About Fulton Street Cemetery
Fulton Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 755 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Francis William Kellogg, Wilder D. Foster and Charles C. Comstock. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 626569. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Andrews Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries in Grand Rapids, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 114 listings in Kent County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Grand Rapids. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fulton Street Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 Civil War veteran.
- Francis William Kellogg1810-1879Union Army officer and politician
- Wilder D. Foster1819-1873American politician
- Charles C. Comstock1818-1900American politician
- Stephen Gardner Champlin1827-1864American physician, lawyer, soldier and judge
- Byron Root Pierce1829-1924Union Army officer of the American Civil War
- Kate N. Ball Powers1854-1937Compiler of memoirs of John Ball (her father)
- Charles A. Babcock1833-1876US Navy commander
- Dorothy Leonard Judd1898-1989American political activist
- Ezra S. Holmes1819-1914American dentist (1819-1914); volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fulton Street 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 Fulton Street 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
- Saint Andrews CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.3 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.6 mi
- Oakhill CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.6 mi
- Fairplains CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery2.6 mi
- Fair Plains CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery2.6 mi
- Garfield Park CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery3.2 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery3.3 mi
- Woodlawn Cemetery EastEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery3.4 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Fulton Street Cemetery
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries0.5 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-5516
- MKD Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 724-1800
- Brown's Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 243-1425
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries2.1 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-1297
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes2.3 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 361-2613
- Gillespie Funeral Services2.4 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 241-5665
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