Wyuka Cemetery

Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east of the city. Wyuka Cemetery has since expanded to over 140 acres between “O” Street and Vine Street.{{Cite web |last=Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery |date=July 9, 2022 |title=History |url=https://wyuka.com/cemetery/wyuka/history/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery |language=en-US}}

The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was originally erected around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus.{{Cite web |last=University of Nebraska-Lincoln |date=July 9, 2022 |title=UNL Historic Buildings – Iron Fence |url=https://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=50 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=UNL Historic Buildings}} The Board of Regents authorized the construction of the fence in 1891, and the fence enclosed the original campus until 1925 when it was removed due to safety concerns because fire engines could not pass through the width of the gates.

Wyuka Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is considered a prime example of the rural cemetery form.{{Cite web |last=National Register of Historic Places |date=July 19, 1982 |title=Nebraska SP Wyuka Cemetery |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73921059 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=National Archives Catalog}}

• Hazel Abel (1888–1966), US Senator{{cite web|url= http://nebraskagravestones.org/view.php?id=147981|title= Hazel Abel

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• Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902–1962), Governor of Nebraska{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/victor-emanuel-anderson/|title=Victor Emanuel Anderson|date=3 January 2019 }}
• Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945), Mayor of Lincoln and Governor of Nebraska{{Cite web|url=https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor6.htm|title=InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: Past Mayors of Lincoln, NE|website=lincoln.ne.gov|access-date=Oct 5, 2020}}
• Elmer J. Burkett (1867–1935), US Senator{{Cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001103|title=Bioguide Search|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}
• Amasa Cobb (1823–1905), US CongressmanEicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0804736413}}. p. 177.
• Emily M. J. Cooley (1831-1917), religious and temperance leader{{cite news |title=Emily M. J. Cooley, died at Blair, Nebraska, 26 Nov 1917. Interment, Wyuka Cemetery. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-emily-m-j-cooley/137624480/ |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=27 November 1917 |page=12 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}
• Oren Sturman Copeland (1887–1958), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Copeland, Oren Sturman |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000768 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 }}

• Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857-1940), clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superintendent of schools
• J. James Exon (1921–2005), Governor of Nebraska and US Senator{{Cite web|url=https://journalstar.com/news/local/j-james-exon/image_7728e103-80ef-576f-9707-18e1573b9134.html|title=J.James Exon|first=Matt|last=Ryerson|website=JournalStar.com|date=15 March 2016 }}
• Eugene Jerome Hainer (1851–1929), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Hainer, Eugene Jerome |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000024 |accessdate=June 27, 2021}}

• Don Hollenbeck (1905–1954), Radio newscaster and commentator
• John Claus Hubbard (1852-1907), Founder of Omaha's first Black newspaper and African-American political figure
• John Larkin (1901–1965), Hollywood screenwriter{{cite book|url=|at=#7296|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition=3rd|first1=Scott|last1= Wilson|first2=Gregory W. (forward)|last2=Mank|date=2016|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0786479924|oclc=948561021}}
• Gilbert L. Laws (1838–1907), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Laws, Gilbert Lafayette |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000143 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 }}
• Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), singer and actor{{cite book|url=|at= #7977|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition=3rd|first1=Scott|last1= Wilson|first2=Gregory W. (forward)|last2=Mank|date=2016|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0786479924|oclc=948561021}}
• Turner M. Marquett (1829–1894), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Marquett, Turner Mastin |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000140 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 }}

• Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881–1956), Governor of NebraskaThomas E. Spencer (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&dq=%22wyuka+cemetery%22+samuel+mckelvie&pg=PA422 Where They're Buried], p. 422, {{ISBN|0806348232}}
• Milton Montgomery (1825–1897), Civil War Brevet Brigadier General
• Albinus Nance (1848–1911), Governor of Nebraska {{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/albinus-nance/|title=Albinus Nance|date=3 January 2019 }}
• Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist, linguist, and English professor{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55935972/pound/ |title=Pound |newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star |page=20 |date=1958-07-01 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• William A. Poynter (1848–1909), Governor of Nebraska
• Peter Sauer (1900–1949), Russian-born World Wrestling champion using the ring name Ray Steele{{cite book|url=|at= #12066|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition=3rd|first1=Scott|last1= Wilson|first2=Gregory W. (forward)|last2=Mank|date=2016|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0786479924|oclc=948561021}}

• Charles Starkweather (1938–1959), spree killerZimmer, Ed. (2009). [https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/hp/SHPO_Wyuka%20Cemetery%20A%20Driving%20and%20Walking%20Tour.pdf "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour".] {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307215553/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.shtml Nebraska State Historical Society.]}} Retrieved July 9, 2022{{cite book|url=|at= #'s12040/12041|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition=3rd|first1=Scott|last1= Wilson|first2=Gregory W. (forward)|last2=Mank|date=2016|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0786479924|oclc=948561021}}
• Jesse Burr Strode (1845–1924), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Connell, William James |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001007 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 }}
• John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Nebraska and US Senator
• Roy Henry Thorpe (1874–1951), US Congressman{{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Thorpe, Roy Henry |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000245 |accessdate=June 27, 2021 }}
• Bobby Rae Williams (1942–2012), professional football player

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