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Bellevue Cemetery

The cemetery some refer to as Bellevue is located near Leestown Road off Fifth Avenue and is now owned by
the State of Kentucky.  This cemetery has also been called the Bellfont Cemetery.  And, still today
there is much controversy surrounding this cemetery.  

Through the years this cemetery has remained abandoned and in ruins.  In 1976, it was overgrown with brush
and had sustained damage from vandals.  The only stone of Elizabeth G. Kendall remained. Today only large
stones once used to mount the monuments of the persons buried here remain.

Bellevue was the burying ground used by the city prior to the establishment of the Frankfort Cemetery.  On
February 16, 1845, 32 acres of land was purchased from Ambrose and Eliza Dudley to develop a city cemetery.
  Various documents have been located which mention Bellevue.  Even the plaque at the Frankfort Cemetery names
Bellevue as it's predecessor.  However, the location remains a mystery.

Please read what the Kentucky Genealogical Society has to say about Bellevue Cemetery.

David has information concerning Bellevue.

Elizabeth G. Kendall, consort of James J. Kendall - died July 15, 1840, aged 20 years, 3 months, 7 days

Effie, infant dau. of Irving and Susan Van Wort, of New York - died May 18, 1836, aged 10 months

Lewisa Elizabeth Iseninger, dau. of H. & L. Iseninger - born June 22, 1842, died ______

Jane Madison, wife of George Madison, - born April 20, 1777 - died April 4, 1811 (body moved to Frankfort Cemetery)

John B. Humphreys, son of Dr. Alexander & Mary Humphreys - died July 29, 1835, aged 44

Jacob Henry Smith - born December 21, 1843 - died January 9, 1844

Matilda, dau. of John & Matilda Cox, wife of Thomas F. Purcell - died October 19, 1838, aged 33 years, 13 days

Henry Iseninger - born October 30, 1790 - died June 22, 1843

Louisiana S. Taylor - no dates

Ophelia Western Page, consort of James S. Page, dau. of Wm. M. Woolfold, Sr. - born 1805 - June 22, 1826

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