About Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery is a cemetery near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Quincy. The grounds sit at about 587 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including William Alexander Richardson, Orville Hickman Browning and John Wood. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 421431. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenmount Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Davis Funeral Home in Quincy, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 133 cemeteries we list in Adams County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 133 listings in Adams County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Quincy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodland Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 Mexican-American War veterans, 2 US senators, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 governor.
- William Alexander Richardson1811-1875American politician
- Orville Hickman Browning1806-1881American politician
- John Wood1798-1880Governor of Illinois
- Cora Agnes Benneson1851-1919American attorney
- James D. Morgan1810-1896American merchant sailor, soldier, businessman, and a Union General during the American Civil War
- John Montgomery Glover1822-1891American politician
- Archibald Williams1801-1863United States federal judge
- George A. Anderson1853-1896American politician
- Henry Root Hill1876-1918United States Army general
- Anna Benneson McMahan1846-1919American writer
- John Tillson1825-1892
- Samuel Hopkins Emery1840-1906American educator and businessman
Show all 17 notable burials
- Fritzi Mohrenstecher Morrisonborn 1909
- Lesley Swick Van Ness1980-2023American actor
- Lydia Moore Hart1864-1948American scientific illustrator
- Robert S. Benneson1807-1893American lumberman and mayor of Quincy, Illinois
- William H. Benneson1818-1899American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodland Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Woodland Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Greenmount CemeteryQuincy, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Boniface CemeteryQuincy, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Calvary Cemetery1730 18th Street, Quincy, ILCatholic cemetery2.7 mi
- Valley of Peace CemeteryQuincy, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryQuincy, ILChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Sunset CemeteryQuincy, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Graceland CemeteryQuincy, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Quincy National CemeteryQuincy, ILNational cemetery3.0 mi
- Forest Lawn Memorial GardensQuincy, ILMemorial park3.2 mi
- Melrose Chapel CemeteryQuincy, ILMethodist cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Woodland Cemetery
- Davis Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Quincy · (573) 655-4507
- Hansen-Spear Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Quincy · (217) 222-4907
- Duker & Haugh Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Quincy · (217) 222-1011
- Davis Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · La Grange · (573) 655-4507
- Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel10 miFuneral chapel · Palmyra · (573) 769-2233
- J. Otto Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Mendon · (217) 936-2525
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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