About Oxford Cemetery
Oxford Cemetery is a cemetery near Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. It lies about 1.1 mi northwest of Oxford. The grounds sit at about 843 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Edgar Stillman Kelley, Weeb Ewbank and De Scott Evans. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048356. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ogle & Paul R. Young Funeral Home in Oxford, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in Butler County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 65 listings in Butler County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oxford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oxford Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician.
- Edgar Stillman Kelley1857-1944American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music
- Weeb Ewbank1907-1998American football player, coach, and executive, basketball player and coach
- De Scott Evans1847-1898American painter
- Victor Furth1893-1984Czech architect
- Clifford Groselle Grulee1880-1962American pediatrician
- George Rider1890-1979American sports coach
- Paul G. Pearson1926-2000American zoologist and university president
- Phillip Shriver1922-2011American historian
- Andrew Dousa Hepburn1830-1921American academic
- Richard W. DeWitt1838-1909Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert White McFarland1825-1910American engineer
- William H. Shideler1886-1958American geologist
Show all 13 notable burials
- Henry Spencer Houghton1880-19751880-1975 , medical administrator in China
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oxford 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 Oxford 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
- Mount Olivet CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery1.6 mi
- Milford CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery2.9 mi
- Indian Creek Baptist CemeteryOxford, OHChristian cemetery3.7 mi
- Burk CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery4.4 mi
- Springdale CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery4.4 mi
- Walker Chapel CemeteryOxford, OHChurch cemetery4.9 mi
- Reily CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery5.1 mi
- Bunker Hill Universalist Pioneer CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery5.2 mi
- Teague CemeteryOxford, OHCemetery5.6 mi
- Crawfords CemeteryLiberty, INCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oxford Cemetery
- Ogle & Paul R. Young Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Oxford · (513) 523-4411
- Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · College Corner · (513) 523-4704
- Showalter Blackwell Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Oxford
- Jay Picagli Funeral Service8.3 miFuneral home · Hamilton
- Brown Dawson Flick Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Hamilton · (513) 895-5412
- Weigel Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Hamilton · (513) 892-1524
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