About Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Ashmont, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Ashmont. The grounds sit at about 39 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Edmund Charles Tarbell, John Conness and William Taylor Adams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1980783. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dorchester South Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is John J O'Connor & Son Funeral Home in Boston, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 130 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ashmont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 3 writers, 2 architects, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 scientists, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- Edmund Charles Tarbell1862-1938American Impressionist painter
- John Conness1821-1909American politician
- William Taylor Adams1822-1897American academic, author and politician
- Francis Roache1936-2018American politician
- John Cunniff1944-2002American ice hockey player and coach
- Photius Fisk1809-1890Greek-American statesman, botanist, philanthropist, clergyman, abolitionist, and civil rights activist.
- Alexander Pope1849-1924American artist
- George Albee Hibbard1864-1910American politician, Massachusetts
- Larry McLean1881-1921Canadian baseball player
- Daniel Ozro Smith Lowell1851-1928American Esperantist
- Elizabeth Foster Wesselhoeft1840-1919American writer of children's books
- Leo Rich Lewis1865-1945American composer
Show all 28 notable burials
- Wilmon W. Blackmar1841-1905Medal of Honor recipient and Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
- Edward G. Porter1837-1900American clergyman
- George A. Stewart1862-1894American football coach
- James M. Kelly1940-2007American politician
- Edward Payson Jackson1840-1905
- James W. Verney1834-1902United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John B. Pierce1844-1917American businessman
- John Harrison Besarick1844-1925
- A. Elizabeth Newell1841-1918Educator
- Arthur Bowes Frizell1865-1941American mathematician
- Charlotte Kent1869-1947Donor to the Smithsonian Institution (b. 1869)
- James Francis Babcock1844-1897American chemist
- John Weston Nichols1832-1898American magazine publisher
- Mercy A. Bailey1833-1909American artist and drawing teacher (circa 1833-1909)
- Thomas Leavitt1872-1962Politician in Massachusetts, US
- William H. Besarick1854-1926
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Grove 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 Cedar Grove 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
- Dorchester South CemeteryAshmont, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Codman Burial GroundAshmont, MACemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryDorchester, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Milton CemeteryMilton, MACemetery1.7 mi
- New Calvary CemeteryMattapan, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Hall CemeteryQuincy, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryRoslindale, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Michael Cemetery500 Canterbury Street, Boston, MACemetery2.7 mi
- North Dorchester CemeteryUphams Corner, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Forest Hills CemeteryRoslindale, MACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Grove Cemetery
- John J O'Connor & Son Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 282-5564
- Dolan Funeral Homes and Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 298-8011
- Dolan Chapman Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Milton · (617) 696-2120
- Mc Houl Family Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Dorchester · (617) 282-1409
- Alfred D Thomas Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Milton · (617) 696-4200
- Dolan Funeral Homes and Cremation Services1.8 miFuneral home · Milton · (617) 698-6264
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