BGuthrie Photos: TN -- Memphis -- Elmwood Cemetery

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ELM_971108_001.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Laura Taylor
2. ELM_971108_002.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Jefferson
3. ELM_971108_003.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Jefferson
4. ELM_971108_004.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Couple
5. ELM_971108_005.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Book Pile
6. ELM_971108_006.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Jasper Smith
7. ELM_971108_007.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Jasper Smith
8. ELM_971108_008.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Gideon Pillow & Lenow Circle
9. ELM_971108_009.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Falls
10. ELM_971108_010.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Herman Arnold
11. ELM_971108_011.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Partee
12. ELM_971108_012.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Partee
13. ELM_971108_013.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; John Snowden
14. ELM_971108_014.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; John Overton
15. ELM_971108_015.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Laura Goyer
16. ELM_971108_016.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; Kit Dalton
17. ELM_971108_017.JPG: Elmwood Cemetery; No Man's Land
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Wikipedia Description: Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)
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Historic Elmwood Cemetery is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1852 as one of the first rural garden cemeteries in the South.

Origins:

Elmwood Cemetery was established as part of the Rural Cemetery Movement of the early to mid 1800s. A classic example of a garden cemetery, it is notable for its park-like setting, sweeping vistas, shady knolls, large stands of ancient trees, and magnificent monuments.

On 28 August 1852, fifty prominent Memphis citizens each contributed $500 for stock certificates in order to purchase 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land for the cemetery; they envisioned that this land would be a park for the living as well as the dead, where family outings, picnics, and social gatherings could occur. It was meant to be a place where beautiful gardens were tended and individual monuments celebrated both life and death. The name for the place was chosen in a drawing: several proposed names were put into a hat and Elmwood was drawn out, with the stockholders stating they were "well pleased" with the selection. Ironically, they had to hurriedly order some elms trees from New York to place among the native oaks of Memphis, since there were no elms in the area. After the American Civil War, the property was expanded to 80 acres (320,000 m2) for another $40,000. In the 1870s, the original corporation controlling the cemetery was dissolved and it became one of the oldest nonprofits in Tennessee. .

The first burial occurred on 15 July 1853, when Mrs. R.B. Berry was laid to rest. Since then, more than 75,000 people have been buried at Elmwood Cemetery, with space still remaining for about 15,000 more. The cemetery's gardens include the Carlisle S. Page Arboretum. Beneath the cemetery's ancient elms, oaks, and magnolias lie some of the city's most honored and revered dead; flowering dogwoods and crepe myrtles are interspersed with Memphis h ...More...
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