Lowell Cemetery - Lowell, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Team Farkle 7
N 42° 37.599 W 071° 17.775
19T E 311702 N 4721912
Dedicated on June 20, 1841.
Waymark Code: WM7BF6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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"Lowell Cemetery is a cemetery located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Founded in 1841 and located on the banks of the Concord River, the cemetery is one of the oldest garden cemeteries in the nation, inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Many of Lowell's wealthy industrialists are buried here, under ornate Victorian tombstones.

(Some of the) Persons Buried Here

* Henry Livermore Abbott - Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army
* Frederick Ayer - Co-Founder of the American Woolen Company
* James Cook Ayer - Patent Medicine tycoon
* James B. Francis - Chief Engineer of Proprietors of Locks and Canals
* Frederic T. Greenhalge - US Congressman & Governor of Massachusetts
* Paul Tsongas - United States Senator"

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