Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle, Indiana

Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Greencastle. The grounds sit at about 843 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Courtland C. Gillen, John Clark Ridpath and Pearl Bryan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 434654. The nearest other listed cemetery is Flatwoods Cemetery, about 3.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bittles & Hurt Funeral Home in Greencastle, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Putnam County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

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

Among them: 5 writers, 3 US representatives, 2 musicians, 1 business leader, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.

• Courtland C. Gillen1880-1954
  American politician
• John Clark Ridpath1840-1900
  American educator, historian and editor
• Pearl Bryan1872-1896
  Murdered in 1896 in Kentucky, USA
• Courtland C. Matson1841-1915
  American politician
• John Hanna1827-1882
  American politician
• Jesse W. Weik1857-1930
  American writer
• Thomas Bowman1817-1914
  American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Lemuel Herbert Murlin1861-1935
  American academic administrator
• Burns D. Caldwell1858-1922
  President of the Wells Fargo Express Company and chairman of the board the American Railway Express Company
• E. Jean Nelson Penfield1872-1961
  American lawyer, parliamentarian, lecturer, suffragist, author, songwriter, poet
• Charles Alfred Jones1921-1982
  American publisher & editor
• Ethel Arnold Tilden1876-1950
  American poet

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hill 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.

• Flatwoods Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Old Bethel Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Mount Pleasant Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi
• Deer Creek Cemetery

  Cloverdale, IN
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Boone - Hutcheson Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Carmel Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  5.5 mi
• Old Union Cemetery

  Heritage Lake, IN
  Cemetery

  5.8 mi
• Methodist Cemetery

  Cloverdale, IN
  Methodist cemetery

  6.0 mi
• Fillmore Cemetery

  Heritage Lake, IN
  Cemetery

  6.2 mi
• Little Walnut Cemetery

  Greencastle, IN
  Cemetery

  6.9 mi

• Bittles & Hurt Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greencastle · (765) 653-6511
  1.1 mi
• Hopkins - Rector Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greencastle · (765) 653-6262
  1.4 mi
• Chandler Hays Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greencastle · (765) 655-2356
  1.5 mi
• Putnam County Monuments

  Monument dealer · Greencastle · (765) 720-8009
  2.4 mi
• Whitaker Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Cloverdale · (765) 795-4211
  8.6 mi
• Bousley Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Coatesville · (765) 386-2611
  11 mi

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