Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)

Cedar Lawn Cemetery, also known as Cedarlawn Cemetery, was created in 1899, becoming the second official public cemetery for the city of Jackson, Mississippi.[1]

Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Aerial view of Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Cedar Lawn Cemetery Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi) (the United States)
Details
Established	1899[1]
Location	2434 West Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Country	United States
Coordinates	32°19′06″N 90°13′00″W[2]
Size	75.8 acres (30.7 ha)[3]
No. of graves	14,147 (July 2015)[3]
Find a Grave	Cedar Lawn Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Notable interments

• Julian P. Alexander (December 7, 1887 – January 1, 1953), associate justice Supreme Court of Mississippi (1941 – 1953).
• Waldo Emerson Bailey (November 16, 1896 – April 24, 1961), prominent American Consul.
• Theodore DuBose Bratton (November 11, 1862 – June 26, 1944), served as Bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church from 1903 until 1938.[4]
• Myra Hamilton Green (November 28, 1924 – March 26, 2002), Mississippi artist who specialized in portraits and still life.
• Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854 – February 24, 1942), 35th Governor of Mississippi, in office January 16, 1900 – January 19, 1904.[5]
• Dunbar Rowland (August 25, 1864 – November 1, 1937), prominent historian and archivist who served as Director of Mississippi Department of Archives and History for 35 years.[6]

Flying Dutchmen

Dutch memorial and grave sites in Cedar Lawn Cemetery

In the early years of World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands.[7] Between 1942 and 1944, the United States permitted 500 displaced Dutch aviators to train at Jackson Army Airbase, which became known as the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School.[8] During those years, more than two dozen Dutchmen were killed in local training accidents. In recognition of their service, the City of Jackson donated a plot of ground within Cedar Lawn Cemetery to the Netherlands for burial of their dead.[9]

References

1. National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form (Greenwood Cemetery) Retrieved 2015-07-14
2. USGS GNIS (Cedar Lawn Cemetery) Retrieved 2015-07-16
3. City of Jackson, Cemetery Division, Cedarlawn Cemetery Retrieved 2015-07-14
4. "Bratton, Theodore DuBose". Episcopal Church. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
5. Mississippi Governor Andrew Houston Longino Retrieved 2015-07-15
6. American National Biography Online—Dunbar Rowland. Retrieved 2015-07-16
7. War over Holland (1940) Retrieved 2015-07-16
8. Ward, Samuel Howard, Jackson's Flying Dutchmen: The Significance of the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School (2014). Master's Thesis. Paper 34 Retrieved 2015-07-16
9. Mississippi veterans honored on Mississippi Roads episode, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (May 8, 2014) Retrieved 2015-07-16

External links

• "Julian Power Alexander". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

• "Waldo Emerson Bailey". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015-08-03.

• "Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2018-10-28.

• "Andrew Houston Longino". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015-07-15.

• "Dunbar Rowland". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015-07-16.

• Mississippi Department of Archives and History—A Sense of Place (Aviation in Mississippi: Jackson's Flying Dutchmen) Retrieved 2015-07-15.
• Begraafplaats Cedar Lawn