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 many wonderful stories brought to us from many sources, adding to this work in progress. Names appearing in bold light brown type which is underlined have more information about them which you may see by clicking on their name.
In Division One
Philotus Dean - Principal of Pittsburgh Central High School Robert Fairman - Cabinet/casket maker, funeral director, and a founder of Mt. Union Cemetery (now Union Dale) 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 John McClurg - Pres. of James McClurg & Company, cracker bakers & confectioners (the factory is now the D.L. Clark Co. Bldg.) Thomas Megraw - Mayor of Allegheny 1878-1881 Robert Bruce Mowry, MD - A leader in the founding of Allegheny General 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 - Early Officer of American-Standard Corporation Dr. C. Jane Vincent - First female physician in Allegheny City Reverend George Carothers Vincent - Leader of the founders and first presiding officer of Westminster College
In Division Two
William Bullock - Inventor of the web rotary press Andrew Bayne - Member of The Constitutional Convention of 1837-38 and Sheriff of Allegheny County. Thomas McKee Bayne - Civil War Colonel, US Congressman, Pittsburg Press Publisher 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 Hance M. Dunlap - Riverboat Captain, school board member, businessman, a founder of Mt. Union Cemetery (now Union Dale) Helen D. English - Head of the Pennsylvania Division of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh John Adams Gilleland - Civil War Veteran, Businessman, Allegheny City Postmaster Nettie Gordon - "Queen of the North Side underworld" Charles Geyer - Mayor of Allegheny Lt. Friend W. Jenkins - Died aboard the USS Maine Lt. Wallace Kappel Jr. - Golf champion 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 "Pittsburg 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 Ernest R. Braun - Baker - Founder of the "Town Talk" bread label 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 David F. Creighton - Architect and mechanical engineer - known for "terrace" housing in Gary, IN Levi Bird Duff - Civil engineer - supervised the construction of ten major bridges Hugh S. Fleming - Two time mayor of Allegheny City and a co-founder of Allegheny General Hospital Edward W. Gwinner - Contractor, baseball team owner Frederick Gwinner, Sr. - Stagecoach operator, contractor, banker 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 Walter L. Main - Traveling circus operator Edward "Eppie" Miller - All-Star major league shortstop Henry Russell Miller - Attorney, author, publisher Jerome "Jerry" Nachman - Award winning journalist, , broadcaster, editor-in-chief, executive Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr. - Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Josephine Hunter Potter - Author William M. Rimmel - Newspaper writer and author Russell Family - Russell Index System for public records Elmer Ellsworth Smith - Major league baseball player - Pittsburgh Pirates Edward Swartwood - Major league player - Pittsburgh Alleghenys W. F. Trimble Family - Contractors - Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh Jacob C. and Rudolph G. Volkwein - Music store proprietors Henry J. Volz - Musician, Composer, Conductor - co-founder of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra William Henry Walker - Actor and Theatre Manager known as Harry Williams E. Sydney Youden - 1893 World's Fair horticulturist, Supt. of parks for Allegheny City, Union Dale Supt.
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