About Old North Cemetery
Old North Cemetery is a cemetery near Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 282 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Franklin Pierce, Jane Pierce and David L. Morril. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 868900. The nearest other listed cemetery is Blossom Hill Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bennett Funeral Home in Concord, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 141 cemeteries we list in Merrimack County, and 69 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Concord. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Old North Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 3 US senators, 2 governors, 2 physicians, 1 first lady, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 president.
- Franklin Pierce1804-1869President of the United States from 1853 to 1857
- Jane Pierce1806-1863First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857
- David L. Morril1772-1849American politician
- Matthew Harvey1781-1866United States federal judge
- Thomas W. Thompson1766-1821American politician
- Levi Hutchins1761-1855American clockmaker
- Frances Matilda Abbott1857-1939American author and naturalist
- John Farmer1789-1838(1789-1838) American historian
- Albemarle Cady1807-1888United States Army officer
- Charles Rumford Walker Sr.1852-1922American physician, politician
- Abel Hutchins1763-1853American clockmaker and hotel proprietor
- Benjamin Pierce1841-1853Son of Franklin Pierce
Show all 14 notable burials
- Jane Elizabeth Hoyt-Stevens1860-1933American physician
- Asa McFarland1769-1827Third pastor of the First Congregational Church, Concord, New Hampshire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old North 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 Old North 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
- Blossom Hill CemeteryConcord, NHCemetery0.7 mi
- Calvary CemeteryConcord, NHCemetery0.8 mi
- New Hampshire State Hospital CemeteryConcord, NHCemetery1.1 mi
- Old Fort CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery1.7 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery1.9 mi
- New Hampshire State Hospital CemeteryConcord, NHCemetery2.3 mi
- Millville CemeteryConcord, NHCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Pauls School CemeteryConcord, NHChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery2.9 mi
- Soucook CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Old North Cemetery
- Bennett Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Concord · (603) 225-3517
- Waters Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Concord · (603) 225-5707
- Concord Crematorium3.1 miCremation provider · Concord · (603) 224-5041
- Wendell J . Butt Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Boscawen
- Roan Family Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Pembroke · (603) 485-9573
- Petit-Roan Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Pembroke
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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