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Dellwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery established in 1865 in Manchester Village, Vermont.

Description
The cemetery is located at 2950 Route 7A in Manchester Village, Vermont. It covers approximately 58 acres and contains approximately 2,000 interments. The entrance gate is flanked by two marble statues; one representing "Death" or "Mourning" and the other the angel Gabriel representing a personification of the "Resurrection".

One section of the cemetery contains the tombstones from the initial town cemetery established in 1784. The tombstones from the old cemetery were moved to clear the lot for construction of the court house, however, the bodies were not reinterred.

History
The cemetery was established in 1865 through an act of the Vermont legislature. It was built on thirteen acres purchased through donations made by former residents of Manchester Village, Mark Skinner and Helmus Wells. The cemetery was laid out in the rural cemetery design popular in the 19th century by the landscape architect Burton A. Thomas.

In 1873, Skinner donated additional funds for the creation of the cemetery gates and in 1875, the two marble statues at the gate were added.

In July 1926, Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln died in Hildene, the family home in Manchester Center, Vermont. His body was stored in the receiving vault at Dellwood Cemetery until March 1928 when arrangements were made to inter his remains at Arlington National Cemetery.

Dellwood Cemetery is still an active burial location, however only about 5 or 6 burials occur each year.

Notable burials

 * Edward Swift Isham (1836-1902), politician
 * Pierpoint Isham (1802–1872), attorney and judge
 * Ahiman Louis Miner (1804-1886), politician
 * Loveland Munson (1843-1921), politician and judge
 * Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983), painter
 * Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871-1962), philanthropist
 * Benjamin S. Roberts (1810-1875), Union Army general
 * Leonard Sargeant (1793-1880), lieutenant-governor of Vermont
 * Mark Skinner (1813-1887), politician
 * Richard Skinner (1778-1833), governor of Vermont
 * Walter J. Travis (1862-1927), amateur golfer