The Central Burying Ground is a cemetery located next to Boston Common on Boylston Street near Tremont Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1740/00/00 | Due to the crowded state of King's Chapel's and Granary Burying Grounds, John Chambers and other gravediggers ask the town officials to looking for a proper place for a new cemetery. | |||||
| 1754/09/17 | Thomas Hancock | Civic | A committee consisting of Thomas Hancock, Thomas Greene, Jacob Parker, John Hill and John Phillips recommend buying pasture land owned Andrew Oliver Jr at the bottom of the Common as a burial-place at the South End. | |||
| 1754/10/11 | Boston selectmen vote to purchase about 2 acres of Col Fitch's pasture, now owned by Andrew Oliver, Junr, Esqr, for the South Burying Ground. | |||||
| 1756/06/09 | Boundaries of the Burying Ground are set by a deed: e'ly on land sett off to Martha Allen measuring 320, s'ly on Frogg Ln measuring 321 ft, w'ly on the Common or Training Field measuring on a bevelling line 355 ft, and n'ly on the same measuring 189 ft. | |||||
| 1756/11/00 | The Burying Place at the bottom of the Common, lately purchased by the Town of Andrew Oliver, is now fit to bury the dead in, the Selectmen have therefore appointed John Ranstead to have the care of said Burying Place, and to bury the dead there. | |||||
| 1793/00/00 | John Just Geyer | Artisan | Mr John Just Geyer, a stonecutter, is allowed "to erect" a tomb at South Burying Ground "under the direction of Mr Seaver." | |||
| 1801/00/00 | In the years 1801, 1802 and 1803 a large number of tombs are built by Messrs Nicholas Peirce Jr and John Peirce, two bricklayers living at the south part of Boston. | |||||
| 1823/11/26 | Thomas Curtis | Died | Thomas Curtis dies in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Curtis is buried at the Central Burying Ground, located in Boston Common on Boylston Street near Tremont Street. | |||
| 1850/01/08 | Frances Loring Curtis | Died | Frances Greely Loring Curtis dies in Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs Curtis is buried at the Central Burying Ground, Boston. Central Burying Ground is located in Boston Common on Boylston Street near Tremont Street. | |||
| 1850/10/31 | Caleb Loring | Died | Caleb Loring dies at Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Loring is buried at the Central Burying Ground in Boston Common. |
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