Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery at 415 Observatory Street in

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. It was designed by James Lewis Glenn and opened in 1857.

History

Prior to its use as a cemetery, the site was the location of the nation's first fraternity building, a hunting lodge, built by the

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in 1849. Civil engineer James Lewis Glenn designed the cemetery in the rural or garden style popular in the second half of the 19th century. The cemetery's main gate was designed by James Morwick in the

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style. Gordon W. Lloyd, a leading architect based in

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, designed the cemetery's gatehouse and sexton's residence, also in the

style. In 1859 Dr. Benajah Ticknor was the first person to be buried in Forest Hill. Ticknor had been a surgeon in the

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and the owner of property now known as Cobblestone Farm in Ann Arbor. Elisha Rumsey grave Forest Hill Cemetery

Notable persons interred at Forest Hill

* John Allen, American pioneer and co-founder of Ann Arbor *

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, musician * Albert Moore Barrett, American physician and professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan * Clara Doty Bates,

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of Ann Arbor and

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, librarian * William E. Brown Jr. *

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* William L. Clements *

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, sociologist * Thomas McIntyre Cooley, professor of law, justice of the

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, president of the

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* Cecil O. Creal, Mayor of Ann Arbor * Lloyd Cassel Douglas, author *

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, football coach *

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, author and librarian *

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, Michigan Governor and U.S. Senator * William A. Fletcher, first chief justice of the state of Michigan * Thomas Francis Jr., medical pioneer *

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, philosopher *

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, president of the University of Michigan * Bradley F. Granger, U.S. Congressman *

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, president of the University of Michigan * Eleonore Hutzel, nurse and social worker * Eva A. Jessye, composer and choir director *

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, first

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player at both the

and

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* Yale Kamisar, professor of Law, known as "father of ''Miranda''" for his contribution to the creation of the

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* Oscar John Larson, U.S. Representative * Emmett Norman Leith, professor of electrical engineering *

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, American

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* Don Lund, baseball player *

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, American composer and lyricist for theater, film, and television * Charles H. Manly, Michigan politician *

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, Australian enzymologist and University of Michigan faculty * William S. Maynard, Mayor of Ann Arbor *

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(1907–1994), U.S. Representative from Michigan * Ann Mikolowski, artist, co-founder of The Alternative Press * Conrad Noll *

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* Hereward Thimbleby Price, British writer * Eugene B. Power, founder of University Microfilms and regent of the University of Michigan * Elisha Walker Rumsey, co-founder of Ann Arbor * Henry Rumsey, American judge and politician *

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, American geologist and geographer *

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, president of the

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, head

coach and

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at the

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, American ornithologist * William C. Stevens, Michigan politician * Louise Reed Stowell, scientist, microscopist, author, editor * Henry Franklin Thomas *

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, University of Michigan track star, sports broadcaster *

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, astronomer * Norval E. Welch, American Civil War Union Army Officer *

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References

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External links

Forest Hill Cemetery web site
Cemeteries in Michigan Protected areas of Washtenaw County, Michigan Tourist attractions in Ann Arbor, Michigan 1857 establishments in Michigan Buildings and structures in Ann Arbor, Michigan Cemeteries established in the 1850s