Wyuka Cemetery

Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Wyuka Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery
Location	3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates	40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W
Area	124 acres (50 ha)
Built	1869
Architect	Hawkins, J.H.W.; Lamoreaux, L.A.
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	82003198[1]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1982

In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.[2]

Notable interments

• Hazel Abel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (Section 22)[3]
• Victor Emanuel Anderson, 28th Governor of Nebraska (Section 22)[4]
• Charles W. Bryan, 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska and 23rd and 30th Mayor of Lincoln (Section 13)[5]
• Elmer J. Burkett, United States Senator from Nebraska (Section 13)[6]
• Amasa Cobb, U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin, Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Union Army General (Section 6)
• J. James Exon, 33rd Governor of Nebraska and United States Senator from Nebraska (Section 40) [7]
• Gordon MacRae, actor
• Bennett S. Martin, 39th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (Section 22)[6]
• Samuel Roy McKelvie, 19th Governor of Nebraska (Section 18)[8]
• Albinus Nance, 4th Governor of Nebraska (Section 13)[9]
• Louise Pound, American folklorist, linguist, and English professor at the University of Nebraska (Section 25)[10]
• William A. Poynter, 10th Governor of Nebraska (Section 14)[11]
• Andrew J. Sawyer, 13th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[6]
• Charles Starkweather, spree killer (Section 28)[6]
• John Milton Thayer, 6th Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming Territory, and United States Senator from Nebraska. (Section GAR)[12]
• John M. Young, founder of Lancaster, Nebraska, which later became Lincoln (Section 7)[6]
• Frank Connell Zehrung, 22nd, 25th, and 28th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[6]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
3. "Hazel ABEL". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
4. "Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902-1962) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
5. "InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: Past Mayors of Lincoln, NE". lincoln.ne.gov. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
6. Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
7. "John James "Jim" Exon Jr. (1921-2005) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
8. "Samuel Roy "S.R." McKelvie (1881-1956) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
9. "Albinus Nance (1848-1911) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
10. "Dr Louise Pound (1872-1958) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
11. "William Amos Poynter (1848-1909) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.
12. "John Milton Thayer (1820-1906) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved Oct 5, 2020.

External links

• Wyuka Cemetery
• Wyuka Cemetery: Famous burials at Find a Grave