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Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Pine Rock, Illinois)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery may refer to: Canada * Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario *Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, Saskatchewan United States * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Pine Rock, Illinois), one of Ogle County's cemeteries * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine), Bangor, Maine * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Taunton, Massachusetts), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey), NRHP-listed * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle) *Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) Mount Pleasant Cemetery may refer to: Canada * Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario *Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, Saskatchewan United States * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Pine Rock, Illinois), one of Ogle County's cemeteries * Mount Pleasant ..., location of NRHP-listed Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park, a neighbourhood of Toronto. The cemetery has kilometres of drives and walking paths interspersed with fountains, statues and botanical gardens, as well as rare and distinct trees. It was originally laid out by German-born landscape architect Henry Adolph Engelhardt, inspired by the European and American garden cemeteries of the 19th century, and with influences from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston. As the final resting place of more than 168,000 persons, Mount Pleasant Cemetery contains remarkable architecture amongst its many monuments. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2000. History In the early 19th century, the only authorized cemeteries within the town of York (predecessor to present-day Toronto) were limited to members of either the Church of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada Notable interments Medical personalities * Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1869–1915), Saskatchewan's first black doctor Politicians * George Dyer Weaver George Dyer Weaver (16 September 1908 – 7 May 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was a metallurgical engineer by career. Weaver was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchew ... (1908–1986), Member of Parliament for Churchill, metallurgical engineer External links Mount Pleasant Cemetery {{Canada-cemetery-stub Cemeteries in Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cemeteries In Ogle County, Illinois
This list of cemeteries in Ogle County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Brookville Township * Brookville Township Cemetery also called Evangelical Cemetery * Chambers Grove Cemetery, Shannon Buffalo Township * Buffalo Grove Cemetery * St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery * Fairmount Cemetery * Reed Cemetery or Rock Springs Cemetery * William Durley Monument Byron Township * Byron Cemetery * St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Dement Township * Woodlawn Cemetery Eagle Point Township * Eagle Point Cemetery * Elkhorn Cemetery, also called Brick Church Cemetery * Nichol Cemetery * Webster Cemetery Flagg Township * Flagg Center Cemetery * Lawnridge Cemetery * St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery * Trinity Memorial Cemetery Forreston Township * Forreston Grove Cemetery * Hewitt Ceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (also known as Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery) is a cemetery in Bangor, Maine. Established as Bangor's Roman Catholic burial ground in 1854, it originally included 14 acres. It now includes over 69 acres.John T. FrawleyEarly History of the Catholic Church in Bangor March 21, 2004 The need for a primarily Roman Catholic burial ground arose from a rapid influx of Irish Catholic immigrants to Bangor in the 1850s and onward. Many Roman Catholic residents from nearby Buck Street Cemetery were re-interred at Mount Pleasant as well. Notable interments * Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), actress * Arthur R. Gould Arthur Robinson Gould (March 16, 1857July 24, 1946) was a United States senator from Maine. Biography Born in Corinth, Maine, he attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy. He moved first to Bangor, Maine, where he opened a candy fac ... (1857–1946), U.S. Senator from Maine References External links * * {{Authority control Cemeteries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Taunton, Massachusetts)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is an historic cemetery at Crocker, Cohannet, and Barnum Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts. Opened in 1836, but based on a family burial ground dating to the early 18th century, it is the fourth garden cemetery in the U.S. rural cemeteries, based on the early Victorian model of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. History Mount Pleasant Cemetery was established in the grounds of the King family homestead, which included burials dating to 1710; these graves are still located in the cemetery. The cemetery was designed by Easton native Joseph Wilbar, who had moved to Taunton in 1822; it appears to be the only known landscape work he has executed. The cemetery occupies about in a diamond-shaped lot bordered on three sides by Crocker, Cohannet and Barnum Streets, with its main gate on Crocker Street, a wrought iron gate supported by granite posts donated by Mrs. Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the North Ward of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River in Newark's Broadway neighborhood, opposite Kearny. It occupies approximately 40 acres (162,000 m²) and was designed by Horace Baldwin. The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register (ID #1284, since 1987) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference #87000836, since 1988). The graves of some of Newark's most eminent citizens are within Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial. Other notable interments include Marcus Lawrence Ward, Governor of New Jersey; Seth Boyden, inventor of patent leather; and Mary Stillman, first wife of Thomas Edison. Mount Pleasant also contains graves of members of the Kinney, Ballantine, and Frelinghuysen families. The cemetery itself was opened and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. It opened in 1879. The cemetery contains the remains of the unknown dead of the 1906 disaster, as well as many early Seattle pioneers, and Filipino-American author and activist Carlos Bulosan. A memorial to the dead of the 1916 Everett Massacre is located in the northeast section of the cemetery.Queen Anne Historical SocietyMt. Pleasant Cemetery During World War II, the cemetery served as a site for anti-aircraft defenses.Wilma, DavidSeattle Neighborhoods: Queen Anne Hill -- Thumbnail History HistoryLink. Retrieved March 5, 2011. References External links * Cemeteries in Seattle Queen Anne, Seattle {{Washington-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery may refer to: Canada * Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario *Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, Saskatchewan United States * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Pine Rock, Illinois), one of Ogle County's cemeteries * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine), Bangor, Maine * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Taunton, Massachusetts), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey) Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the North Ward of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River in Newark's Broadway neighborhood, opposite Kearny. It occupies ..., NRHP-listed * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), location of NRHP-listed Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
