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	Greenwood Cemetery: History
		While there are many sources that speak of the history of Greenwood Cemetery, we thought it would be more meaningful to hear it "straight from the horse's mouth." One of the founders of Greenwood was Samuel A. Robinson.
		Several years since the city councilmen purchased the cemetery for Orlando, and subsequently fourteen acres lying north of it, together with a tract on the west of it, which has been sold, were added to it.
		The city management of the cemetery has been good, and the present council are very ably upbuilding and beautifying Greenwood.
	www.greenwood-cemetery.net /history.htm (483 words)

	History.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the early days of Greenwood Cemetery, there was no regular sexton, but patrons cared for their own family lots, a good many maintaining fences around them to keep cattle from trampling the graves.
		Greenwood Cemetery has one area designated for imbedded stone markers, the Oaklawn Addition, Blocks B and C. Other than those blocks, Greenwood Cemetery allows the family to place any acceptable style of memorial in the other areas.
		The first burial in what is now Greenwood Cemetery was a daughter of Dempsey Overman who died in 1849, and was buried in the Overman family cemetery.
	www.uni.edu /connors/history.html (3751 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery
		The City of Owen Sound's Greenwood Cemetery is located on about 40 acres of land on the south westerly outskirts of the city.
		A section of the cemetery west of the Mausoleum was developed and landscaped in 1962.
		Greenwood Cemetery is a place for the living--please come and visit.
	city.owen-sound.on.ca /cemetery/index.cfm (324 words)

	Talgov.com - Residents - Community Services - Cemeteries - History of Greenwood Cemetery
		The history of Greenwood Cemetery is intimately connected with the history of race relations in Tallahassee.
		Greenwood was used for burials by the fl community throughout the following decades, but because maintenance was not scheduled for the grounds, the physical condition of Greenwood continued to decline.
		During the cleanup of the cemetery, a survey of the cemetery's gravemarkers was conducted by volunteers.
	talgov.com /pubworks/gwhistory.cfm (2038 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery: General Rules
		Greenwood Cemetery, a municipal cemetery owned and operated by the City of Orlando, is not one of perpetual care and the City is under no obligation to maintain any set standard for its care and upkeep, although the City does provide for general maintenance and care of the cemetery grounds.
		The cemetery is set apart for the exclusive burial of human remains and shall forever be used as such only.
		The Greenwood Cemetery Sexton, at the direction of the City Clerk, supervises all workers within the boundaries of the cemetery and shall have authority to cause the expulsion from the cemetery of any person who violates the rules and regulations or whose conduct is considered contrary to the accepted decorum of the cemetery.
	www.cityoforlando.net /greenwood/generalrules.htm (504 words)

	Greenwood & Cypress Grove Cemeteries
		Greenwood Cemetery was established by the Firemen’s Charitable and Benevolent Association in 1852.
		Greenwood’s centerpiece memorial is the Firemen’s Monument designed and constructed by Charles Orleans, and erected by the Association in 1887 in honor of its 50th anniversary.
		The figure of a volunteer fireman is enshrined beneath a cluster of Gothic arches crowned by a steeple.
	www.greenwoodnola.com /greenwood.php (1185 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery
		GREENWOOD CEMETERY in the south end of Decatur, is possibly one of the most haunted sites in the Midwest.
		Another of Greenwood's legends are the ghost lights that have appeared for several generations on the southern edge of the graveyard.
		Greenwood Cemetery is located at the dead end of Church Street in south Decatur.
	www.prairieghosts.com /greenwd1.html (576 words)

	DECATUR'S GREENWOOD CEMETERY: WHERE THE DEAD STILL WALK
		As hauntings in cemeteries have often been blamed on incidents such as this, it is impossible to ignore it as a likely cause for strange happenings in Greenwood.
		One of the cemetery's most enduring legends is the story of the "ghost lights" that appear on the south side of the burial grounds.
		In 1957, Greenwood Cemetery came into the hands of the township and plans were made to restore the graveyard to at least a semblance of earlier and better days.
	www.haunteddecatur.com /greenwood.html (9645 words)

	Friends of Greenwood Cemetery Association
		Greenwood Cemetery is 31.25 acres lying within the municipality of Hillsdale and bordered by Velda City and Velda Village Hills.
		The friends of Greenwood Cemetery Association, Inc. plans to operate Greenwood Cemetery as a memorial park, closed to new burials, with hiking trails, picnic areas, and restored historic tombstones.
		The Friends of Greenwood Cemetery will nominate the cemetery to the National Register of Historic Places and will publish maps and brochures to disseminate the history of the cemetery and those buried within it.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mo/county/stlouis/greenwood/cem.htm (613 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery
		As a municipally owned and operated facility, Greenwood Cemetery responds to many burial requests including cremations, the financially indigent, military personnel, and children.
		Greenwood Cemetery contains 150 acres of well maintained lawns, stately trees, and historical memorials.
		Greenwood cannot be held responsible for damaged or missing grave decorations, plantings, or tributes.
	ci.muscatine.ia.us /parks/cemetery.htm (595 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery
		Established in 1880, Greenwood Cemetery is a lovely oasis near the bustle of downtown Orlando.
		Adjoining the cemetery is the Greenwood Urban Wetlands, winner of the 1990-91 Public Technology Achievement Award.
		Greenwood is located at 1603 Greenwood Street, east of Mills Avenue and south of the East-West Expressway (State Road 408).
	www.greenwood-cemetery.net (235 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery: Service Arrangements
		We at Greenwood are sensitive to your special needs at a time of personal loss, and strive to make arrangements as easy as possible for your family.
		If you are not a current property owner, but choose Greenwood for your family, your funeral director will provide us preliminary information about your service and we will wait for you to arrive at our office to make property arrangements (see Purchasing Greenwood Property).
		Some families choose to come to the cemetery prior to making arrangements with a funeral director, which is perfectly acceptable.
	www.greenwood-cemetery.net /servicearrangements.htm (299 words)

