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Greenwood Cemetery may refer to:
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Braxton is the given name of:
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- ↑ Larry Kestenbaum. "Beacham, Braxton (1864-1924)". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Greenwood Cemetery offers resting place for Pulse victims". News 13 Florida. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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