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

Marianna Hubbard Slater
1845–1873 (age 28)
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Marianna Hubbard Slater lived from 1845 to 1873.
Frances Lea
1847–1877 (age 30)
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Frances Lea lived from 1847 to 1877.
Josiah Warren
1798–1874 (age 76)
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Josiah Warren was a Boston resident and 19th-century social theorist who lived from 1798 to 1874.
Jacob Abbott
1803–1879 (age 76)
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Jacob Abbott was a Hallowell resident and prolific American author and educator who lived from 1803 to 1879.
Charles Sumner
1811–1874 (age 63)
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Charles Sumner was a prominent Boston abolitionist and U.S. Senator who lived from 1811 to 1874.
Jacob Bigelow
1787–1879 (age 92)
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Jacob Bigelow was a Watertown resident and pioneering American physician and botanist who lived from 1787 to 1879.
J. Wiley Edmands
1809–1877 (age 68)
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J. Wiley Edmands was a Boston resident who lived from 1809 to 1877.
Jeffries Wyman
1814–1874 (age 60)
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Jeffries Wyman was a Chelmsford resident and renowned American naturalist and anatomist who lived from 1814 to 1874.
Joseph Winlock
1826–1875 (age 49)
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Joseph Winlock was an American astronomer and director of the Harvard Observatory who lived from 1826 to 1875.
Samuel H. Walley
1805–1877 (age 72)
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Samuel H. Walley was a Boston resident who lived from 1805 to 1877.
Fanny Fern
1811–1872 (age 61)
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Fanny Fern was an American writer and columnist who lived from 1811 to 1872.
Samuel Green
1802–1877 (age 75)
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Samuel Green (1802-1877) was an East New Market resident who lived for 75 years.
William T. G. Morton
1819–1868 (age 49)
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William T. G. Morton was an American dentist and surgeon who pioneered the use of ether anesthesia in surgery.
Edward Everett
1794–1865 (age 71)
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Edward Everett was an American politician, diplomat, and orator who served as Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Secreta...
Katharine Bigelow Lawrence
1793–1860 (age 67)
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Katharine Bigelow Lawrence was a Boston-area resident of the early 19th century.
Charles Pelham Curtis
1792–1864 (age 72)
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Charles Pelham Curtis was a prominent Boston merchant and civic figure.
Mary Devlin Booth
1840–1863 (age 23)
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Mary Devlin Booth was an actress and wife of theatrical manager Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Mary Louisa Gardiner
1799–1862 (age 63)
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Mary Louisa Gardiner was a Boston resident of the 19th century.
Ralph Sanger
1786–1860 (age 74)
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Ralph Sanger was a Boston-area resident of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Samuel Swett
1782–1866 (age 84)
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Samuel Swett was a Newburyport resident and early American historical figure.
William Lowell Putnam
1840–1861 (age 21)
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William Lowell Putnam was a Boston merchant and member of a prominent New England family.
Andrew Ritchie
1782–1862 (age 80)
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Andrew Ritchie was a Boston-area resident of the early 19th century.
Arthur Lithgow Devens
1821–1867 (age 46)
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Arthur Lithgow Devens was a 19th-century American military officer and civic leader.
Thomas Russell Sullivan
1799–1862 (age 63)
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Thomas Russell Sullivan was a Boston-area resident and cultural figure of the 19th century.
Timothy Bigelow Lawrence
1826–1869 (age 43)
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Timothy Bigelow Lawrence was a 19th-century Boston resident.
Elizabeth Ellis Darling
1809–1866 (age 57)
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Elizabeth Ellis Darling was a 19th-century Boston-area resident.
Alvin Adams
1804–1877 (age 73)
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Alvin Adams (1804-1877) was an American businessman and founder of Adams Express Company, a major freight and express de...
Anna Cabot Lowell
1811–1874 (age 63)
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Anna Cabot Lowell (1811-1874) was a member of the prominent Lowell family of Boston, known for their mercantile and phil...
Harriot Kezia Hunt
1805–1875 (age 70)
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Harriot Kezia Hunt (1805-1875) was a Boston-based physician and women's health advocate who practiced medicine in the 19...
Benjamin E. Bates
1808–1878 (age 70)
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Benjamin E. Bates (1808-1878) was a Mansfield-based industrialist and philanthropist who contributed significantly to ed...
Charles Pickering
1805–1878 (age 73)
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Charles Pickering (1805-1878) was a naturalist and scientist from Susquehanna Depot who made contributions to American n...
Charles Tufts
1781–1876 (age 95)
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Charles Tufts (1781-1876) was a Medford resident and philanthropist who founded Tufts University.
Edmund Quincy
1808–1877 (age 69)
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Edmund Quincy (1808-1877) was a Boston-based writer, editor, and abolitionist active in 19th-century reform movements.
Edward Needles Hallowell
1836–1871 (age 35)
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Edward Needles Hallowell (1836-1871) was a Philadelphia-based Civil War officer and military leader.
George Stillman Hillard
1808–1879 (age 71)
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George Stillman Hillard (1808-1879) was a Boston lawyer, author, and literary figure known for his contributions to Amer...
Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
1809–1870 (age 61)
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Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch (1809-1870) was an American clergyman and member of the prominent Bulfinch family of Boston.
Mary Susan Everett Abbot
1832–1871 (age 39)
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Mary Susan Everett Abbot (1832-1871) was an American woman from a prominent New England family.
Hannah Rogers Mason
1806–1871 (age 65)
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Hannah Rogers Mason (1806-1871) was an American woman known for her involvement in 19th-century social circles.
Charles Russell Lowell
1807–1870 (age 63)
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Charles Russell Lowell (1807-1870) was an American businessman and philanthropist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Robert Means Mason
1810–1879 (age 69)
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Robert Means Mason (1810-1879) was a Portsmouth-based merchant and civic leader buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
William Gray Brooks
1805–1879 (age 74)
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William Gray Brooks (1807-1879) was a Portland businessman and community figure buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Francis Boardman Crowninshield
1809–1877 (age 68)
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Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1809-1877) was a Boston-based merchant and shipping magnate buried at Mount Auburn Cemet...
Horace Gray
1800–1873 (age 73)
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Horace Gray (1800-1873) was an American jurist and legal scholar buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Asa Gray
1810–1888 (age 78)
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Asa Gray was a prominent American botanist and naturalist who lived from 1810 to 1888.
Edwin Percy Whipple
1819–1886 (age 67)
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Edwin Percy Whipple was an American essayist and literary critic who lived from 1819 to 1886.
Alvan Clark
1804–1887 (age 83)
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Alvan Clark was an American telescope maker and optician who lived from 1804 to 1887.
Dorothea Dix
1802–1887 (age 85)
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Dorothea Dix was an American social reformer and advocate for the mentally ill who lived from 1802 to 1887.
Amos Adams Lawrence
1814–1886 (age 72)
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Amos Adams Lawrence was an American merchant and philanthropist who lived from 1814 to 1886.
Ezra Abbot
1819–1884 (age 65)
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Ezra Abbot was an American biblical scholar and editor who lived from 1819 to 1884.
Charles Thomas Jackson
1805–1880 (age 75)
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Charles Thomas Jackson was an American chemist and geologist who lived from 1805 to 1880.