Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 is a cemetery near New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 1.9 mi north of New Orleans. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including George Brunies, Harry T. Hays and Isaac Edward Morse. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 549863. The nearest other listed cemetery is Christ Church Cathedral Columbarium Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Estelle J Wilson Funeral Home, Inc in New Orleans, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Orleans Parish, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orleans Parish dates to 1789. 1 of the 48 listings in Orleans Parish have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Orleans. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 physicians, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 musician, 1 US representative.

• George Brunies1902-1974
  American musician
• Harry T. Hays1820-1876
  Confederate Army general
• Isaac Edward Morse1809-1866
  American politician
• Henry M. Hyams1806-1875
  American politician
• Charles Thomas Stearns1807-1898
  American politician, member of the Minnesota Territorial Council
• John Christian Keener1819-1906
  American chaplain
• John R. G. Pitkin1840-1901
  American diplomat
• Helen Pitkin Schertz1870-1945
  New Orleans journalist and harpist
• James Neilson Lea1815-1884
  Louisiana state legislator and justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Joseph Jones1838-1896
  Surgeon in the Confederate States Army; Professor of Chemistry and Clinical Medicine at the University of Louisiana; President of the Louisiana State Board of Health (1889); Surgeon General in the United Confederate Veterans Association
• Samuel Tobias Blessing1830-1897
  American photographer (1830-1897) working in stereographic, wet plate process, carte-de-visite photography; part of Blessing & Bro.
• Stanford Emerson Chaillé1830-1911
  American physician, medical educator, and sanitarian

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 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.

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.

• Christ Church Cathedral Columbarium Cemetery

  New Orleans, LA
  Church cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Lafayette Cemetery Number 2

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Saint Joseph Cemetery Number 2

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• St. Joseph Cemetery

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Valence Street Cemetery

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Valient Cemetery

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Girod Cemetery (historical)

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Saint Vincent Cemetery 1

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Saint Vincent Cemetery 2

  New Orleans, LA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Gates of Prayer Cemetery

  Marrero, LA
  Jewish cemetery

  1.8 mi

• Estelle J Wilson Funeral Home, Inc

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 895-4903
  0.4 mi
• Majestic Mortuary Service Inc

  Mortuary · New Orleans · (504) 523-5872
  0.7 mi
• Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 522-2525
  0.7 mi
• Rhodes Funeral Home - Washington Avenue

  Funeral home · New Orleans · (504) 822-7162
  1.7 mi
• Davis Mortuary Services Inc

  Mortuary · Gretna · (504) 361-8649
  2.1 mi
• Mothe Funeral Homes, LLC

  Funeral home · Harvey · (504) 367-3920
  2.2 mi

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