Deaths in the 1850s
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Rensselaer Westerlo
1776–1851 (age 75)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Rensselaer Westerlo was an Albany resident who lived from 1776 to 1851.
Archibald L. Linn
1802–1857 (age 55)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Archibald L. Linn was a New York City resident who lived from 1802 to 1857.
Archibald McIntyre
1772–1858 (age 86)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Archibald McIntyre (1772-1858) was a prominent figure from Kenmore.
Friend Humphrey
1787–1854 (age 67)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Friend Humphrey (1787-1854) was a notable individual of his era.
Horatio Greenough
1805–1852 (age 47)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Horatio Greenough (1805-1852) was an American sculptor and neoclassical artist based in Boston.
Rufus Choate
1799–1859 (age 60)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Rufus Choate (1799-1859) was a distinguished lawyer and statesman from Ipswich.
Francis Calley Gray
1790–1856 (age 66)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Francis Calley Gray (1790-1856) was an American lawyer and philanthropist.
Hosea Ballou
1771–1852 (age 81)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was an influential Universalist minister from Richmond.
James Brown
1800–1855 (age 55)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
James Brown (1800-1855) was a resident of Acton during the early 19th century.
John Farrar
1779–1853 (age 74)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Farrar (1779-1853) was a mathematician and Harvard professor from Lincoln.
Jonas Chickering
1798–1853 (age 55)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Jonas Chickering (1798-1853) was an American piano manufacturer and founder of Chickering & Sons.
Joseph M. Field
1810–1856 (age 46)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Joseph M. Field (1810-1856) was a writer and actor from Dublin.
William Cranch Bond
1789–1859 (age 70)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Cranch Bond (1789-1859) was an American astronomer and director of Harvard Observatory from Portland.
Lewis Glazier
1771–1857 (age 86)
Gardner
Lewis Glazier (1771-1857) was a resident of Boylston during the early American period.
Azor Taber
1817–1858 (age 41)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Azor Taber (1817-1858) was a 19th-century figure from Knox.
Francis Johonnot Oliver
1777–1858 (age 81)
King's Chapel Burying Ground
Francis Johonnot Oliver (1777-1858) was a notable individual of the early 19th century.
William Hickling Prescott
1796–1859 (age 63)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an American historian and author from Salem.
Samuel Turell Armstrong
1784–1850 (age 66)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Samuel Turell Armstrong (1784-1850) was a Boston merchant and philanthropist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
1772–1851 (age 79)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772-1851) was a Salem-based naval officer and politician who served as Secretary of th...
Margaret Fuller
1810–1850 (age 40)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a Cambridge-born transcendentalist writer, critic, and women's rights advocate.
Abbott Lawrence
1792–1855 (age 63)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855) was a Groton-born merchant, manufacturer, and philanthropist who founded Lawrence, Massachus...
Frances Sargent Osgood
1811–1850 (age 39)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was a Boston poet and writer known for her literary contributions to American periodi...
Maria White Lowell
1821–1853 (age 32)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Maria White Lowell (1821-1853) was a Watertown resident and wife of poet James Russell Lowell.
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth
1802–1856 (age 54)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Massachusetts inventor and entrepreneur who pioneered ice harvesting technology...
Samuel Appleton
1766–1853 (age 87)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Samuel Appleton (1766-1853) was a New York City-based merchant and philanthropist known for his charitable contributions...
Simon Greenleaf
1783–1853 (age 70)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) was a Newburyport-born legal scholar and professor at Harvard Law School.
Thomas Handasyd Perkins
1764–1854 (age 90)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854) was a Boston merchant and China trader who amassed considerable wealth in internatio...
Hannah Townsend
1784–1854 (age 70)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Hannah Townsend (1784-1854) was a woman of the early 19th century whose life details remain largely undocumented.
Dyer Lathrop
1787–1855 (age 68)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Dyer Lathrop (1787-1855) was an early 19th-century figure whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily ...
Benjamin Franklin Butler
1795–1858 (age 63)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) was a Kinderhook lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served in various government ...
Catherine Greene Prescott
1767–1852 (age 85)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Catherine Greene Prescott (1767-1852) was a woman of the early 19th century whose life details remain largely undocument...
William Tuckerman
1780–1855 (age 75)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Tuckerman (1780-1855) was a 19th-century figure whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily do...
Daniel Carpenter Bacon
1787–1856 (age 69)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Daniel Carpenter Bacon (1787-1856) was a Massachusetts resident from Barnstable.
John Downes
1784–1854 (age 70)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Downes (1784-1854) was a Canton-based individual from the early 19th century.
Amos Lawrence
1786–1852 (age 66)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) was a prominent Groton resident and businessman.
Cyrus Alger
1782–1856 (age 74)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cyrus Alger (1782-1856) was a West Bridgewater industrialist known for iron foundry operations.
Daniel Pinckney Parker
1781–1850 (age 69)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Daniel Pinckney Parker (1781-1850) was a Southborough resident of the early American period.
Daniel Sharp
1783–1853 (age 70)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Daniel Sharp (1783-1853) was a notable figure buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mills Darden
1799–1857 (age 58)
Lexington
Mills Darden (1799-1857) was a Northampton County resident notable for his exceptional height.
Harriet Frederica Hickling
1793–1853 (age 60)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Harriet Frederica Hickling (1793-1853) was a woman of the early 19th century.
Susan Baker Atherton
1833–1858 (age 25)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Susan Baker Atherton (1833-1858) was a young woman of the mid-19th century.
Francis Lowell Batchelder
1825–1858 (age 33)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Francis Lowell Batchelder (1825-1858) was a 19th-century resident who died in his early thirties.
Peter Gilman Robbins
1781–1852 (age 71)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Peter Gilman Robbins (1781-1852) was an early American figure from the late 18th century.
Isaac P. Davis
1771–1855 (age 84)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Isaac P. Davis (1771-1855) was a Plymouth resident and long-lived figure of early America.
Francis Lowell Dutton
1812–1854 (age 42)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Francis Lowell Dutton (1812-1854) was a 19th-century individual.
Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story
1784–1855 (age 71)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story (1784-1855) was a woman of the early American period.
Mary George McDonough Parkman
1803–1859 (age 56)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mary George McDonough Parkman (1803-1859) was a Boston-area woman of the 19th century.
Mercy Shiverick Hatch
1773–1852 (age 79)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mercy Shiverick Hatch was a Massachusetts woman who lived from 1773 to 1852 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Sarah Eliot Perkins
1768–1852 (age 84)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Sarah Eliot Perkins was a Massachusetts resident who lived from 1768 to 1852 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Rodman Rotch
1820–1854 (age 34)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Rodman Rotch was a 19th-century Massachusetts resident who lived from 1820 to 1854 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemete...