Common Ground Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island

Common Ground Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Wikidata records 46 notable people buried here, including Oliver Hazard Perry, William Ellery and Gouverneur Kemble Warren. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Funeral Home in Newport, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 256 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, Newport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 4 Civil War veterans, 4 US representatives, 4 writers, 3 journalists, 2 artists, 2 Mexican-American War veterans, 2 scientists, 2 US senators.

• Oliver Hazard Perry1785-1819
  United States Naval Officer
• William Ellery1727-1820
  American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
• Gouverneur Kemble Warren1830-1882
  General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• August Belmont1813-1890
  United States banker, financier and diplomat
• Clarence King1842-1901
  American geologist
• Christopher Grant Champlin1768-1840
  American politician
• Ida Lewis1842-1911
  American lighthouse keeper
• Ann Smith Franklin1696-1763
  American colonial newspaper printer and publisher
• Asher Robbins1761-1845
  American politician
• Janet Lee Bouvier1907-1989
  American socialite (1907-1989); mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill
• Henry Marchant1741-1796
  United States federal judge
• Jane Stuart1812-1888
  American painter

People whose Wikidata entry gives Common Ground 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.

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.

• Common Burial Ground Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.0 mi
• Island Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Braman Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Old City Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Municipal cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• North Burial Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Coddington Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• John Clarke Burial Ground

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Island Annex Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• St. Joseph's Old Catholic Cemetery

  Newport, RI
  Catholic cemetery

  0.5 mi

• Memorial Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
  0.6 mi
• Hambly Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
  1.0 mi
• O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
  1.2 mi
• Nardolillo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Narragansett · (401) 942-1220
  6.3 mi
• Patrick Quinn Funerals and Cremations (Fagan-Quinn)

  Funeral home · North Kingstown · (401) 295-5603
  7.5 mi
• Fern Acres Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
  7.7 mi

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