Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery-- Part 1: Established 1855

From the Go Upstate.com site, Spartanburg, S.C.  "Superintendent shares history of Oakdale Cemetery" by Terry Reilly, Wilmington (NC) Star-News.

Eric Kozen is the superintendent of Wilmington, N.C.'s Oakdale Cemetery which opened in 1855 and has more than 20,000 burials.

The first person to be buried there was a the six-year-old daughter of the cemetery's president.  Its 65 acres were originally located just outside the city limits at 15th Street because of a fear of disease spreading from the dead.

Burial plots measured 20 by 20 feet and were originally auctioned off for $50 to $75.

--Old B-Runner