Historic Oakwood Cemetery
35°47′11″N 78°37′33″W / 35.7864°N 78.6259°W
Oakwood Cemetery | |
 Oakwood Confederate Cemetery | |
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| Location | Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Area | 190 acres (77 ha) |
| Part of | Oakwood Historic District (ID74001380[1]) |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1974 |
Historic Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1869 in North Carolina's capital, Raleigh, near the North Carolina State Capitol in the city's Historic Oakwood neighborhood. Historic Oakwood Cemetery[2] contains two special areas within its 102 acres (41 ha), the Confederate Cemetery,[3] located on the original two and one-half acres (1 ha), and the Hebrew Cemetery, both given for that purpose by Henry Mordecai in 1867.
Notable burials
- George B. Anderson
- Charles B. Aycock
- Josiah W. Bailey
- William Horn Battle
- Kemp P. Battle
- Thomas Bragg
- Carrie Lougee Broughton
- Needham B. Broughton
- Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.
- Lorenzo Charles
- William Ruffin Cox
- Josephus Daniels
- Elizabeth Edwards, and son Wade Edwards monument created by Robert Mihaly[4]
- William G. Enloe
- Thad A. Eure Sr
- Daniel Gould Fowle
- Jesse Helms
- Robert Hoke
- William Woods Holden
- Cornelia Petty Jerman, North Carolina suffragist
- Nell Battle Lewis
- Basil Charles Manly, Confederate Major of Artillery and Mayor of Raleigh.
- Augustus S. Merrimon
- Dan K. Moore
- Leonidas L. Polk
- Edwin G. Reade
- Willis Smith
- David L. Swain
- Thomas F. Toon
- Berrian Kinnard Upshaw, first husband of Margaret Mitchell and possible inspiration for the character Rhett Butler.
- Jim Valvano
- Carle Augustus Woodruff
- Jonathan Worth
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Historic Oakwood Cemetery: Credits. Retrieved Jul. 9, 2008.
- ^ Raleigh’s Confederate Cemetery
- ^ Chicago Sun Times: Credits Retrieved April. 12, 2014
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