About Greenlawn Cemetery
Greenlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Portsmouth. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Bill Harsha, Charles Kinney and Henry T. Bannon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1041130. The nearest other listed cemetery is The Old St. Mary's Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ralph F Scott Funeral Home in Portsmouth, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 139 cemeteries we list in Scioto County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Portsmouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenlawn Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 baseball players, 1 journalist, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Bill Harsha1921-2010American lawyer and politician
- Charles Kinney1850-1918American writer and politician
- Henry T. Bannon1867-1950American politician
- Wells Andrews Hutchins1818-1895American politician
- Al Bridwell1884-1969American baseball player
- Oscar F. Moore1817-1885American politician
- Algie McBride1869-1956Major League Baseball player
- Charles Otis Locke1895-1977American writer
- J. Harvey Shonkwiler1877-1964American cartoonist
- Benjamin F. Coates1827-1899
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn 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
- The Old St. Mary's CemeteryPortsmouth, OHCemetery0.7 mi
- Ormes CemeteryRosemount, OHCemetery2.5 mi
- Larkin CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery2.8 mi
- Cook CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- Malone CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- Williamson CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery3.1 mi
- Collier Memorial GardenSouth Shore, KYMemorial park3.1 mi
- Alexandria CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery3.2 mi
- Cole CemeteryRosemount, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Careys Run CemeteryPortsmouth, OHCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Greenlawn Cemetery
- Ralph F Scott Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (740) 353-4161
- Brant Funeral Service0.2 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (740) 776-2115
- Melcher Hammer Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (740) 353-2808
- F. C. Daehler Mortuary Co.0.8 miMortuary · Portsmouth · (740) 353-4146
- Roberson Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · South Shore · (606) 932-3121
- Morton-Hunt Family Funeral Homes2.1 miFuneral home · South Shore · (606) 932-3512
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