About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. The grounds sit at about 932 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Israel Bush Richardson, Byron G. Stout and Mark S. Brewer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 633839. The nearest other listed cemetery is Perry Mount Park Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lawrence E Moon Funeral Home in Pontiac, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Oakland County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 124 listings in Oakland County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pontiac. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 governor, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 musician.
- Israel Bush Richardson1815-1862Union Army general
- Byron G. Stout1829-1896American politician
- Mark S. Brewer1837-1901American politician
- Moses Wisner1815-1863American politician
- Augustus C. Baldwin1817-1903American politician
- Thomas J. Drake1797-1875American politician
- Ephraim S. Williams1802-1890American mayor
- Joseph T. Copeland1813-1893American judge
- Eliza Seaman Leggett1815-1900American suffragist and abolitionist
- Guy Gregory Callow1877-1948American musician
- Antoinette Cortrite1868-1899American painter 1868-1899
- Elizabeth Alice Shannon1855-1942Female Canadian, born 1855
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.
Map
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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
- Perry Mount Park Cemetery878 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MICemetery1.2 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryPontiac, MICemetery2.0 mi
- Oakland County CemeteryPontiac, MIMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Aaron Webster Cemetery150 South Squirrel Road, Auburn Hills, MICemetery3.2 mi
- St. Hugo of the Hills Columbarium2215 Opdyke Road, Bloomfield Hills, MICatholic cemetery4.0 mi
- Kirk in the Hills ColumbariumBloomfield Hills, MICemetery4.3 mi
- Kirk ColumbariumBloomfield Hills, MIPresbyterian cemetery4.3 mi
- Bloomfield Center Cemetery (historical)Bloomfield Hills, MICemetery4.6 mi
- Pine Lake CemeteryOrchard Lake, MICemetery5.5 mi
- Crescent Hills CemeteryWaterford, MICemetery5.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Lawrence E Moon Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Pontiac
- Lawrence E Moon Funeral Inc0.3 miFuneral home · Pontiac · (248) 758-1913
- Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Pontiac · (248) 338-9288
- Cobb's Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Pontiac · (248) 858-2640
- Huntoon Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Pontiac · (248) 332-0180
- National Cremation Society2.8 miCremation provider · Bloomfield Twp · (248) 874-1953
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