Odd Fellows Cemetery

Odd Fellows Cemetery is a Tennessee historical marker in Knoxville, Knox County.

North side of Bethel Ave., near intersection of Kyle St., Knoxville

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This cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. The cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zion in 1881, the Good Samaritans in 1884, and the Silver Moon Chapter of the Odd Fellows in 1885. It is the final resting place for many of Knoxville's early noted Black preachers, political figures, educators, business pioneers, and other outstanding community leaders.

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1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1894 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Odd Fellows Cemetery

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