Forest Hill Cemetery is a historic

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

located in Greencastle Township,

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. It was established in 1865, and is a 133-acre city cemetery for

Greencastle, Indiana Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion ...

. Notable features include the Forest Hill Abbey (1931), four family crypts (c. 1880), the Soldier's Monument (1870), DAR Monument (1915), and the cemetery layout and soldier's section. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2015.

Notable interments

* Thomas Bowman, Methodist Episcopal bishop * Albertus Theodore Briggs (1862–1937), Methodist Episcopal minister * Pearl Bryan (–1896), murder victim * Ed Eiteljorge (1871–1942), American baseball player * Courtland C. Gillen (1880–1954), U.S. Representative from Indiana, judge and lawyer * John Hanna (1827–1882), U.S. Representative and U.S. Attorney from Indiana, mayor of Greencastle * Courtland C. Matson (1841–1915), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

Finis McLean Finis Ewing McLean (February 19, 1806 – April 12, 1881) was a United States representative from Kentucky. Early life Finis Ewing McLean was born on February 19, 1806, near Russellville, Kentucky. He attended the country schools and Lebanon Ac ...

(1806–1881), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * Cyrus Nutt (1814–1875), president of Indiana University * John Clark Ridpath (1840–1900), author and educator

References

External links

* * {{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Gothic Revival architecture in Indiana Art Deco architecture in Indiana 1865 establishments in Indiana Buildings and structures in Putnam County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Putnam County, Indiana