Deaths in the 1930s
18,000+ memorials
Alfred Erskine Marling
1858–1935 (age 77)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Alfred Erskine Marling was a Toronto-based figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Allen Sothoron
1893–1939 (age 46)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Allen Sothoron was a professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball during the 1910s and 1920s.
Barron Collier
1873–1939 (age 66)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Barron Collier was an American advertising magnate and real estate developer who founded Naples, Florida.
Black Herman
1889–1934 (age 45)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Black Herman was a renowned African American stage magician and illusionist famous for his escape acts and illusions.
C. Oliver Iselin
1854–1932 (age 78)
Woodlawn Cemetery
C. Oliver Iselin was a prominent New York businessman and yacht enthusiast involved in maritime ventures.
Charles Sidney Gilpin
1878–1930 (age 52)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Charles Sidney Gilpin was a pioneering African American actor and the first Black performer to star in a major Broadway ...
Outram Bangs
1863–1932 (age 69)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Outram Bangs was an American naturalist and zoologist known for his work in mammalogy and museum curation.
Henry Kimball Hadley
1871–1937 (age 66)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Henry Kimball Hadley was an American composer and conductor who created symphonies, operas, and orchestral works.
Arthur Foote
1853–1937 (age 84)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Arthur Foote was an American composer and organist known for his chamber music, songs, and instrumental compositions.
Frank W. Clarke
1847–1931 (age 84)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Frank W. Clarke was an American chemist and geochemist who served as chief chemist of the U.S. Geological Survey.
William Thomas Councilman
1854–1933 (age 79)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Thomas Councilman was an American pathologist and medical educator who made significant contributions to medical...
Mary Whiton Calkins
1863–1930 (age 67)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mary Whiton Calkins was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher who founded one of the first psychology labor...
Charles Hall Grandgent
1862–1939 (age 77)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Charles Hall Grandgent was an American Romance philologist and scholar specializing in Italian literature and Dante stud...
Charles Loring Jackson
1847–1935 (age 88)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Charles Loring Jackson was an American chemist known for his research in organic chemistry and his work at Harvard Unive...
Thomas Dewing
1851–1938 (age 87)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Thomas Dewing was an American painter known for his elegant portraits and decorative interior scenes in the Aesthetic mo...
Frank Harris Hitchcock
1867–1935 (age 68)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Frank Harris Hitchcock was an American diplomat and politician who served as Postmaster General under President Theodore...
Gamaliel Bradford
1863–1932 (age 69)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Gamaliel Bradford was an American biographer and literary critic known for his psychological biographical works.
Fabian Franklin
1853–1939 (age 86)
Ferncliff Cemetery
Fabian Franklin was a mathematician, economist, and editor who contributed significantly to academic journals and public...
William Davis Ticknor
1881–1938 (age 57)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Davis Ticknor was an American banker and philanthropist involved in Boston's financial and cultural institutions...
William Mackintire Salter
1853–1931 (age 78)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Mackintire Salter was an American philosopher and religious scholar associated with the Free Religious Associati...
Willis J. Abbot
1863–1934 (age 71)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Willis J. Abbot was an American journalist and author who wrote extensively on historical and contemporary topics.
Robert DeCourcy Ward
1867–1931 (age 64)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Robert DeCourcy Ward was an American geographer and climatologist who pioneered the study of climate and geography.
John Gardner Coolidge
1863–1936 (age 73)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Gardner Coolidge was an American diplomat and art collector who served in various diplomatic posts.
William Emery Nickerson
1853–1930 (age 77)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Emery Nickerson was an American businessman and philanthropist based in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Joseph Ballard Murdock
1851–1931 (age 80)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Joseph Ballard Murdock was an American industrialist and businessman involved in manufacturing enterprises.
Henry Davis Sleeper
1878–1934 (age 56)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Henry Davis Sleeper was an American interior designer and collector known for his influential design aesthetic.
Sarah Choate Sears
1858–1935 (age 77)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Sarah Choate Sears was an American photographer, art patron, and collector who supported contemporary artists.
Edward Robinson
1858–1931 (age 73)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Edward Robinson was an American archaeologist and classical scholar who made significant contributions to biblical and N...
Irving Babbitt
1865–1933 (age 68)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Irving Babbitt was an American literary critic and humanist philosopher who influenced conservative intellectual thought...
Ruthven Deane
1851–1934 (age 83)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Ruthven Deane was an American ornithologist and naturalist who contributed to the study of bird migration and behavior.
John Wesley Young
1879–1932 (age 53)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Wesley Young was an American mathematician who made significant contributions to geometry and served as a professor...
Albert Enoch Pillsbury
1849–1930 (age 81)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Albert Enoch Pillsbury was an American businessman and philanthropist who was instrumental in the development of the Pil...
Martin W. Littleton
1872–1934 (age 62)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Martin W. Littleton was a prominent American lawyer and legal scholar known for his work in corporate and constitutional...
Mihajlo Pupin
1858–1935 (age 77)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Mihajlo Pupin was a Serbian-American inventor and physicist who made pioneering contributions to electrical engineering ...
Alfred C. Chapin
1848–1936 (age 88)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Alfred C. Chapin was an American industrialist and businessman involved in various manufacturing and commercial enterpri...
Lindley Miller Garrison
1864–1932 (age 68)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lindley Miller Garrison was an American lawyer and statesman who served as Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wils...
Bert Waters
1871–1930 (age 59)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Bert Waters was an American businessman and civic leader active in Boston's commercial and philanthropic circles.
Charles Hayden
1870–1937 (age 67)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Charles Hayden was an American financier and philanthropist who founded the Hayden Foundation to support scientific and ...
Charles Lewis Slattery
1867–1930 (age 63)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Charles Lewis Slattery was an American Episcopal bishop known for his theological writings and ecclesiastical leadership...
Chester Noyes Greenough
1874–1938 (age 64)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Chester Noyes Greenough was an American scholar and educator specializing in classical languages and literature.
Hamline Quigley French Jr.
1879–1935 (age 56)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Hamline Quigley French Jr. was an American businessman and civic figure of the early twentieth century.
Ruth Staderman
1915–1934 (age 19)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Ruth Staderman was a young American woman whose life was cut short in the early twentieth century.
Lillia Babbitt Hyde
1856–1939 (age 83)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lillia Babbitt Hyde was an American woman of the nineteenth century whose family was prominent in New England society.
Phoenix Ingraham
1874–1934 (age 60)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Phoenix Ingraham was an American of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
John A. W. Haas
1862–1937 (age 75)
Woodlawn Cemetery
John A. W. Haas was an American businessman and philanthropist from Philadelphia involved in industrial and civic enterp...
Blanche DeLoosey
1857–1932 (age 75)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Blanche DeLoosey was an American woman who lived from 1857 to 1932 and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Lula May Smith
1871–1933 (age 62)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lula May Smith (1871-1933) was a resident of Lowell Junction who was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
John A. Harriss
1875–1938 (age 63)
Woodlawn Cemetery
John A. Harriss (1875-1938) was a New York resident whose remains were laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Joseph Clark Baldwin Jr.
1871–1937 (age 66)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Joseph Clark Baldwin Jr. (1871-1937) was a New York City native buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
William C. Grimes
1857–1931 (age 74)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
William C. Grimes (1857-1931) was a Lexington resident interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery.