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Alcott, Abigail b. October 8, 1800 d. November 25, 1877
Literary Figure. She was the model for the matron character "Marmee" in the book "Little Women," written by her second daughter, Louisa May Alcott. Outspoken and passionate for the rights of others, she was one of the first female social workers in Boston, Massachusetts. She later met and married Amos Bronson Alcott on May 23, 1830, and the union...[Read More] (Bio by: Abigailworm)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Alcott, Amos Bronson b. November 29, 1799 d. March 4, 1888
Social Reformer, Religious Leader. He was the founder of the Transcendentalism movement in the United States. An innovative educator, he was a leading slavery abolitionist, a women's rights advocate, a founder of a vegan community, an architect and artist, and author of several books. He was the father of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Alcott, Elizabeth Sewall b. June 24, 1835 d. March 14, 1858
Literary Figure. Known as "Lizzie" to her family, she was the model for the character "Beth" in the book "Little Women," penned by her sister, Louisa May Alcott. Described as quiet, gentle, and someone who took pleasure in helping her family and friends, in 1856 she contracted scarlet fever from a poor German family that her mother was caring for, but revived. However, the fever permanently weakened her, and she passed away...[Read More] (Bio by: Abigailworm)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Alcott, Louisa May b. November 29, 1832 d. March 6, 1888
Author. She is best known as the author of the novel "Little Women", which was published in 1869. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, where her father, A. Bronson Alcott, was a noted educator and leader of a philosophical movement called transcendentalism. Her family friends and neighbors included the writers ...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Mercury Poisoning
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Brooks, George Merrick b. July 26, 1824 d. September 22, 1893
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1872. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, and State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Bull, Ephraim Wales b. March 4, 1806 d. September 26, 1895
Farmer, Politician. Creator of the Concord grape. Bull was born in Boston and learned the trade of a gold-beater. In 1836, he moved to Concord to a home now called Grapevine Cottage and there cultivated the Concord grape, a hardier grape capable of surviving in Massachusetts. He exhibited his new grape to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and, by 1854, it was successfully put on the market. It sales were hard to control and, ultimately, Bull did not make much money from its cultivation...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Bush, Anne Rainsford b. 1878 d. 1962
Folk Figure. Born Anne Rainsford French in Concord, Massachusetts, she was the first official woman licensed to drive an automobile in America. On March 22, 1900, she received a Steam Engineer's License (Locomobile Class), issued by the City of Washington, D.C. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Channing, William Ellery b. November 29, 1818 d. December 23, 1901
Poet. Often referred to as William Ellery Channing the 2nd or simply Ellery Channing, he was the nephew of Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian preacher of Boston. The name they shared was also the name of an ancestor who had signed the Declaration of Independence. The younger Channing dropped out of Harvard College and wandered west, living...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Crockett, James Underwood b. October 9, 1915 d. July 11, 1979
Horticulturist, Author, Host of "Crockett's Victory Garden."
Cause of death: Cancer
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Davis, Katherine K. b. June 25, 1892 d. April 20, 1980
Composer, Lyricist, Teacher. Although she produced over 600 compositions, including seven operas to her own texts, she is remembered today for one song: the enduring Christmas standard "The Little Drummer Boy" (1941). Davis was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. She studied at Wellesley College, at the New England Conservatory of Music, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. For most of her life she taught music at the Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts and at the Shady Hill School for Girls in...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo b. May 25, 1803 d. April 27, 1882
Author, Poet. His family was a repository where the Unitarians obtained their ministers. Most of his forefathers and even his own father and finally he became a Clergyman. However, the death of his first wife soon after their marriage soured his faith and he resigned emerging as the leader of the Transcendental movement. (stressed a life style of a personal nature over rational or dogmatic-It favored trusting one's instincts over the guidance of authority} This philosophy was the basis of...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
French, Daniel Chester b. April 20, 1850 d. October 7, 1931
Sculptor. His two most famous statues are the bronze �The Minuteman� (1875) in Concord, MA, and the marble statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC (1922).
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hawthorne, Nathaniel b. July 4, 1804 d. May 19, 1864
Renowned Author. He was a descendent of prominent early New England settlers. His most famous work was "The Scarlet Letter," published in 1850. His other novels were, "Fanshawe," "The House of the Seven Gables," "The Blithedale Romance," and "The Marble Faun." His short stories were, "Twice-Told Tales," "Mosses From An Old Manse," and "Tanglewood Tales." (Bio by: Donna Di Giacomo)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hawthorne, Sophia Amelia b. September 21, 1809 d. February 26, 1871
Artist, Writer. The wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, she illustrated his story "The Gentle Boy" (1839), which was dedicated to her. Buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London, she was reinterred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in June 2006. (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood b. February 21, 1816 d. January 31, 1895
United States Attorney General, 1869-1870; United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1873-1875; son of Samuel Hoar and father of Sherman Hoar.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hoar, George Frisbie b. August 29, 1826 d. September 30, 1904
US Congressman, US Senator.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hoar, Samuel b. May 18, 1778 d. November 2, 1856
United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1835-1837; expelled by the state legislature of South Carolina from the city of Charleston in 1844 for challenging the constitutionality of acts prohibiting free blacks form entering the state; a founder of the Republican Party in Massachusetts, 1855; father of United States Senator George F. Hoar and United States Representative Ebenezer R. Hoar.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hoar, Sherman b. July 30, 1860 d. October 7, 1898
United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1891-1893; director of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association during the Spanish-American War; son of Attorney General Ebenezer R. Hoar.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Moore, Robert L. 'Robin' b. September 30, 1925 d. February 21, 2008
Author. Born Robert L. Moore, he is best known as the author of "The Green Berets" (1965) and "The French Connection" (1969). Both were made into famous films, "The Green Berets" starring John Wayne in 1968. "The French Connection", starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider, won the Best Picture Oscar for 1971. His many novels included "Pitchman" (1966), "The Happy Hooker" (1972), "Dubai" (1976), "Tales of The Green Beret" (1985), "Area 51" (1997) and "Hunting Down Saddam" (2004). He also co-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nieriker, Abba May [cenotaph] b. July 26, 1840 d. December 29, 1879
Literary Figure, Artist. Mainly known as "May", she was the fourth and youngest Alcott daughter. Most know her as the model for the beautiful and artistic Amy in "Little Women". Dubbed "Little Raphael" by her family, she taught art and sold decorative pieces. Studying abroad in Europe, one of her pieces was admitted into the prestigious French salon in 1877. She was quoted as saying: "Who would have imagined such good fortune and so strong proof that Lu does not monopolize the Alcott talent...[Read More] (Bio by: Abigailworm)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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