Stone Bridge in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio (1916)

West Lawn Cemetery is in Canton, Ohio, adjacent to the

McKinley National Memorial The McKinley National Memorial in Canton, Ohio, United States, is the final resting place of William McKinley, who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Canton was a significant place in McKin ...

. It was the original resting place of

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until his memorial was built, and has graves of other notable Cantonians.

History

Bezaleel Wells, Canton's founder, set aside the Plum Street Cemetery at 6th Street SW at Plum Street (now McKinley Ave) when he laid out the town in 1805. The town grew, and the cemetery was encircled by development. Kenney 2004 : 9 On March 19, 1859, leading citizens formed the Canton Cemetery Association, pledging $50.00 each to purchase land for a graveyard. Originally called the Canton Cemetery, its name was changed to West Lawn when it was incorporated in 1861. The first burial was January 1, 1861, and tens of thousands have occurred since. The cemetery is now 67 acres, and is still active. The Canton Cemetery Association, a non-sectarian non-profit organization with a volunteer board of trustees and paid staff, manages and owns West Lawn, as well as North Lawn in another part of the city. The cemetery is between 4th and 12th St. NW and between the McKinley Memorial and Interstate 77.

Notable interments

''See also :Burials at West Lawn Cemetery.'' The cemetery contains one Commonwealth war grave, of a

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soldier of

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Notes

References

External links

Canton Cemetery Association
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