Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

Franklinton Cemetery was the first cemetery established in what later became Columbus. It was built on land donated by Lucas Sullivant on River Street near Souder Avenue in 1799. Many of the early settlers of Franklinton and Columbus were buried there.{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=32}} The {{convert|11.5|acre|adj=on}}{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=161}} North Graveyard followed in 1812, and the {{convert|11.25|acre|adj=on}} East Graveyard in 1841.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=723}} A {{convert|3|acre|adj=on}} Roman Catholic cemetery opened in 1848{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=225}} (although it had been in use as early as 1846).{{sfn|Miller|2008|page=7}}{{Efn|This cemetery had no name,{{sfn|Miller|2008|page=7}} but was generally referred to as the "Catholic Burying-Ground" and later the "Old Catholic Burying-Ground".{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=225}}}}

By the mid-1840s, growing settlement in the area left the Franklinton, North, and East cemeteries too small to accommodate more burials.{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}} On February 24, 1848, the Ohio General Assembly enacted a law providing for the incorporation of cemetery associations by 10 or more people.{{sfn|Acts of a General Nature Passed by the Forty-Sixth General Assembly|1848|pages=97-100}} On August 2, 1848,{{sfn|Samuelson|1976|page=249}} a group of Columbus area business and civic leaders that included A.C Brown, William G. Deshler, William A. Platt, Thomas Sparrow, Alfred P. Stone, Joseph Sullivant, William B. Thrall, and others formed the Green Lawn Cemetery Association. The group secured a charter from the Ohio General Assembly on March 23, 1849, incorporating the "Green Lawn Cemetery of Columbus".{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=162}}{{sfn|Acts of a Local Nature Passed by the Forty-Eighth General Assembly|1850|pages=583-584}} A public meeting was held on July 12,{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=723}} and a committee of 11 local leaders appointed to select a site and draft articles of incorporation.{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}}{{Efn|The committee consisted of William B. Hubbard, William Kelsey, Robert McCoy, John Miller, A.F. Perry, William A. Platt, Joseph Ridgway Jr., Joseph Sullivant, William B. Thrall, and John Walton.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=723}}}} The committee presented the public with draft articles of incorporation on August 2. These were accepted, and the first board of directors organized on August 26.{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}}

The board sought a site of about {{convert|50|to|100|acre}} of gently rolling land well-covered in trees and shrubs.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=724}} The first purchase of {{convert|83|acre}} of forested land was made in the early spring of 1849 at a cost of $3,750 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3760|1849|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{sfn|Studer|1873|pages=219, 223}} This consisted of a {{convert|39|acre|adj=on}} tract obtained from Judge Gershom M. Peters{{Efn|The purchase was announced on January 25, 1849.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=724}}}} and a {{convert|44|acre|adj=on}} tract from William Miner.{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}}{{Efn|Purchase of additional land was not originally contemplated, but moved and authorized at a board of directors on April 16, 1849.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=724}}}} A public picnic was held on the ground on May 23, during which a partial clearing of a small portion of the land occurred.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=162}}{{sfn|Lee|1892|pages=724-725}} Architect Howard Daniels was hired to lay out the roads, paths, and plots.{{sfn|Samuelson|1976|page=249}} Daniels had spent several months in Europe studying rural cemetery design there, and had recently designed his first cemetery, Cincinnati's widely praised Spring Grove Cemetery.{{sfn|Cothran|Danylchak|2018|page=148}} A formal dedication of the cemetery occurred on July 9.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=162}} A superintendent's cottage was erected near the main gate on Brown Road,{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}} and Richard Woolley appointed the first superintendent.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=163}} Daniels, who died in December 1863,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117157476/news-items/ |title=News Items |newspaper=The Xenia Sentinel |location=Xenia, Ohio |page=2 |date=December 22, 1863 |accessdate=January 24, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}} is buried in the cemetery.

