Find A Grave - Jamaica Plain

Allen, Frederick Lewis b. July 5, 1890 d. February 13, 1954
Author, Historian, and Magazine Editor. He is best remembered as an American historian of the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and received his primary education at Groton School, a private school in Groton, Connecticut. He enrolled in Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor's Degree followed by a Master's Degree in 1913. He taught briefly at Harvard before becoming assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Cherry Avenue
Amory, Thomas Isaac Coffin b. November 27, 1828 d. October 7, 1864
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A 1851 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was made a Captain in the 7th United States Regular Infantry at the start of the Civil War. He was subsequently promoted to Major of the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned in the Volunteer service as Colonel and commander of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the same rank, he was then appointed as Commissary of Musters for the XVIII...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Centaurea Path, Section 19, Lot 3076
Armstrong, Howard 'Louie Bluie' b. March 4, 1909 d. July 30, 2003
Musician. He was a string band fiddler who took his act across the country mastering genres from bluegrass to jazz. He taught himself to play at the age of 9 and over his lifetime took up 20 instruments including mandolin, violin, viola and banjo. He was a composer, instrumentalist and singer. Two PBS documentaries, "Louie Bluie" in 1985 and "Sweet Old Song" in 2002 chronicled parts of his life and work. His recordings, released by Vocalion Records, included "Vine Street Drag" and "Knox County...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Atwood, Harrison Henry b. August 26, 1863 d. October 22, 1954
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1897. He was defeated as Republican in 1920. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889, 1915, 1917 to 1918, 1923 to 1924, and 1927 to 1928. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Harebell Path
Barron, Clarence W. b. July 2, 1855 d. October 2, 1928
Publisher, Journalist. In 1903 he purchased Dow Jones & Company, following the death of co-founder Charles Dow. From 1912 until his death, he was president of Dow Jones. During this period, as de facto manager of The Wall Street Journal, he expanded its daily circulation, modernized its printing press operations, and deepened its reporting capabilities. In 1921, he founded a Dow Jones financial journal for investors and financiers, Barron's National Financial Weekly, later renamed Barron's...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Beach, Amy Marcy b. September 5, 1867 d. December 27, 1944
Composer. She is best known for her compositions of "Mass in E Flat", "The Minstrel and the King", and "The Sea Faries and the Chambered Nautilus". (Bio by: Laurie)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Dahlia Path
Blackwell, Alice Stone b. September 14, 1857 d. March 15, 1950
Social Reformer. Daughter of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell and niece of Elizabeth Blackwell. She was the editor of "Woman's Journal", and was active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Woman's Trade Union League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Peace Society, and the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, which she co-founded.
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Lower Columbarium, Crematory Building
Brindle, Melbourne b. November 18, 1904 d. September 19, 1995
Artist. Born Ewart Melbourne Brindle, he began drawing as a teenager and in 1918 moved to San Francisco, where he worked on department store advertisements and painted several scenes, including a now well known one of a tower on the Golden Gate Bridge. In 1938 he relocated to the eastern United States and illustrated for Woman's Home Companion, the Saturday Evening Post, Look, The New Yorker and other magazines. During World War II he created several now famous posters to promote the sale of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Butler, William Morgan b. January 29, 1861 d. March 27, 1937
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1924 to 1926. He was defeated as Republican in 1926, and 1930. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1924, Member of the Republican National Committee from Massachusetts from 1924 to 1925, and Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1925. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Clarke, Rev. James Freeman b. April 4, 1810 d. June 8, 1888
Abolitionist, Author, Social Reformer. Clarke attended the Boston Latin School before enrolling at Harvard College and, later, earning his degree from Harvard Divinity School. After giving his first sermon in Waltham, Massachusetts, he became a minister in Kentucky, then a slave state. He became an active abolitionist, social reformer, and member of the Transcendentalists. He was also the founding editor of the "Western Messenger" before returning to Massachusetts. In 1846, he gave the Phi Beta...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Comins, Linus Bacon b. November 29, 1817 d. October 14, 1892
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1859. Also served as Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1854. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Red Oak Avenue
Cox, Channing Harris b. October 28, 1879 d. August 20, 1968
Massachusetts Governor. Served as the Governor of Massachusetts from 1921 to 1925. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1910 to 1918, Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1915 to 1918, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1920, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1924. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Greenwood Avenue
Cummings, E. E. b. October 14, 1894 d. September 3, 1962
Poet and writer. Born Edward Estlin Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he began writing poetry at age ten, and continued while studying at Cambridge Latin High School. He attended Harvard College, where his father was a professor, and received a BA Degree in 1915 and his MA Degree the following year. His studies provided him access to such writers as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, whose influence could be seen in his later writings. He published his first book of poetry in 1917, in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Lot 748 Althea Path, in section 6. His cremated remains are buried right next to his wife's (Clarke family stone). He has a ground marker.
