About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia. The grounds sit at about 482 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Henry Bedinger, O. Winston Link and Marie Prescott. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1538694. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shepherdstown A.M.E. Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rosedale Funeral Home & Cemetery in Martinsburg, about 7.2 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 101 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shepherdstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 artist.
- Henry Bedinger1812-1858American politician
- O. Winston Link1914-2001American photographer
- Marie Prescott1850-1893American stage actress
- Thomas Van Swearingen1784-1822American politician
- William Whedbee Kirkland1833-1915Confederate Army general
- Henry Kyd Douglas1838-1903Confederate staff officer during the American Civil War
- A. D. Kenamond1883-1970American football player
- Ellis Batten Page1924-2005American psychologist
- Henrietta Bedinger Lee1810-18987 Feb 1810 - 7 Oct 1898
- Edmund Jennings Lee1877-1962American pastor and missionary
- Edmund Jennings Lee1797-1877
- Edmund Jennings Lee1845-1896(8 Oct 1845 - 14 Jul 1896)
Show all 13 notable burials
- Rebecca Lawrence Rust1854-1882
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
39.42926, -77.81360
What Elmwood 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
- Shepherdstown A.M.E. CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery0.3 mi
- Shepherds GraveyardShepherdstown, WVCemetery0.3 mi
- Roman Catholic CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCatholic cemetery0.4 mi
- Rose Hill Cemetery (African American)Shepherdstown, WVCemetery0.4 mi
- Reformed GraveyardShepherdstown, WVCemetery0.6 mi
- Lutheran Graveyard 1774–1908Shepherdstown, WVLutheran cemetery0.7 mi
- Lucas CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Renaud CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery2.4 mi
- Chapline CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Buckles CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Rosedale Funeral Home & Cemetery7.2 miFuneral home · Martinsburg · (304) 263-4922
- Hammaker Memorials7.4 miMonument dealer · Martinsburg · (304) 263-3677
- Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Harpers Ferry · (304) 724-6500
- Brown Funeral Homes and Cremations8.4 miFuneral home · Martinsburg · (304) 263-8896
- Brown Funeral Homes & Cremations9.5 miFuneral home · Ranson · (304) 725-5321
- Melvin T Strider Colonial Funeral9.7 miFuneral home · Ranson · (304) 725-7068
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