About Village Cemetery
Village Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Dedham. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Fisher Ames, Frederick David Ely and George Fred Williams. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brookdale Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home in Dedham, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 130 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dedham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Village Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 Civil War veteran.
- Fisher Ames1758-1808American politician
- Frederick David Ely1838-1921American politician
- George Fred Williams1852-1932American politician from Massachusetts
- Alexander Viets Griswold1766-1843Episcopal Bishop of the Eastern Diocese
- Edward Dowse1756-1828American politician
- Frederic Jesup Stimson1855-1943US diplomat (ambassador to Argentina 1915-1921) and author
- Thomas Sherwin1799-1869American educator
- Thomas Sherwin1839-1914American general
- Augustus Bradford Endicott1818-1910Politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1818)
- John Allen1596-1671American co-founder of Dedham, Massachusetts
- John W. Thomas1815-1888American politician and sheriff from Massachusetts
- William Adams1650-1685Minister of the First Church and Parish in Dedham
Show all 17 notable burials
- William Franklin Cheney1847-1931American clergyman
- Caroline Morgan1864-1908
- Gustav Hermann Kissel1810-1876German immigrant; Wealthy NYC merchant
- John Doggett Cobb1840-1930Politician in Massachusetts, US
- William Farnsworth1855-1932American wool merchant
People whose Wikidata entry gives Village 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 Village 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
- Brookdale CemeteryDedham, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Centre Street Memorial Park CemeteriesWest Roxbury, MAMemorial park1.2 mi
- Pine Ridge Pet CemeteryWest Roxbury, MAPet cemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryWest Roxbury, MAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Adath Jeshurun CemeteryWest Roxbury, MAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Jeshurun Street CemeteriesWest Roxbury, MAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Grove Street Jewish CemeteriesWest Roxbury, MAJewish cemetery1.6 mi
- Fairview CemeteryReadville, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Westerly Burying GroundHighland, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryBrook Farm, MACatholic cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Village Cemetery
- George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Dedham
- Doherty Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Dedham · (781) 326-0500
- Folsom Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Dedham · (781) 326-0022
- Kfoury Keefe Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 325-3600
- Gormley Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · West Roxbury · (617) 323-8600
- Folsom Funeral Services2.6 miFuneral home · Westwood · (781) 326-0022
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.