In 1864, the Connecticut General Assembly authorized Captain Jonathan Godfrey to purchase twelve acres near Bronson Road for "no more than $12,000".

On December 29, 1865, the Oak Lawn Cemetery Association was incorporated.

[1][2] Captain Edwn Sherwood served as the first president of the Oak Lawn Cemetery Association from 1865 to September 1886.

The David Ogden House was renovated in 1935 and opened to visitors to the cemetery.

[5] As of May 2006, Oak Lawn Cemetery includes the remains of "nearly 10,000 people" and was "almost one hundred acres".