About Indian Hill Cemetery
Indian Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Middletown. The grounds sit at about 184 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 46 notable people buried here, including John Kenneth Galbraith, William Manchester and Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 208071. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wesleyan University Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home in Middletown, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 97 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1836. 1 of the 116 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Middletown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Indian Hill Cemetery
Among them: 7 writers, 4 scientists, 3 governors, 3 journalists, 3 US representatives, 3 World War II veterans, 2 artists, 2 Civil War veterans.
- John Kenneth Galbraith1908-2006Canadian-American economist and diplomat
- William Manchester1922-2004American author, journalist and historian
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead1867-1941American gynecologist
- Raymond E. Baldwin1893-1986American politician
- Wilbur Olin Atwater1844-1907American agricultural chemist (1844-1907); developer of the respiration calorimeter
- Joseph Alsop1910-1989American columnist
- Joseph K. Mansfield1803-1862Civil engineer and career officer of the United States Army
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard1799-1855American politician
- John Monroe Van Vleck1833-1912American mathematician
- Frank B. Weeks1854-1935American politician
- Owen Vincent Coffin1836-1921American politician
- Stewart Alsop1914-1974American columnist and political analyst
Show all 46 notable burials
- James T. Pratt1802-1887American politician
- William Stone Hubbell1837-1930United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Benjamin Douglas1816-1894American politician
- Robert L. Thorndike1910-1990American psychologist
- Corinne Alsop Cole1886-1971American politician
- Ebenezer Jackson, Jr.1796-1874American politician
- Norm Daniels1907-2009American football player and coach
- William D. Brewer1922-2009American diplomat
- Alexander James Inglis1879-1924American professor, educational surveyor, and author
- August Rodney Macdonough1820-1907American lawyer and newspaper editor
- Elias Hershey Sneath1857-1935American philosopher
- Elihu W. N. Starr1812-1891American military personnel
- Albert Mann1853-1935American phycologist
- Ellen Knight Bradford1839-1899American writer
- Joseph Wright Alsop1876-1953American politician
- Lucius R. Hazen1848-1912American bookseller, photographer and postcard publisher
- Norman C. Stiles1834-1907American inventor
- Charles Woodard Atwater1885-1946Lawyer and diplomat
- Hannah Gilbert Wright1718-1804
- Henry Griswold Hubbard1814-1891Millionaire
- Henry Louis deKoven1784-1840
- John Alsop1776-1841Lawyer, poet
- Physician 1782-1819
- John R. Crane1787-1853
- Joseph W. Alsop1838-1891American physician, veterinarian, and politician
- Joseph William Hewitt1875-1938American classical philologist and religious studies scholar
- Joseph Wright Alsop1772-1844American businessman and sailor
- Joseph Wright Alsop Jr.1804-1878
- Karl Pomeroy Harrington1861-1953American classical philologist
- Lucy Whittelsey1773-18564 Oct 1773 - 17 Sep 1856
- Mary Wright Alsop Mutter1815-1877Wife of Thomas Dent Mutter
- Richard Alsop1726-1776Born 1726, died 1776
- Ruth Beckham Holloman1928-2011Visual artist
- Thomas Pattison1822-18911822-1891 , naval officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Indian Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
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What Indian Hill Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Wesleyan University CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.2 mi
- Washington Street CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial ParkMiddletown, CTMemorial park0.5 mi
- Mortimer CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Saint John CemeteryMiddletown, CTChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryMiddletown, CTCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Riverside CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.1 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Congregation Adath Israel CemeteryMiddletown, CTJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Indian Hill Cemetery
- Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-5439
- D'Angelo Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
- Labbadia Monuments1.1 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (860) 343-7755
- Biega Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
- Portland Memorial Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Portland · (860) 342-3322
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