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At the time, the cemetery was located {{convert|2.5|mi}} west of the nascent village of Columbus.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=162}} The first burial at Green Lawn Cemetery was that of a child, Leonora Perry, on July 7, 1849.{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}} The second, and first adult, was Dr. B. F. Gard on July 12.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=164}} The first headstone or other monument in the cemetery was erected the second week of October 1849 by William G. Deshler. It was for his wife, Olive, who had died at the age of 19. The monument consisted of an upright stone slab depicting a rose branch. The bloom itself was carved on the plinth on which the slab stood, and was inscribed "Olive, wife of William G. Deshler, age 19".{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=725}} After Green Lawn opened, most of the families with graves at Franklinton Cemetery moved their ancestral remains to Green Lawn.{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=32}}{{Efn|Not all family plots were moved, and many individual graves also remained at Franklinton Cemetery.{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=32}}}} Franklinton Cemetery quickly fell out of favor as a place to be buried.{{sfn|Samuelson|1976|page=249}} Those buried at North Graveyard also disinterred loved ones' remains and moved them to Green Lawn. By 1869, about half of those buried at North Graveyard had been reinterred at Green Lawn.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=725}}

Green Lawn Cemetery lotholders voted to bar non-whites from being buried at Green Lawn in 1856.{{sfn|Martin|1993|pages=163-164}}{{Efn|The North Graveyard was only partially racially integrated when it opened. Although African Americans could be buried there, they were buried in a separate section.{{sfn|Martin|1993|page=161}} When the East Graveyard opened in 1841, the city required that it be racially integrated.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=723}} This land was marshy, and was used as a potter's field.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=727}}}} It was not until 1872 that this restriction was lifted, and a segregated section set aside for African Americans.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=725}}

In February 1864, the trustees of Green Lawn Cemetery offered to exchange burial lots with those individuals who still retained plots at North Graveyard. Green Lawn intended to build homes on the site of the abandoned North Graveyard and lease them in order to generate income. In addition, the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway sought to condemn a portion of the burying ground for a railroad right of way. The two offers generated extensive litigation, as lotholders sought to prevent the disinterment of loved ones and those who had deeded land to the city tried to regain title to it. This litigation was not resolved until the late 1870s, and it was not until 1881 that most graves were removed from North Graveyard.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=726}}{{Efn|Not all bodies were removed. Several hundred bodies were never removed, and lay just {{convert|2|to|3|ft}} below the surface.{{cite news|last=Hendren|first=Sam|title=A Tower Will Rise Above North Market. Below, A Graveyard Awaits|work=WOSU|date=April 27, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://radio.wosu.org/post/tower-will-rise-above-north-market-below-graveyard-awaits#stream/0}}}}

On April 1, 1872, the cemetery purchased a {{convert|32|acre|adj=on}} tract from Samuel Stimmel and a {{convert|30|acre|adj=on}} tract from John Stimmel, bringing the cemetery's total size to {{convert|147|acre}}.{{sfn|Studer|1873|page=219}} In 1887, Green Lawn expanded to {{convert|275|acre}}, and Green Lawn Avenue opened to create an eastern entrance to the cemetery.{{sfn|Leland|1919|pages=146, 147}} In 1898, an iron bridge was built over a ravine between sections 54 and 55. By 1919, all the roads in the cemetery were of macadam, and had gutters.{{sfn|Leland|1919|page=146}}

The Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial was erected at Green Lawn Cemetery in 1891.{{sfn|Hooper|1920|page=54}} Cemetery officials first set aside a section (M) for military burials on June 10, 1862.{{sfn|Lee|1892|page=725}} The Ex-Soldiers and Sailors' Association of Franklin County, a group of Civil War veterans, purchased four lots in section 28 in November 1881 for the interment of veterans.{{sfn|Hooper|1920|page=54}}{{sfn|Strader|1899|page=50}} Two years later, the association began a campaign to raise funds for the design and erection of a veterans memorial in that section.{{sfn|Hooper|1920|page=54}} Another four lots in section 28 were purchased in January 1886,{{sfn|Strader|1899|page=50}} and in March 1886 the Ohio General Assembly authorized the commissioners of Franklin County to levy a tax to aid in the construction of the memorial.{{sfn|Hooper|1920|page=54}}{{sfn|Strader|1899|page=49}} A memorial design was approved in October 1886, and the memorial erected by the New England Granite Works of Hartford, Connecticut. The $8,900 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|8900|1891|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars) memorial was completed in November 1890.{{sfn|Strader|1899|page=49}}

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In 2012, metal thieves damaged numerous family mausoleums, in some cases stealing entire door and window grates and in one case breaking into crypts in a family mausoleum. The perpetrators were never caught, and the cemetery extended fences to prevent after-hours vehicular entry and contract random security patrols. These measures proved insufficient when the next acts of vandalism occurred.