Cummings, Marion Morehouse [cremated remains] b. March 9, 1906 d. May 18, 1969
Actress. A model and photographer, she was the third wife of poet e. e. cummings.
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Althea Path, Section 6, Lot 748
Curtis, Edwin Upton b. May 26, 1861 d. March 28, 1922
Boston Mayor, Police Commissioner. A lawyer, he held a number of government positions in the city of Boston, including serving as Mayor in 1895. He was Boston's Police Commissioner during the Boston Police Strike in 1919. He forbid the largely Irish-American police force, who felt underpaid and over worked, to unionize. Over 1100 police officers went on strike, causing several days of riots to erupt across the city. Governor [Read More] (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Catalpa Avenue
Damrell, William Shapleigh b. November 29, 1809 d. May 17, 1860
US Congressman. Twice elected to represent Massachusetts' 3rd District in the US House of Representatives, he served as an American Party candidate from 1855 to 1857 and as a Republican from 1857 to 1859. He suffered a paralytic stroke during his second term and did not seek renomination in 1858. In the private sector Damrell owned a large printing establishment in Boston, and after leaving Congress he resumed this enterprise as much as his health would allow, until his death at 50. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Davenport, Edgar b. February 7, 1862 d. July 25, 1918
Actor. He appeared in silent films from 1911 to 1917, two of which were "Four Feathers" (1915) and "Great White Trail" (1917). He also did recitations on Edison cylinders and records from 1905 to 1913. He was the son of actor Edward Loomis Davenport, and brother of actors Harry and Fanny Davenport. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 14 Arethusa Path
Davenport, Edward Loomis b. November 15, 1815 d. September 1, 1877
Stage actor in the 1800s. He is best known for his roles as �Hamlet', �Brutus' in "Julius Caesar", and �Sir Giles Overreach' in "A New Way to Pay Old Debt"s. He began acting in 1836 and starred on the stage in the United States and England. He is the father of actors Edgar, Harry and Fanny Davenport. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 14 Arethusa Path
Davenport, Fanny b. April 10, 1850 d. September 26, 1898
Stage Actress. She was born in London, began acting at the age of 11, and made her made debut in in New York in 1862. She joined Augustin Daly's theater company specializing in Shakespeare. She later played many roles first made famous by Sarah Bernhardt in Paris. She was the daughter of the Shakespearean actor Edward Loomis Davenport, and sister of actors Edgar Davenport and Harry Davenport. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 14, Arethusa Path
Dawes Jr., William b. April 5, 1745 d. February 25, 1799
Revolutionary War Figure. He grew up in Boston and became a tanner while he was active in the Boston Militia. On the night of April 18, 1775 it was his task, along with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott, to warn the colonists that the British were going to launch an offensive on the countryside. On the way to Concord the three ran into a British road block. Splitting up and fleeing, Revere was captured and later released, Dawes was thrown from his horse and had to walk back to Lexington. Prescott...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory*, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: May Family Lot.
*This location is unconfirmed or in dispute.

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