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Located in the Westport/Mount Winans community of Baltimore, Mount Auburn Cemetery is one of the city’s largest African American cemeteries. Founded in 1872 by Reverend James Peck, the cemetery is the final resting place for former slaves, clergymen, teachers, doctors, military veterans, and Civil Rights leaders as well as countless African-American families.
May 14, 2012 · Five years after burying his father, Samuel W. Moore could no longer find the grave. That was 1976, and Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the oldest African-American burial grounds in the country, was …
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Mary Phinney Von Olnhausen (1818 – 1902)Lot # 1817, Spruce Avenue. Volunteered in 1862 as a nurse under Dorothea Dix. 1862: Nurse at Mansion House (Alexandria, VA) 1863: Chief Nurse at Army Hospital (Morehead City, NC) Renowned for her wound care and high survival rate.
Green Mount Cemetery was one of the earliest rural or garden cemeteries in the United States. Samuel Walker, a Baltimore tobacco merchant, led the campaign to establish the Cemetery after visiting Mount Auburn Cemetery in 1834. After a successful campaign, Walker, and a group of gentlemen drew up the plans for a public cemetery.
Find 4364 memorial records at the Mount Zion Cemetery cemetery in Lansdowne, Maryland. ... Baltimore County, Maryland, USA ... Percent with GPS 0%; 1.2 mi. Mount ...
In 1897 Mount Auburn began the first crematory in New England to be operated by a cemetery. The first cremation took place on April 18, 1900. The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as CAM.801 Mount Auburn Cemetery.
