Forest Home Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa. It lies about 1.1 mi northwest of Mount Pleasant. The grounds sit at about 715 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including James Harlan, Arabella Mansfield and Joshua G. Newbold. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823579. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mental Health Institute Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kimzey Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Henry County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

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

Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 governor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US senator, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.

• James Harlan1820-1899
  American politician
• Arabella Mansfield1846-1911
  American lawyer and suffragist
• Joshua G. Newbold1830-1903
  Union Army officer and politician
• James Lisle Gillis1792-1881
  American politician
• William F. Kopp1869-1938
  American politician
• Cordelia Throop Cole1833-1900
  American social reformer, writer, managing editor
• Emma Kate Corkhill1866-1913
  Early female professor of English Literature
• Alice Bird Babb1850-1926
  American educator
• Charles A. Swan1838-1914
  American Medal of Honor recipient
• John Wheeler1815-1881
  American educator, first president of Baldwin University
• Winfield S. Withrow1855-1930
  American judge
• Frederick Crane1927-2011
  American musicologist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Home 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.

• Mental Health Institute Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Saint Alphonsus Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Williford Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Willeford Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Municipal cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Irishtown Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Barton Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Pleasant Hill Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Menefee Family Cemetery

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Family cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Short Family Burials

  Mount Pleasant, IA
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi

• Whitney Monument Works - Mt. Pleasant

  Monument dealer · Mount Pleasant · (319) 385-8421
  1.3 mi
• Kimzey Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Mt Pleasant · (319) 385-2244
  1.3 mi
• Murphy Funeral Home and Monuments

  Funeral home · Mt Pleasant · (319) 385-4713
  1.4 mi
• Olson-Yoder Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Mt Pleasant · (319) 385-1998
  1.6 mi
• Olson-powell Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Mt Pleasant · (888) 405-9005
  1.6 mi
• Powell Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Mount Pleasant
  1.6 mi

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