About Pittsfield Cemetery
Pittsfield Cemetery is a cemetery near Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.4 mi southeast of Pittsfield. The grounds sit at about 1,037 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 42 notable people buried here, including George N. Briggs, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Henry Laurens Dawes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 598686. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Josephs Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dwyer Funeral Home in Pittsfield, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Berkshire County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berkshire County dates to 1758. 5 of the 118 listings in Berkshire County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pittsfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pittsfield Cemetery
Among them: 6 US representatives, 4 writers, 2 architects, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists, 2 musicians, 2 physicians.
- George N. Briggs1796-1861Massachusetts Governor and Congressman
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge1864-1953American patron of music
- Henry Laurens Dawes1816-1903American politician
- Thomas Allen1813-1882American politician
- Francis W. Rockwell1844-1929American politician
- William Francis Bartlett1840-1876United States Army general
- John Crawford Crosby1859-1943Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Timothy Childs1785-1847American politician
- Gordon McKay1821-1903American businessman and philanthropist
- Harriette Merrick Plunkett1826-1906American sanitation and public health advocate; writer
- Henry H. Childs1783-1868American politician
- Morris Schaff1840-1929American general
Show all 42 notable burials
- Stephen Reed1801-1877American geologist, physician and publisher
- Heman Humphrey1779-1861American academic
- Samuel Harrison1818-1900
- William Walker Rockwell1874-1958American Congregational minister, professor of church history, and librarian
- Arthur Cumnock1868-1930American football player
- Benjamin Larned1794-1862American colonel and Paymaster General of the United States Army
- Henry W. Bishop1829-1913American community leader
- Jacob Lyman Greene1837-1905American insurance executive
- James Edgar Gregg1875-1946American theologian, academic administrator
- John J. Hopper1853-1923American civil engineer, contractor and politician
- Josephine Cosette Mayou1864-1942(1864-1942) American author
- Sarah Morewood1823-1863American poet
- Addison Ballard1822-1914American educator
- Alice Maud Allen1864-1940
- Ann Clementina Russell1824-1897Millionaire heiress
- Anne Morewood1853-1928
- Edward Dorr Griffin Jones1824-1904Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge1865-1915Dec 19, 1865 - May 15, 1915
- George C. Harding1867-1921
- George Hinman Laflin1828-1904American businessman
- Henry M. Seaver1873-1947
- Horace Marshall Holmes1826-1908Politician in Massachusetts, US
- John Humphrey1816-1854American Presbyterian minister
- Jonathan Allen1773-18451773-1845
- Oliver Wells Robbins1812-1899Politician in Massachusetts, US
- S. Waldo Bailey1885-1963American ornithologist and naturalist
- T. Nelson Dale1845-1937American geologist
- Timothy Childsdied 1821Doctor
- Walter Bayard Cutting1841-1907Millionaire heir
- William Russell Allen1847-1916Millionaire heir
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield 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
- Saint Josephs CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Knesses Israel CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Love of Peace CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Lanesborough Center CemeteryLanesborough, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Center CemeteryLanesborough, MACemetery3.8 mi
- Mountainview CemeteryLanesborough, MACemetery4.0 mi
- East Part CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Ashuelot CemeteryDalton, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Main Street Cemetery321 Main Street, Dalton, MA · est. 1788Cemetery4.4 mi
- Shaker CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Pittsfield Cemetery
- Dwyer Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-5094
- Dery Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 358-4452
- Devanny-condron Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-5988
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-4064
- Flynn & Dagnoli-bencivenga Funeral Homes1.6 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-1733
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Dalton · (413) 684-0215
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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