About Phillips Academy Cemetery
Phillips Academy Cemetery is a military cemetery near Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Andover. It was established in 1820. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Miller Beard and James Hardy Ropes. The nearest other listed cemetery is Christ Church Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Conte Funeral Home in Andover, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 119 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County. 3 of the 244 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Andover. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Phillips Academy Cemetery
Among them: 7 writers, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 physician.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe1811-1896American abolitionist and author
- George Miller Beard1839-1883American neurologist
- James Hardy Ropes1866-1933American theologian
- Calvin Ellis Stowe1802-1886American Biblical scholar
- Claude Fuess1885-1963American educator
- Dudley Fitts1903-1968American teacher, critic, poet, and translator
- Edwards Amasa Park1808-1900American theologian
- Leonard Woods1774-1854American theologian
- Alfred Stearns1871-1949American educator
- Cecil Franklin Patch Bancroft1839-1901American educator
- Ebenezer Porter1772-1834American theologian
- Edward Buck1814-1876American lawyer
Show all 24 notable burials
- Elizabeth Storrs Mead1832-1917American academic administrator
- Edward A. Lawrence1808-1883American minister
- Leonard Woods1807-1878President of Bowdoin College
- Osgood Johnson1803-1837American educator
- Samuel Harvey Taylor1807-1871American educator
- John Lord Taylor1811-1884
- John M. Kemper1912-1971American educator, administrator, and biographer
- John Wesley Churchill1839-1900American educator
- Meta Lander1813-1901American author
- Francis Howe Johnson1835-1920
- John Aiken1797-1867Lawyer 1797-1867
- William R. Arnold1872-1929Syrian-American scholar
People whose Wikidata entry gives Phillips Academy 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.
Map
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What Phillips Academy 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
- Christ Church CemeteryAndover, MAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- South Church CemeteryAndover, MAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Spring Grove Cemetery124 Abbot Street, Andover, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Augustine CemeteryAndover, MAChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- West Parish Garden CemeteryAndover, MAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Holy Sepulchre CemeteryNorth Andover, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Ridgewood CemeteryNorth Andover, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryNorth Andover, MAChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Syrian CemeteryNorth Andover, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Temple Emanuel CemeteryLawrence, MAJewish cemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Phillips Academy Cemetery
- Conte Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Andover · (978) 470-8000
- Burke-magliozzi Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Andover · (978) 475-5200
- Perez Funeral & Cremation Service3.2 miCremation provider · Lawrence · (978) 655-4533
- Conte Funeral Homes3.5 miFuneral home · North Andover · (978) 681-5000
- John Breen Memorial Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · North Andover · (978) 682-8381
- Diaz-healy Funeral Home, Inc.3.7 miFuneral home · Lawrence · (978) 685-5732
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