine William J. Kappel - Founder and chairman of Busch Jewelry Co of NY and chairman of Kappel Jewelry of Pittsburgh Robert Liddell - Mayor of Pittsburgh 1878-1881 Edward Morris - Known as "Cannonball" - major league baseball player John R. Murphy - Mayor of Allegheny 1901 William C. McCarthy - Known as "Roaring Bill", mayor of Pittsburgh 1866-1868, 1875-1878 George Ellsworth Smith - Horseplayer known as "Pittsburgh Phil" John M. Titzel - Engineer and businessman Louis A. Thiel - Founder of Thiel College G.W. Wolf - WWI submarine commander, steel executive James G.Wyman - Four-time mayor of Allegheny
In Division Three
Armstrong Family - Metal fabricators Brack Marcus Barr - Tuskegee Airman Gene Bricker - Singer - The Marcels (the original group) Henry Buhl, Jr. - Department store owner, philanthropist (Buhl Foundation) Maurice E. Carlisle - Two-time mayor of Ben Avon, Union Dale officer Robert J. Corbett - US Congressman 1939-1941, 1945-1971 Lieutenant -Colonel Levi Bird Duff - Civil War officer and prominent member of the Allegheny County bar Levi Bird Duff - Civil engineer - supervised the construction of ten major bridges Edward W. Gwinner - Stone mason, investor, financier Allen Johnson - Singer - The Marcels (successor group) C. Carl Kleinschmidt, Sr. - President of Pearson Manufacturing C. Carl Kleinschmidt, Jr. - CEO of Williams and Company, Union Dale officer Gottlieb Luty - Medal of Honor recipient 1876 Edward "Eppie" Miller - All-Star major league shortstop Jerome "Jerry" Nachman - Journalist, , broadcaster, editor-in-chief, executive, MSNBC Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr. - Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Russell Family - Russell Index System for public records Elmer Ellsworth Smith - Major league baseball player - Pittsburgh Pirates Edward Swartwood - Major league player - Pittsburgh Alleghenies W. F. Trimble Family - Contractors - Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh E. Sydney Youden - 1893 World's Fair horticulturist, Supt. of parks for Allegheny City, Union Dale Supt.
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