Greenwood Cemetery is a registered

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, listed in the

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on July 22, 1994. It contains 5 contributing buildings. Greenwood is designed in the style of a landscaped park and garden with mortuary art and statues among the graves.

History

In 1848 the Greenwood Cemetery Association was created in order to establish a community cemetery. Land to create the cemetery was purchased from local resident David Bigham, and planned by Adolph Strauch. Greenwood Cemetery was modeled after

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in Boston and

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which had also been designed by Strauch.

Prominent burials

* Raymond H. Burke, US Congressman, teacher, and businessman *

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'' * Warren Gard, US Congressman, attorney, prosecutor, and jurist * Samuel Herrick, US Congressman * John M. Millikin, Republican politician and Ohio State Treasurer * Henry Lee Morey, US Congressman and US Army Civil War officer *

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, US Congressman and Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives * Robert M. Sohngen, lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio 1947–1948 *

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, Zapp lead singer *

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, founder of Zapp * Elijah Vance, politician and Speaker of the Ohio Senate in 1835 and 1836. * Ferdinand Van Derveer, Civil War Brigadier General * S. S. Warner, Republican politician and Ohio State Treasurer from 1866–1871. * John Woods, US Congressman

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* * * {{NRHP in Butler County, Ohio Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Protected areas of Butler County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio Buildings and structures in Hamilton, Ohio Historic districts in Butler County, Ohio 1848 establishments in Ohio Cemeteries established in the 1840s