Physician Graves & Memorials

Ernst Gräfenberg

1881–1957 (age 76)

Ferncliff Cemetery

German-American physician and namesake for the G-spot.

Cloe Buckel

Mountain View Cemetery

One of the first female doctors in California.

John Strother Griffin

1816–1898 (age 82)

Evergreen Cemetery

Pioneer physician and founder of East Los Angeles.

Susan Ann Edson

1823–1897 (age 74)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Personal physician to President James A. Garfield.

John Jeffries

1744–1819 (age 75)

Granary Burying Ground

John Jeffries was a Boston physician and scientist known for his meteorological observations and early balloon experimen...

Aaron Dexter

1750–1829 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Aaron Dexter was a Malden resident and physician who lived from 1750 to 1829.

Lemuel Hopkins

1750–1801 (age 51)

First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground

Lemuel Hopkins was a physician and poet from Connecticut known for his medical practice and literary contributions.

John Wilkins, Jr.

1761–1816 (age 55)

Homewood Cemetery

John Wilkins, Jr. was an American physician and medical educator in the early 19th century.

Jacob Rush

1747–1820 (age 73)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Jacob Rush was a Philadelphia physician and medical educator who contributed to early American medicine.

James Tilton

1745–1822 (age 77)

Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery

James Tilton was a Kent County physician and surgeon who served as Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Edward Augustus Holyoke

1728–1829 (age 101)

Broad Street Cemetery

Edward Augustus Holyoke was a Marblehead physician and Harvard professor who lived from 1728 to 1829.

Benjamin Waterhouse

1754–1846 (age 92)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Benjamin Waterhouse was a pioneering American physician and Harvard Medical School founder who lived from 1754 to 1846.

James Jackson Jr.

1810–1834 (age 24)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Jackson Jr. was an American physician from Boston who lived from 1810 to 1834.

Nathaniel Potter

1770–1843 (age 73)

Green Mount Cemetery

Nathaniel Potter was a physician and medical educator from Easton who practiced in the early 19th century.

Philip Syng Physick, Jr.

1808–1848 (age 40)

Christ Church Burial Ground

Philip Syng Physick, Jr. (1808-1848) was a Philadelphia physician and son of a renowned surgeon.

Nathan Smith

1770–1835 (age 65)

Grove Street Cemetery

Nathan Smith was a Woodbury resident and physician who lived from 1770 to 1835.

Samuel Stearns

1770–1834 (age 64)

Shawsheen Cemetery

Samuel Stearns (1770-1834) was an American physician and medical writer of the early 19th century.

David Hosack

1769–1835 (age 66)

Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum

David Hosack was a prominent New York City physician and botanist who lived from 1769 to 1835.

Eli Todd

1769–1833 (age 64)

Old North Cemetery

Eli Todd was a New Haven physician and founder of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane who lived from 1769 to 1833.

Mason Fitch Cogswell

1761–1830 (age 69)

Old North Cemetery

Mason Fitch Cogswell was a Canterbury physician and advocate for deaf education who lived from 1761 to 1830.

George Cheyne Shattuck Sr.

1783–1854 (age 71)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Cheyne Shattuck Sr. (1783-1854) was a prominent Boston-area physician and medical educator.

Daniel Drake

1785–1852 (age 67)

Spring Grove Cemetery

Daniel Drake (1785-1852) was a prominent Plainfield physician and medical educator who helped establish medical institut...

Charles Caldwell

1772–1853 (age 81)

Cave Hill Cemetery

Charles Caldwell was a Caswell County resident and American physician who lived from 1772 to 1853.

Isaac Parrish

1811–1852 (age 41)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Isaac Parrish was an American physician from Philadelphia who practiced medicine in the 19th century.

Charles B. Penrose

1798–1857 (age 59)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Charles B. Penrose (1798-1857) was an American physician and public figure.

Robert Eglesfeld Griffith

1798–1850 (age 52)

The Woodlands

Robert Eglesfeld Griffith was a Philadelphia physician and medical educator of the 19th century.

John Sappington

1776–1856 (age 80)

Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site

John Sappington (1776-1856) was an American physician and pioneer.

William Alcott

1798–1859 (age 61)

Newton Cemetery

William Alcott (1798-1859) was a Wolcott-based physician and health reformer.

Valentine Mott

1785–1865 (age 80)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Valentine Mott (1785-1865) was a prominent physician and medical innovator from Glen Cove, New York.

John W. Francis

1789–1861 (age 72)

Green-Wood Cemetery

John W. Francis (1789-1861) was a New York City physician and medical writer.

Gershom Jayne

1791–1867 (age 76)

Oak Ridge Cemetery

Gershom Jayne was an American physician and abolitionist who was active in the 19th century reform movements.

Luther Vose Bell

1806–1862 (age 56)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Luther Vose Bell was an American physician and psychiatrist who pioneered treatment methods at McLean Hospital.

Mason Fitch Cogswell

1807–1865 (age 58)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Mason Fitch Cogswell was an American physician and educator who pioneered deaf education and founded the American School...

George Hayward

1791–1863 (age 72)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Hayward was a Boston physician and medical educator prominent in 19th-century American medicine.

James Jackson

1777–1867 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Jackson was a physician and medical educator in early 19th-century Massachusetts.

DeWitt Clinton Harris

1814–1861 (age 47)

Glenwood Cemetery

DeWitt Clinton Harris was an American physician and medical practitioner active in the early 19th century.

Richard S. Coxe

1792–1865 (age 73)

Congressional Cemetery

Richard S. Coxe was an American physician and medical writer of the early 19th century.

James McCune Smith

1813–1865 (age 52)

Cypress Hills Cemetery

James McCune Smith was a pioneering African American physician and abolitionist who practiced medicine in New York City ...

Joseph Nash McDowell

1805–1868 (age 63)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

American physician and medical educator who founded medical schools in Missouri.

Daniel Brainard

1812–1866 (age 54)

Graceland Cemetery

Daniel Brainard (1812-1866) was a Whitesboro physician and medical pioneer.

Paul Beck Goddard

1811–1866 (age 55)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Paul Beck Goddard (1811-1866) was a Baltimore-born physician and medical educator.

Samuel A. Cartwright

1793–1863 (age 70)

Greenwood Cemetery

Samuel A. Cartwright (1793-1863) was a physician from Fairfax County known for his medical writings during the antebellu...

Robley Dunglison

1798–1869 (age 71)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Robley Dunglison was a prominent physician and medical educator from Keswick who practiced in the 19th century.

William Pepper

1810–1864 (age 54)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

William Pepper was a Philadelphia physician and medical educator who advanced American medicine in the 19th century.

John Redman Coxe

1773–1864 (age 91)

The Woodlands

John Redman Coxe was a Trenton resident and medical professional who lived from 1773 to 1864.

Benjamin Cromwell Franklin

1805–1873 (age 68)

Galveston

Benjamin Cromwell Franklin was an American physician and public health advocate in Georgia.

Jonathan Letterman

1824–1872 (age 48)

Arlington National Cemetery

Jonathan Letterman (1824-1872) was a Canonsburg-born physician who pioneered battlefield medical care and was buried at ...

Charlotte Denman Lozier

1844–1870 (age 26)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Charlotte Denman Lozier was an American physician and women's rights advocate who practiced medicine in the 19th century...

James Tilton

1819–1878 (age 59)

Oak Hill Cemetery

James Tilton (1819-1878) was a physician and medical administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States Ar...

Benjamin Winslow Dudley

1785–1870 (age 85)

Lexington Cemetery

Benjamin Winslow Dudley (1785-1870) was a pioneering Kentucky physician and founder of the University of Louisville Medi...