A vandal struck Green Lawn Cemetery more than a dozen times beginning in the fall of 2014. The vandal initially knocked over gravestones, but over time the damage worsened. By early 2016, more than 600 monuments were damaged as well as glass and the historic bust of Gustavus Swan. Cemetery officials estimated the cost of repairs at more than $1.25 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1250000|2017|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Emily|title=To Save Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus State Students Track The Damage|work=WOSU|date=May 22, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://radio.wosu.org/post/save-green-lawn-cemetery-columbus-state-students-track-damage#stream/0}} Cemetery officials contracted full nighttime security patrols in the cemetery and installed numerous security cameras which resulted in identifying the vandal, but he was never charged by law enforcement. By 2021 most of the damage was repaired except for a few broken obelisks.

The enhanced security measures have, as of 2021, curtailed any similar vandalism after-hours.

In the wake of the vandalism, cemetery volunteers and instructors at Columbus State Community College created a geographic information system capstone course. Taught by Doreen Whitley Rogers, nonprofit executive and wife of a cemetery trustee, students in the course donated more than $10,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10000|2017}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars) in free consulting services to the cemetery. Damaged graves were identified and damage documented, potential vandal points of entry noted, repair cost analyses generated, and patterns of criminal activity in the cemetery identified.

Starting in 2020, a vandal damaged nearly 100 trees over a period of several months during mornings shortly after the grounds opened. {{asof|2021|9}}, evidence was being processed and charges were pending against an identified suspect.{{needs update|date=January 2023}}

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Green Lawn officials had long desired to build a chapel at the cemetery ever since its formation in 1848. A site was selected, but cemetery expansion made it less than ideal. A second site was selected, but again expansion rendered the site inappropriate. After the 1887 expansion, the board of directors felt secure enough to select a permanent location for the new chapel. Design and construction were put off until enough funds had been raised to erect a substantial building of excellent materials and workmanship. The fundraising effort neared completion in 1899, at which time the board selected architect Frank L. Packard to design the chapel. Packard was a natural choice, as he had advised the board for several years on the landscape design and aesthetics of the cemetery.{{sfn|Leland|1919|page=146}}

This structure, originally called the Mortuary Chapel,{{sfn|Leland|1919|pages=147, 148}} was dedicated on November 11, 1902.{{sfn|Samuelson|1976|page=249}} The chapel is in the Renaissance Revival style, and features a rotunda capped in red vitrified tile.{{cite news|title=Mortuary Chapel, Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|work=The Monumental News|date=June 1901|page=349|hdl=2027/uc1.c2558857?urlappend=%3Bseq=242|access-date=July 31, 2018|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2558857?urlappend=%3Bseq=242}} The dome bears a resemblance to the Ohio Statehouse (then still under construction).{{cite news|last=Blundo|first=Joe|title=Cemetery, chapel teeming with history|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=November 29, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/article/20121129/LIFESTYLE/311299716}} The structure rests on a bed of gravel {{convert|8|ft}} below the surface. The foundations are of concrete and stone, and arches of brick and concrete support the building above. The exterior walls are of white marble, while the interior walls are clad in "English vein" Italian marble.{{Efn|White Italian marble comes in three classes: Sicilian (also known as Bianco Chiaro), with cloudy and irregular veins; Statuary, which has no clouds or veins; and Vein.{{sfn|Renwick|1909|page=73}} In the United States, Sicilian and Vein are lumped together into a single category, known as English vein. English vein is classified as grade one (no clouds, well-defined light or heavy veins), grade two (light clouds, with well-defined light or heavy veins), and grade three (clouds and veins, light or heavy, well- or ill-defined).{{cite news|last=McClymont|first=J.J.|title=List of the World's Marbles (cont.)|work=Through the Ages Magazine|date=May 1924|page=39}}}} The main entry doors are bronze and flanked by Ionic columns, while the interior floor is a geometric pattern of black and white tile. The dome, made of leaded art glass, supported by interior pilasters of bronze and marble.

