Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans

Greenwood Cemetery
Front of Greenwood Cemetery with Fireman and Elks tomb monuments in sunset
Details
Established	1852
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Country	United States
Coordinates	29°59′03″N90°06′46″W / 29.9840866°N 90.1128452°W / 29.9840866; -90.1128452
Owned by	Firemen’s Charitable & Benevolent Association (FCBA)
No. of interments	>100,000
Website	Official website

Greenwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The cemetery was opened in 1852, ^[1] and is located on City Park Avenue (formerly Metairie Road) in the Navarre neighborhood. The cemetery has a number of impressive monuments and sculptures. ^[2] It is one of a group of historic cemeteries in New Orleans.

Notable burials

Military figures and civil war veterans

• Tomb of hundreds of unknown Confederate soldiers. ^[3]
• Confederate Generals Young Marshall Moody (1822–1866), who died of yellow fever, Thomas M. Scott (1828–1876)
• Confederate supporter and resister of Union occupation William Bruce Mumford (1819–1862), who was hanged on June 7 for tearing down a United States flag during Union Army occupation of New Orleans during the American Civil War
• Union Army Brigadier General and Brevet Major General William Plummer Benton (1828–1867), who was Collector of Internal Revenue in the City of New Orleans after the Civil War and died of yellow fever
• There are nine British Commonwealth service personnel, registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who are buried or specially commemorated here – four from World War I and five from World War II. ^[4]

Athletes

• Al Jurisich (1921–1981) MLB pitcher
• Jack Kramer (1918–1995) MLB pitcher
• Joe Martina (1889–1962) MLB pitcher ^[5]
• George "Bo" Strickland (1926–2010) MLB player, coach, and manager

Musicians

• Sam Butera (1927–2009), jazz musician
• Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) Jazz musician ^[6]
• Leon Roppolo (1902–1943) jazz musician
• Thaïs St. Julien (1945–2019) soprano

Others

• Gwen Bristow (1903–1980), journalist and author of Louisiana topics ^[7]
• Effingham Lawrence (1820–1878) politician who served a single day (March 3, 1875) as a US Congressman ^[8]
• Valena C. Jones (1872–1917) educator ^{[9] [10]}
• A. J. McNamara (1936–2014) US District Court Judge, also served in the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Emile Meyer (1910–1987) actor ^[11]
• Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) governor
• John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969), novelist who wrote A Confederacy of Dunces , a Pulitzer Prize winner ^[12]

Gallery

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  Confederate Tomb, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans
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  Police Crypt at Greenwood Cemetery
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  Police Hat on the Police Crypt
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  Tomb of jazz musician Nunzio Scaglione
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  Fireman's Tomb at Greenwood Cemetery
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  Fireman's Statue at Greenwood Cemetery
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  Mason Tomb at Greenwood Cemetery
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  Greenwood Cemetery after Hurricane Katrina (photograph by Jocelyn Augustino)
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  Part of the front of Greenwood, with Fireman and Elks tomb monuments.

References

1. Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 294. ISBN   978-1-55849-571-5 . Retrieved August 5, 2019.
2. "Greenwood Cemetery". Firemen’s Charitable & Benevolent Association. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
3. "Dedication of the Confederate Monument, at Greenwood Cemetery, April 10th, 1874 by the Ladies Benevolent Association of Louisiana". Jas. A. Gresham. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
4. CWGC Cemetery Report, breakdown obtained from casualty record.
5. Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Martina, Joe #8250". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
6. Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "LaRocca, Nick #7299". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
7. Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Bristol, Gwen #1507". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
8. "Greenwood Cemetery History". Firemen’s Charitable & Benevolent Association. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
9. Dean, Lauren (March 7, 2013). "Valena Cecelia MacArthur Jones: New Orleans Educator 1872-1917". New Orleans Historical. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
10. Barney, Tammy C. (August 23, 2024). "Legacy of Valena C. Jones spans New Orleans and Bay St. Louis". Verite News New Orleans. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
11. Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Meyer, Emile #8746". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
12. Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Toole, John Kennedy #12687". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.

External links

• Official website
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwood Cemetery