Rock Creek Cemetery

Washington, District of Columbia

Est. 1719 86 acres 440+ memorials
Rock Creek Cemetery is a cemetery located in Washington, District of Columbia. It was established in 1719. BurialMap has 446 memorial records for people buried here. Notable people buried here include politician, diplomat, journalist, u.s. representative.

Memorials

Belle Magruder
1860–1941 (age 81)
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Belle Magruder (1860-1941) was an American woman interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Margaret Sherratt Keys
1856–1942 (age 86)
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Margaret Sherratt Keys (1856-1942) was a woman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Juliette Williams
1887–1942 (age 55)
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Juliette Williams (1887-1942) was an American woman buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.
J. Elfreth Watkins Jr.
1875–1946 (age 71)
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J. Elfreth Watkins Jr. (1875-1946) was an American notable enough to be interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Laura Elizabeth Hancock
1850–1943 (age 93)
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Laura Elizabeth Hancock (1850-1943) was a long-lived American woman of the 19th-20th centuries.
Joseph Clark Shinn
1861–1947 (age 86)
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Joseph Clark Shinn (1861-1947) was an American man buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Constantin Brun
1860–1945 (age 85)
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Constantin Brun (1860-1945) was a Copenhagen-born resident who lived through multiple European conflicts.
James Trimble III
1925–1945 (age 20)
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James Trimble III (1925-1945) was a young man who died during World War II.
Frank Bond
1856–1940 (age 84)
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Frank Bond (1856-1940) was an Iowa native who lived into the early 20th century.
Amanda Newton
1858–1943 (age 85)
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Amanda Newton (1858-1943) was a Pennsylvania-born woman of the late Victorian era.
De Lancey Gill
1859–1940 (age 81)
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De Lancey Gill (1859-1940) was a Camden resident during the industrial age.
Albert Fred Woods
1866–1948 (age 82)
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Albert Fred Woods (1866-1948) was a Belvidere native who lived through the late 19th and 20th centuries.
George Burr Richardson
1872–1949 (age 77)
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George Burr Richardson (1872-1949) was a New York City resident who lived into the mid-20th century.
Robert Newton Harper
1861–1940 (age 79)
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Robert Newton Harper (1861-1940) was a Leesburg native of the post-Civil War era.
William Creighton Woodward
1867–1949 (age 82)
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William Creighton Woodward (1867-1949) lived through the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Robert E. Healy
1883–1946 (age 63)
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Robert E. Healy was a Bennington resident who lived from 1883 to 1946.
Sofie Nordhoff Jung
1868–1943 (age 75)
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Sofie Nordhoff Jung was born in Prussia in 1868 and died in 1943.
Fred Wilbur Powell
1881–1943 (age 62)
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Fred Wilbur Powell lived from 1881 to 1943.
William Dodd
1869–1940 (age 71)
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William Dodd was a Clayton resident who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Daniel C. Roper
1867–1943 (age 76)
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Daniel C. Roper was an American politician and government official from South Carolina.
Blair Lee I
1857–1944 (age 87)
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Blair Lee I was a prominent Maryland politician and governor.
Harlan F. Stone
1872–1946 (age 74)
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Harlan F. Stone was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States.
Evalyn Walsh McLean
1886–1947 (age 61)
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Evalyn Walsh McLean was an American heiress and socialite known for owning the Hope Diamond.
Willis Van Devanter
1859–1941 (age 82)
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Willis Van Devanter was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States.
William R. Green
1856–1947 (age 91)
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William R. Green was an American labor leader and president of the American Federation of Labor.
Mathilde Townsend
1885–1949 (age 64)
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Mathilde Townsend (1885-1949) was laid to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery.
J. Bruce Kremer
1878–1940 (age 62)
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J. Bruce Kremer was a Louisville resident who lived from 1878 to 1940.
Grant Leet
1866–1945 (age 79)
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Grant Leet (1866-1945) was from Allegheny County and buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Victor Hugo Duras
1880–1943 (age 63)
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Victor Hugo Duras was a Washington, D.C. resident who died in 1943 at age 63.
Benjamin Saunders Minor
1865–1946 (age 81)
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Benjamin Saunders Minor lived from 1865 to 1946 and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evalyn Washington McLean
1921–1946 (age 25)
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Evalyn Washington McLean was a Washington, D.C. native who died in 1946 at age 25.
Newbold Noyes
1892–1942 (age 50)
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Newbold Noyes (1892-1942) was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Emma J. McGrew Smith
1848–1947 (age 99)
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Emma J. McGrew Smith was a Covington resident who lived from 1848 to 1947.
Victor Kauffmann
1868–1941 (age 73)
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Victor Kauffmann was a Washington, D.C. resident who lived from 1868 to 1941.
Ethel Stoddard Noyes
1894–1948 (age 54)
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Ethel Stoddard Noyes (1894-1948) was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
William Gerry Morgan
1868–1949 (age 81)
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William Gerry Morgan was a Newport resident who lived from 1868 to 1949.
George Harvey Grayson
1877–1944 (age 67)
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George Harvey Grayson was from Montford Cove Township and died in 1944 at age 67.
Alba M. Edwards
1872–1947 (age 75)
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Alba M. Edwards was a Savannah resident who lived from 1872 to 1947.
Frank Alfred Wolff
1870–1946 (age 76)
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Frank Alfred Wolff (1870-1946) was an American resident of Washington, D.C. who was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Edward Beale McLean
1889–1941 (age 52)
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Edward Beale McLean was a wealthy Washington, D.C. businessman and newspaper publisher who lived from 1889 to 1941.
Frank Brett Noyes
1863–1948 (age 85)
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Frank Brett Noyes was a Washington, D.C. journalist and newspaper executive who lived from 1863 to 1948.
Irwin B. Laughlin
1871–1941 (age 70)
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Irwin B. Laughlin was a Pittsburgh-based diplomat and U.S. ambassador who lived from 1871 to 1941.
Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr.
1880–1946 (age 66)
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Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr. was a Greenville-based Shakespeare scholar and literary editor who lived from 1880 to 1946.
Theodore W. Noyes
1858–1946 (age 88)
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Theodore W. Noyes was an American journalist and editor of The Washington Post.
Upton Sinclair
1878–1968 (age 90)
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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American author and social activist known for his muckraking novels.
Sumner Welles
1892–1961 (age 69)
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Sumner Welles was an American diplomat and Under Secretary of State who played a key role in U.S. foreign policy during ...
Effiegene Locke Wingo
1883–1962 (age 79)
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Effiegene Locke Wingo was an American politician and the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from ...
John Gordon Mein
1913–1968 (age 55)
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John Gordon Mein was a U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala who was assassinated during his tenure in 1968.
George W. Harris
1872–1964 (age 92)
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George W. Harris was a Welsh-born American industrialist and iron manufacturer who contributed to the development of Ame...
Edith Romeyn Gray
1880–1964 (age 84)
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Edith Romeyn Gray was an American woman who lived from 1880 to 1964.