Green Mount Cemetery is a burial ground in

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. Located at 250 State Street, the 35-acre facility was established in 1854. It is operated by the City of Montpelier, and managed by the city's part time cemetery commission and a small full-time staff.

History

Green Mount Cemetery (Montpelier, Vermont) entrance

The land on which Green Mount Cemetery is located was purchased from Isaiah Silver in 1854. Of the $2,210 purchase price (about $70,000 in 2022), $1,000 was donated in accordance with the will of Calvin J. Keith, a Montpelier lawyer who died in 1853, and $1,210 came from the town government. In 1905, a bequest from John E. Hubbard enabled construction of the chapel-vault building. The vault portion can hold up to 60 entombments, while the chapel can accommodate 60 people for funeral services.

Description

Green Mount Cemetery's grounds include many terraced lots along its hillsides, 2.5 miles of winding roads, and numerous ornamental shrubs and shade trees. The cemetery's many sculptures and unusual grave markers are a tourist attraction, and serve as a memorial to the talents of artisans from Vermont's granite and marble industries. Among these sculptures is a granite bench located at the grave of

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. Local lore also includes the story of 'Black Agnes', a supposed ghost that haunts the statue adorning the grave of John E. Hubbard, who died in 1899.

Soldiers' Lot

The

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(VA) maintains a 450-square-foot lot which was donated by Montpelier's citizens during the

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. The lot was intended for burials of

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soldiers, and contains the remains of six Union veterans. The Soldiers' Lot is one of the smallest facilities maintained by the VA. Burials in the Soldiers' Lot include: *Black, Henry –

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in 3rd Maine Infantry, 17th Maine, and 20th Maine. Died at Montpelier's Sloan Army Hospital in 1865. *Collins, Luther M. – Private in 17th Vermont Infantry. Died in 1871. *Hand, Thomas – Private in Company I, 174th New York Infantry and 162nd New York Infantry. Later a member of 26th Company, 2nd Battalion,

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. Died at Sloan Hospital in 1865. *Mooney, John – Died at Sloan Army Hospital in 1865. *Pierce, Ira Frank – Served in Company I,

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, which was later designated 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery. Died in 1927. *Whitney, William W. –

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in 1st Vermont Cavalry. Died at Sloan Army Hospital in 1865.

Notable burials

* George W. Bailey Jr.,

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* John William Burgess, political scientist *

Ruth Payne Burgess Ruth Payne Burgess, (October 11, 1865 in Montpelier, Vermont – March 11, 1934 in New York), was a naturalistic painter of portraits, still lifes, and genre work. Personal life Ruth Payne Jewett was born in Montpelier, Vermont in 1865, the d ...

, artist * John W. Clark, recipient of the

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* Dayton P. Clarke, recipient of the Medal of Honor * Robert J. Coffey, recipient of the Medal of Honor *

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for the District of Vermont * Benjamin Gates,

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* George H. Guernsey, architect * George Howes,

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* Fred A. Howland, Secretary of State of Vermont * Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer * Merrill W. Harris, President pro tempore of the

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* Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer * Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont * Jonathan Peckham Miller, abolitionist * Rawson C. Myrick, Secretary of State of Vermont * John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer * James Stevens Peck,

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of the

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(Vermont's 4th district) * Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont * Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont *

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, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * Frederick M. Reed,

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* John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont * John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer * Mason S. Stone,

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* Stephen Thomas, recipient of the Medal of Honor *

, novelist who also served as Secretary of State of Vermont *

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(Vermont's 1st district) * John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the

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* Charles W. Willard, United States Representative (Vermont's 1st district) *

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, artist

Notes

References

External links

Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont
at Find A Grave
Green Mount Cemetery Soldiers' Lot
at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration {{coord, 44, 15, 28, N, 72, 35, 47, W, type:landmark_region:US-VT, display=title Rural cemeteries Cemeteries in Vermont 1854 establishments in Vermont Burials at Green Mount Cemetery (Montpelier, Vermont)