About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Marietta. The grounds sit at about 709 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Duke Dinsmore, C. William O'Neill and George White. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076538. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mound Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home in Marietta, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 154 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 78 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 154 listings in Washington County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marietta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 4 Civil War veterans, 4 US representatives, 2 governors, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 Revolutionary War veteran, 1 scientist.
- Duke Dinsmore1913-1985Racecar driver
- C. William O'Neill1916-1978Politician
- George White1872-1953Ohio politician
- Rufus Dawes1838-1899Union Army general
- Adoniram J. Warner1834-1910Union Army general, politician
- William P. Cutler1812-1889U.S. Representative from Ohio
- James Mitchell Varnum1748-1789American judge
- William Pitt Richardson1824-1886American general and politician
- Ephraim C. Dawes1840-1895American military historian
- Sarah Jane Dawes1836-1921American missionary teacher
- Rufus C. Dawes1867-1940American diplomat
- Sala Bosworth1805-1890American painter and illustrator
Show all 16 notable burials
- Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews1821-1880American geologist
- Brooks Harper1938-2018Former mayor of Marietta, Ohio
- John R. Michel1939-2018Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1974
- Joseph Addison Kingsbury1840-1912American
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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 Grove 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
- Mound CemeteryMarietta, OHCemetery0.4 mi
- New Saint Marys CemeteryMarietta, OHCemetery0.6 mi
- Old Saint Marys CemeteryMarietta, OHCemetery0.7 mi
- Harmar CemeteryMarietta, OHCemetery0.9 mi
- River View CemeteryWilliamstown, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Old Williamstown CemeteryWilliamstown, WVCemetery2.2 mi
- Kinnaird CemeteryWilliamstown, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Brabham CemeteryMarietta, OHCemetery2.8 mi
- Lynch Church CemeteryMarietta, OHChurch cemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Jacobs CemeteryDevola, OHCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Marietta · (740) 373-9232
- Cawley & Peoples Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Marietta · (740) 373-1111
- Crawley & Peoples Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Marietta
- Miller Memorials0.9 miMonument dealer · Marietta · (740) 373-5041
- Hadley Funeral Homes2.8 miFuneral home · Marietta · (740) 373-5331
- Roberts Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Marietta · (740) 373-2924
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