About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Derry Village, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It lies about 0.9 mi west of Derry Village. The grounds sit at about 446 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Alan Shepard, Fred Tyler and Mary Stuart James MacMurphy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 866922. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium in Derry, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rockingham County dates to 1600. 3 of the 183 listings in Rockingham County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Derry Village. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 World War II veteran.
- Alan Shepard1923-1998American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer
- Fred Tyler1891-1945Major League Baseball player
- Mary Stuart James MacMurphy1846-1934American teacher, lecturer, and clubwoman
- Louise Brewer Shepard1922-1998Spouse of American astronaut Alan Shepard
- Thomas H. Olbricht1929-2020American professor
- William L. S. Tabor1843-1921Medal of Honor recipient
- John Carroll Chase1849-1936American engineer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest 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
42.89063, -71.29395
What Forest 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
- Holy Cross CemeteryDerry, NHChristian cemetery3.2 mi
- Pillsbury CemeteryDerry, NHCemetery3.2 mi
- The Old Hill GraveyardDerry, NHCemetery3.2 mi
- The Valley CemeteryLondonderry, NHCemetery3.7 mi
- Pine Grove CemeterySandown, NHCemetery4.4 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryLondonderry, NHCemetery4.5 mi
- Kendall CemeteryLondonderry, NHCemetery4.5 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryLondonderry, NHCemetery4.7 mi
- Village CemeteryChester, NHMunicipal cemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeterySalem, NHCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium1.6 miCremation provider · Derry · (603) 432-2801
- Hepworth Memorials3.8 miMonument dealer · Londonderry · (603) 434-0112
- Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium4.4 miCremation provider · Londonderry · (603) 432-2801
- Carrier Family Funeral Home & Crematory5.8 miCremation provider · Windham · (603) 898-9552
- Goundrey Dewhirst Funeral Home and Cremation Service8.1 miFuneral home · Salem · (603) 898-2181
- Douglas & Johnson Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Salem · (603) 898-8848
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