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Oak Hill Cemetery (Youngstown, Ohio)

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181: 138: 27: 124:) featuring memorials to multiple notable figures. The cemetery was formed after the Mahoning Valley Cemetery Association purchased the land in 1853 from Dr. Henry Manning, a local physician who is himself buried within the cemetery. The cemetery was formally established in 1854. The cemetery began an endowment fund in 1922 that lead to it becoming one of the most endowed cemeteries, measured by dollar per acre, in the state of 155:
The Youngstown Township cemetery was formed in 1856 from three acres of land adjacent to Oak Hill Cemetery. Dr. Henry Manning again was the owner of the land. In 1924, Oak Hill Cemetery was given management and eventually subsumed the Youngstown Township Cemetery, which is located in the northwest
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roads, an eleven foot tall fence surrounding the entire perimeter, and the plating of hundreds of trees and shrubs. The cemetery's entrance now has granite gates, which were added in 1962.
425: 544: 168:, known for his "wild garden" designs was commissioned as the landscape designer. During the early 1900s, the cemetery was improved through the addition of 128:. Many of the original cemeteries within the city, then still the Village of Youngstown, had their interments moved to Oak Hill Cemetery. Many of 549: 80: 164:
After the endowment of the cemetery in 1922, many improvements were made to achieve the garden style of the landscape desired.
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Youngstown, Ohio
41°05′46″N 80°39′36″W / 41.096°N 80.660°W / 41.096; -80.660
Youngstown, Ohio
Rural cemetery
Ohio
Youngstown

Photo from on top of a hill inside the cemetery showing some grave markers and the Youngstown city skyline
Warren H. Manning
Macadam
Photo showing part of a grave marker that is the sculpture of a woman and an oversight of the rest of the cemetery

Underground Railroad
Titanic
John Alexander Logan Jr.
MOH recipient
Jimmy McAleer
Joseph A. McDonald
John D. Reese
W. Aubrey Thomas
David Tod
George Tod (judge)
George Dennick Wick
Titanic
Titanic



"Dr. Manning's 1834 daybook"

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