| 1812/11/15 |
Thomas Coffin Amory |
Died |
Thomas Coffin Amory dies at about age 45 in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Amory is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1830/00/00 |
Dr Jacob Bigelow |
Consulting Architect |
A site is acquired for Mount Auburn Cemetery. Bigelow, concerned about the unhealthiness of burials at churches and the completion for space, lead the drive for a new cemetery. |
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| 1831/00/00 |
Henry A S Dearborn |
Landscape Architect |
Mount Auburn Cemetery is designed by Henry A S Dearborn with assistance from Jacob Bigelow and Alexander Wadsworth. |
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| 1831/00/00 |
Alexander Wadsworth, landscape architect |
Landscape Architect |
Henry A S Dearborn collaborates with Alexander Wadsworth on the topographic details of Mount Auburn Cemetery. |
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| 1831/09/24 |
Joseph Story |
Dignitary |
First president of the Mount Auburn Association, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, dedicates the cemetery. The first rural cemetery in the United States. |
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| 1833/06/17 |
Elizabeth Coffin Amory |
Died |
Elizabeth Coffin Amory dies at age 91 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Mrs Amory is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1846/02/07 |
Mary Boott Lee |
Died |
Mary Boott Lee dies in Boston. Mrs Lee is buried at Mt Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts. Amaranth Path, lot 529 |
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| 1851/02/03 |
Sec Benjamin W Crowninshield |
Died |
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield dies in Boston, Massachusetts. He buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Gridley J F Bryant |
Architect |
Washington Tower, a landmark at Mount Auburn Cemetery, is built of Quincy granite, 1852-1854. |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Dr Jacob Bigelow |
Architect |
Washington Tower, a landmark at Mount Auburn Cemetery, is built of Quincy granite, 1852-1854. |
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| 1867/10/08 |
Sen Charles G Loring |
Died |
Charles G Loring dies at Prides Crossing, Beverly, Massachusetts. Senator Loring is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1868/07/15 |
William T G Morton |
Died |
William T G Morton dies in New York, New York. He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. |
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| 1869/10/18 |
Susannah Amory Prescott |
Died |
Susannah Amory Prescott dies in Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Mr Winslow is buried at the Old Winslow Burying Ground in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
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| 1870/00/00 |
Ernest W Bowditch |
Work |
Bowditch works at the Boston office of Shedd and Sawyer, Civil Engineers. One of his first tasks is general maintenance of the Mount Auburn Cemetery grounds in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he lays out gardens, driveways, paths and curbing. |
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| 1872/02/05 |
John R Poor |
Work |
On motion of Mr Collamore, chair appoints Messrs John Collamore, John R Poor and Alex Wadsworth as a Committee of three to receive, count and sort the votes for Trustees. |
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| 1872/02/05 |
Charles Amory |
Work |
Charles Amory informs the Trustees of the lack of suitable office space for the Superintendent and staff. The President assures the Proprietors that this has already been considered by the Trustees, and will continue to receive their attention. |
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| 1872/05/17 |
James Perkins |
In Memoriam |
The remains of Elizabeth Perkins and James Perkins are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1876/04/21 |
Eleonora Wayles Randolph Coolidge |
Died |
Eleonora Randolph Coolidge dies in Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs Coolidge is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1880/08/31 |
Charles T Jackson |
In Memoriam |
Charles Thomas Jackson is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1884/05/00 |
Ellen Randolph Dwight |
Died |
Ellen Coolidge Dwight dies in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1884/06/00 |
Harvey D Parker |
In Memoriam |
Harvey D Parker is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. |
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| 1889/12/11 |
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer Tyler |
Died |
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer Tyler passes away. She is buried in Mt Auburn Cemetery near Boston. |
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| 1893/11/08 |
Francis Parkman |
Died |
Francis Parkman dies in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. |
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| 1898/02/10 |
Charles Amory |
Died |
Charles Amory dies in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Amory is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1898/12/10 |
John Lowell Gardner II |
Died |
John Lowell Gardner II dies in Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried on Oxalis Path, Lot 2900, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1899/00/00 |
Willard T Sears |
Architect |
Built in the 1840s, Bigelow Chapel was rebuilt in the 1850s of Quincy granite and renovated in 1899 by Willard Sears. |
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| 1902/02/00 |
Charles Franklin Sprague |
In Memoriam |
Charles Franklin Sprague is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery,Watertown, Mass. |
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| 1902/08/18 |
Gen Charles G Loring |
Died |
Charles G Loring dies at Beverly, Massachusetts. Gen Charles Greely Loring is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1909/07/29 |
Jane Loring Gray |
Died |
Jane Loring Gray dies at Beverly, Massachusetts. Mrs Gray is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1910/05/12 |
Thomas Johnston Homer |
Born |
Thomas Johnston Homer dies in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1910/10/17 |
Julia Ward Howe |
Died |
Julia Ward Howe dies of pneumonia at her home, Oak Glen, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. |
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| 1912/05/02 |
Francis Davis Millet |
In Memoriam |
Funeral services for Francis Millet are held in the chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery |
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic |
| 1915/06/02 |
Leslie Lindsey Mason |
In Memoriam |
Leslie Hawthorne Lindsey Mason is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery: CHERRY AVENUE Lot 6462, Grave Space 1. The epitaph on her tombstone is the title of an 1868 hymn, "The King of Love my Shepherd Is". |
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania |
| 1922/11/29 |
William Lindsey |
In Memoriam |
William Lindsey is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1924/05/09 |
Mabel Bayard Warren |
Died |
Mabel Bayard Warren dies in Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs Warren is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1924/07/17 |
Isabella Stewart Gardner |
Died |
Isabella Stewart dies in Boston. She is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. |
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| 1928/06/22 |
George F Schrafft |
Died |
George Frederick Schrafft, treasurer of the Schrafft Candy Stores and Restaurants dies at age 58 in Newton, Massachusetts. Mr Schrafft is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1948/03/13 |
Maud Howe Elliott |
Died |
Maud Howe Elliott dies in Newport, Rhode Island. She is buried at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts alongside her husband and parents. |
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| 1948/09/09 |
William Luther Mowll |
In Memoriam |
Funeral for William L Mowll is held at Bigelow Chapel, Mount Auburn Cemetery. |
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| 1956/00/00 |
Katharine Page Loring |
Died |
Katherine Alice Loring dies in Concord, Massachusetts. She is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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