Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Elmira,_New_York) Knowpia

	Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Historic Davis Street gate to Woodlawn Cemetery
Location	Elmira, New York
Coordinates	42°06′12″N 76°49′50″W / 42.10333°N 76.83056°W
Built	1864
Architect	Pierce & Bickford
NRHP reference No.	04001117
Added to NRHP	October 6, 2004

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

^ "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