About Morningside Cemetery
Morningside Cemetery is a cemetery near Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Brattleboro. The grounds sit at about 282 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Saul Bellow, Ernest W. Gibson and Ernest W. Gibson Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1921071. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium in Brattleboro, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Windham County, and 67 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brattleboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Morningside Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 2 US senators, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 US representative.
- Saul Bellow1915-2005Canadian-American writer
- Ernest W. Gibson1871-1940American politician
- Ernest W. Gibson Jr.1901-1969American judge and politician
- Levi Knight Fuller1841-1896American politician
- Hildegard Bachert1921-2019American art dealer
- Ernest W. Gibson III1927-2020American judge
- Robert Gordon Hardie1854-1904American painter
- Abby Emily Estey1842-1929Vermont millionaire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Morningside 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 Morningside 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.
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Funeral homes near Morningside Cemetery
- Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium0.9 miCremation provider · Brattleboro · (802) 254-5655
- Atamaniuk Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Brattleboro · (802) 254-8183
- Kidder Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Northfield · (413) 498-5359
- Cheshire Family Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Swanzey · (603) 357-2980
- Memorial Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Gill
- Cheshire Family Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Keene · (603) 357-2980
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