About Mount Elliott Cemetery
Mount Elliott Cemetery is a cemetery near Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. It lies about 2.0 mi southwest of Detroit. The grounds sit at about 617 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Margaret Frances Sullivan, Ben Guiney and Clara Morton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 632786. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elmwood Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Swanson Funeral Home in Detroit, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Wayne County dates to 1925. 3 of the 110 listings in Wayne County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Detroit. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Elliott Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Margaret Frances Sullivan1847-1903Irish-American writer, journalist, editor
- Ben Guiney1858-1930American baseball player
- Clara Morton1882-1948American vaudeville actress
- Francis Palms1809-1886American businessman
- Paul Morton1885-1958American vaudeville performer
- Alexander Sullivan1847-1913American lawyer
- David Hackney1952-2000American musician
- Henry Francis Brownson1835-1913American editor and publisher
- Anastasia Jennie Hammond1859-1917Heiress
- Bertha Antoinette Palms1875-1955
- Catherine Campau1816-1880(181_-1880)
- Charles Louis Palms1871-1925Banker, heir
Show all 16 notable burials
- Charles W. Casgrain1859-1951Prominent attorney of Detroit and Canada
- Francis Frederick Palms1836-1905Millionaire heir
- Isabelle Walsh1874-1949
- Josephine Van Dyke Brownson1880-1942Social-welfare worker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Elliott 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 Mount Elliott 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
- Elmwood Cemetery1200 Elmwood AVenue, Detroit, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryHamtramck, MILutheran cemetery1.7 mi
- Beth Olem CemeteryHamtramck, MIJewish cemetery2.8 mi
- Bnai - David CemeteryHamtramck, MIJewish cemetery3.5 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryHamtramck, MICemetery3.8 mi
- Forest Lawn CemeteryHamtramck, MICemetery4.3 mi
- Sacred Heart of Saint Mary CemeteryHamtramck, MICatholic cemetery4.9 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryHamtramck, MICemetery5.1 mi
- Fort Wayne Burial MoundDetroit, MICemetery5.5 mi
- Assumption Grotto Catholic CemeteryEastpointe, MICatholic cemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Elliott Cemetery
- Swanson Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Detroit · (313) 923-1122
- Charles T Cole Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Detroit · (313) 925-3000
- funeralOne1.8 miFuneral home · Detroit · (800) 798-2575
- Cantrell Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Detroit · (313) 821-9040
- Anderson Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Detroit · (715) 286-2222
- Eternal Cremations Of Detroit3.1 miCremation provider · Detroit · (313) 217-9734
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