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Greenlawn Cemetery (Bainbridge, New York)
Greenlawn Cemetery may refer to: *Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio) *Greenlawn Cemetery (Nahant, Massachusetts) *Green Lawn Cemetery (China Grove, North Carolina) *Greenlawn Cemetery (Indianapolis, Indiana) *Portsmouth, Ohio#Greenlawn Cemetery, Greenlawn Cemetery (Portsmouth, Ohio) Greenlawn Memorial Park *Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California) *Greenlawn Memorial Park (Newport News, Virginia) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)
Green Lawn Cemetery is a 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 , it is Ohio's second-largest cemetery. History Franklinton Cemetery was the first cemetery established in what later became Columbus. It was built on land donated by Lucas Sullivant on River Street near Souder Avenue in 1799. Many of the early settlers of Franklinton and Columbus were buried there. The North Graveyard followed in 1812, and the East Graveyard in 1841. A Roman Catholic cemetery opened in 1848 (although it had been in use as early as 1846). Establishment of Green Lawn By the mid-1840s, growing settlement in the area left the Franklinton, North, and East cemeteries too small to accommodate more burials. On February 24, 1848, the Ohio General Assembly enact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenlawn Cemetery (Nahant, Massachusetts)
Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 195 Nahant Road in Nahant, Massachusetts. Development of the cemetery was one of the first civic projects of the town of Nahant after its separation from adjacent Lynn in 1853. The cemetery was established in 1856 on of land, and has been extended several times to its present size. Its dominant feature is the Ellingwood Chapel, a Gothic Revival structure built in 1920. A portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Description and history The town of Nahant occupies a narrow peninsula that juts south of Cape Ann from the city of Lynn, to which it is connected by a natural sand causeway. Greenlawn Cemetery is located in western Nahant, on the south side of Nahant Road, the major east-west road through the town. It is bordered on the road by a stone wall, with the Francis H. Johnson Gate at its center providing the principal access. The lane runs southerly, bisecting the cemetery to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Lawn Cemetery (China Grove, North Carolina)
Green Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in China Grove, North Carolina. Graves marked as early as 1798 have been found in Green Lawn Cemetery. One person of note interred at Green Lawn Cemetery is Dixie Upright R. T. "Dixie" Upright (May 30, 1926 – November 13, 1986) was a left-handed, , 175 pound Major League Baseball player who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Prior to playing professional baseball, he attended Cannon High School in Kannapo .... References {{coord, 35.5581, -80.5920, region:US-NC_type:landmark, display=title Cemeteries in North Carolina Buildings and structures completed in 1798 Cemeteries in Rowan County, North Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenlawn Cemetery (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Greenlawn Cemetery was a cemetery located in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1821 to 1931.Stephen J. Taylor,Ghoul Busters: Indianapolis Guards its Dead: Or Does It?, ''Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Newspaper Program'' (January 24, 2015). History Greenlawn Cemetery was established in 1821, as part of the original layout of the city of Indianapolis. It was located along the White River just north of what would later become Kentucky Avenue. Greenlawn was the initial burial place of over 1100 Hoosier pioneers, 1200 Union soldiers and 1600 Confederate prisoners of war. However, the cemetery suffered from vandalism of tombstones, grave robbing, overcrowding, and regular flooding of the White River. At the time of the American Civil War, Indianapolis had no cemetery specifically designated as a burial place for Union soldiers who died in camps and hospitals near Indianapolis. During the war, when the city served as a major transportation hub and as a camp for Union troops, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth, Ohio
Portsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Located in southern Ohio south of Chillicothe, it lies on the north bank of the Ohio River, across from Kentucky, just east of the mouth of the Scioto River. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. Portsmouth also stands as the state's 88th most populated city. History Foundation The area was occupied by Native Americans as early as 100 BC, as indicated by the Portsmouth Earthworks, a ceremonial center built by the Ohio Hopewell culture between 100 and 500 AD. According to early 20th-century historian Charles Augustus Hanna, a Shawnee village was founded at the site of modern-day Portsmouth in late 1758, following the destruction of Lower Shawneetown by floods. European-Americans began to settle in the 1790s after the American Revolutionary War, and the small town of Alexandria was founded. Located at the confluence, Alexandria was flooded numerous times by the Ohio and the Scioto r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)
Greenlawn Memorial Park, also known as the Odd Fellows Cemetery, is a private cemetery located at 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California, United States. It was established in 1904. In 1933, after ongoing city litigation the Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco, part of the Lone Mountain Cemetery complex, reinterred some 26,000 graves to Greenlawn Memorial Park. Notable burials * John Dempsey (–1884), Irish-born American military officer; awarded the Medal of Honor * Eugene Francis Loud (1847–1908), politician, lawyer, and merchant * James George Maguire (1853–1920), politician, served three terms as U.S. Representative, for California's 4th congressional district * William Adam Piper (1826–1899), politician, businessperson * James Rolph (1869–1934), politician, 27th governor of California * Hociel Thomas (1904–1952), vaudevillian, blues and jazz singer * Victor Sen Yung (1915–1980), actor See also * List of cemeteries in California This list of ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
