Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of a cemetery in Elmira, New York, United States. Its most famous burials are Mark Twain and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. Many members of the United States Congress, including Jacob Sloat Fassett are also interred there.
Within Woodlawn Cemetery is the distinct Woodlawn National Cemetery, begun with the interment of Confederate prisoners from the nearby Elmira Prison (dubbed "Hellmira" by its inmates) during the American Civil War. It is run by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.[2]
Both cemeteries are still active and together were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[2]
Notable burials
- John Arnot, Jr. (1831–1886) US Representative, mayor, Civil War in veteran, businessman
- James Chaplin Beecher (1828–1886), Civil War general
- Frank LaMar Christian (1876–1955), prison warden
- Clara Clemens (1874–1962), concert singer and Mark Twain's only surviving child and widow of Ossip Gabrilowitsch
- Jean Clemens (1880–1909), Mark Twain's youngest daughter
- Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), Mark Twain's wife and editor
- Susy Clemens (1872–1896), Mark Twain's eldest daughter and a biographer of him
- Ernie Davis (1939–1963), Heisman Trophy winner from Syracuse University
- Alexander S. Diven (1809–1896), Civil War general
- Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853–1924), US Representative
- Thomas S. Flood (1844–1908), US Representative
- Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936), Russian-born American pianist married to Clara Clemens.
- Hiram Gray (1801–1890), US Representative
- John W. Jones (1817–1900), ex-slave and sexton of Woodlawn National Cemetery
- Thomas Maxwell (1792–1864), US Representative
- Anna Campbell Palmer (1854–1928), novelist
- Samuel Partridge (1790–1883), US Representative
- Alexander W. Randall (1819–1872), 6th Governor of Wisconsin
- Hal Roach (1892–1992), comedy film & television producer
- Lucius Robinson (1810–1891), Governor of New York
- Hosea H. Rockwell (1840–1918), US Representative
- Horace B. Smith (1826–1888), US Representative
- Esther Baker Steele (1835–1911), educator, author, editor, philanthropist
- Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) (1835–1910), author
- Asher Tyler (1798–1875), US Representative
- Jonas S. Van Duzer (1846–1918), creamery manufacturer and assemblyman
Gallery
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Virginia L. Bartos (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery". Retrieved 2008-09-09. and Accompanying 10 photos, from 2004
External links
- Woodlawn Cemetery at Find a Grave
- From VintageViews.org:
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Cemetery
