About Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is a cemetery in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. The grounds sit at about 794 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 82 notable people buried here, including Charles F. Kettering, Erma Bombeck and Paul Laurence Dunbar. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048075. The nearest other listed cemetery is Marianist Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schlientz & Moore Funeral Home in Dayton, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 81 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 105 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Among them: 13 US representatives, 12 business leaders, 7 inventors and engineers, 4 scientists, 4 World War I veterans, 4 writers, 3 artists, 3 aviators and astronauts.
- Charles F. Kettering1876-1958American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents
- Erma Bombeck1927-1996American humorist and writer
- Paul Laurence Dunbar1872-1906American poet, novelist, dramatist
- Alice Pike Barney1857-1931American painter
- James Middleton Cox1870-1957American politician and Governor of Ohio
- L. L. Langstroth1810-1895American beekeeper
- Orville Wright1871-1948American aviation pioneer
- Wilbur Wright1867-1912American aviation pioneer
- Jordan Anderson1825-1907Freed slave
- Clement Vallandigham1820-1871American lawyer and politician
- Charity Adams Earley1918-2002United States African American woman Army officer
- Mrs. Leslie Carter1857-1937American actress
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- Robert C. Schenck1809-1890Union Army general
- James Ritty1836-1918American inventor
- Louis Payne1873-1953American actor
- Marian Bergeron1918-2002American beauty pageant contestant and singer
- Katharine Wright1874-1929Sister of the Wright brothers
- John Henry Patterson1844-1922American industrialist
- John Lewis Brenner1832-1906American politician
- August F. Foerste1862-1936Geologist & Paleontologist
- Byron B. Harlan1886-1949American politician
- Clyde Engle1884-1939American baseball player and coach
- George Washington Houk1825-1894American politician
- John A. McMahon1833-1923American politician
- Lewis B. Gunckel1826-1903American politician
- Robert M. Nevin1850-1912American politician in Ohio
- Roy G. Fitzgerald1875-1962American politician
- Charles G. Bickham1867-1944United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Clarence Josef McLin Jr.1921-1988American politician
- David Ziegler1748-1811Mayor of Cincinnati
- Earl Kiser1875-1936American cyclist
- Harry P. Jeffrey1901-1997American politician
- John R. Womersley1907-1958British mathematician
- Joseph Halsey Crane1782-1851American politician
- Leroy T. Marshall1883-1950American politician
- Milton Wright1828-1917Father of the Wright brothers
- Daniel C. Cooper1773-1818American politician
- Edward Andrew Deeds1874-1960American businessman
- Electra Collins Doren1861-1927Suffragette and library scientist
- Harold E. Talbott1888-1957United States Secretary of the Air Force
- Jessie Marian Leech1860-1940Wife of Oscar Davisson
- John Allen Shauck1841-1918Ohio Jurist
- Robert Norris Hartzell1896-1968American aircraft industrialist
- Robert Reasoner Nevin1875-1952United States federal judge
- Edmund S. Lorenz1854-1942American composer
- Eva Best1851-1925American author
- George Huffman1862-1897US businessman
- Harold Bower1912-1992American basketball player
- James F. Schenck1807-1882United States Navy admiral
- James McMahon Cox1903-1974American publisher
- Jonathan Weaver1824-1901American bishop
- Stephen W. Thompson1894-1977American aviator
- Susan Catherine Koerner Wright1831-1889Mother of the Wright brothers
- Torrence Huffman1855-1928American banker
- Zella Allen Dixson1858-1924American author, lecturer, librarian, and publisher
- Alex Campbell1876-1942Scottish golfer
- Alfred McCray1881-1928American judge
- Frank Stuart Patterson1897-1918Army Air Corp test pilot, son of Frank Jefferson Patterson
- I. L. Kephart1832-1908American educator
- John H. Balsley1823-1895American carpenter
- John Williams Stoddard1837-1917American automotive pioneer
- Johnny Shackleford1913-1948American racing driver
- Loren M. Berry1888-1980American businessman
- Louis George Meister1890-1931American aviator
- Mary Forrer Peirce1838-1929American artist
- Vincent G. Apple1874-1932American inventor
- William Denison Bickham1827-1894
- William Earnshaw1828-1885American minister
- Andrew S. Iddings1880-1974
- Caroline Lowe Patterson1907-198613 Apr 1907 - certain 2 Mar 1986
- Clarence Satchell1940-1995
- Delmar Carpenter1928-1992Adam Mardel's Grandfather
- Eliam Eliakim Barney1807-1880American industrialist
- Elizabeth W. Lowe1846-1917
- Eugene Pilate1804-1890French naturalist, surgeon, and politician
- Eulla Carpenter1935-2018Adam Mardel's Mother
- Hannah J. Biddlecome1843-1934American botanist and collector
- Job Haines1791-1860
- Katherine Houk Talbott1864-1935American philanthropist
- Leslie Dudley Carter1881-1934
- Martha Belle Huffman1841-1906
- W. Hale Charch1898-1958American polymer chemist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum 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
39.74283, -84.17725
What Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum 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
- Marianist CemeteryOakwood, OHCemetery0.4 mi
- University of Dayton CemeteryOakwood, OHCemetery0.4 mi
- Jewish CemeteryDayton, OHJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Riverview CemeteryOakwood, OHJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Beth Abraham CemeteryOakwood, OHJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Calvary Cemetery1625 Calvary Drive, Dayton, OHCatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Old Greencastle CemeteryDayton, OHCemetery2.0 mi
- The Saint Kateri Preserve for Natural Burial at Calvary CemeteryMoraine, OHNatural burial ground2.1 mi
- Greencastle CemeteryDayton, OHCemetery2.7 mi
- Kemp CemeteryRiverside, OHCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
- Schlientz & Moore Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Dayton · (937) 253-1441
- Westbrock Funeral Home, Inc.0.5 miFuneral home · Dayton · (937) 253-6161
- Meyer-Boehmer & Reis Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Dayton · (937) 223-9119
- Harris Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Dayton
- Tobias Funeral Home - Belmont Chapel2.0 miFuneral home · Dayton · (937) 252-3122
- Smith Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Dayton · (937) 223-6653
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum located?
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is at 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, OH 45409 in Montgomery County. GPS coordinates: 39.74283, -84.17725.
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