About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Fitz Henry Lane, Charles Perkins Thompson and Timothy Davis. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604123. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Parish Burial Ground, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Greely Funeral & Cremation Services in Gloucester, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County dates to 1820. 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, Gloucester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 writer.
- Fitz Henry Lane1804-1865American painter and printmaker
- Charles Perkins Thompson1827-1894American politician
- Timothy Davis1821-1888American politician
- Joseph Garland1822-1902American doctor and politician
- William H. Jordan1845-1923American merchant
- James A. Cunningham1830-1892Brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War
- Ralph Bergengren1871-1947American writer
- William G. Clark1879-1961American lawyer from Massachusetts
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak 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
42.61965, -70.66978
What Oak 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
- First Parish Burial GroundGloucester, MAChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Clark CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Prospect Street CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.4 mi
- Cherry Hill CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Washington CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Wesleyan CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Calvary CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Beechbrook CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Greely Funeral & Cremation Services0.2 miCremation provider · Gloucester · (978) 283-0698
- Campbell Funeral Home of Cape Ann0.5 miFuneral home · Gloucester · (978) 283-0884
- Mount Pleasant Memorials1.7 miMonument dealer · Gloucester · (978) 283-7841
- Morris Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Ipswich · (978) 356-2422
- Campbell-Porter Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Ipswich · (978) 356-3442
- Campbell Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Beverly · (978) 922-1113
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