William Wheelwright
1798–1873 (age 75)
About William Wheelwright
William Wheelwright (1798–1873) lived to age 75. Born in Merrimac, they died in London. They are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in District of Columbia.
Also buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Philip Barton Key
1757–1815 (age 58)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) was a Maryland lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Myrtilla Miner
1815–1864 (age 49)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Founder of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C.
Joseph Henry
1797–1878 (age 81)
Oak Hill Cemetery
First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.
Francis G. Newlands
1848–1917 (age 69)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Senator and Congressman from Nevada who championed irrigation and conservation.
Herman Hollerith
1860–1929 (age 69)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Inventor of the electric tabulating machine that revolutionized census data processing.
Gamaliel Bailey
1807–1859 (age 52)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Abolitionist editor and publisher of the National Era newspaper.