	JOEL GREENWOOD CEMETERY
		Franklin Jarvis Greenwood and Mrs Joel Greenwood and was an Austin Colonist receiving a land grant in 1831 in the same migration as Greenwood.
		The Greenwood marker was broken and in 1978, the descendants received permission to have it removed and placed in the Stoneham Cemetery where his son, Franklin Jarvis Greenwood and other Greenwood members are buried.
		H.G. Greenwood who died in 1836 was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery; but one of her descendants from Madison County told of her death.
	earlytexasfamilies.com /cemeteries/greenwood_joel/joel_greenwood.html (703 words)

	GHOST! Magazine - Charley's Power Unleashed in Greenwood Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Union Free Cemetery (named for the small wooden church/school building that stood on the property) was deemed too small and the property too valuable to remain a graveyard.
		The “residents” of the Union Free Cemetery were “relocated” to the new graveyard (at least most of them, on three accounts unmarked graves were unearthed during construction projects, one coffin still remains under a prominent downtown building today).
		Perhaps the operations of a community cemetery was more than the men bargained for; within several years the graveyard was overrun with brush, a source of many complaints to city officials in 1890.
	www.ghostmag.com /issues/2004-09/2004-09-GreenwoodCemetery.html (928 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery - Cemeteries in Northern Illinois / Rockford Township Winnebago County Illinois / ComPortOne of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Greenwood Cemetery - Cemeteries in Northern Illinois / Rockford Township Winnebago County Illinois / ComPortOne of Rockford Illinois
		Greenwood Cemetery is located at the corner of Auburn & Main Streets, Rockford, Illinois.
		Greenwood Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in Rockford.
	comportone.com /cpo/cemeteries/illinois/winnebagocounty/greenwood.htm (63 words)

	SYMBOLISM IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Cemeteries are filled with symbolism, much of it religious.
		It represents the cross that Jesus died on and "serves as an everlasting sign of God’s suffering love and plan of redemption." [7] Examples in Greenwood include the Morris monument in block G of the Original Section, and a twentieth century example in block A of the Woodlawn Addition.
		In a Catholic Cemetery, it can also be a symbol of the Virgin Mary because it is derived from the lily.
	www.uni.edu /connors/symbolism.html (1859 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery (Knights of Pythias Cemetery) - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
		Greenwood Cemetery (Knights of Pythias Cemetery) - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
		Burials in Greenwood Cemetery are still being accepted, although the ownership wis in question at the present time because of court action.
		Greenwood Cemetery open in 1869 after being converted from a farm, and covers 43 acres.
	www.interment.net /data/us/pa/philadelphia/greenwood_pythias (225 words)

	City of Zanesville, Ohio -
		Greenwood on the east end of town and Woodlawn to the south.
		Greenwood Cemetery was formed in 1835 and has 47,000 graves spaces.
		It was the first public cemetery in Zanesville and was called the City Cemetery until changed to its present name in 1885.
	www.coz.org /ps_cemetery.cfm (292 words)

	Mystery - Addie Mae Collins not in Greenwood Cemetery
		Cox said she wanted to move Addie Mae to Elmwood Cemetery partly because of the bad publicity about the ill-kept grounds at the Greenwood Cemetery over the years.
		Anchrum declined to talk at length about the efforts, saying she is weary of the publicity and the lack of commitment from the public.
		Part of the cemetery was condemned in the early 1970s so it could become part of an airport runway expansion project.
	www.useekufind.com /peace/grave.htm (1534 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: Greenwood Cemetery
		The oldest section of Greenwood Cemetery comprises land purchased from the federal government by Dr. Ziba Swan of Albany, New York, in 1821.
		The first interments on this one-half-acre parcel set aside by Swan for a cemetery occurred in 1825 when Polly Utter and her daughter Cynthia were murdered.
		Between 1846 and 1904 the cemetery was enlarged three times, increasing in size to eight acres.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/L1832.htm (178 words)

