South Bend City Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Indiana, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = South Bend City Cemetery
| nrhp_type =
| image = Schuyler Colfax gravesite.jpg
| caption = Grave of the 17th U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax.
| location= South Bend, Indiana
| coordinates = {{coord|41|40|41|N|86|16|04|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Indiana#USA
| built = 1831
| architect =
| architecture =
| added = December 4, 2018
| area =
| governing_body =
| mpsub =
| refnum = 100003189{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The South Bend City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in South Bend, Indiana.
History
The South Bend City Cemetery was established in 1831, when Lathrop Taylor and Alexis Coquillard donated the land upon which it was built. Jacob Roof was the first burial was on August 25, 1831.{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: South Bend City Cemetery |url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/hp-citycemetery.pdf |first1=Elicia |last1=Feasel|first2=Amy|last2=Minnick|first3=Olga|last3=Bryazka|first4=Kurt|last4=Garner |publisher=National Park Service |via=State of Indiana |access-date=February 21, 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113185683/noted-people-are-in-city-cemetery-30/ |title=Noted People are in City Cemetery |date=1911-12-30 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-16}}{{Open access}} The Miller Mausoleum was built in 1882 and the Studebaker-Milburn Mausoleum in 1884. The sexton's cottage, designed by Parker & Austin, was built in 1899, the same year that the cast iron entrance gate was installed at the Elm Street entrance.
By December 1911, there were 7,190 burials at City Cemetery. A monument in memory of the veterans of the American Civil War of 1861–1865 was added in 1914 thanks to a donation from Union Army colonel Norman Eddy.
The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 4, 2018.
Notable burials
- E. Volney Bingham (1844–1922), state senator{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113654145/e-volney-bingham-is-dead-age-78/ |title=E. Volney Bingham is Dead, Age 78 Years |date=1922-04-24 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-26}}{{Open access}}
- John Birdsell (1815–1894), American manufacturer and businessman{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-entered-into-rest/125416999/ |title=Entered Into Rest |date=1894-07-13 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-05-27}}{{Open access}}
- Ellen Maria Colfax (1836–1911), second wife of Schuyler Colfax and Second Lady of the United States{{citation needed |date=November 2022}}
- Evelyn Clark Colfax (1823–1863), first wife of Schuyler Colfax{{citation needed |date=November 2022}}
- Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), 17th Vice President of the United States.
- Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925), mayor of South Bend{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndinsider.com/a-matter-of-grave-concern/article_ac89b019-43d1-5e1d-a9fb-10896f5e53d8.html|title=A matter of grave concern|last=Blasko|first=Erin |work=Notre Dame Insider|language=en|access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228215557/https://www.ndinsider.com/a-matter-of-grave-concern/article_ac89b019-43d1-5e1d-a9fb-10896f5e53d8.html |archive-date=2019-12-28 |url-status=dead}}
- Norman Eddy (1810–1872), U.S. Representative{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000039 |title=Eddy, Norman |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-11-13}}
- William G. George, first mayor of South Bend{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113189192/history-hidden-in-city-cemetery-28/ |title=History:Hidden in City Cemetery |date=2012-05-28 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=A8 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-16}}{{Open access}}
- Joseph and Mary McKinley, the paternal grandparents of President William McKinley
- H. B. Miller (1819–1889), member of New York Senate and Illinois House of Representatives{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113555744/funeral-of-hon-h-b-miller-21-nov/ |title=Funeral of Hon. H. B. Miller |date=1889-11-21 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-23}}{{Open access}}
- William Miller (1821–1901), mayor of South Bend{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113456621/funeral-notes-25-feb-1901-the-south/ |title=Funeral Notes |date=1901-02-25 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-21}}{{Open access}}
- Samuel Sample (1796–1855), U.S. Representative{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000024 |title=Sample, Samuel Caldwell |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-11-13}}
- Thomas S. Stanfield (1816–1885), state politician and railroad executive{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113713017/the-last-tribute-16-sep-1885-the/ |title=The Last Tribute |date=1885-09-16 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-27}}{{Open access}}
- Clement Studebaker (1831–1901), wagon and carriage manufacturer (formerly interred in Studebaker-Milburn Mausoleum){{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113183492/studebakers-burial-1-dec-1901-the/ |title=Studebaker's Burial |date=1901-12-01 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-16}}{{Open access}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.studebakermuseum.org/blog/meet-clement-studebaker/ |title=Meet Clement Studebaker |date=2020-11-17 |website=The Studebaker National Museum |access-date=2022-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117014124/https://www.studebakermuseum.org/blog/meet-clement-studebaker/ |archive-date=2022-11-17 |url-status=live}}
- Clement Studebaker Jr. (1871–1932), businessman (interred in Studebaker mausoleum){{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113188157/studebakers-rites-are-held-6-dec/ |title=Studebaker's Rites are Held |date=1932-12-06 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-16}}{{Open access}}
- John Studebaker (1833–1917), businessman (interred in Studebaker mausoleum){{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113211318/studebaker-funeral-set-for-monday-17/ |title=Studebaker Funeral Set for Monday |date=1917-03-16 |newspaper=South Bend News-Times |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-17}}{{Open access}}
- Peter Studebaker (1836–1897), treasurer and chairman of Studebaker Corporation{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113366192/funeral-of-peter-studebaker-13-oct/ |title=Funeral of Peter Studebaker |date=1897-10-13 |newspaper=Indianapolis Journal |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-20}}{{Open access}}
- Enoch R. Weiss (1848–1917), Indian Campaigns Medal of Honor{{Cite web |url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/enoch-r-weiss |title=Enoch R. Weiss |website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |access-date=2022-11-13}}
- Charles Zeitler (1871–1903), American football player for the University of Notre Dame{{citation needed |date=November 2022}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official|https://sbvpa.org/places/city-cemetery/|City of South Bend City Cemetery}}
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
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Category:1831 establishments in Indiana
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana