Woodland was incorporated in 1842 by John Whitten Van Cleve , the first male child born in Dayton . He was the son of Benjamin Van Cleve and Mary Whitten Van Cleve . The cemetery began with southeast of Dayton and has been enlarged to its present size of . Over 3,000 trees and 165 specimens of native Midwestern trees and woody plants grace the rolling hills . Many of the trees are more than a century old and 9 have been designated " Ohio Champions . " The highest point in Dayton is within the cemetery , and during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 , it became a place of refuge
Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum