About Beech Grove Cemetery
Beech Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It lies about 0.9 mi east of Muncie. The grounds sit at about 925 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including J. Ottis Adams, Andrew Kennedy and George W. Cromer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 430723. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elm Ridge Memorial Park, about 2.1 mi to the west. The nearest mortuary we know of is Parson's Mortuary in Muncie, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Muncie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beech Grove Cemetery
Among them: 6 writers, 2 artists, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician.
- J. Ottis Adams1851-1927American artist
- Andrew Kennedy1810-1847American politician
- George W. Cromer1856-1936American congressman for Indiana
- R. Carlyle Buley1893-1968American historian
- Anna Augusta Truitt1837-1920American philanthropist, temperance reformer, essayist
- Austin Claypool1887-1956Canadian politician
- Minnie Thomas Boyce1870-1929American writer
- William J. Carson1840-1913Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Zora Clevenger1881-1970American sports coach
- Babe Hole1902-1963American football guard
- Edmund Burke Ball1855-1925American businessman and philanthropist
- Emma Montgomery McRae1848-1919American professor of English literature
Show all 23 notable burials
- Frank Clayton Ball1857-1943American businessman and philanthropist
- George Alexander Ball1862-1955American glassmaker and railroad tycoon
- Lucius L. Ball1850-1932American physician and philanthropist
- William Charles Ball1852-1921American businessman and philanthropist
- William Harrison Kemper1839-1927Indiana physician and writer
- Arthur W. Brady1865-1933American politician
- Edmund F. Ball1905-2000American businessman and public broadcasting executive
- American trader
- Hugh Alvin Cowing1860-1944American physician
- Myra Montgomery Arthur1905-1992University Student And Sorority Member
- Susan Ryan Marsh1865-1959American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove 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
- Elm Ridge Memorial ParkMuncie, INMemorial park2.1 mi
- Parker Moore CemeteryMuncie, INCemetery3.4 mi
- Tomlinson CemeteryMuncie, INCemetery3.4 mi
- McKinley CemeteryYorktown, INCemetery3.6 mi
- Graham National CemeteryMuncie, INNational cemetery4.5 mi
- Mount Tabor CemeteryMuncie, INCemetery5.0 mi
- Nottingham CemeteryYorktown, INCemetery5.1 mi
- Hawk CemeteryYorktown, INCemetery5.7 mi
- Cullen CemeteryMuncie, INCemetery5.8 mi
- Sunderland CemeteryYorktown, INCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Beech Grove Cemetery
- Parson's Mortuary0.5 miMortuary · Muncie
- Parson Mortuary and Cremation Center0.5 miCremation provider · Muncie · (765) 747-1100
- Meeks Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Muncie · (765) 288-6669
- Faulkner Mortuary1.4 miMortuary · Muncie
- Elm Ridge Funeral Home & Memorial Park2.0 miFuneral home · Muncie · (765) 288-5061
- Mccormick View Chapel3.3 miFuneral home · Muncie · (765) 631-2160
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