Holmead's Burying Ground, also known as Holmead's Cemetery and the Western Burial Ground, was a historic 2.94-acre (11,900 m2) cemetery located in the...
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James Hoban (category Burials at Holmead's Burying Ground)
Washington, D.C., on December 8, 1831. He was originally buried at Holmead's Burying Ground, but was disinterred and reburied at Mount Olivet Cemetery...
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Lewis Powell (conspirator) (category Burials at Holmead's Burying Ground)
declined to retrieve the body, at which point Powell was buried at Holmead's Burying Ground in either June 1869 or February 1870. A. H. Gawler of Gawler's...
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Lorenzo Dow (category Burials at Holmead's Burying Ground)
greatcoat be used as his winding sheet. He was placed to rest at Holmead's Burying Ground. A headstone with an epitaph that he personally selected was placed...
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Quadrant of Washington, D. C. Holmead's Burying Ground, which provides a more extensive history of the area Anthony Holmead house near 23rd and S St., Washington...
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William Winston Seaton (category Burials at Holmead's Burying Ground)
professions. Seaton died in 1866 of skin cancer and was interred at Holmead's Burying Ground in Washington, D.C. He was later disinterred, and moved to an unmarked...
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retaining wall and gates have survived. Another former landmark was Holmead's Burying Ground, located on Florida Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets. Founded...
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Josiah Meigs (category Burials at Holmead's Burying Ground)
General Montgomery C. Meigs. Meigs died on September 4, 1822, and was buried in Holmead's Cemetery in Washington, D.C. In 1878, when the cemetery was disbanded...
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but the area remained rural and undeveloped for several decades. Holmead's Burying Ground was established in 1794 and for almost 100 years operated as a...
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than 1,200 bodies were transferred to Graceland Cemetery from Holmead's Burying Ground. When the cemetery encountered financial problems, the owners attempted...
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Avenue. The surrounding area was still largely undeveloped. The Holmead's Burying Ground was just to the south and on nearby present-day California Street...
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