Historic_Oakwood_Cemetery

Historic Oakwood Cemetery

Historic Oakwood Cemetery

Cemetery in Wake County, North Carolina

For other places with the same name, see Oakwood Cemetery.

35°47′12″N 78°37′30″W

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Historic Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1869 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital of North Carolina, near the North Carolina State Capitol in the city's Historic Oakwood neighborhood. Historic Oakwood Cemetery contains two special areas within its 102 acres (41 ha), the Confederate Cemetery,[2] located on the original two and a half acres (1 ha), and the Hebrew Cemetery, both given for that purpose by Henry Mordecai in 1867.

Notable burials

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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    Raleigh’s Confederate Cemetery
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    Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #3038. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
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    Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #3806. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
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    Monument created by Robert Mihaly – Chicago Sun Times: Credits
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    Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #5749. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
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    Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #10149. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
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    Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12913. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
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