Place · burying ground · 1842
Oak Hill Cemetery
A garden cemetery on State Street, consecrated in 1842 and still in use. Enter by the drive past the chapel.
- Laid out
- 1842
- MACRIS
- NWB.801 ↗
- On the walk
- Churchyards and Burying Grounds
Graves to find
- Capt. John Wills Jr. and family Sea captain taken by the British in 1812; the only table-top stone here.
- William Wheelwright and Martha Bartlet Wheelwright 1798–1873; 1804–1888 He built steamship lines and railroads in South America; she gave her High Street house as a home for aged women.
- Isaac Boardman 1810–1887 Fish merchant and mayor in 1863.
- Hiram P. Macintosh 1830–1907 State Street photographer who took soldiers’ portraits free in the Civil War.
- Richard Plumer 1812–1881 Merchant and Underground Railroad conductor.
- Capt. Francis Todd 1779–1861 Shipowner who won a libel case against William Lloyd Garrison.
Photographs, old views and ephemera for this place are still to come.
Sources
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, NWB.801