Deaths in the 1870s

Edward Knight Collins

1802–1878 (age 76)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Edward Knight Collins (1802-1878) was an American shipping magnate and steamship entrepreneur from Truro.

Ignatz Anton Pilát

1820–1870 (age 50)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ignatz Anton Pilát (1820-1870) was an Austrian botanist and landscape architect from Sankt Agatha.

Angelica Singleton Van Buren

1816–1877 (age 61)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1816-1877) was the daughter-in-law of President Martin Van Buren from Wedgefield.

William Butler Ogden

1805–1877 (age 72)

Woodlawn Cemetery

William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) was a pioneering American railroad developer and Chicago businessman from Walton.

David Farragut

1801–1870 (age 69)

Woodlawn Cemetery

David Farragut (1801-1870) was a celebrated American naval officer and admiral from Knoxville.

Charles Devens

1791–1876 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Devens (1791-1876) was an American lawyer, judge, and Union general buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Mary Ann Sawyer Schuyler

1786–1871 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mary Ann Sawyer Schuyler (1786-1871) was a member of the prominent Schuyler family buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

William Henry Smith

1806–1872 (age 66)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Henry Smith (1806-1872) was an American journalist and newspaper editor from Wales.

George Putnam, Sr.

1807–1878 (age 71)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Putnam, Sr. (1807-1878) was an American publisher and founder of the Putnam publishing company.

Sophia Tuckerman

1784–1870 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Sophia Tuckerman (1784-1870) was a prominent Boston-area resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Hannah Dawes Eliot Lamb

1809–1879 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Hannah Dawes Eliot Lamb (1809-1879) was a New Bedford woman from an established New England family.

Emily Crosby Low

1835–1871 (age 36)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Emily Crosby Low (1835-1871) was a young woman of the 19th century New England gentry.

Elizabeth Endicott Peabody Gardner

1834–1876 (age 42)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Elizabeth Endicott Peabody Gardner (1834-1876) was a member of the prominent Peabody and Endicott families.

Alexander Hamilton Twombly

1804–1870 (age 66)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Alexander Hamilton Twombly (1804-1870) was a Boston-area gentleman of the early 19th century.

Charles Hook Appleton

1833–1874 (age 41)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Hook Appleton (1833-1874) was a member of the prominent Appleton merchant family.

Mary Anne McMullen Ford

1841–1876 (age 35)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Mary Anne McMullen Ford (1841-1876) was a 19th-century woman buried in the Boston area.

Ezra Hall Gillett

1823–1875 (age 52)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ezra Hall Gillett (1823-1875) was a Colchester resident of the mid-19th century.

George Swett Appleton

1821–1878 (age 57)

Woodlawn Cemetery

George Swett Appleton (1821-1878) was an Andover, Massachusetts resident and member of the Appleton family.

Gunning S. Bedford

1806–1870 (age 64)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Gunning S. Bedford (1806-1870) was a 19th-century gentleman buried in a prominent cemetery.

John Blair Scribner

1850–1879 (age 29)

Woodlawn Cemetery

John Blair Scribner (1850-1879) was a young Manhattan resident who died in his twenties.

John K. Hackett

1821–1879 (age 58)

Woodlawn Cemetery

John K. Hackett (1821-1879) was a 19th-century American resident of the northeastern United States.

Abigail Lyman

1814–1879 (age 65)

Lakewood Cemetery

Abigail Lyman (1814-1879) was a Goshen resident who lived into her later years.

Thaddeus Amat y Brusi

1810–1878 (age 68)

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Thaddeus Amat y Brusi (1810-1878) was a Barcelona-born figure buried at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

James W. Nye

1815–1876 (age 61)

Woodlawn Cemetery

James W. Nye (1815-1876) was a DeRuyter resident of the 19th century.

Gail Borden

1801–1874 (age 73)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Gail Borden was an American inventor and businessman best known for developing condensed milk.

Rowland Hussey Macy

1822–1877 (age 55)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Rowland Hussey Macy was a merchant and founder of the iconic Macy's department store.

Aaron Vanderpoel

1799–1870 (age 71)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Aaron Vanderpoel was an American politician and congressman from New York.

Horace Francis Clark

1815–1873 (age 58)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Horace Francis Clark was a railroad executive and prominent New York businessman.

Frances Clarissa Hazeltine

1843–1872 (age 29)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frances Clarissa Hazeltine was a 19th-century woman of the prominent Hazeltine family.

Emeline Van Buskirk

1816–1870 (age 54)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Emeline Van Buskirk was a 19th-century woman from a notable American family.

Catherine Wolfe Clark

1838–1871 (age 33)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Catherine Wolfe Clark was a wealthy philanthropist and art collector from New York.

Frederic Giraud Foster

1809–1879 (age 70)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frederic Giraud Foster was a 19th-century American of French descent.

Lucille Western

1843–1877 (age 34)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Lucille Western was a 19th-century woman who lived during the American Civil War era.

Manton Eastburn

1801–1872 (age 71)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Manton Eastburn was an American clergyman and bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff

1810–1874 (age 64)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff was a Boston historian, physician, and municipal official.

Nathaniel Greene

1797–1877 (age 80)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Nathaniel Greene was an American military officer and patriot from New Hampshire.

Peter Bent Brigham

1807–1877 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Peter Bent Brigham was a philanthropist whose donations helped establish Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Robert Cowdin

1805–1874 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Cowdin was an American military officer and businessman from Jamaica, Queens.

Thomas Edward Chickering

1824–1871 (age 47)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Edward Chickering was a prominent Boston piano manufacturer and businessman.

Edward Kent

1802–1877 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edward Kent was an American politician and lawyer from Maine who served in Congress during the 19th century.

Louis Agassiz

1807–1873 (age 66)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

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)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

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)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Wilson

1813–1870 (age 57)

Ottawa

John Wilson was a 19th-century figure whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily inferrable from avai...

John Harvard Ellis

1841–1870 (age 29)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Harvard Ellis was a 19th-century American whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readily inferrable ...

Robert Hinckley Messinger

1811–1874 (age 63)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Hinckley Messinger was a 19th-century Boston resident whose specific occupation and accomplishments are not readi...

James Davenport Whelpley

1817–1872 (age 55)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

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)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Joshua Bowen Smith was a 19th-century American businessman and civic figure from Pennsylvania.

Samuel Gridley Howe

1801–1876 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

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)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Emory Washburn was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor at Harvard Law School.