The chapel contains two murals (depicting Truth and Wisdom), a number of mosaics, and windows of both leaded and stained glass.{{sfn|Leland|1919|page=148}} The art glass murals were designed by Frederick Wilson and executed by Tiffany & Co.{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=W.H.|title=Glass Mosaic—An Old Art With a New Distinction|journal=The International Studio|date=May 1906|pages=74–78|hdl=2027/gri.ark:/13960/t5bd0dw7d?urlappend=%3Bseq=121|access-date=July 31, 2018|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t5bd0dw7d?urlappend=%3Bseq=121}} The stained glass windows were designed by Tiffany & Co.{{cite news|title=A Peaceful Interlude|work=Smart Business Magazine|date=May 2015|pages=14–15|access-date=July 12, 2018|url=http://www.smartbusinessemag.com/may2015/columbus#&pageSet=7&contentItem=0}} The north window depicts Peggy Thompson, the first white woman known to die in the area,{{sfn|Bentley|1984|page=240}} and the south window Isaac Dalton,{{sfn|Bentley|1984|page=240}} a superintendent of the Soldier's Home in Columbus who took special care of wounded soldiers during the American Civil War.{{sfn|Wooley|Van Brimmer|2006|page=191}} Peletiah Huntington, founder of what became Huntington Bancshares, donated the mosaics, murals, and stained glass windows. The rest of the chapel cost $24,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|24000|1902|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars). The funeral space in the chapel was dedicated to Huntington in 1902 with the placement of a bronze tablet there.{{sfn|Bentley|1984|page=239}}

The Mortuary Chapel was designed to be a place where funerals could be held. Over time, few funerals were held there. Instead, the public began using the chapel as a meditative space, and requesting to be buried inside it. The chapel was renovated, a west wing with service room and bathrooms added, and a carillon with bells constructed in 1963. The leaded glass rotunda was capped with a concrete dome to protect it. The addition and carillon were in the Neoclassical style.{{sfn|Samuelson|1976|page=249}} A north wing was completed in 1979. The Thompson stained glass window was removed, and a door cut through to the new wing. The historic window was relocated to the east wall of the new wing, while a new stained glass window and fountain were placed at the west wall of the wing. The north wing serves as an indoor mausoleum.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

The chapel was rededicated in the early 2000s as Huntington Chapel.

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Green Lawn Cemetery is privately owned by the nonprofit Green Lawn Cemetery Association.{{cite news|last=Zachariah|first=Holly|title=Green Lawn Cemetery wants to recapture founders' original intent|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=May 26, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170526/green-lawn-cemetery-wants-to-recapture-founders-original-intent|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Three offbeat tours of Columbus|work=Columbus Monthly|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://www.columbusmonthly.com/article/20160309/LIFESTYLE/303099482}} The cemetery is one of Ohio's most prominent rural (or "garden") cemeteries.{{cite report|author=Division of Geological Survey|title=Report on Ohio Mineral Industries: With Directories of Reporting Coal and Industrial Mineral Operators|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Ohio Department of Natural Resources|date=1992|page=6}} Any member of the public may purchase a plot.

As of 2021, Green Lawn Cemetery contained {{convert|360|acre|km2}}, making it Ohio's second-largest cemetery.{{cite news|last=McCormac|first=Jim|title=Nature: Green Lawn Cemetery's majestic old trees leave lasting impression|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=November 19, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20171119/nature-green-lawn-cemeterys-majestic-old-trees-leave-lasting-impression}} About {{convert|80|acre}} were undeveloped, which cemetery officials said should provide burial space for another 100 to 150 years. About {{convert|27|mi}} of roads wind through the burying ground.{{cite news|last=Hendren|first=Sam|title=Grave Concern: The Million-Dollar Destruction of Green Lawn Cemetery|work=WOSU|date=February 6, 2017|access-date=July 12, 2018|url=http://radio.wosu.org/post/grave-concern-million-dollar-destruction-green-lawn-cemetery#stream/0}}

There are roughly 7,000 trees belonging to 150 species at the cemetery. This includes four "state champion" trees (the largest and tallest trees of their species anywhere in the state). In 1999, the Audubon Society recognized Green Lawn Cemetery as part of the Lower Scioto River Ohio "Important Bird Area".{{cite news|last=Deitch|first=Linda|title=Did You Know? Park is hot spot for migrating birds|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=August 25, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/article/20130825/NEWS/308259836}}

According to cemetery records in 2021, more than 155,000 people were buried at Green Lawn Cemetery. This included 6,000 veterans buried in seven military sections (thousands more are buried on private lots), of which 15 were generals and five Medal of Honor recipients. Portions of two of the military sections are National Cemeteries.

Sections at Green Lawn Cemetery were originally lettered in the order in which they were developed. The cemetery's rapid expansion forced the cemetery to begin numbering sections after running through the alphabet.

