South Bend City Cemetery
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. 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 John Birdsell (1815–1894), American manufacturer and businessman Ellen Maria Colfax (1836–1911), second wife of Schuyler Colfax and Second Lady of the United States Evelyn Clark Colfax (1823–1863), first wife of Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), 17th Vice President of the United States. Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925), mayor of South