Spring Hill Cemetery

SPRING HILL CEMETERY

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As you enter Spring Hill Cemetery you will find a wealth of history about the cemetery.

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The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District takes great pride in the care of its Historic Cemeteries.

Spanning 110 acres near Huntington's Southeast Hills, Spring Hill Cemetery is the resting place for many of
Huntington's noteworthy trailblazers and families. One hallowed gravesite is the Marshall Memorial,
the burial site of six members of the 1970 Marshall University Football Team, who perished in a
tragic plane crash along with 69 other players, coaches, supporters and crew members.

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The Cemetery is also home to the Spring Hill Memorial Bell Tower. The 600 pound Bronze Bell
stands to honor Veterans, lost loved ones and victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Also it is the home of part of the twisted New York / New Jersey rail system that
carried thousands of people to work in the World Trade Center.

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Spring Hill Cemetery was established in 1874 when the City of Huntington purchased this land
from the Central Land Company owned by Collis P. Huntington.

The name of Spring Hill is though to have come from an old Spring House
that used to set near where the first bodies were laid to rest.

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Individuals who were instrumental in the development of Huntington

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Spring Hill Cemetery also has two famous Civil War General
buried in the cemetery.

Confederate General Albert Gallitin Jenkins

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and
Union General John Hunt Oley.

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There are more than 300 Civil War soldiers buried
throughout the cemetery in their own family plots.
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