About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. It lies about 0.8 mi north of Battle Creek. The grounds sit at about 873 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 34 notable people buried here, including Sojourner Truth, Ellen G. White and Will Keith Kellogg. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 633838. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Whitley Memorial Funeral Home in Battle Creek, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 76 cemeteries we list in Calhoun County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 76 listings in Calhoun County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Battle Creek. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 5 writers, 3 US representatives, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician.
- Sojourner Truth1797-1883Abolitionist and African-American activist for women's rights
- Ellen G. White1827-1915American author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Will Keith Kellogg1860-1951American businessman
- James S. White1821-1881American publisher, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Junior Walker1931-1995American saxophonist
- Uriah Smith1832-1903American Seventh-day Adventist minister
- C. W. Post1854-1914American businessman
- George Willard1824-1901American politician
- John Byington1798-1887American Seventh-day Adventist minister
- Ella Eaton Kellogg1853-1920American philanthropist, pioneer in dietetics, editor
- Erastus Hussey1800-1889American politician
- Joseph L. Hooper1877-1934American politician
Show all 34 notable burials
- Verner Main1885-1965American politician
- William C. White1854-1937American Seventh-day Adventist minister
- James Edson White1849-1928American Seventh-day Adventist minister
- Francis E. Griffin1910-1973American architect
- John Doy1812-18691812-
- Charles M. Holton1838-1899American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Elizabeth White1788-1871
- Emma L. White1848-1917American Seventh-day Adventist missionary
- Ethel May White1873-1969
- F. E. Belden1858-1945American hymnwriter
- Henry N. White1847-1863First son of James and Ellen White
- John White1785-1871American farmer
- Kenneth Shaw Spencer1896-1973American photographer
- Mary E. White1857-1890American Seventh-day Adventist missionary
- Catherine M. Beckwith1827-1895Wife of Philo D. Beckwith
- Charles D. Gardner1842-1910Grocier in Dowagiac and Battle Creek, Michigan
- Clara Belle Kellogg1863-1951
- Harriet E. Belden1862-19351862-1935
- John H. White1860-1860Fourth son of James and Ellen White
- John W. Bailey1859-1929America politician (1859-1929), 5-time mayor of Battle Creek, Michigan
- Mary Gardner1851-1884Daughter of Philo & Catherine Beckwith and wife of Charles Gardner
- Reu Everett Hoenborn 1888
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak 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.
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What Oak Hill 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
- Mount Olivet CemeteryBattle Creek, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Haskell Home CemeterySpringfield, MICemetery2.6 mi
- Youngs CemeteryLakeview, MICemetery2.9 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryLakeview, MIMemorial park3.0 mi
- Reese CemeterySpringfield, MICemetery3.2 mi
- Memorial Park Sunset GardensSpringfield, MIMemorial park3.2 mi
- Dubois CemeteryLakeview, MICemetery3.3 mi
- Harmon Halladay CemeteryBattle Creek, MICemetery3.7 mi
- Floral Lawn Memorial GardensBrownlee Park, MIMemorial park3.8 mi
- Covey Hill CemeterySpringfield, MICemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Whitley Memorial Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Battle Creek · (269) 753-1999
- T M Hughes-perry Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Battle Creek · (269) 964-3775
- Farley Estes Dowdle Funeral Home and Cremation Care1.1 miFuneral home · Battle Creek · (269) 962-5527
- Richard A Henry Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Battle Creek · (269) 962-5191
- Baxter Funeral and Cremation Service1.3 miCremation provider · Battle Creek · (269) 788-9800
- Royal Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Battle Creek · (269) 964-3706
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