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The Hayden family mausoleum is the cemetery's largest. Designed by local architect Frank L. Packard,{{cite news|last=Wartenberg|first=Steve|title=Century-old Atlas Building bringing more upscale living Downtown|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=September 29, 2013|access-date=July 31, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/09/29/an-old-time-charm.html}} it was completed for banker Charles H. Hayden in early 1905.{{cite news|title=Mausoleum With Unknown Owner|work=The Reporter|date=September 1904|page=43|access-date=July 31, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERdbAAAAYAAJ&q=Packard+mausoleum+%22Green+Lawn%22&pg=RA8-PA43}} Built at a cost of about $80,000 to $100,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|80000|1904|r=-5}}}} to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1904|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars), the Neoclassical style tomb had a granite foundation, interior and exterior walls of white Vermont marble, and two Ionic columns on each side of the main entrance. The structure is {{convert|45|ft}} wide, {{convert|55|ft}} deep, and has a {{convert|45|ft|adj=on}} high dome. The interior is octagonal, and features two columns of marble with a hue like alabaster in each corner. The tomb originally contained eight marble sarcophagi, carved in Italy. The main doors were of bronze. Hayden wanted the construction of the mausoleum to be a surprise for his family, so Packard refused to tell the press or cemetery officials who commissioned the work until it was completed.

A row of small, Egyptian Revival mausoleums in section 65 contains the Packard mausoleum. Architect Frank L. Packard designed the Packard family mausoleum himself.{{sfn|Darbee|Recchie|2008|page=229}}

{{Category see also |Burials at Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)}}

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Notable individuals buried at the cemetery include:

