Gilmore, mayor of Monroe from 1922вЂ“19вЂ“1931 Robert Scott Duncanson (1821вЂ“1872), one of the first African American painters to garner international acclaim.Boston Custer (1848вЂ“1876), younger brother of George Armstrong Custer and soldier killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.Christiancy (1812вЂ“1890), Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and member of the United States Senate Bacon (1789вЂ“1866), father of Elizabeth Bacon and father-in-law of George Armstrong Custer 1836), a minuteman in the American Revolutionary War and the only known Monroe soldier to have served in the Continental Army under the direct command of General George Washington Woodland Cemetery is located right next to the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, but the two are separate cemeteries. His younger brother, Boston Custer, and his nephew, Henry Armstrong Reed, are buried at Woodland Cemetery after having died alongside George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory on June 25, 1876. A notable burial plot belongs to the families of Monroe residents George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth Bacon Custer, although neither of those two are buried at Woodland Cemetery.

The cemetery contains Monroe veterans from every major war from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. Many of Monroe's earliest settlers, politicians, and war combatants are buried at Woodland Cemetery, including some of those that were killed during the Battle of Frenchtown in 1813. Woodland Cemetery was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 21, 1988. Its oldest burials are veterans who served in the American Revolutionary War. Founded in 1810, it is one of Michigan's oldest public cemeteries. It occupies 10 acres (4.0В ha) and contains over 6,500 graves. Woodland Cemetery (formerly known as Grove Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery) is a public, city-owned cemetery located at 428 Jerome Street in the city of Monroe in the U.S.

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