Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Middletown, Rhode Island
Also known as Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery
About Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard
Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard is an episcopal cemetery near Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Middletown. Wikidata records 35 notable people buried here, including Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, Oliver Wolcott Gibbs and Sunny von Bülow. The nearest other listed cemetery is Trinity Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Funeral Home in Newport, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 269 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 225 of the 239 listings in Newport County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Middletown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard
Among them: 3 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 Mexican-American War veterans, 2 scientists, 2 World War I veterans, 2 World War II veterans, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Harold Stirling Vanderbilt1884-1970American bridge player, yachtsman, and railroad executive
- Oliver Wolcott Gibbs1822-1908American chemist
- Sunny von Bülow1932-2008American heiress, socialite, and philanthropist
- Clark Burdick1868-1948American politician
- Alfred Gibbs1823-1868Union Army general
- George Gibbs1815-1873American geologist and ethnologist
- Sheldon Whitehouse1883-1965American diplomat
- Stephen Bleecker Luce1827-1917United States Navy admiral
- Cortlandt Parker1884-1960American Army general
- Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt1901-1978American philanthropist
- James Parker1854-1934Major General in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert Means Thompson1849-1930American naval officer and businessman
Show all 35 notable burials
- James Parker1924-2001American art historian
- Robert R. Young1897-1958American railroad executive
- Walter Tuckerman1881-1961American banker
- Alfred Tuckerman1848-1925American librarian and bibliographer
- Cathleen Neilson1885-1927American socialite
- Ellen French1879-1948
- Louis Lasher Lorillard1849-1910Peerage person ID=175233
- Willard Gustav Triest1905-1989Civil engineer
- Alice Cudahy Stearns1895-1986Socialite
- Anita O'Keeffe Young1892-1985American philanthropist
- Caroline Minturn Hall1874-1972American painter
- Diana Dodge1910-1977
- Edith Norman1863-1947Heiress, socialite
- Edith Norman Hunter1895-1972
- Elizabeth Muhlenberg Brooke1916-2016Heiress and socialite
- John Noble Stearns1891-1974Stockbroker and heir
- Josephine Southwick Pearson1885-1953
- Lesley Elizabeth Bogert1916-1988Socialite
- Manuela Hudson1912-19781912/1916-1978
- Robert Ogden Bacon1872-1939
- Stephen Bleecker Luce1887-1962American archaeologist
- William Fitzhugh Whitehouse Jr.1877-1955(9 Sep 1877 - uncertain)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard 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.
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What Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard 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
- Trinity CemeteryMiddletown, RICemetery0.2 mi
- Captain Clarke Cornell LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.4 mi
- Borden Slocum LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.5 mi
- Union CemeteryMiddletown, RICemetery0.6 mi
- John Mitchell LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Thomas Potter LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.7 mi
- David Albro LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.8 mi
- Artemas Fish LotMiddletown, RICemetery0.9 mi
- Giles Slocum LotMiddletown, RICemetery1.0 mi
- Doctor Peter Wales LotMiddletown, RICemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard
- Memorial Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Connors Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (401) 683-2511
- Hambly Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Fern Acres Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
- O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
- Sansone Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Bristol · (401) 253-7110
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard a Episcopal cemetery?
Our records list a Episcopal affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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