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- Over 1100 Hoosier pioneers were interred at Greenlawn. Vermont-born Indiana governor James Whitcomb (1795-1852) lay there until his daughter ordered his body moved to massive, prestigious Crown Hill Cemetery in 1898.
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Jun 13, 2024 · The city of Indianapolis is inviting the public to take part in an ongoing effort to learn more about the lives of early Hoosiers buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Greenlawn was the initial burial place of over 1100 Hoosier pioneers, 1200 Union soldiers and 1600 Confederate prisoners of war. However, the cemetery suffered from vandalism of tombstones, grave robbing, overcrowding, and regular flooding of the White River.
May 11, 2023 · As the main city cemetery, Greenlawn served as the final resting place for everyone from those buried at public expense to prestigious Hoosiers Indiana Governor James Whitcomb and early settler Matthias Nowland.
Jun 13, 2024 · A historic cemetery where the bodies of Indianapolis’s first Black residents were buried is the center of a development debate. An Indy Eleven stadium was planned on the site — that plan is now...
Jan 8, 2024 · She died suddenly, with no medical cause officially recorded, on December 9, 1873, at the approximate age of 62 and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Jul 8, 2023 · The remains of some Hoosiers in graves at Greenlawn were moved to Floral Park Cemetery and Holy Cross Cemetery. Eventually, all of the above-ground remnants at Greenlawn, including grave markers and crypts, were removed.
May 11, 2023 · As the main city cemetery, Greenlawn served as the final resting place for everyone from those buried at public expense to prestigious Hoosiers Indiana Governor James Whitcomb and early settler Matthias Nowland.
