Greenwood Cemetery is privately owned

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cemetery located at 3020 Oak Grove Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of

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. Founded in 1875 as the Trinity Cemetery, the first burial was a Mrs. Susan Bradford that March. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the city of Dallas. It is part of a cemetery tour, and sits next to the Emanu-El Cemetery, the Calvary Cemetery, and the Freedman's Cemetery Memorial.

History

At the time of its founding, the cemetery was out of town and surrounded by farmland. By 1896, the cemetery had fallen into disrepair with one local noting: "The fence is down in twenty places, cattle roam all over the graves and wagons use the main street as a common thoroughfare." This prompted the formation of the Greenwood Cemetery Association, which took over the maintenance and operation of the cemetery and gave it its current name.

Notable burials

* Vivian Louise Aunspaugh (1869–1960), painter and art teacher *

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(1828–1880), naturalist and entomologist *

John Henry Brown John Henry Brown (October 29, 1820 – May 31, 1895) was an American journalist, military leader, author, politician, and historian, who served as a state legislator and as mayor of both Galveston (1856) and Dallas, Texas (1885-1887). Brown was ...

(1820–1895), newspaper publisher and member of the Texas legislature *

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(1824–1898), politician, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives * Robert Emmet Burke (1847–1901), US Congressman *

Ben E. Cabell Benjamin Elias Cabell (November 18, 1858 – February 8, 1931), attorney, was mayor of Dallas from 1900 to 1904. Biography Benjamin Elias Cabell was born November 18, 1858, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the oldest of eight children - of which 5 survi ...

(1858–1931), mayor of Dallas *

William Lewis Cabell William Lewis Cabell (January 1, 1827 – February 21, 1911) was an American engineer, lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 14th, 16th and 20th mayor of Dallas (1874–1876, 1877–1879 and 1883–1885). Prior to that, he ...

(1827–1911), mayor of Dallas * John Riley Duncan (1850–1911), Texas Ranger and Bounty Hunter * J. M. Howell (1849–1925), Dallas city alderman *

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(1832–1886), Confederate army general * Benjamin Long (1838–1877), mayor of Dallas *

William Stewart Simkins William Stewart Simkins (August 25, 1842 – February 27, 1929) was a Confederate soldier and professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin. While a Citadel cadet, he quite possibly fired the first shot of the American Civil War. Early ...

(1842–1929), Confederate soldier purported to have fired first shot of Civil War * Christopher Columbus Slaughter (1837–1919), American rancher, banker and philanthropist * J. M. Thurmond (1836–1882), attorney and mayor of Dallas * John H. Traylor (1839–1925), politician, developer, mayor of Dallas * Alexander White (1816–1893), US Congressman from Alabama * Frank W. Wozencraft (1892–1966), mayor of Dallas *

Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt (February 22, 1926 – October 21, 2014) was an American oil company executive. He was a billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brothers William Herbert and Lamar tried to corner the world market in silver ...

(1926–2014), billionaire, horse-breeder and major financer of the

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References

{{reflist Cemeteries in Dallas Cemeteries established in the 1870s 1875 establishments in Texas