About Valley Cemetery
Valley Cemetery is a cemetery near Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Manchester. The grounds sit at about 207 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Joseph Carter Abbott, Daniel Clark and Abby Sage Richardson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 870602. The nearest other listed cemetery is Piscataquog Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cain & Janosz Funeral Home in Manchester, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 157 cemeteries we list in Hillsborough County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 157 listings in Hillsborough County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Manchester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Valley Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 3 governors, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists, 2 US senators, 2 writers, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Joseph Carter Abbott1825-1881American general, senator
- Daniel Clark1809-1891American politician, lawyer and judge
- Abby Sage Richardson1837-1900Born 1837; died 1900
- Ezekiel A. Straw1819-1882American politician
- Frederick Smyth1819-1899American politician
- George W. Morrison1809-1888American politician
- Ira Allen Eastman1809-1881American politician
- John Weeks Moore1807-1889American editor
- Moody Currier1806-1898American politician
- Samuel Newell Bell1829-1889American politician
- Mace Moulton1796-1867American politician
- Henry F. W. Little1842-1907American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Show all 20 notable burials
- Edward Weatherbee Harrington1816-18769th mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
- George W. Stevens1834-1897American architect
- Hannah Slade Currier1829-1915American socialite
- Jacob F. James1817-1892Two-time mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
- Warren L. Lane1805-1861American mayor
- Andrew Foss1803-1871American minister and Abolitionist campaigner
- John Bell1800-1830American physician
- Richard Hazen Ayer1778-18531778-1853
People whose Wikidata entry gives Valley 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
42.98360, -71.46064
What Valley 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
- Piscataquog CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Augustin CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Augustine CemeteryManchester, NHChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryManchester, NHJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Hall CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.2 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.6 mi
- Old Saint Josephs CemeteryManchester, NHChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Huse CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.7 mi
- Amoskeag CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.7 mi
- Manchester Center CemeteryManchester, NHCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Valley Cemetery
- Cain & Janosz Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Manchester · (603) 623-2251
- Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium0.5 miCremation provider · Manchester · (603) 625-5777
- Cremation Society of New Hampshire0.5 miCremation provider · Manchester · (603) 622-1800
- Durning, Bykowski & Young Funeral Home Inc0.5 miFuneral home · Manchester · (603) 624-4845
- McHugh Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Manchester · (603) 622-0962
- Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center0.6 miFuneral home · Manchester · (603) 622-8223
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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