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• De Witt C. Badger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Mayor of Columbus{{CongBio|id=B000021|name=De Witt Clinton Badger|inline=YES}}
• Gordon Battelle, founder of Battelle Memorial Institute
• Otto Beatty Jr., attorney, politician, Civil Rights leader
• Edward Franklin Bingham (1828–1907), Ohio state representative and chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-justice-bingham-dead/159584396/ |title=Justice Bingham Dead |date=1907-09-10 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-11-22}}{{Open access}}
• Thomas Blakiston, English explorer and naturalist
• John W. Bricker, Ohio Governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. vice presidential candidate{{CongBio|id=B000820|name=John W. Bricker|inline=YES}}
• Samuel Bush, industrialist, grandfather of President George H. W. Bush, and great-grandfather of President George W. Bush{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}}
• James E. Campbell, Governor of Ohio and member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=C000087|name=James E. Campbell|inline=YES}}
• William Turner Coggeshall, newspaper editor, spy for the Union Army, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador{{cite journal|last=Andrews|first=William D.|title=William T. Coggeshall: 'Booster' of Western Literature|journal=Ohio History Journal|date=Summer 1972|page=213|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=http://resources.ohiohistory.org/ohj/browse/displaypages.php?display[]=0081&display[]=210&display[]=220}}
• James M. Comly, Civil War general in the Union Army, newspaper editor, and political backer{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• James L. Conger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{sfn|Hannan|Herman|2008|page=157}}
• George L. Converse, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=C000711|name=George L. Converse|inline=YES}}
• Howard Daniels, landscape architect and rural cemetery designer{{cite book|last=Scee|first=Trudy Irene|title=Garden Cemeteries of New England, 1796-2019|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Down East Books|date=2019|isbn=9781608939077|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6-hDwAAQBAJ|page=155}}
• Augustus Stoner Decker, Mayor of Columbus{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=David E.|title=Monumental Inscriptions From Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|journal=The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly|date=January 1908|page=53|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zXTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Alfred+Kelley%22+%22Green+Lawn+Cemetery%22&pg=PA357}}
• William Dennison Jr., Governor of Ohio{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=206}}
• Cromwell Dixon, aviation pioneer, first person to fly over the Continental Divide{{sfn|Barrett|2012|pages=22-24}}
• Daniel S. Earhart, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=E000006|name=Daniel S. Earhart|inline=YES}}
• Merie Earle, actress{{sfn|Wilson|Mank|2016|page=216}}
• Al G. Field, minstrel show operator
• James W. Forsyth, U.S. Army general, war criminal {{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|pages=240-241}}
• Samuel Galloway, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=G000027|name=Samuel Galloway|inline=YES}}
• Wally Gerber, baseball player{{sfn|Lee|2009|page=146}}
• Washington Gladden, minister and social reformer{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}}
• Lincoln Goodale, first physician to practice in Columbus
• Stomp Gordon, jump blues pianist and singer{{sfn|Eagle|LeBlanc|2013|pages=81-82}}
• Clinton Greaves, Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient{{cite news|last=Reitzel|first=Rick|title=Memorial Day services in Columbus' honor decorated Buffalo Soldier|work=WCMH-TV|date=May 29, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://www.nbc4i.com/local-news/memorial-day-services-in-columbus-honor-decorated-buffalo-soldier_20180321075810213/1065022713|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715071404/https://www.nbc4i.com/local-news/memorial-day-services-in-columbus-honor-decorated-buffalo-soldier_20180321075810213/1065022713|url-status=dead}}
• Phale Hale, civil rights leader and Ohio state legislator
• Henry Howe, historian{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=Joseph P.|title=Henry Howe, The Historian|journal=Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly|date=January 1896|access-date=July 14, 2018|page=336|url=http://resources.ohiohistory.org/ohj/browse/displaypages.php?display[]=0004&display[]=311&display[]=337}}
• Alfred Kelley, banker, canal builder, and railroad executive{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=David E.|title=Monumental Inscriptions From Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|journal=The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly|date=October 1907|page=357|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zXTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Alfred+Kelley%22+%22Green+Lawn+Cemetery%22&pg=PA357}}
• Nathan Kelley, architect, designer of the Ohio Statehouse{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Alan|title=Statehouse architect finally to get marker in Green Lawn Cemetery|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/article/20111125/NEWS/311259753}}
• Simon Lazarus, founder of Lazarus department stores
• John J. Lentz, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=L000244|name=John J. Lentz|inline=YES}}
• George H. Maetzel, Ohio architect{{cite news|title=Maetzel's designs span Front Street|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=October 21, 2014|accessdate=September 4, 2022|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/german-village/2014/10/21/maetzel-s-designs-span-front/23155185007/}}
• William T. Martin, Mayor of Columbus{{cite news|last=Lentz|first=Ed|title=Martin legacy: Early Columbus history|work=ThisWeek|date=August 19, 2013|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/2013/08/22/as-it-were.html}}
• Edward S. Matthias, longest-serving associate justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio{{cite news|title=Judge Matthias Services Set For Thursday|work=Sandusky Register Star News|date=November 3, 1953|page=3|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-register-star-news-nov-03-1953-p-3/}}
• Abram Irvin McDowell, Mayor of Columbus{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=David E.|title=Monumental Inscriptions From Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|journal=The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly|date=July 1907|page=252|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBEzAQAAIAAJ&q=Abram+McDowell+%22Green+Lawn%22&pg=PA251}}
• William L. McMillen, physician, Civil War general in the Union Army, and carpetbagger legislator{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• Samuel Medary, newspaper owner and territorial governor of Minnesota and Kansas{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• Grant Mitchell, actor{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}}
• John G. Mitchell, Civil War general in the Union Army{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• Heman A. Moore, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=M000899|name=Herman A. Moore|inline=YES}}
