Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery 606 South Church Street Decatur Illinois some facts about the Greenwood: - On March 3, 1857, the Greenwood Cemetery Association was established & the cemetery was incorporated into the city of Decatur - By the early 1950's, the Cemetery was in very poor condition, due to mismanagement and lack of funds to keep the grounds maintained - In 1957, ownership and oversight of the Cemetery was given to the City of Decatur and Decatur Township - The large Greenwood Mausoleum in the heart of the cemetery was built in 1908 and torn down in 1967 - The Cemetery is the final resting place of numerous Civil War soldiers, many of them Confederates in unmarked graves Greenwood Mausoleum, demolished 1967 Barrackman Steps Benjamin Schenck, Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient David Shellabarger, Decatur merchant Hieronymus Mueller, businessman and inventor James Millikin, founder of Millikin University ...