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

Henry Northey Hooper
1799–1865 (age 66)
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Henry Northey Hooper was a New England businessman and community figure.
James Fowle Baldwin
1782–1862 (age 80)
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James Fowle Baldwin was a Massachusetts industrialist and manufacturer.
James Jackson
1777–1867 (age 90)
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James Jackson was a physician and medical educator in early 19th-century Massachusetts.
John Perkins Cushing
1787–1862 (age 75)
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John Perkins Cushing was a wealthy Boston merchant and China trade magnate.
Joseph Emerson Worcester
1784–1865 (age 81)
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Joseph Emerson Worcester was a lexicographer and compiler of American dictionaries.
Joseph Warren Revere
1777–1868 (age 91)
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Joseph Warren Revere was a Boston businessman and descendant of Paul Revere.
Lemuel Shaw
1781–1861 (age 80)
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Lemuel Shaw was a prominent Massachusetts jurist and Chief Justice of the state.
Nathan Appleton
1779–1861 (age 82)
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Nathan Appleton was a Boston merchant, manufacturer, and textile industry pioneer.
Jared Sparks
1789–1866 (age 77)
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Jared Sparks was an American historian, editor, and president of Harvard University.
Richard Fletcher
1788–1869 (age 81)
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Richard Fletcher was a Massachusetts clergyman and religious leader.
Augustus Addison Gould
1805–1866 (age 61)
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Augustus Addison Gould was a naturalist and malacologist specializing in shell collections.
Susan Jackson Davis
1784–1867 (age 83)
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Susan Jackson Davis was a New England woman of the early 19th century.
Betsey Bender Greenough
1776–1866 (age 90)
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Betsey Bender Greenough (1776-1866) was a Boston-area resident of the early American period.
Charles Mason
1812–1862 (age 50)
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Charles Mason (1812-1862) was a Portsmouth resident during the antebellum era.
Mary Cunningham Homer Norcross
1790–1869 (age 79)
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Mary Cunningham Homer Norcross (1790-1869) was a Boston-area woman of the 19th century.
Mary Weeks Parker
1783–1863 (age 80)
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Mary Weeks Parker (1783-1863) was a New England resident spanning the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Joseph A. Gilmore
1811–1867 (age 56)
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Joseph A. Gilmore (1811-1867) was a Weston resident and notable figure of his era.
Josiah Quincy III
1772–1864 (age 92)
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Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864) was a prominent Boston merchant, politician, and civic leader.
Henry Bryant
1820–1867 (age 47)
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Henry Bryant (1820-1867) was a Boston resident of the mid-19th century.
Samuel Atkins Eliot
1798–1862 (age 64)
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Samuel Atkins Eliot (1798-1862) was a Boston merchant and philanthropist.
Mary Whitwell Hale
1810–1862 (age 52)
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Mary Whitwell Hale (1810-1862) was a Boston-area woman of the 19th century.
Charles Greely Loring
1794–1868 (age 74)
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Charles Greely Loring (1794-1868) was a Boston lawyer and abolitionist.
Susan Copley Cabot
1794–1861 (age 67)
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Susan Copley Cabot (1794-1861) was a member of the prominent Boston Cabot family.
Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch
1805–1861 (age 56)
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Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1805-1861) was a New England resident and likely descendant of the Bowditch maritime famil...
Lemuel Williams
1782–1869 (age 87)
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Lemuel Williams (1782-1869) was a long-lived resident of the Boston area buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
John Ball Brown
1784–1862 (age 78)
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John Ball Brown (1784-1862) was a Wilmington resident who lived through the early American republic.
James Jackson Lowell
1837–1862 (age 25)
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James Jackson Lowell (1837-1862) was a Cambridge youth who died during the American Civil War.
George M. Snow
1812–1866 (age 54)
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George M. Snow (1812-1866) was a 19th-century resident of the Boston area.
James Savage Jr.
1832–1862 (age 30)
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James Savage Jr. (1832-1862) was a Boston-area resident who died during the Civil War.
Rufus Choate Jr.
1834–1866 (age 32)
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Rufus Choate Jr. was a 19th-century figure who lived from 1834 to 1866.
Robert Jackson Cowdin
1839–1864 (age 25)
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Robert Jackson Cowdin was a Boston resident who lived from 1839 to 1864.
Elisha W. Bouvé
1826–1865 (age 39)
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Elisha W. Bouvé was a Boston resident who lived from 1826 to 1865.
Haliburton
1815–1869 (age 54)
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Haliburton was a Boston resident who lived from 1815 to 1869.
Edward Henry Eldredge
1816–1865 (age 49)
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Edward Henry Eldredge was a 19th-century figure who lived from 1816 to 1865.
Nancy Winchester
1798–1862 (age 64)
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Nancy Winchester lived from 1798 to 1862 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Hannah Peasley Walker
1811–1861 (age 50)
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Hannah Peasley Walker lived from 1811 to 1861 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles Henry Appleton
1817–1866 (age 49)
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Charles Henry Appleton lived from 1817 to 1866 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Sarah Lapsley Riddle
1811–1861 (age 50)
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Sarah Lapsley Riddle was a Philadelphia native who lived from 1811 to 1861 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles Devens
1791–1876 (age 85)
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Charles Devens (1791-1876) was an American lawyer, judge, and Union general buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mary Ann Sawyer Schuyler
1786–1871 (age 85)
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Mary Ann Sawyer Schuyler (1786-1871) was a member of the prominent Schuyler family buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
William Henry Smith
1806–1872 (age 66)
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William Henry Smith (1806-1872) was an American journalist and newspaper editor from Wales.
George Putnam, Sr.
1807–1878 (age 71)
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George Putnam, Sr. (1807-1878) was an American publisher and founder of the Putnam publishing company.
Sophia Tuckerman
1784–1870 (age 86)
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Sophia Tuckerman (1784-1870) was a prominent Boston-area resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Hannah Dawes Eliot Lamb
1809–1879 (age 70)
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Hannah Dawes Eliot Lamb (1809-1879) was a New Bedford woman from an established New England family.
Emily Crosby Low
1835–1871 (age 36)
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Emily Crosby Low (1835-1871) was a young woman of the 19th century New England gentry.
Elizabeth Endicott Peabody Gardner
1834–1876 (age 42)
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Elizabeth Endicott Peabody Gardner (1834-1876) was a member of the prominent Peabody and Endicott families.
Alexander Hamilton Twombly
1804–1870 (age 66)
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Alexander Hamilton Twombly (1804-1870) was a Boston-area gentleman of the early 19th century.
Charles Hook Appleton
1833–1874 (age 41)
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Charles Hook Appleton (1833-1874) was a member of the prominent Appleton merchant family.
Lucille Western
1843–1877 (age 34)
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Lucille Western was a 19th-century woman who lived during the American Civil War era.
Manton Eastburn
1801–1872 (age 71)
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Manton Eastburn was an American clergyman and bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church.