Oak Hill Cemetery - Evansville, IN
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Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, IN
Waymark Code: WMCFM7
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2011
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Oak Hill Cemetery property was first developed in 1853. Originally, there was 80 acres. Currently, the cemetery contains 175 acres.
The first burial in the cemetery was 2 year old, Ellen Johnson. Since, many famous and known Evansvillians have been buried here. There is a "family-sized" mosuleum area in the cemetery for these prominent citizens, including Mead Johnson, founder of Mead Johnson & Company Pharmaceuticals, which sits on an island in the cemetery's south side. There is a section of the cemetery dedicated and containing the interred bodies of Civil War vets, both from the North and the South in separate plots.
Other notable interments at Oak Hill include
*Conrad Baker - Indiana's 15th Governor from 1867 to 1873
*George Buckner - first black US Diplomat to foriegn country (Liberia)
*Charles Denby - Civil War Union Army Officer
*George Denton - US Congressman from Indiana 1st District from 1917 to 1919
*Winfield Denton - US Congressman from Indiana's 8th District and son of George Denton
*John Foster - Civil War Union Army Officer
*John Foster - US Congressman from Indiana's 1st District from 1905 to 1909
*William Heilman - US Congressman from Indiana's 1st District from 1879 to 1883
*Edward Mead Johnson - CoFounder of Johnson and Johnson
*James Lockhart - US Congressman
*William Parrett - US Congressman from Indiana's 1st District from 1889 to 1893
*William Wilson - US Congressman from Indiana's 1st District from 1923 to 1925
There are approximately 75,000 graves in the cemetery
Street address:
1400 E Virginia St
Evansville, IN USA
47714
County / Borough / Parish: Vanderburgh
Year listed: 2004
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Funerary
Current function: Funerary
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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