About Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery is a cemetery near Delhi, Delaware County, New York. The grounds sit at about 1,460 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Ferris Jacobs, Jr., Jennie Curtis Cannon and Samuel Gordon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 971651. The nearest other listed cemetery is Flats Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hall & Peet Funeral Home in Delhi, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 127 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
Resting place of Osmund Steele, a sheriff who tried to sell off cattle to pay of debts held in protest of land monopoly. After armed locals blocked the sale, Steele shot at them, and in the confusion, they mortally wounded him while aiming for his horse.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Delhi. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodland Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Ferris Jacobs, Jr.1836-1886Union Army officer
- Jennie Curtis Cannon1851-1929American suffragist
- Samuel Gordon1802-1873American politician
- Isaac H. Maynard1838-1896American politician
- Henry W. Cannon1850-1934Comptroller in the United States
- John W. Vandercook1902-1963American writer, journalist, actor and broadcast journalist
- Lafayette Blanchard Gleason1863-1937American political activist
- Frances Ogden1824-187013 Feb 1824 - 29 Jun 1870
- Margaret Metzger Vandercook1899-1936American sculptor, 1899-1936
- Mary Carolyn Mann1837-1899American temperance worker
- William Courtland Robinson1865-19381865-1938
- William Gleason Jr.1819-1894American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodland 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 Woodland 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
- Flats CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Christian Church Cemetery at Fitch's BridgeDelhi, NYChurch cemetery2.2 mi
- Post CemeteryDelhi, NYMilitary cemetery3.5 mi
- Yendes CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Thompson Family CemeteryDelhi, NYFamily cemetery4.8 mi
- West Delhi CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- Yeoman family plotDelhi, NYFamily cemetery5.4 mi
- Meredith Square CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery5.5 mi
- Bostwick CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery5.5 mi
- Archer CemeteryDelhi, NYCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Woodland Cemetery
- Hall & Peet Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Delhi · (607) 746-2292
- Mac Arthur Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Delhi · (607) 746-2171
- Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Franklin · (607) 829-2272
- Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Oneonta · (607) 432-6821
- Bookhout Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Oneonta · (607) 432-8600
- Lewis Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Oneonta · (607) 432-1511
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