About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Roslindale, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of Roslindale. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 39 notable people buried here, including George Dixon, John Frank Stevens and King Kelly. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1953068. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Calvary Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Joseph Russo Funeral Home Inc in Boston, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 128 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Roslindale. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
Among them: 6 Medal of Honor recipients, 5 musicians, 4 Spanish-American War veterans, 4 writers, 3 artists, 2 baseball players, 1 actor, 1 architect.
- George Dixon1870-1908Canadian boxer
- John Frank Stevens1853-1943American canal engineer
- King Kelly1857-1894Major League Baseball player and manager
- Roland Hayes1887-1977African American singer
- Theodore Dwight Weld1803-1895American abolitionist
- Susie Taylor1848-1912African American nurse & writer
- Anna Adams Gordon1853-1931American social reformer
- Elmer Chickering1857-1915American photographer
- Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson1934-1976United StatesAmerican Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Mary Ella Waller1855-1938American writer and educator
- Matthew W. Bullock1881-1972American civil servant, college football coach
- John Robinsonborn 1840Sailor and United States Medal of Honor recipient, born 1840
Show all 39 notable burials
- Samuel J. F. Thayer1842-1893American architect
- Dave Birdsall1838-1896Professional baseball player
- Edward Thompson Taylor1793-1871American Methodist clergyman
- Frank Elmer Smith1864-1943United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Leonard Chadwick1878-1940United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Melnea Cass1896-1978American activist
- Phoebe A. Jenks1847-1907Artist
- Solomon B. Stebbins1830-1910American politician
- Daniel Campbell1874-1955United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Daniel Denison Slade1823-1896American physician
- Frederick Buckley1833-1864
- George N. Swallow1854-1931Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Henry Hendrickson1862-1912United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- James Buckley1803-1872Organizer of the minstrel group The Buckley Serenaders
- Oscar Ridlon1905-1973American racing driver
- Paul J. Ellison1940-1988American politician
- Portia Smiley1858-1948American folklorist and nutritionist
- Thomas McKeller1890-1962American model
- W. Dexter Smith, Jr.1839-1909American songwriter
- William Spicer1864-1949United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Bertha H. Burnham1866-1944American author and educator
- George Lathe Burt1829-1902Politician in Massachusetts, US
- John Francis Dever1853-1919Politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1858)
- Lemuel Capen1788-1858American pastor and educator
- Margaret J. Magennisdied 1918American journalist
- Philip Trueman Hicks1906-1955American artist
- Wilfred Adelbert Joubert1867-1940Businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope 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
- New Calvary CemeteryMattapan, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Michael Cemetery500 Canterbury Street, Boston, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryClarendon Hills, MACemetery0.4 mi
- Oaklawn CemeteryClarendon Hills, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Forest Hills CemeteryRoslindale, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Tollgate CemeteryRoslindale, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Walter Street Burying GroundRoslindale, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryDorchester, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Codman Burial GroundAshmont, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Dorchester South CemeteryAshmont, MACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Joseph Russo Funeral Home Inc0.4 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 325-7300
- Davis Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Mattapan · (617) 296-1755
- George Lopes Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Mattapan · (617) 298-3432
- Brady & Fallon Funeral Service Inc1.2 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 524-0861
- Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Hyde Park · (617) 361-0380
- Dolan Funeral Homes and Cremation Services2.1 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 298-8011
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