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Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of a cemetery in Elmira, New York, United States.Its most famous burials are Mark Twain and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens.Many members of the United States Congress, including Jacob Sloat Fassett are also interred there.
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery within Woodlawn Cemetery, which is in the city of Elmira, in Chemung County, New York. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 10.5 acres (4.2 ha), and as of 2021, had over 11,000 interred remains.
Olivia Langdon was born in 1845 in Elmira, New York, to Jervis Langdon and Olivia Lewis Langdon. Her childhood home from 1847 to 1862 was the building at what is now 413 Lake Street. Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist.
During the Civil War, he buried the Confederate dead from the Elmira Prison Camp at Woodlawn National Cemetery. Of the 2,963 prisoners who Jones buried, only seven are listed as unknown. Jones kept such precise records that on December 7, 1877, the federal government declared the burial site a national cemetery.
Pages in category "Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
She received an honorary degree from Elmira College. The Doctor of Humane Letters was awarded in 1933. She died on November 17, 1939 [7] in Katonah, New York. [5] She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira. [8]
Chemung Canal Trust Company backed up New York City banks, grew into Elmira institution. Gannett. Jim Hare. May 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM ... seeking a contribution to the Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery ...
Woodlawn Cemetery (Canandaigua, New York) Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York), which includes the Woodlawn National Cemetery, all together listed on the NRHP; Woodlawn Cemetery (Orchard Park, New York) Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York), where Peter Kappesser is interred; Woodlawn Cemetery (Ada, Ohio)