Woodland Cemetery (Monroe, Michigan)

Woodland Cemetery
Custer family plot, including Boston Custer and Henry Armstrong Reed
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Established1810
Location
428 Jerome Street
Monroe, Michigan
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°54′26″N 83°23′34″W / 41.90722°N 83.39278°W / 41.90722; -83.39278
TypePublic cemetery (active)
Owned byCity of Monroe
Size10 acres (4.0 ha)
No. of graves6,500+
Find a GraveWoodland Cemetery
The Political GraveyardWoodland Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery (formerly known as Grove Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery) is a public, city-owned cemetery located at 428 Jerome Street in the city of Monroe in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1][2] It occupies 10 acres (4.0 ha) and contains over 6,500 graves. Founded in 1810, it is one of Michigan's oldest public cemeteries. Its oldest burials are veterans who served in the American Revolutionary War. Woodland Cemetery was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 21, 1988.[3]

Many of Monroe's earliest settlers, politicians, and war combatants are buried at Woodland Cemetery, including some of those that were killed during the Battle of Frenchtown in 1813. The cemetery contains Monroe veterans from every major war from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War.[3] A notable burial plot belongs to the families of Monroe residents George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth Bacon Custer, although neither of those two are buried at Woodland Cemetery. His younger brother, Boston Custer, and his nephew, Henry Armstrong Reed, are buried at Woodland Cemetery after having died alongside George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory on June 25, 1876.[4]

Woodland Cemetery is located right next to the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, but the two are separate cemeteries.[5]

  1. ^ The Political Graveyard (2010). "Woodland Cemetery at the Political Graveyard". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Cemetery
  3. ^ a b State of Michigan (2009). "Woodland Cemetery". Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Raisovich, Eli (2009). "Henry Armstrong (Autie) Reed". Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zion Lutheran Cemetery