Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, Georgia

Est. 1850 48 acres 470+ memorials
Atlanta's oldest cemetery and a public park, containing the graves of many notable Georgians.

Memorials

Thomas R. Fosdick
1797–1829 (age 32)
Oakland Cemetery
Thomas R. Fosdick was a short-lived resident of the early 19th century.
Pleasant Moorman Miller
1800–1849 (age 49)
Oakland Cemetery
Pleasant Moorman Miller (1800-1849) was a Lynchburg resident of the antebellum period.
Ann Rutledge
1813–1835 (age 22)
Oakland Cemetery
Ann Rutledge (1813-1835) was the young woman famously associated with Abraham Lincoln during his time in New Salem, Illi...
Edward A. Vincent
1825–1856 (age 31)
Oakland Cemetery
Edward A. Vincent was a man who lived from 1825 to 1856 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
John Mims
1815–1856 (age 41)
Oakland Cemetery
John Mims was a man who lived from 1815 to 1856 and was interred at Oakland Cemetery.
Moses Formwalt
1820–1852 (age 32)
Oakland Cemetery
Moses Formwalt was a Tennessee resident who lived from 1820 to 1852 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
Reuben Cone
1788–1851 (age 63)
Oakland Cemetery
Reuben Cone was a man who lived from 1788 to 1851 and was interred at Oakland Cemetery.
Robert Lucas
1781–1853 (age 72)
Oakland Cemetery
Robert Lucas was a politician and governor of Ohio and Iowa who lived from 1781 to 1853.
James P. Carleton
1812–1853 (age 41)
Oakland Cemetery
James P. Carleton was a U.S. Army officer and Indian fighter who lived from 1812 to 1853.
John Mills Hubbard
1776–1856 (age 80)
Oakland Cemetery
John Mills Hubbard (1776-1856) was an American whose life encompassed the founding era and early republic.
William Whipple Warren
1825–1853 (age 28)
Oakland Cemetery
William Whipple Warren was a historian and ethnographer of Ojibwe descent who lived from 1825 to 1853 in La Pointe.
James M. Goodhue
1810–1852 (age 42)
Oakland Cemetery
James M. Goodhue was a newspaper editor and founder of the Minnesota Pioneer who lived from 1810 to 1852.
Jeremiah W. Selby
1812–1855 (age 43)
Oakland Cemetery
Jeremiah W. Selby was an Ohio resident who lived from 1812 to 1855.
Andrew Scott
1789–1851 (age 62)
Oakland Cemetery
Andrew Scott was a Virginia landowner and resident of Hanover County during the early 1800s.
Rufus Kilpatrick Porter
1827–1869 (age 42)
Oakland Cemetery
Rufus Kilpatrick Porter (1827-1869) was an inventor and artist known for his work in panoramic paintings and mechanical ...
Elisha Otis
1811–1861 (age 50)
Oakland Cemetery
Elisha Otis (1811-1861) was an American inventor credited with developing the safety elevator.
Mary L. Gardiner
1791–1860 (age 69)
Oakland Cemetery
Mary L. Gardiner lived from 1791 to 1860 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
Samuel Curtis
1805–1866 (age 61)
Oakland Cemetery
Samuel Curtis (1805-1866) was a Champlain resident who lived during the antebellum and Civil War period.
William H. Worthington
1828–1862 (age 34)
Oakland Cemetery
William H. Worthington (1828-1862) was a Harrodsburg resident who died during the Civil War.
Roland Jones
1813–1869 (age 56)
Oakland Cemetery
Roland Jones (1813-1869) was a Salisbury resident buried at Oakland Cemetery.
John M. Landrum
1815–1861 (age 46)
Oakland Cemetery
John M. Landrum (1815-1861) was an Edgefield County resident who died at age 46 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
Zachary Taylor
1857–1863 (age 6)
Oakland Cemetery
Zachary Taylor was a young man from Louisiana who died during the American Civil War era.
Andrew Myrick
1832–1862 (age 30)
Oakland Cemetery
Andrew Myrick (1832-1862) lived a brief life in the mid-19th century before being interred in Oakland Cemetery.
Samuel Augustus Gilbert
1825–1868 (age 43)
