About Silver Mount Cemetery
Silver Mount Cemetery is a cemetery near Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. It lies about 4.7 mi southwest of Staten Island. The grounds sit at about 262 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Trixie Smith, Wallace Thurman and Mary Ewing Outerbridge. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 965281. The nearest other listed cemetery is Silver Lake Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harmon Funeral Home in Staten Island, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 79 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 6 of the 37 listings in Richmond County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Staten Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Silver Mount Cemetery
Among them: 4 writers, 2 actors, 2 journalists, 1 musician, 1 US representative.
- Trixie Smith1895-1943African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress
- Wallace Thurman1902-1934American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance
- Mary Ewing Outerbridge1852-1886American tennis pioneer
- Fay Tincher1884-1983American comedy actress
- William Winter1836-1917American theatre critic
- Christopher Oscanyan1818-1895Armenian-American journalist
- William Duer1805-1879American congressman from New York
- Kelvin Martin1964-1987American thief
- Elizabeth Campbell Winter1841-1922Scottish-born poet and author
- John Sloat Westervelt1799-1869
- William Jefferson Winter1878-1929
People whose Wikidata entry gives Silver Mount 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 Silver Mount 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
- Silver Lake CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.1 mi
- Woodland CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryStaten Island, NYCatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Snug Harbor Sailor's CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Fountain CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Fairview CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Staten CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- St. John's Lutheran Church CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Reformed Church on Staten Island CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Silver Mount Cemetery
- Harmon Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 442-5056
- Forest North Funeral Chapel1.1 miFuneral chapel · Staten Island · (718) 448-6200
- Lisovetsky Memorial Home1.1 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 421-4242
- Martin Hughes Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 447-0873
- Cambridge Memorial Chapels1.1 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 876-7404
- Paccione Funeral Directors Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 447-3637
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