Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, Massachusetts
America's first landscaped cemetery, founded in 1831, and a National Historic Landmark.
Memorials
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
1810–1874 (age 64)
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Nathaniel B. Shurtleff was a Boston historian, physician, and municipal official.
Nathaniel Greene
1797–1877 (age 80)
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Nathaniel Greene was an American military officer and patriot from New Hampshire.
Peter Bent Brigham
1807–1877 (age 70)
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Peter Bent Brigham was a philanthropist whose donations helped establish Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Robert Cowdin
1805–1874 (age 69)
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Robert Cowdin was an American military officer and businessman from Jamaica, Queens.
Thomas Edward Chickering
1824–1871 (age 47)
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Thomas Edward Chickering was a prominent Boston piano manufacturer and businessman.
Edward Kent
1802–1877 (age 75)
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Edward Kent was an American politician and lawyer from Maine who served in Congress during the 19th century.
Louis Agassiz
1807–1873 (age 66)
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Louis Agassiz was a renowned Swiss-American naturalist and zoologist who founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Ha...
James Henry Carleton
1814–1873 (age 59)
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James Henry Carleton was a U.S. Army general who played a significant role in the Indian Wars of the American Southwest.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
1809–1874 (age 65)
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
John Harvard Ellis
1841–1870 (age 29)
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John Harvard Ellis was a 19th-century American whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily inferrable ...
Robert Hinckley Messinger
1811–1874 (age 63)
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Robert Hinckley Messinger was a 19th-century Boston resident whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readi...
James Davenport Whelpley
1817–1872 (age 55)
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James Davenport Whelpley was a 19th-century New York writer and journalist known for his contributions to American perio...
Joshua Bowen Smith
1813–1879 (age 66)
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Joshua Bowen Smith was a 19th-century American businessman and civic figure from Pennsylvania.
Samuel Gridley Howe
1801–1876 (age 75)
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Samuel Gridley Howe was an American physician and social reformer renowned for his work in education for the blind and d...
Emory Washburn
1800–1877 (age 77)
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Emory Washburn was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor at Harvard Law School.
Charlotte Cushman
1816–1876 (age 60)
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Charlotte Cushman was an acclaimed American actress who was one of the most celebrated performers of the 19th century.
Eliza Ware Farrar
1791–1870 (age 79)
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Eliza Ware Farrar was an American author and educator known for her writings on domestic life and women's education.
George Aiken
1830–1876 (age 46)
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George Aiken was an American playwright and actor best known for adapting Uncle Tom's Cabin for the stage.
Moses Pond
1800–1870 (age 70)
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Moses Pond was a 19th-century American whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily inferrable from ava...
George Washington Messinger
1813–1870 (age 57)
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George Washington Messinger (1813-1870) was a Boston resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles Edward Buckingham
1821–1877 (age 56)
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Charles Edward Buckingham (1821-1877) was a Boston resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Eliza Constantia Watson Cushing
1791–1878 (age 87)
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Eliza Constantia Watson Cushing (1791-1878) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Sophia Harrison Otis Ritchie
1799–1874 (age 75)
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Sophia Harrison Otis Ritchie (1799-1874) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Hope Savage Shaw
1793–1879 (age 86)
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Hope Savage Shaw (1793-1879) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
David Kimball
1802–1873 (age 71)
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David Kimball (1802-1873) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
George Howe
1795–1871 (age 76)
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George Howe (1795-1871) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Ellen Brewer
1836–1873 (age 37)
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Ellen Brewer (1836-1873) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
James Madison Beebe
1809–1875 (age 66)
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James Madison Beebe (1809-1875) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
John Munroe
1811–1870 (age 59)
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John Munroe (1811-1870) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Theresa Reynolds
1837–1872 (age 35)
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Theresa Reynolds (1837-1872) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Elizabeth Stone
1808–1879 (age 71)
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Elizabeth Stone (1808-1879) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Mary Boardman Gilman Bates
1817–1870 (age 53)
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Mary Boardman Gilman Bates (1817-1870) was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
Winthrop Ward Chenery
1819–1876 (age 57)
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Winthrop Ward Chenery (1819-1876) was a Watertown resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
George Washington Whittemore
1812–1870 (age 58)
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George Washington Whittemore (1812-1870) was a 19th-century American figure buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles Folsom
1794–1872 (age 78)
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Charles Folsom (1794-1872) was an Exeter-connected scholar and bibliophile of the early 19th century.
Thomas Appleton
1785–1872 (age 87)
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Thomas Appleton (1785-1872) was an American writer and cultural figure of the 19th century.
John Swanson Jacobs
1818–1873 (age 55)
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John Swanson Jacobs (1818-1873) was an Edenton-born abolitionist and brother of Harriet Jacobs.
Ellen Wayles Randolph
1796–1876 (age 80)
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Ellen Wayles Randolph (1796-1876) was a member of the prominent Randolph family of Virginia.
Joseph Coolidge
1798–1879 (age 81)
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Joseph Coolidge (1798-1879) was a Boston merchant and member of a prominent Massachusetts family.
Richard Baker
1819–1875 (age 56)
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Richard Baker (1819-1875) was a 19th-century American figure of the New England region.
McKean Buchanan
1798–1871 (age 73)
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McKean Buchanan (1798-1871) was an American of the early 19th century.
Charles Kemble Fox
1833–1875 (age 42)
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Charles Kemble Fox (1833-1875) was a 19th-century American, likely related to theatrical or literary circles.
William Turell Andrews
1794–1879 (age 85)
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William Turell Andrews (1794-1879) was a long-lived 19th-century American figure.
Eliza Riddle Field
1812–1871 (age 59)
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Eliza Riddle Field (1812-1871) was a 19th-century American woman of the New England region.
Samuel D. Parker
1781–1873 (age 92)
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Samuel D. Parker (1781-1873) was a Boston-based American of the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Anson Burlingame
1820–1870 (age 50)
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Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) was a New Berlin-born diplomat and congressman who served as U.S. Minister to China.
George L. Fox
1825–1877 (age 52)
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George L. Fox (1825-1877) was a Cambridge-based American performer and pantomime artist.
George Oliver Brastow
1811–1878 (age 67)
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George Oliver Brastow (1811-1878) was a Wrentham-born American composer and music educator.
John P. Bigelow
1797–1872 (age 75)
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John P. Bigelow was a 19th-century resident of Groton who lived from 1797 to 1872.
Joseph Cushing Edmands
1842–1878 (age 36)
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Joseph Cushing Edmands was a Boston resident who lived from 1842 to 1878.