• George K. Nash, Governor of Ohio{{cite news|title=Proclamation of Governor Herrick|work=Xenia Daily Gazette|date=October 29, 1904|page=1|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/xenia-daily-gazette-oct-29-1904-p-1/}}
• Edward Orton Sr., Ohio State Geologist and first president of Ohio State University{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=David E.|title=Monumental Inscriptions From Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|journal=The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly|date=October 1907|page=359|access-date=July 13, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zXTAAAAMAAJ&q=Edward+Orton.++%22Green+Lawn+Cemetery%22&pg=PA359}}
• Edward Orton Jr., Ohio State Geologist and ceramic engineer{{cite news|title=General Edward Orton, Jr.—Our Tribute|work=The Clay-Worker|date=February 1932|pages=74–75}}
• Joseph H. Outhwaite, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=O000136|name=Joseph H. Outhwaite|inline=YES}}
• Frank Packard, architect{{cite news|last1=Oliphint|first1=Joel|last2=Rogers|first2=Jenny|last3=Schmidt|first3=Kristen |last4=Sullivan|first4=Michelle |last5=Thompson |first5=Emily |last6=Tiberio|first6=Tom|last7=Tonguette|first7=Peter|title=Storied Buildings|work=Columbus Monthly|date=December 2013|page=67|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://issuu.com/columbusdispatch/docs/cm_december_lr}}
• Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921), social reformer{{cite web |title=Alice E. Heckler 31 March 1845 – 1 April 1921 99T6-GVL |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99T6-GVL |website=ident.familysearch.org |access-date=5 July 2022}}
• Frederick Phisterer, Civil War captain and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• James Preston Poindexter, abolitionist, Civil Rights activist
• Joseph H. Potter, American Civil War general in the Union Army{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=437}}
• James A. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Columbus
• Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace and industrialist
• Joseph Ridgway, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=R000247|name=Joseph Ridgway|inline=YES}}
• James Linn Rodgers, American diplomat{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
• Alice Schille, watercolor artist{{cite news|last=Decker|first=Theodore|title=Green Lawn vandals steal peace from families|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/22/1-theodore-decker-green-lawn-vandals-steal-peace-from-families.html|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715041333/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/22/1-theodore-decker-green-lawn-vandals-steal-peace-from-families.html|url-status=dead}}
• Orland Smith, Civil War general in the Union Army{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• James H. Snook, Ohio State University professor and convicted murderer
• Billy Southworth, baseball player and manager, inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008{{cite news|title=Ex-Manager Southworth Dies at 76|work=Zanesville Times Recorder|date=November 16, 1969|page=25|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/zanesville-times-recorder-nov-16-1969-p-25/}}
• Billy Southworth Jr., baseball player and bomber pilot, son of Billy Southworth{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/southworth_billy_jr.html |title=Billy Southworth, Jr. |website=Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice}}
• Alfred P. Stone, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=S000952|name=Alfred P. Stone|inline=YES}}
• Lucas Sullivant, land surveyor, founder of Franklinton, Ohio{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}}
• Joseph Rockwell Swan, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=David E.|title=Monumental Inscriptions From Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio|journal=The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly|date=July 1907|pages=352–353|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NsyAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Joseph+Rockwell+Swan%22+%22Green+Lawn%22&pg=PA253}}
• Edward L. Taylor Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=T000071|name=Edward L. Taylor Jr.|inline=YES}}
• William Oxley Thompson, fifth President of Ohio State University{{cite news|last=Lentz|first=Ed|title=Minister left lasting OSU legacy|work=ThisWeek|date=August 7, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/2016/08/11/as-it-were-minister-left-lasting-osu-legacy.html}}
• James Thurber, humorist, author, and New Yorker columnist{{sfn|Lehosit|2015|page=33}}
• Allen G. Thurman, member of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and U.S. vice presidential candidate{{CongBio|id=T000251|name=Allen G. Thurman|inline=YES}}
• Dan Tipton, sailor, gambler, and posse rider with Wyatt Earp's vendetta ride{{cite news|last=Boardman|first=Mark|title=Tracking a Vendetta Rider|work=True West Magazine|date=April 24, 2010|access-date=July 14, 2018|url=https://truewestmagazine.com/tracking-a-vendetta-rider/}}
• Edward C. Turner, Ohio Attorney General and associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio{{cite news|title=Judge Turner Rites to be Held Saturday|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=September 14, 1950|pages=A1, A6}}
• John Martin Vorys, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=V000119|name=John Martin Vorys|inline=YES}}
• Charles C. Walcutt, Civil War general in the Union Army and Mayor of Columbus{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• David K. Watson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{CongBio|id=W000200|name=David K. Watson|inline=YES}}
• Wallace Ralston Westlake, Mayor of Columbus{{cite news|title=Obituary: Westlake|work=Columbus Dispatch|date=December 11, 1978|page=B7}}
• Wayne Bidwell Wheeler, Prohibitionist and leader of Anti-Saloon League
• James Andrew Williams, Major League Baseball manager{{sfn|Lee|2009|page=428}}
• William Tecumseh Wilson, Civil War general in the Union Army{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}
• George Ziegler, Civil War general in the Union Army{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|page=684}}

{{Clear}}

• Green Lawn Abbey, nearby but unrelated

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• {{cite book|ref={{sfnRef|Acts of a General Nature Passed by the Forty-Sixth General Assembly|1848}}|author=|title=Acts of a General Nature Passed by the Forty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, Begun and Held in the City of Columbus December 6, 1847 and in the Forty-Sixth Year of Said State. Volume XLVI|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Chas. Scott's Steam Press|date=1848|hdl=2027/uc1.b3831116?urlappend=%3Bseq=103|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3831116?urlappend=%3Bseq=103}}
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• {{cite book|last=Strader|first=Levi T.|title=Facts and Figures of Franklin County, Ohio|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Strader|date=1899|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1MVJUIISlUC}}
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