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Oakland Cemetery (Trenton, Tennessee)

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On 16 January 1940, Sam and Eliza Ward purchased 7 acres of land between 8th and 10th Street, Trenton. Part of the parcel became Ward cemetery; it appears on plat drawings dated 21 April 1942. By 1986, most of the remainder of the original Ward purchase had been bought by the City of Trenton and was
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There is a second Confederate memorial with the names of CSA veterans in the cemetery: an inscription on the gazebo, enhanced by a metal plaque commissioned by the
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A third monument was erected by the Dyersburg Corporation for their employees at the historic Trenton Cotton Mills circa 1990.
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Today, Oakland forms the northern and eastern boundaries of Ward cemetery. By 2019, Ward cemetery held least 162 burials.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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commissioned the construction of a Confederate monument in their memory, with a
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Notable burials include Confederate colonels Thomas Jones Freeman and
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Oakland Cemetery (Trenton, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Trenton, Tennessee
35°58′17″N 88°56′40″W / 35.97139°N 88.94444°W / 35.97139; -88.94444 (Oakland Cemetery)
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Trenton, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places
American Civil War
Confederate States Army
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bonnie Blue Flag
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Munson Rufus Hill
Robert Porter Caldwell
James C. McDearmon
Pleasant Moorman Miller
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service






"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakland Cemetery"

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