Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Est. 1831 175 acres 1,300+ memorials
America's first landscaped cemetery, founded in 1831, and a National Historic Landmark.

Memorials

William Cranch Bond
1789–1859 (age 70)
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William Cranch Bond (1789-1859) was an American astronomer and director of Harvard Observatory from Portland.
William Hickling Prescott
1796–1859 (age 63)
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William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an American historian and author from Salem.
Samuel Turell Armstrong
1784–1850 (age 66)
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Samuel Turell Armstrong (1784-1850) was a Boston merchant and philanthropist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
1772–1851 (age 79)
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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772-1851) was a Salem-based naval officer and politician who served as Secretary of th...
Margaret Fuller
1810–1850 (age 40)
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Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a Cambridge-born transcendentalist writer, critic, and women's rights advocate.
Abbott Lawrence
1792–1855 (age 63)
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Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855) was a Groton-born merchant, manufacturer, and philanthropist who founded Lawrence, Massachus...
Frances Sargent Osgood
1811–1850 (age 39)
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Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was a Boston poet and writer known for her literary contributions to American periodi...
Maria White Lowell
1821–1853 (age 32)
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Maria White Lowell (1821-1853) was a Watertown resident and wife of poet James Russell Lowell.
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth
1802–1856 (age 54)
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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Massachusetts inventor and entrepreneur who pioneered ice harvesting technology...
Samuel Appleton
1766–1853 (age 87)
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Samuel Appleton (1766-1853) was a New York City-based merchant and philanthropist known for his charitable contributions...
Simon Greenleaf
1783–1853 (age 70)
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Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) was a Newburyport-born legal scholar and professor at Harvard Law School.
Thomas Handasyd Perkins
1764–1854 (age 90)
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Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854) was a Boston merchant and China trader who amassed considerable wealth in internatio...
Catherine Greene Prescott
1767–1852 (age 85)
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Catherine Greene Prescott (1767-1852) was a woman of the early 19th century whose life details remain largely undocument...
William Tuckerman
1780–1855 (age 75)
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William Tuckerman (1780-1855) was a 19th-century figure whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily do...
Daniel Carpenter Bacon
1787–1856 (age 69)
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Daniel Carpenter Bacon (1787-1856) was a Massachusetts resident from Barnstable.
John Downes
1784–1854 (age 70)
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John Downes (1784-1854) was a Canton-based individual from the early 19th century.
Amos Lawrence
1786–1852 (age 66)
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Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) was a prominent Groton resident and businessman.
Cyrus Alger
1782–1856 (age 74)
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Cyrus Alger (1782-1856) was a West Bridgewater industrialist known for iron foundry operations.
Daniel Pinckney Parker
1781–1850 (age 69)
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Daniel Pinckney Parker (1781-1850) was a Southborough resident of the early American period.
Daniel Sharp
1783–1853 (age 70)
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Daniel Sharp (1783-1853) was a notable figure buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Harriet Frederica Hickling
1793–1853 (age 60)
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Harriet Frederica Hickling (1793-1853) was a woman of the early 19th century.
Susan Baker Atherton
1833–1858 (age 25)
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Susan Baker Atherton (1833-1858) was a young woman of the mid-19th century.
Francis Lowell Batchelder
1825–1858 (age 33)
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Francis Lowell Batchelder (1825-1858) was a 19th-century resident who died in his early thirties.
Peter Gilman Robbins
1781–1852 (age 71)
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Peter Gilman Robbins (1781-1852) was an early American figure from the late 18th century.
Isaac P. Davis
1771–1855 (age 84)
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Isaac P. Davis (1771-1855) was a Plymouth resident and long-lived figure of early America.
Francis Lowell Dutton
1812–1854 (age 42)
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Francis Lowell Dutton (1812-1854) was a 19th-century individual.
Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story
1784–1855 (age 71)
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Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story (1784-1855) was a woman of the early American period.
Mary George McDonough Parkman
1803–1859 (age 56)
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Mary George McDonough Parkman (1803-1859) was a Boston-area woman of the 19th century.
Mercy Shiverick Hatch
1773–1852 (age 79)
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Mercy Shiverick Hatch was a Massachusetts woman who lived from 1773 to 1852 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Sarah Eliot Perkins
1768–1852 (age 84)
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Sarah Eliot Perkins was a Massachusetts resident who lived from 1768 to 1852 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Rodman Rotch
1820–1854 (age 34)
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Rodman Rotch was a 19th-century Massachusetts resident who lived from 1820 to 1854 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemete...
Ophelia Anderson
1813–1852 (age 39)
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Ophelia Anderson was a Boston woman who lived from 1813 to 1852 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Henry Farnam
1773–1852 (age 79)
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Henry Farnam was a Norwich resident who lived from 1773 to 1852 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Thomas Greaves Cary
1791–1859 (age 68)
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Thomas Greaves Cary was a Massachusetts man who lived from 1791 to 1859 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Thomas Wren Ward
1786–1858 (age 72)
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Thomas Wren Ward was a Salem resident who lived from 1786 to 1858 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Thomas Dowse
1772–1856 (age 84)
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Thomas Dowse was a Charlestown resident who lived from 1772 to 1856 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Bryant Parrott Tilden
1817–1859 (age 42)
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Bryant Parrott Tilden was a 19th-century Massachusetts resident who lived from 1817 to 1859 and was buried at Mount Aubu...
Barnabas Bates
1785–1853 (age 68)
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Barnabas Bates (1785-1853) was an Edmonton resident whose life spanned the early American period.
Augustus Sidney Doane
1808–1852 (age 44)
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Augustus Sidney Doane (1808-1852) was a Boston resident who died in his mid-forties.
William Ingalls
1769–1851 (age 82)
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William Ingalls (1769-1851) was a Newburyport resident who lived to the age of 82.
Henry Bacon
1813–1856 (age 43)
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Henry Bacon (1813-1856) was a North End resident who lived a relatively short life of 43 years.
Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay
1778–1856 (age 78)
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Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay (1778-1856) was a Concord resident who lived 78 years.
Charlotte Gray Brooks
1800–1859 (age 59)
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Charlotte Gray Brooks (1800-1859) was a woman who lived 59 years during the 19th century.
George Cheyne Shattuck Sr.
1783–1854 (age 71)
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George Cheyne Shattuck Sr. (1783-1854) was a prominent Boston-area physician and medical educator.
Ellen K. Channing
1820–1856 (age 36)
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Ellen K. Channing (1820-1856) was a member of the prominent Channing family who died at age 36.
Edward A. Crowninshield
1817–1859 (age 42)
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Edward A. Crowninshield (1817-1859) was a member of the prominent New England Crowninshield merchant family.
Robert Gould Shaw
1776–1853 (age 77)
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Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853) was a Boston-area resident who lived 77 years.
Warren Dutton
1774–1857 (age 83)
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Warren Dutton (1774-1857) was a New England resident who lived to age 83.
Samuel Foster McCleary
1780–1855 (age 75)
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Samuel Foster McCleary (1780-1855) was a Boston resident who lived 75 years.
Thomas Walley Phillips
1796–1859 (age 63)
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Thomas Walley Phillips (1796-1859) was a 19th-century resident who lived 63 years.