Oakland Cemetery (Fort Dodge, Iowa)

The Oakland Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) public cemetery maintained by the city of Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Property for the cemetery was set aside in 1859. It was laid out the same year by Egbert Bagg, an architect and civil engineer from Utica, New York. The graves and monuments are arranged around the natural contours of the hills that overlook Soldier Creek in a natural park-like setting. It is considered a good and rare example of a rural cemetery in North Central Iowa.[2] It has been listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places since 2000.[1]

Oakland Cemetery
Location1600 N. 15th St.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Coordinates42°30′45″N 94°10′47″W
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1859
Architectural styleEgbert Bagg
William Pollock
NRHP reference No.00000984[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 2000

Its notable resources include:

  • a Civil War memorial monument created by a local sculptor and Civil War veteran, William Pollock.
  • a Potter's Field
  • seven tree stump grave markers, which indicate a life cut short
  • grave of Major William Williams, founder of Fort Dodge, who died in 1874
  • graves of two black Civil War soldiers, with markers provided by the U.S. Government in years before 2003, with metal military marker and small cloth American flag. These are for "Joseph Kinner, Co H, 1 USCI, 1890," and "Joseph A. Palmer, Serg Co F, 54 Mass Inf.
  • grave of Dr. Thomas Fitzhugh Grayson, who practiced medicine in Fort Dodge for many years after serving in the Confederate Army's 8th Virginia Infantry, and who died in 1903, and
  • tablet inscribed with "Faithful Colored Servant" at grave of Agnes Grayson, a servant in the home of the Dolliver family, who died in 1935.[2]

Other notable burials

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. B. Diane Findlay (January 30, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Oakland Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2016. with 16 photos


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