List of burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery

The Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over and contains 9 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States.

Notable burials

A-G Name BirthDeath Notes LDS Architect of Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake Tabernacle, and other edifices LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle Fourth Governor of Utah U.S. Senator (Son of Wallace Bennet) U.S. Senator LDS Church Apostle US Navy Captain killed during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle Member of the Council of Fifty and clerk to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory LDS Church ApostleDr. Martha Hughes CannonJuly 1, 1857July 10, 1932Elected Utah State Senator in 1896—first female State Senator in the U.S. LDS Church Apostle and Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory LDS Church Apostle Creator of the Gilgal Sculpture Garden LDS Church Apostle, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and U.S. Undersecretary of State LDS Church Apostle Mormon pioneer, inventor, lyricist and scribe LDS Church Apostle Utah Governor LDS hymn writer. Works include "Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King", music to "Come Unto Him". and "The Bridge Builder". LDS Church Apostle Administrator of NASA and University of Utah President Utah politician LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle and Salt Lake City's first Mayor

H-P Name BirthDeath Notes Salt Lake City Mayor LDS Church Apostle LDS Church President Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory Third and longest serving Presiding Bishop of LDS Church. LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle Salt Lake City Mayor Organist of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and a hymn writer. LDS General Authority LDS Church President United States Senator LDS Church President U.S. Representative from Utah President of Brigham Young Academy (forerunner of Brigham Young University (1876-1892)) Utah Governor gunfighter and businessman LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle Utah businessman and philanthropist LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle U.S. Senator LDS Church Apostle Early Senior leader of the Mormon fundamentalist movement Among the first dentists to practice in Utah, and one of the first Jews to join the LDS Church LDS Church President U.S. Representative from Utah LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle Early LDS Church Leader and songwriter LDS Church Apostle

R-Z Name BirthDeath Notes 11th Utah Governor U.S. Senator LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle 10 year old disabled boy - his memorial became an attraction orJune 25, 1815 Bodyguard to Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young Composer and conductor Last Presiding Patriarch for the LDS Church LDS Church Apostle LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle Uncle of Joseph Smith and 4th Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church LDS Church Apostle LDS Church President LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle Third Governor of Utah LDS missionary murdered while serving LDS Church Apostle, scientist, and University of Utah President LDS Church Apostle and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada LDS Church Apostle LDS Church President LDS Church Apostle U.S. SenatorOlean WalkerNovember 15, 1930November 28, 201515th Governor of Utah Mary M. Wallace The first known burial in the Salt Lake Cemetery Mere Mete Whaanga Maori tribal leader and missionary Newton, Marjorie (2014). Her Very Presence is a Sermon: Mere Mete Whaanga. In Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman (Eds.), Women of Faith in the Latter Days (Vol. 3). Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, p. 262. LDS Church Apostle and Salt Lake City Mayor Utah's first Governor LDS Church Apostle LDS Church Apostle and University of Utah President Inventor of the traffic light LDS Church President American actor

Grave of Lilly Gray The headstone of Lilly E. Gray, located in the far northeast of the cemetery (Plot X-1-169-4E), has long attracted attention and visitors from all over America, on account of its unusual inscription:

Little is known of Lilly Gray's life beyond basic records. On July 10, 1952, she married Elmer Gray, a serial felon who had served time in the Missouri State Prison, the Oklahoma State Prison, the Colorado State Prison, and, for eleven years, in the Utah State Prison. Lilly and Elmer were 72 and 71 respectively. Lilly died in 1958 of natural causes with no indication of foul play. The reason for the inscription is not known, but her husband had shown some indications of possible paranoia, and presumably ordered the headstone. But much amateur speculation has surrounded the grave, and rumors and legends of paranormal or Satanic associations have circulated.

The Tomb of Jacob Moritz

The tomb of Jacob Moritz, sometimes referred to in local legends as "Emo's Grave," is associated with alleged paranormal activity. According to these tales, actions like walking around the grave six times with lights or chanting the name "Emo" are believed to cause supernatural events. Reported occurrences include sightings of red eyes through the tomb's grate or a face in the mausoleum window. Some stories suggest that the grave glows at night or associates "Emo" with different historically inaccurate figures, such as a miner.

Jacob Moritz was an early Utah politician and founder of the Salt Lake Brewery, was interred in this tomb after his death in Germany in 1910. His ashes were initially placed in the mausoleum, but due to repeated vandalism, the urn was removed, and its location is now unknown.

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List of burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery

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