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History of Greenwood Cemetery:
Although Greenwood is not the first cemetery in Michigan City, it has been in existence since December 1863 when the city council bought the first plot of 20 acres which were dedicated August 14, 1864 by Mayor H.H. Roberts. Jane Greenwood, wife of Thomas, died August 25, 1864 and is believed to be the first person buried in this plot; thus, the City Council passed a resolution on October 22, 1864 adopting the name Greenwood Cemetery.
There are many stones with dates prior to 1864 but those are considered re-burials, from the "old" cemetery and, possibly, from various private family burial plots. There are four cemeteries with in Greenwood Cemetery. These include Greenwood proper, Sinai Cemetery (Jewish), Calvary Cemetery (Catholic) and the Islamic Cemetery. For more history on Greenwood Cemetery and additional burials see Calvary Cemetery
The St. Stanislaus Cemetery (Polish) is across the street (Greenwood Avenue) on the south side of Greenwood Cemetery. Although confused as part of Greenwood Cemetery, it is really a cemetery with in its own right and is not connected with burials at Greenwood.
Credits and thank you's mentioned in the INDEX GREENWOOD CEMETERY Burial Books 1873 - 1950 for those who donated their time in transcribing, Typing and proofreading are: Cheri Babbitt Jones, Janet Czizek Dolson, Nancy Nichols Irk, Sally Lundmark Janowski, Monica Zeese Nowatzke, Carun Tolchinsky Glossinger, Leona Schmock Minke. With thanks also to the Reference Department staff of the Michigan City Public Library, LaPorte County Health Department's Lavelda Faull and Bernard Burns, Superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery (1988) and Marvella Baines and Mary Frances Mitchell.
An additional thank you from this transcriber, Deanna West, to Mark Tomsheck, Superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery and Janet Tomsheck for their patience and information. Russell Hapke, MA archaeologist and myself, Deanna West, Greenwood Cemetery historian, will be transcribing earlier and later burials as they become available. If anyone has information on the re-burials from the "Old City Cemetery of Michigan City" or would like to donate obituaries for burials at Greenwood cemetery go to our news page. For contact information, follow this link to our.