Greenwood Cemetery (Galena, Illinois)
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Greenwood Cemetery | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 42°25′03″N 90°26′42″W / 42.41750°N 90.44500°W |
No. of graves | >8,000 |
Find a Grave | Greenwood Cemetery |
Greenwood Cemetery is a public cemetery in West Galena Township in the city of Galena, Illinois. It is located one mile west of downtown Galena at the intersection of US 20 (Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Highway) and Gear Street.
Greenwood Cemetery interments include United States Civil War veterans and casualties along with a number of staff members from President Ulysses S. Grant's administration. Greenwood is an active cemetery and is open to the public.
Notable interments
Notable interments include
- Leo E. Allen
- Augustus Louis Chetlain
- Jasper A. Maltby
- Robert H. McClellan
- William R. Rowley
- John Corson Smith
- John Eugene Smith
- Elihu B. Washburne
- Charles S. Hempstead
External links
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum
- Jo Daviss County – Greenwood Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery: Illinois Digital Archives – Illinois State Library
- Greenwood Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwood Cemetery
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