About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Everett. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 43 notable people buried here, including Mary Ann Brown Patten, John Lewis Bates and Mary Eliza Mahoney. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599170. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glenwood Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is J F Ward Funeral Home in Everett, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 169 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 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, Everett. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 8 writers, 3 artists, 3 US representatives, 2 architects, 2 business leaders, 1 actor, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor.
- Mary Ann Brown Patten1837-1861American sailor
- John Lewis Bates1859-194641st Governor of Massachusetts
- Mary Eliza Mahoney1845-1926American nurse
- Ellen M. Stone1846-1927American missionary
- Nancy Gardner Prince1799-1856Writer
- Ernest W. Roberts1858-1924American politician, Massachusetts
- Francis B. Fay1793-1876American politician
- Frederic Porter Vinton1846-1911American painter
- John Rock1825-1866American abolitionist
- John Townsend Trowbridge1827-1916American writer
- Lewis Hayden1811-1889American abolitionist, lecturer, businessman and politician
- Hester C. Jeffrey1842-1934African American activist
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- Louis de Rochemont1899-1978American film producer
- Paul McCullough1883-1936Actor, comedian
- Rufus Smith Frost1826-1894Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Sumner Gage Whittier1911-2010American politician from Massachusetts
- Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber1814-1890American humorist
- Darius Cobb1834-1919American artist
- George Edwin Smith1849-1919Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Marion Howard Brazier1850-1935American journalist, editor, author, clubwoman
- Mary E. Elliot1851-1942American writer, lecturer
- Azel Ames1845-1908American physician, sanitation authority, and genealogist
- Elisha S. Converse1820-1904American businessman
- Leonard Grimes1815-1873African-American abolitionist and pastor
- Edward Glines1849-1917American politician
- Howard Adams Carson1842-1931American civil engineer
- James Benson1845-1890United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Shepard S. Woodcock1824-1910American architect
- Josephine Bruce1866-1943American illustrator of children's publications
- Mark F. Burns1841-1898American mayor
- Warren Howard Colson1882-1963American stamp dealer and philatelist, owner of the positions 50 and 60 of the "Inverted Jenny"
- William Henry Hodgkins1840-1905American politician, Massachusetts
- Benjamin F. Campbell1834-1916Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Harriet A. Cheever1840-1912American children's writer
- James Pierce1837-1904Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- John Gardner Low1835-1907Ceramic artist and businessman
- Josiah Bacon1785-1852
- Rachel M. Washington1834-1908American musician and music teacher in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sylvanus Cobb1798-1866Universalist minister; born 1798; died 1866
- Thomas Williams Rich1840-1918American politician in Massachusetts
- William Henry Preble1856-1913Politician in Massachusetts, US
- William Roger Greeley1881-1966
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn 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
- Glenwood CemeteryRevere, MACemetery0.4 mi
- Everett Jewish CemeteriesRevere, MAJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryMalden, MAChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Salem Street CemeteryMalden, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Hebrew Charitable Burial GroundMalden, MAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Bell Rock CemeteryMalden, MA · est. 1649Cemetery1.7 mi
- Rumney Marsh Burial GroundRevere, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Forest Dale CemeteryMalden, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Forestdale CemeteryMalden, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Garden CemeteryChelsea, MACemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- Woodlawn Memorials Inc0.3 miMonument dealer · Everett · (617) 387-5058
- J F Ward Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Everett · (617) 387-3367
- Carafa Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Chelsea · (617) 884-4188
- Carroll Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Malden · (781) 322-6322
- Rocco Salvatore & Sons Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Everett · (617) 387-4180
- Cafasso Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Everett · (617) 387-3120
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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