Find A Grave - Middlesex County

Aarons, Slim b. October 29, 1916 d. May 23, 2006
Photographer. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both before and after serving as a photographer for the US military magazine Yank during World War II. His work has been included in the publications Town and Country, Holiday, Venture and LIFE. His subject matter covered American and European society as well as nobility and both minor and major stars of the day. His most celebrated image was shot on New Year's Eve...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Abbot, Henry Larcom b. August 13, 1831 d. October 1, 1927
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He graduated in 1854 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, placing 2nd in his class. He was posted in the Topographical Engineer Corps, where he served until the beginning of the Civil War. During the July 21, 1861 Battle of First Bull Run he was wounded while serving on the staff of Major General Irwin McDowell. He then served on the staff of the Army of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Fuschia Path, Lot 3705
Abbott, Henry Livermore b. January 21, 1842 d. May 6, 1864
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A Harvard law student when the Civil War broke out, he joined the 4th Battalion of the Massachusetts Militia after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. However, in August 1861, at the age of 19, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was known as the "Harvard Regiment" because most of its officers were either students or graduates of Harvard. The regiment became one of the better known...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cause of death: Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness
Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Chapel Avenue, Lot 966
Abbott, Josiah Gardner b. November 1, 1814 d. June 2, 1891
US Congressman. He successfully contested the election of Rufus Frost to represent Massachusetts' 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, and served from 1876 to 1877.
Saint Marys Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, Hannah b. October 2, 1755 d. December 15, 1831
Author. She wrote a number of works on religious themes, including "Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects Which Have Appeared from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Day," "A Summary History of New England," "History of the Jews" and "Letters on the Gospels."
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Agassiz, Elizabeth b. December 5, 1822 d. June 27, 1907
Scientist. The wife of naturalist Louis Agassiz, she helped to organize and manage the Thayer Expedition to Brazil in 1865, and the Hassler Expedition to the Strait of Magellan in 1871. She co-wrote "A First Lesson in Natural History," "Seaside Studies in Natural History," and "A Journey in Brazil". She served as President of Radcliffe College from 1882 to 1899.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Agassiz, Louis b. May 28, 1807 d. December 12, 1873
Scientist. He was a paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and one of the founding fathers of the modern scientific tradition. Born in Montier, Switzerland, he was educated in the universities of Switzerland and Germany as a physician, when he immigrated to the United States in 1848, to accepted a professorship at Harvard. In 1859, he founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology. He urged the creation of a National Academy of Sciences, became a founding member in 1863 and was also appointed a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey b. November 11, 1836 d. March 19, 1907
Author, Poet, Editor. Aldrich was an only child and his father often moved the whole family as he followed business opportunities. Shortly after his birth, the family moved from New Hampshire to New York for four years, then to New Orleans for about three years. He would later fictionalize these experiences of his childhood in the book "The Story of a Bad Boy" (1870). In 1849, Aldrich returned to New Hampshire to prepare for college. His father's death later that year, however, inspired him to...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Alger Jr., Horatio b. January 13, 1832 d. July 18, 1899
Author. Raised in a strict Calvinist home he attempted to follow in his father’s footsteps of being a clergyman but heeded the call to write instead. A native of Revere, Massachusetts he graduated from Harvard Divinity School having studied under the famed poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His attempt to join the Union army was thwarted because he had asthma. Discouraged he left for...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Glenwood Cemetery, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Charles Herbert b. April 15, 1848 d. April 20, 1934
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1989. He also served as Massachusetts Prison Commissioner in 1897 and 1898, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the first McKinley Administation from 1898 to 1900, and as the first civil Governor of Puerto Rico from 1900 to 1902. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Elisha Hunt b. January 28, 1804 d. January 1, 1883
US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent Maine's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. In 1869 he was appointed as the Kingdom of Hawaii's Minister to the United States and served 14 years in that capacity. He died in office in 1883 while attending a diplomatic reception at the White House in Washington, DC. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Nathaniel M. b. April 20, 1840 d. July 7, 1900
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. At the age of 21 he enlisted in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on May 23, 1861, and was mustered in as a Private in Company B. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery on the Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 2, 1863). His citation reads "When his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Central Avenue, Lot 33
Allston, Washington b. November 5, 1779 d. July 9, 1843
Artist, Poet. After studying at Harvard, Allston was admitted to the Royal Academy in London. He practiced as a painter in Europe, where he met with great success and spent time with notable individuals like Washington Irving and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His wife died shortly after his first collection of poetry was published; a few years later, he returned to the United States and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum; it was the first exhibition...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Adelbert b. October 31, 1835 d. April 13, 1933
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, US Senator. Born in Rockland, Maine, as a youth he sailed on clipper ships. In 1856, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, Virginia and graduated fifth in his class in 1861. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in the 5th United States Regular Artillery, he was immediately sent to the battle lines in Virginia. He was badly wounded at the July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, but his heroic actions...[Read More]
Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: It
Ames, Butler b. August 22, 1871 d. November 6, 1954
US Congressman. Served as a Colonel in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1913. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. (Bio by: K)
Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew, John Forrester b. November 26, 1850 d. May 30, 1895
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1893.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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