About Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 138 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Carroll Davidson Wright and Albert Edward Winship. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599080. The nearest other listed cemetery is Charles Lawn Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass, Edgerley, & Bessom Funeral Home in Reading, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 181 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, Reading. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury1872-1906American chess player
- Carroll Davidson Wright1840-1909American statistician
- Albert Edward Winship1845-1933American journalist
- Eugene Cowles1860-1948American singer and actor
- Horace Greeley Wadlin1851-1925(1851-1925) American statistician, librarian, architect
- Charles R. Wait1880-1973American architect
- Clayton Stone Harris1863-1901American photographer
- Charles F. Brown1848-1936Politician in Massachusetts, US (born 1848)
- Edward Appleton1816-1898American railroad engineer
- Frances Anne Atkinson Appletondied 1880
- Jabez Damon1722-177516 Nov 1722 - 15 Sep 1795
- James Wilson Grimes1865-1927Politician in Massachusetts, US
Show all 16 notable burials
- Jerusha Parker1764-185813 Nov 1764 - 30 Oct 1858
- John B. Lewis Jr.1841-1923Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Jonas Parker1728-1800
- Martha Harris Appleton Brown1843-1919
People whose Wikidata entry gives Laurel Hill 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 Laurel Hill 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
- Charles Lawn CemeteryReading, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Forest Glen CemeteryReading, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Old CemeteryReading, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Lakeside CemeteryWakefield, MACemetery1.7 mi
- Temple Israel CemeteryWakefield, MAJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Lynn Hebrew Benevolent CemeteryWakefield, MAJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Temple Emanuel CemeteryWakefield, MAJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Amos Lodge B'nai B'rith CemeteryWakefield, MAJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Wood End CemeteryNorth Reading, MA · est. 1983Cemetery1.9 mi
- Old CemeteryWakefield, MACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Douglass, Edgerley, & Bessom Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Reading · (781) 944-0284
- Doherty - Barile Family Funeral Homes0.3 miFuneral home · Reading · (781) 944-1589
- McDonald Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Wakefield · (781) 245-3550
- Quinlan Memorials2.6 miMonument dealer · Wakefield · (781) 245-2505
- Cota Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · North Reading · (978) 664-4340
- Costello Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Winchester · (781) 729-1730
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