Glenwood Cemetery in Shelbyville, Illinois

Glenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 633 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Josephine Cochrane, Anthony Thornton and George D. Chafee. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409086. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oliver Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd in Shelbyville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Shelby County dates to 1835.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shelbyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative.

• Josephine Cochrane1839-1913
  American inventor
• Anthony Thornton1814-1904
  American politician
• George D. Chafee1839-1927
  American politician and lawyer
• William C. Kelley1847-1936
  American judge

People whose Wikidata entry gives Glenwood 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.

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.

• Oliver Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Austin Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Cutler Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Shelby Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Hudson Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Moyer Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Smith Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Jordan Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• Washington Cemetery

  Shelbyville, IL
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi

• Howe & Yockey Funeral Home Ltd

  Funeral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-3931
  0.4 mi
• Lockart Green Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Shelbyville · (217) 774-2195
  0.7 mi
• Lovins Lockart Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Windsor · (217) 459-2254
  10 mi
• Brummerstedt Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Stewardson · (217) 682-3822
  13 mi
• Reed Funeral Home Ltd

  Funeral home · Sullivan · (217) 728-2355
  15 mi
• McCracken-Dean Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pana · (217) 562-2116
  16 mi

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