	Greenwood Memorial Park, Greenwood Cemetery - Fort Worth, Texas (TX)
		Since its dedication on March 30, 1909, Greenwood Memorial Park has shared the peace and beauty of its 196 acres of rolling lawns and stately native trees with the families of North Texas.
		The cemetery association is the sole owner of the for profit corporation that owns the funeral homes and flower shops.
		As the only non-profit cemetery association of its kind in the United States, Greenwood Memorial Park, along with its sister facility Mount Olivet Cemetery, utilizes all the net earnings after taxes of the funeral homes and flower shops for the ongoing care, beautification and maintenance of the cemeteries.
	www.locallyowned.org /Greenwood_Cemetery.htm (170 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery - New Jersey Cemetery - Hamilton, NJ
		Comprised of almost 120 acres, Greenwood Cemetery Association is located in Hamilton, New Jersey, about 6 miles from the Capitol in Trenton, 60 miles from New York City and 35 miles from Philadelphia.
		In addition to traditional inground burial, this non-sectarian cemetery offers above ground entombment in its mausoleums as well as underground public mausoleums.
		Greenwood Cemetery provides a lush, natural atmosphere of serenity and respect for individuals visiting their loved ones.
	www.cmsmidatlantic.com /greenwood.php (87 words)

	Endangered Cemetery Report
		Greenwood Knights of Pythias Cemetery was modeled after the rural cemetery movement of the mid 19th Century.
		The cemetery is surrounded on two sides with a dressed stone wall and there is an iron archway flanked by pedestrian gates at the entrance.
		Original plans for the cemetery show circular walkways, a lake and a series of family vaults, along with a very imposing gatehouse.
	www.savinggraves-us.org /pa/reports/greenwood.htm (628 words)

	Cemetery of Poinsett Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Greenwood also saw the need for a school and he built Greenwood School.
		Greenwood, in looking over his land, selected a spot that he felt would not be easy to overflow, and Greenwood Cemetery was laid out.
		The Greenwood Cemetery is on the right side of Highway 135 south as you leave Lepanto.
	users.bscn.com /harryv/greenwc.htm (755 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery
		Greenwood Cemetery is located along Canal Street and City Park Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana (Orleans Parish).
		Greenwood Cemetery is a very large, extremely well taken care of cemetery.
		It was established in 1852 by the Firemen's Charitable and Benevolent Association (the predecessor of the current New Orleans Fire Department).
	www.graveaddiction.com /greenwood.html (90 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Seattle Neighborhoods: Greenwood -- Thumbnail History
		Greenwood began as a bog and a cemetery, but has become a vibrant neighborhood known for its antiques shops and art walk.
		The cemetery, which in 1903 became known as the Greenwood Cemetery, was sold in 1907 to former state governor Henry McBride (1901-1904) for $75,000.
		In the early 1900s, the Greenwood area was mostly marshy swamp, lakes and woods cut by trails, with a dirt and plank road cutting through which connected Seattle with Edmonds and the hinterlands to the north.
	www.historylink.org /output.CFM?file_ID=3456 (1156 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery, Custer County by Gary Webb, Cemeteries of Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Greenwood Cemetery, Custer County by Gary Webb, Cemeteries of Oklahoma
		The main portion of the cemetery is located on the East side of the road and a newer portion is located on the West side of the highway.
		The cemetery is surrounded by fence and the gates are closed at sundown.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/topic/cemeteries/Custer/Greenwood.html (473 words)

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		After the federal government established the National Cemetery in Nashville in 1866, some 1,909 former fl soldiers from Union army regiments were buried there, with tombstones imprinted USCT.
		In 1982, the Greenwood Cemetery's board of directors was asked to take Mount Ararat under management.
		In 1988, Greenwood Cemetery was honored by mayoral proclamations recognizing its 100th anniversary and commending its contributions to Nashville's history and culture.
	www.tnstate.edu /library/digital/mount.htm (650 words)

	Greenwood Cemetery Glynn Co., Georgia
		In talking with some of the record keepers, many of the early burials have not been recorded or the information is missing.
		The burial records for Greenwood Cemetery are few and far between.
		The cemetery office [located at Seldon Park] has a burial book that starts at 1965, this book and one of the early Lot Owner Books, are now online.
	www.glynngen.com /cemetery/greenwood (303 words)

	Visiting Green-Wood Cemetery: Fall 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It is hard to imagine the contrast between the otherworldly quality of Brookyn's Greenwood cemetery and the ugliness of much of the industrial wasteland that surrounds it.
		When it was built, in the eighteen hundreds, it was a distant parcel of land in the then city of Brooklyn, surrounded by farms, mostly, and quite a ways from the Manhattan clientele it hoped to attract.
		Like Central Park, which was inspired by the sylvan, romanticized landscaping of Greenwood, the cemetery established a kind of capsule which was protected from the energetic activities of development around it.
	www.walrus.com /~yowzer/wood/wood.html (131 words)

	Otterbeck Family Burials at GreenWood
		GreenWood Cemetery is located in western Kings County.
		GreenWood Cemetery records show George Grassick purchased Lot 4542, Section 27, in November 1879, for the re-burial of his children, Ann and Joseph.
		A letter received from GreenWood Cemetery, dated March 25, 1991, to this writer, says in part: "Lot 22932 was purchased June 11, 1879 by Maria Otterbeck and Gerhard J. Otterbeck as joint tenants.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dcoreilly/bios/greenwood.html (1157 words)

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