Union Cemetery - Portsmouth, NH - New Hampshire Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

An excellent website (visit link) has many photos and text of and from the gravestones at this cemetery.

The historical marker at it's entrance reads in part:

"UNION CEMETERY

Established in 1844, the gravestones of Union Cemetery contrast with those in neighboring North Cemetery, which is almost a century older. Nearly all the stones are white limestone or marble, with Victorian floral relief carving. Some monuments are sculpted, and individual family plots are fenced off with elaborate ironwork. These traits, and the park-like setting, were influenced by the earlier Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston. This cemetery is the final resting place of some of Portsmouth's most notable figures from the mid-nineteenth century. Among them are clipper ship builders George Raynes and Frederick Fernald, as well as the grandparents of Portsmouth author Thomas Bailey Aldrich."

The marker indicates that it was funded in part by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Marker Name: Union Cemetery Marker Type: Local/Unofficial Marker Location: Portsmouth Date Marker Established: unknown Official Marker Number: Not listed

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