About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It lies about 2.2 mi west of Wheeling. The grounds sit at about 702 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Eleanor Steber, Benjamin Stanton and Chester D. Hubbard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1539725. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kepner's Funeral Home in Wheeling, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Ohio County, and 71 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wheeling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 2 baseball players, 1 architect, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician, 1 physician.
- Eleanor Steber1914-1990Singer
- Benjamin Stanton1809-1872American politician
- Chester D. Hubbard1814-1891American politician
- Carl G. Bachmann1890-1980American politician
- John O. Pendleton1851-1916American politician
- Lewis Baker1832-1899American politician
- William Pallister Hubbard1843-1921American politician
- Jack Glasscock1857-1947American baseball player
- Robert White1833-1915American lawyer, born 1833
- Bill White1860-1924American baseball player, born 1860
- Frederick F. Faris1870-1927American architect
- Henry Nehemiah Nickerson1888-1979United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Show all 18 notable burials
- Alfred Caldwell Jr.1847-1925American politician and attorney
- George Washington Steenrod1813-1891American farmer
- Lydia Cromwell Hearne1874-1961American physician and civic leader
- Sobieski Brady1816-1888
- Fritzi Stifel Quarrier1904-1967American golfer
- Herschel Coombs Ogden1869-1943
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.06174, -80.67925
What Greenwood 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 Calvary CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery0.5 mi
- Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy CemeteryWheeling, WVMilitary cemetery1.0 mi
- Stone Church CemeteryWheeling, WVChurch cemetery2.0 mi
- Peninsular CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Gregg CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Parkview Memorial GardensWheeling, WVMemorial park2.4 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Mount Wood CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.7 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryMartins Ferry, OHCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Kepner's Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Wheeling · (304) 232-2732
- Grisell Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Bethlehem · (304) 232-0400
- Grisell Funeral Home - Bethlehem1.4 miFuneral home · Wheeling
- Monument PL Office1.7 miMonument dealer · Wheeling · (304) 242-2911
- Altmeyer Funeral Homes - Elm Grove Chapel1.9 miFuneral home · Wheeling · (304) 242-0330
- Kepner Funeral Homes1.9 miFuneral home · Wheeling · (304) 242-2311
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.