Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan)

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Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, is one of Michigan's most important historic cemeteries.

Conceived in 1846 and incorporated in 1849, Elmwood was Detroit's elite burial ground for almost a century.

The cemetery, located at 1200 Elmwood Street on Detroit's east side, consists of about 86 acres of landscaped grounds, redesigned in 1890 by Frederick Law Olmsted.

[edit] Some prominent burials

Russell A. Alger, Michigan governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War
John Biddle, delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory
Lewis Cass, Michigan territorial governor
Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator from Michigan
Philip St. George Cooke, U.S. Civil War general
Douglass Houghton, geologist and mayor of Detroit
Truman H. Newberry, businessman and U.S. Senator from Michigan
Solomon Sibley, delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, Territorial Supreme Court justice, and first mayor of Detroit under the first charter
John R. Williams, first mayor of Detroit under the second charter
Coleman Young, mayor of Detroit