Oakland Cemetery
Samuel Augustus Gilbert (1825-1868) was a Zanesville resident who lived for 43 years during the 19th century.
Moses Sherburne
1808–1868 (age 60)
Oakland Cemetery
Moses Sherburne (1808-1868) was a 19th-century individual who lived for 60 years and was buried in Oakland Cemetery.
Owen Lovejoy
1811–1864 (age 53)
Oakland Cemetery
Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) was an Albion resident and notable abolitionist who served in Congress.
Cyrus Bryant
1798–1865 (age 67)
Oakland Cemetery
Cyrus Bryant (1798-1865) was a Cummington resident who lived through the early American republic and Civil War.
George A. Cobham, Jr.
1825–1864 (age 39)
Oakland Cemetery
George A. Cobham, Jr. (1825-1864) was a Liverpool resident buried at Oakland Cemetery.
Marshall Johnson Wellborn
1808–1874 (age 66)
Oakland Cemetery
Marshall Johnson Wellborn was a Georgia resident who lived from 1808 to 1874.
John William Jones
1806–1871 (age 65)
Oakland Cemetery
John William Jones was a Virginia clergyman and historian who lived from 1806 to 1871.
Benjamin Franklin White
1800–1879 (age 79)
Oakland Cemetery
Benjamin Franklin White was an American music educator and composer of shape-note hymns.
James Calhoun
1811–1875 (age 64)
Oakland Cemetery
James Calhoun was a resident of Abbeville County who lived from 1811 to 1875.
Lovick Pierce Thomas I
1812–1878 (age 66)
Oakland Cemetery
Lovick Pierce Thomas I was a Franklin County resident who lived from 1812 to 1878.
Thomas Lowe
1812–1875 (age 63)
Oakland Cemetery
Thomas Lowe lived from 1812 to 1875.
John Maier
1819–1877 (age 58)
Oakland Cemetery
John Maier was a German immigrant from the Kingdom of Württemberg who lived in America from 1819 to 1877.
Rush Clark
1834–1879 (age 45)
Oakland Cemetery
Rush Clark was a 19th-century resident of Schellsburg who lived from 1834 to 1879.
William Williams
1796–1874 (age 78)
Oakland Cemetery
William Williams was a 19th-century individual who lived from 1796 to 1874.
William W. Woodworth
1807–1873 (age 66)
Oakland Cemetery
William W. Woodworth was a 19th-century resident of New London who lived from 1807 to 1873.
Alexander Smith
1818–1878 (age 60)
Oakland Cemetery
Alexander Smith (1818-1878) was a Mercer County resident during the 19th century.
James T. Elliott
1823–1875 (age 52)
Oakland Cemetery
James T. Elliott (1823-1875) was a Columbus resident whose life encompassed the Civil War period.
Hugh Thompson Reid
1811–1874 (age 63)
Oakland Cemetery
Hugh Thompson Reid (1811-1874) was a resident of Union City.
Joseph M. Root
1807–1879 (age 72)
Oakland Cemetery
Joseph M. Root (1807-1879) was a prominent figure from Brutus who was buried in Oakland Cemetery.
Lester Samuel Hubbard
1807–1875 (age 68)
Oakland Cemetery
Lester Samuel Hubbard (1807-1875) was interred at Oakland Cemetery.
Willis A. Gorman
1816–1876 (age 60)
Oakland Cemetery
Willis A. Gorman was a Flemingsburg resident who lived from 1816 to 1876.
William Sitgreaves Cox
1790–1874 (age 84)
Oakland Cemetery
William Sitgreaves Cox was a Philadelphia resident who lived from 1790 to 1874.
Edwin Dean
1804–1876 (age 72)
Oakland Cemetery
Edwin Dean was an Oakland resident who lived from 1804 to 1876.
James Fairlie Cooper
1814–1869 (age 55)
Oakland Cemetery
James Fairlie Cooper was an American writer and son of novelist James Fenimore Cooper.
Ammi Williams
1780–1864 (age 84)
Oakland Cemetery
Ammi Williams was an American whose life spanned the late 18th and mid-19th centuries.
Benjamin Bomar
1816–1868 (age 52)
Oakland Cemetery
Benjamin Bomar was a South Carolina resident who lived during the antebellum and Civil War era.
Henry Kent McCay
1820–1886 (age 66)
Oakland Cemetery
Henry Kent McCay (1820-1886) was a Northumberland County resident of the 19th century.