Deaths in the 1920s

John Alden Dix

1860–1928 (age 68)

Albany Rural Cemetery

John Alden Dix was a Glens Falls resident who lived from 1860 to 1928.

John Mason Clarke

1857–1925 (age 68)

Albany Rural Cemetery

John Mason Clarke was a Canandaigua resident who lived from 1857 to 1925.

Albert Vander Veer

1841–1929 (age 88)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Albert Vander Veer was a Root resident who lived from 1841 to 1929.

D. Cady Herrick

1846–1926 (age 80)

Albany Rural Cemetery

D. Cady Herrick (1846-1926) was an American from Esperance.

Henry Marion Howe

1848–1922 (age 74)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Marion Howe (1848-1922) was a Boston-based American professional.

James Phinney Munroe

1862–1929 (age 67)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Phinney Munroe (1862-1929) was a Lexington resident and notable figure.

John Elliott

1858–1925 (age 67)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Elliott (1858-1925) was a Lincolnshire-born individual of some prominence.

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

1842–1924 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was a Boston-based African American activist and journalist.

Nathan Matthews, Jr.

1854–1927 (age 73)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Nathan Matthews, Jr. (1854-1927) was a Boston lawyer and civic leader.

Percy Duncan Haughton

1876–1924 (age 48)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Percy Duncan Haughton (1876-1924) was an American football coach and athletic director.

Richard Cockburn Maclaurin

1870–1920 (age 50)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (1870-1920) was a Scottish-born mathematician and president of MIT.

Samuel Silas Curry

1847–1921 (age 74)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Samuel Silas Curry (1847-1921) was an American educator and founder of the School of Expression.

Charles Edward Cotting

1856–1920 (age 64)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Edward Cotting (1856-1920) was an American professional of note.

Mary Isabelle Neilson

1878–1924 (age 46)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mary Isabelle Neilson (1878-1924) was an American woman of the early 20th century.

Hollis Horatio Hunnewell

1868–1922 (age 54)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Hollis Horatio Hunnewell (1868-1922) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

Francis Peabody Magoun

1866–1929 (age 63)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Francis Peabody Magoun (1866-1929) was an American educator and historian.

Frank Artemus Kennedy

1841–1926 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Artemus Kennedy (1841-1926) was an American of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Grant Walker

1851–1920 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Grant Walker (1851-1920) was an American professional of the late 19th century.

Edwin Farnsworth Atkins

1892–1923 (age 31)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edwin Farnsworth Atkins (1892-1923) was a Boston-area resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Townsend William Thorndike

1872–1929 (age 57)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Townsend William Thorndike (1872-1929) was a prominent Boston resident of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Joseph Irving Estes

1855–1924 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Joseph Irving Estes (1855-1924) was a New England resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Charles Emelius Lauriat

1842–1920 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Emelius Lauriat (1842-1920) was a Boston businessman and notable figure of the Gilded Age.

Charles John McIntire

1842–1927 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles John McIntire (1842-1927) was a Cambridge resident who lived through the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Walther J. Otis

1853–1927 (age 74)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Walther J. Otis (1853-1927) was a Berlin Heights resident with a long life spanning the Industrial Revolution.

William Appleton Burnham

1852–1922 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Appleton Burnham (1852-1922) was a New England resident of prominence in the late 1800s.

Haliburton Fales, Jr.

1849–1929 (age 80)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Haliburton Fales, Jr. (1849-1929) was a Boston resident who lived into the modern era.

Frederick B. Pope

1838–1927 (age 89)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frederick B. Pope (1838-1927) was a Walpole resident with a notably long lifespan for his era.

Alberto F. Haynes

1849–1926 (age 77)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Alberto F. Haynes (1849-1926) was a Waltham resident of the late 19th century.

Susan Greene Amory Dexter

1840–1924 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Susan Greene Amory Dexter (1840-1924) was a prominent New England woman of the Victorian era.

Mary Fairlie Wellman

1859–1929 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mary Fairlie Wellman (1859-1929) was a New England resident who lived through major American historical transitions.

Anna Beadle

1844–1929 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Anna Beadle (1844-1929) was a long-lived New England woman spanning nearly nine decades.

Maximilian Berlitz

1852–1921 (age 69)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Maximilian Berlitz (1852-1921) was a German-born language educator and founder of the Berlitz language school empire.

Augustus Moore Herring

1867–1926 (age 59)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Augustus Moore Herring (1867-1926) was a Georgia-born aviation pioneer and early aircraft designer.

Nellie Bly

1864–1922 (age 58)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Nellie Bly was a pioneering American journalist and adventurer known for her investigative reporting and record-breaking...

Victor Maurel

1848–1923 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Victor Maurel was a French operatic baritone renowned for his powerful voice and dramatic interpretations of major roles...

Edward Robeson Taylor

1838–1923 (age 85)

San Francisco Columbarium

Edward Robeson Taylor was an American politician and attorney who served as mayor of San Francisco.

Esther Gordon Frame

1840–1920 (age 80)

Jamestown

Esther Gordon Frame was an American woman whose life and accomplishments remain part of early American history.

William Whitman

1842–1928 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Whitman was a Canadian-American shipbuilder and maritime figure from Nova Scotia.

Frederick Cheever Shattuck

1847–1929 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frederick Cheever Shattuck was an American physician and medical educator at Harvard Medical School.

Charles W. Reed

1842–1926 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles W. Reed was an American Civil War officer and military engineer.

Amy Folsom

1867–1926 (age 59)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Amy Folsom was an American woman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Franklin Dexter

1857–1927 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Franklin Dexter was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston.

Hideyo Noguchi

1876–1928 (age 52)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Hideyo Noguchi was a Japanese bacteriologist and medical researcher who made significant contributions to infectious dis...

Olive Thomas

1894–1920 (age 26)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Olive Thomas was an American silent film actress and dancer known for her roles in early cinema.

Nora Bayes

1880–1928 (age 48)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Nora Bayes was an American singer and actress who became a major vaudeville and Broadway star.

Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark

1878–1923 (age 45)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark was a member of European royalty and the Greek royal family.

Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy

1863–1923 (age 60)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy was a Hungarian-American painter known for her portrait paintings and artistic contributions.

Florence Mills

1895–1927 (age 32)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Florence Mills was an African American entertainer and dancer who became a prominent figure in jazz age theater and perf...

Anton Kliegl

1872–1927 (age 55)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Anton Kliegl was a German-American lighting equipment manufacturer and innovator.

Arabella Huntington

1850–1924 (age 74)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Arabella Huntington was an American art collector and philanthropist known for her extensive acquisitions.