Deaths in the 1910s

Harold Lockwood

1887–1918 (age 31)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Harold Lockwood was an American silent film actor and matinee idol.

Joseph Pulitzer

1847–1911 (age 64)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and founder of the Pulitzer Prize.

Oscar Hammerstein I

1848–1919 (age 71)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Oscar Hammerstein I was a German-American theater impresario and opera house owner.

John William Sterling

1844–1918 (age 74)

Woodlawn Cemetery

John William Sterling was an American lawyer and major benefactor of Yale University.

Paul Morton

1857–1911 (age 54)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Paul Morton was an American businessman who served as Secretary of the Navy.

Cornelius Newton Bliss

1833–1911 (age 78)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Cornelius Newton Bliss was an American businessman, philanthropist, and political figure.

Daniel Giraud Elliot

1835–1915 (age 80)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Daniel Giraud Elliot was an American naturalist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History.

Madam C. J. Walker

1867–1919 (age 52)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Madam C. J. Walker was an African-American entrepreneur and self-made millionaire in hair care products.

John Rayner Edmands

1850–1910 (age 60)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Rayner Edmands was an American landscape architect and pioneer of suburban planning.

Henry Guy Carleton

1851–1910 (age 59)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Guy Carleton was an American playwright and theatrical writer.

Oliver Fairfield Wadsworth

1838–1911 (age 73)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Oliver Fairfield Wadsworth (1838-1911) was a Boston-based figure of the 19th century.

John Chipman Gray

1839–1915 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Chipman Gray (1839-1915) was a prominent legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor.

Norwood Penrose Hallowell

1839–1914 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Norwood Penrose Hallowell (1839-1914) was a Philadelphia-born Civil War officer and abolitionist.

Robert Swain Peabody

1845–1917 (age 72)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Swain Peabody (1845-1917) was a renowned New Bedford-based architect and founder of Peabody & Stearns.

Robert Treat Paine

1835–1910 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Treat Paine (1835-1910) was a Boston philanthropist and social reformer.

Samuel C. Lawrence

1832–1911 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Samuel C. Lawrence (1832-1911) was a Medford industrialist and textile manufacturer.

Thomas Augustus Jaggar

1839–1912 (age 73)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Augustus Jaggar (1839-1912) was a pioneering volcanologist and geologist.

William G. Preston

1842–1910 (age 68)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William G. Preston (1842-1910) was a Boston merchant and businessman.

William Leslie Hooper

1855–1918 (age 63)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Leslie Hooper (1855-1918) was a Halifax-born educator and academic.

James Jackson Putnam

1846–1918 (age 72)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Jackson Putnam (1846-1918) was a Boston neurologist and pioneer in psychoanalysis.

Frederic Ward Putnam

1839–1915 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) was a prominent Salem-based archaeologist and anthropologist.

William Robert Ware

1832–1915 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Robert Ware (1832-1915) was a Cambridge architect and founding dean of Columbia University's architecture school...

Minot Judson Savage

1841–1918 (age 77)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918) was a Norridgewock-born Unitarian minister and theologian.

Alvin F. Sortwell

1854–1910 (age 56)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Alvin F. Sortwell (1854-1910) was a Boston-based businessman and civic leader.

Archibald M. Howe

1848–1916 (age 68)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Archibald M. Howe (1848-1916) was a Northampton educator and academic administrator.

Archimedes Russell

1840–1915 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Archimedes Russell (1840-1915) was an Andover resident whose life spanned the mid-to-late 19th century.

B. O. Flower

1858–1918 (age 60)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

B. O. Flower (1858-1918) was an Albion-based figure active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Caroline Healey Dall

1822–1912 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Caroline Healey Dall (1822-1912) was a Boston-born intellectual and social advocate of the 19th century.

Charles H. Matchett

1843–1919 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles H. Matchett (1843-1919) was a Massachusetts resident who lived through the post-Civil War era.

Charles Jackson Paine

1833–1916 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Jackson Paine (1833-1916) was a prominent Boston figure of the 19th century.

William Watson Goodwin

1831–1912 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Watson Goodwin (1831-1912) was a Concord-based scholar and intellectual of the classical period.

Henry Lee Higginson

1834–1919 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Lee Higginson (1834-1919) was a New York City-born financier and cultural patron.

Henry Williamson Haynes

1831–1912 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Williamson Haynes (1831-1912) was a Bangor resident and antiquarian of the 19th century.

Caroline A. Hall

1838–1918 (age 80)

Lakewood Cemetery

Caroline A. Hall (1838-1918) was a woman of the late 19th century whose life details remain largely unknown.

Franklin B. Long

1842–1912 (age 70)

Lakewood Cemetery

Franklin B. Long (1842-1912) was an Afton resident of the mid-to-late 19th century.

Harriet G. Walker

1841–1917 (age 76)

Lakewood Cemetery

Harriet G. Walker (1841-1917) was a Brunswick-based woman active during the late 19th century.

Martha Angle Dorsett

1851–1918 (age 67)

Lakewood Cemetery

Martha Angle Dorsett (1851-1918) was a woman whose life spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Thomas Robinson

1837–1915 (age 78)

Lakewood Cemetery

Thomas Robinson (1837-1915) was a Norway resident of the 19th century.

Tom Shevlin

1883–1915 (age 32)

Lakewood Cemetery

Tom Shevlin (1883-1915) was a Muskegon-born athlete who died young in the early 20th century.

Charles Munsell

1852–1914 (age 62)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Charles Munsell (1852-1914) was a figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

James Clarke White

1833–1916 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Clarke White (1833-1916) was an Irish-born resident of Belfast who was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

David Williams Cheever

1831–1915 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

David Williams Cheever (1831-1915) was a Portsmouth native and medical professional buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

May Alden Ward

1853–1918 (age 65)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

May Alden Ward (1853-1918) was an Ohio-born woman who was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Anna Davis Hallowell

1838–1913 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Anna Davis Hallowell (1838-1913) was a Philadelphia resident and social reformer buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Louisa Matilda Jacobs

1833–1917 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Louisa Matilda Jacobs (1833-1917) was an Edenton native and abolitionist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Thomas Jefferson Coolidge

1863–1912 (age 49)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1863-1912) was a Boston-born businessman and diplomat buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

James Vanderburgh Parker

1830–1917 (age 87)

Woodlawn Cemetery

James Vanderburgh Parker (1830-1917) was a Troy resident buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Charles Bryan Hall

1840–1913 (age 73)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Charles Bryan Hall (1840-1913) was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Hugo Reisinger

1856–1914 (age 58)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Hugo Reisinger (1856-1914) was an art collector and philanthropist buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

John J. Wysong

1839–1910 (age 71)

Woodlawn Cemetery

John J. Wysong (1839-1910) was a Shepherdstown resident buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.