About Beechwoods Cemetery
Beechwoods Cemetery is a cemetery near Pelham, Westchester County, New York. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 29 notable people buried here, including Ruth Chatterton, Nell Brinkley and E. W. Hammons. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 943538. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is New Rochelle Funeral Home Inc. in New Rochelle, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 71 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 7 of the 116 listings in Westchester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pelham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beechwoods Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 2 actors, 2 business leaders, 2 physicians, 2 writers, 1 architect, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Ruth Chatterton1892-1961American actress
- Nell Brinkley1886-1944American illustrator
- E. W. Hammons1882-1962American film producer
- Bruce McRae1867-1927American actor
- Clinton Roosevelt1804-1898American politician
- John Q. Underhill1848-1907American politician
- Julia Pierson Emmet1829-1908American illustrator
- Robert Temple Emmet1854-1936United States Army Colonel, Medal of Honor awardee
- Alfred Teller1881-1951Austrian architect
- Frederick Hobbes Allen1858-1937American international lawyer and soldier
- Richard J. Walsh1886-1960American author, editor and publisher
- Thaddeus Davids1810-1894American businessman
Show all 29 notable burials
- Peter T. Curtenius1734-1798American politician
- Reginald Pelham Bolton1856-1942American engineer
- Toto1888-1938Swiss-born clown
- Charles Colebrook Sherman1860-1927American biblical scholar
- Elizabeth Emmet1794-1878American painter
- Gouverneur Mather Smith1832-1898(1832-1898) American physician
- John W. Keller1856-1919American journalist
- Joseph Mather Smith1789-1866American physician
- Montague Castle1867-1939Canadian-born American stained-glass artist
- William Emmet1869-1918American lawyer
- Corneliy Zabriskie1871-1958(9 Feb 1871 - certain 11 Jan 1958)
- Elsa de Haas1901-1984American historian
- Luigi Lomia1843-1918Lomia, Luigi; class of 1867
- Margaret Emmet1793-18831794 - 1 Mar 1883
- P. D. Cochrane1877-1958American advertising executive
- Richard S. Emmet1821-1902(born 1821)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beechwoods 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 Beechwoods 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 Sepulchre CemeteryPelham, NYCatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Trinity Churchyard CemeteryNew Rochelle, NYChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Blessed Sacrament CemeteryNew Rochelle, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Pauls Protestant Episcopal CemeteryPelham Manor, NYEpiscopal cemetery1.7 mi
- Flandreau CemeteryLarchmont, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Israel Seacord CemeteryWykagyl, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Bronxville CemeteryBronxville, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Village Lutheran Church Johnson ColumbariumBronxville, NYLutheran cemetery2.7 mi
- Baker - Quaker Burial GroundsLarchmont, NYQuaker cemetery2.8 mi
- Sherwood Park CemeteryMount Vernon, NYCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Beechwoods Cemetery
- New Rochelle Funeral Home Inc.0.3 miFuneral home · New Rochelle · (914) 633-0500
- Lloyd Maxcy & Sons Beauchamp Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · New Rochelle · (914) 632-2700
- Pelham Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Pelham · (914) 738-1060
- George T. Davis Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · New Rochelle · (914) 632-0324
- Garlick Funeral Homes1.0 miFuneral home · New Rochelle · (914) 235-5341
- Barney T McClanahan Funeral1.0 miFuneral home · New Rochelle · (914) 632-8970
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