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The Maplewood Cemetery was established as the town of Charlottesville's first official resting place for the dead in 1827.[1] The cemetery is a few blocks north of downtown, and located on Maple Avenue near Martha Jefferson Hospital. The 3.6 acre parcel of land is owned by the city of Charlottesville.[1]
=Prominent People
Historical figures buried here include the following:
- Paul Goodloe McIntire- Charlottseville benefactor
- Brigadier General John Marshall Jones
- Brigadier General Armistead Lindsay Long
- Colonel John Bowie Strange
- Fairfax Taylor
- James T. S. Taylor
- Benjamin Franklin Ficklin
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Coordinates: 38°01′57″N 78°28′26″W / 38.032594°N 78.473846°W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Charlottesville : Maplewood Cemetery." Charlottesville : Home. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=1566>.