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Green Lawn Cemetery is an active historic private rural cemetery located in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. Organized in 1848 and opened in 1849, the cemetery was the city's premier burying ground in the 1800s and beyond. An American Civil War memorial was erected there in 1891, and chapel constructed in 1902. With 360 acres (150 ha), it ...
The Old Franklinton Cemetery is a cemetery in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The cemetery is the oldest in Central Ohio, established in 1799. Other names for it include the Franklinton Cemetery or Pioneer Burying Ground. Franklinton founder Lucas Sullivant was buried there initially, later reinterred in Green Lawn Cemetery. [1 ...
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeteries were typically built 1–5 mi (1.6–8.0 km) outside of the city, far enough to be separated from ...
Hillsboro Cemetery is a cemetery located in Hillsboro, Ohio. The cemetery was initially known as the Greenwood Cemetery . On May 30, 1862, the Hillsborough (old spelling) Cemetery Association of the Town of Hillsborough purchased 31 acres , 1 quarter and 25 poles (12.7 hectare ) of land from Allen and Rachel Trimble.
The R Section of the cemetery, county-owned and used for North Graveyard reburials since the 1800s, was marked with an artwork named Departed Denizens, a 32,000-lb. granite boulder with a bronze wolf sculpture atop it in 2020. The sculpture is dedicated to these early city residents, and was designed by Ohio artist Mike Major.
Union Cemetery-Beatty Park is a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Steubenville, Ohio. Union Cemetery was incorporated as a not for profit in 1854, and through donations and purchase, additional land has been added.
Princeton Cemetery: Princeton: New Jersey: 23 Benjamin Harrison [32] March 13, 1901: Crown Hill Cemetery: Indianapolis: Indiana: 25 William McKinley [33] September 14, 1901 [G] McKinley National Memorial [P] Canton: Ohio: 26 Theodore Roosevelt [34] January 6, 1919: Youngs Memorial Cemetery: Oyster Bay: New York: 27 William Howard Taft [35 ...
The village was established in 1815 by Joseph Van Horn, who opened a grist mill there about 1805. [5]Approximately 5.5 miles to the north is the historic Presbyterian cemetery that includes graves of early pioneers including some who served in the revolutionary war.