Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia
Also known as tonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
About Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 1,096 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 60 notable people buried here, including Stonewall Jackson, William N. Pendleton and A. Willis Robertson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1780314. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory in Lexington, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 2 cemeteries we list in Lexington City, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lexington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Among them: 8 Civil War veterans, 6 US representatives, 4 scientists, 3 writers, 2 governors, 2 journalists, 2 US senators, 1 football player.
- Stonewall Jackson1824-1863General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
- William N. Pendleton1809-1883Confederate Army general
- A. Willis Robertson1887-1971American politician
- Andrew Moore1752-1821American politician
- James McDowell1795-1851American politician
- John Letcher1813-1884American politician
- John Mercer Brooke1826-1906United States Navy officer
- Henry St. George Tucker III1853-1932American politician
- Elisha Franklin Paxton1828-1863Confederate Army general American lawyer
- Margaret Junkin Preston1820-1897American writer
- Edwin Gray Lee1836-1870Confederate Army general
- James Albert Harrison1848-1911American philologist
Show all 60 notable burials
- John White Brockenbrough1806-1877United States federal judge
- Mary Anna Jackson1831-1915Widow of Stonewall Jackson
- Samuel Jordan Graham1859-1951American judge
- Samuel M. Moore1796-1875American politician
- George Junkin1790-1868American university president and Presbyterian minister
- Lloyd R. Craighill1886-1971American missionary
- Sandie Pendleton1840-1864Confederate army officer
- Scott Shipp1839-1917Confederate Army officer
- Charles McDowell, Jr.1926-2010American political writer, syndicated columnist
- Elinor Jackson1825-1854
- Francis T. Anderson1808-1887American politician
- George H. Denny1870-1955American academic and university president
- John Holladay Latané1869-1932American academic
- John McKenna1914-2007American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
- William Henry Ruffner1824-19081824-1908 , educational reformer, clergyman, and geologist
- William T. Poague1835-1914Confederate Army officer
- Asher W. Harman Jr.1850-1917American politician
- David Carlisle Humphreys1855-1921American engineer
- Greenlee D. Letcher1867-1954American politician
- Henry Poague1889-1953American football player and coach
- Hugh A. White1840-1862Confederate States Army officer
- John Lyle Campbell1818-1886Professor of chemistry and geology
- Lester Schnare1884-1955American state official
- Richard L. Irby1918-2002
- Warren E. Tilson1902-1984American football player
- William A. Beeton Jr.1943-2002American attorney and politician
- William S. White1800-1873Presbyterian minister and writer
- William Spenser Currell1858-1943American educator
- Andrew Alexander1768-1844American surveyor and public official
- Anna Maria Truxtun1792-1857
- Anne Dandridge Aylett1778-1818
- Catherine Thomas Anderson1797-1876
- Chester B. Goolrick1917-1991American writer and educator
- Harriet Peters Bailey1824-18911824-1891
- Henry Donald Campbell1862-1934American scientist and academic
- Herman Ward Taylor, Jr.1935-2002American classical philologist
- James Jones White1828-1893American classical philologist
- Jane I. White1803-1878Wife of Rev. William S. White
- John Lyle Campbell Jr.1854-1913American academic; treasurer of Washington and Lee University
- John Seymour Letcher1903-1994American military officer
- Margaret Howard Yeaton Hoyt1885-1943American artist
- Mary Ann Alexander1806-18811806 - certain 27 Nov 1881
- Ralph Ernest Henderson1899-1989American magazine editor
- Thomas Henderson1789-18541789-1854
- William Alexander1738-1798
- William Anderson Glasgow1825-1910American lawyer and Virginia state senator
- William Finney Junkin1831-1900
- William Pinkerton Ott1872-1944Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1917
People whose Wikidata entry gives Stonewall Jackson Memorial 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 Stonewall Jackson Memorial 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
- Evergreen CemeteryLexington, VACemetery0.7 mi
- Rockbridge Memorial GardensLexington, VAMemorial park2.2 mi
- Old Monmouth CemeteryLexington, VACemetery2.5 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryLexington, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery39 Chapel Hill Lane, Lexington, VAChurch cemetery4.5 mi
- New Monmouth CemeteryLexington, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Alone CemeteryEast Lexington, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Paxton CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery5.0 mi
- Green Hill CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery5.2 mi
- Mount Moreland CemeteryLexington, VACemetery5.5 mi
Funeral homes near Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
- Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Lexington · (540) 463-2912
- Bolling, Grose, and Lotts Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-5510
- Lomax Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-6585
- McElwee Chapel9.1 miFuneral home · Rockbridge Baths
- Craigsville Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Craigsville · (540) 997-5368
- Nicely Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Clifton Forge · (540) 862-4157
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