Central Burying Ground
Also known as Boston Common Burying Ground
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United StatesCoordinates: 42.35263, -71.06595 - www.cityofboston.gov/Parks/default.asp
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Central was established to alleviate overcrowding at , and . Acquired from Andrew Oliver, Jr., the site was formerly a portion of Colonel Fitch's pasture at the bottom of the Common. Bostonians considered this burial ground the least desirable because it was the farthest from the market center of the town.
It contains the grave of:
- British common soldiers who died in combat or of disease during the revolution
- Foreigners who died while in Boston
- American patriots from the battle of Bunker Hill and the Boston Tea Party
- painter Gilbert Stuart
- composer William Billings
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as BOS.804 Central Burying Ground.
Central was established to alleviate overcrowding at , and . Acquired from Andrew Oliver, Jr., the site was formerly a portion of Colonel Fitch's pasture at the bottom of the Common. Bostonians considered this burial ground the least desirable because it was the farthest from the market center of the town.
It contains the grave of:
- British common soldiers who died in combat or of disease during the revolution
- Foreigners who died while in Boston
- American patriots from the battle of Bunker Hill and the Boston Tea Party
- painter Gilbert Stuart
- composer William Billings
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as BOS.804 Central Burying Ground.
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- Total memorials1
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
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- Total memorials1k+
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
- Total memorials6k+
- Percent photographed86%
- Percent with GPS6%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 90854
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