About Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including James Wallace Cooke, George Marshall and James Francis Crocker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478346. The nearest other listed cemetery is Trinity Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Presidential Funeral Services in Portsmouth, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Portsmouth City, and 38 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 Cedar Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 Civil War veterans, 1 scientist, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.
- James Wallace Cooke1812-1869United States Navy officer
- George Marshall1781-1855US Navy Gunner and Warrant Officer
- James Francis Crocker1828-1917American lawyer, judge and Confederate soldier
- Legh R. Watts1843-1919American attorney
- James Gregory Hodges1828-1863American confederate military officer
- John L. Porter1813-1893American businessman
- David Jeremiah Godwin1829-1890American lawyer, judge, and Confederate soldier
- Margaret Jane Hodges1838-1896
- Richard Coke Marshall1844-1914Commonwealth's Attorney of Norfolk County, Virginia
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar 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
36.83876, -76.30772
What Cedar 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
- Trinity CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryPortsmouth, VAChristian cemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryPortsmouth, VAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Evergreen Memorial ParkPortsmouth Heights, VAMemorial park2.0 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery2.0 mi
- West Point CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Gomley Chesed CemeteryChesapeake, VAJewish cemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Presidential Funeral Services0.7 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (757) 966-1585
- Fisher Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (757) 399-6366
- Foster Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (757) 397-2391
- Metropolitian Funeral Services Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 494-1800
- E. A. Hughes Funeral Home1.4 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 545-5621
- Corprew Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (757) 399-4661
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