Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana

This project is for those who are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, located on 1100 West Fourth Street, Bloomington, Indiana.

The cemetery is located in Bloomington, Blooming Township, between W Kirkwood Avenue on its north side, W 3rd Street on its south side, S Adams Street on its west side, and S Elm Street on its east side.

Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 2, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (01 April 2006), gives the primary cemetery name as Rose Hill Cemetery.
The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-53-91 (Rose Hill).
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 442292 (Rose Hill Cemetery).

Notable Burials

• Rev. Elisha Ballantine (1809-1886) - Theologian, Scholar, Educator
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) - Musician, Songwriter, Actor
• Paris Chipman Dunning (1806-1884) - Governor of Indiana
• James Hughes (1823-1873) - US Congress
• Bvt. Brig. Gen. Morton Craig Hunter (1825-1896) - US Congress
• Alfred Charles Kinsey (1894-1956) - Scientist
• Daniel Kirkwood (1814-1895) - Astronomer
• 1 Lt. Gerhart Herman "Gerry" Kisters (1919-1986) - WW2 Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
• Ross Franklin Lockridge, Jr. (1914-1948) - Author
• Dorothee Manski (1892-1967) - Opera Singer
• Bo McMillan (1895-1952) - Hall of Fame College Football Player & Coach, NFL Coach
• Robert Walter Miers (1848-1930) - US Congress
• John Sebrie Watts (1816-1876) - US Congress

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