Forest Hill Cemetery - The Former Village of Madison Cemetery, now Orton Park


1846
  • The Village Cemetery Established with 246 Burial Plots on Block 180 (1103 Spaight Street)


    • 1857 - January 3rd
  • Cemetery is quickly filling due to several cholera outbreaks, it's unkept and open to wild animals
  • The city buys Forest Hills for $10,000 in bonds ending a long search for a new cemetery


    • 1859
  • Began moving bodies to Forest Hill Cemetery
  • Burials continued at the Village Cemetery, however, in lots that had already been sold


    • ????
  • Eventually all of the bodies were transferred to Forest Hill Cemetery


    • 1879 - October
  • With Council approval but private funds, a contract is issued to clean the old cemetery grounds


    • 1888
  • The block became Orton Park