Elmwood Cemetery was founded in August 1852 by 50 prominent Memphians who resolved to create a new burial site just two and a half miles outside the city limits. The name of the cemetery was drawn out of a hat by one of the founding fathers. A nurseryman from Scotland was hired to lay out the grounds; and Elmwood was opened to people from all backgrounds to use as their family cemetery. Elmwood has survived wars; military occupation; epidemic disease; and the bankruptcy and near collapse of Memphis; only to emerge as one of the premier outdoor museums in the United States. Its massive collection of Victorian memorial statuary is almost unrivaled; but Elmwood�s true allure lies in the stories of those who rest beneath the lush canopy of trees on its 80 acres. The graves at Elmwood belong to soldiers and statesmen; scoundrels and scalawags; writers and musicians; martyrs and madams; the notorious and the anointed; and so many more.
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