Joseph Peabody Monument Harmony Grove Cemetery

Harmony Grove Cemetery is a

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. It was established in 1840 and is located at 30 Grove Street. The cemetery is approximately 35 acres in size and was designed by Francis Peabody and Alexander Wadsworth. The cemetery includes the

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Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905.

Notable burials

* James Armstrong (1794–1868), American Commodore *

Frank Weston Benson Frank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, (March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1951) was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts known for his Realism (arts), Realistic portraits, American Impressionism, American Impressio ...

(1862–1951), American Impressionist artist *

John Prentiss Benson John Prentiss Benson (also John P. Benson) (1865–1947) was an American architect and artist noted for his maritime paintings. Early life Benson was born into a prosperous family in Salem, Massachusetts. He was trained as an architect at the ...

(1865–1947), Maritime paintings artist *

William Bentley William Bentley (June 22, 1759, Boston, Massachusetts – December 29, 1819, Salem, Massachusetts) was an American Unitarian minister, scholar, columnist, and diarist. He was a polymath who possessed the second best library in the United States ...

(1759–1819), Unitarian minister and diarist * Captain John Bertram (1796–1882) Founder of Salem Hospitalbr>
When John Bertram died in March 1882, his widow donated their home, Chestnut Street District#John Bertram Mansion, John Bertram Mansion, a High Style Italianate brick and brownstone mansion that was built at 370 Essex Stree

and this became the Salem Public Library

In addition

Salem Common Historic District (Salem, Massachusetts)#John Bertram House, John Bertram House is now a home for the elderly. *

William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biogr ...

(1838–1895), US Civil War general *

Jacob Crowninshield Jacob Crowninshield (March 31, 1770 – April 15, 1808) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did succes ...

(1770–1808), Representative from Massachusetts *

Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight (June 11, 1846 – February 3, 1917) was an American librarian, archivist, and diplomat who was a member of Boston's elite homosexual subculture in the late 19th century. His place in American literary history was se ...

(1846–1917), American librarian and archivist, and American diplomat to Switzerland. * Luis F. Emilio (1844–1918), Member of Whipple's Jewels *

Caroline Emmerton Caroline Osgood Emmerton (1866–1942) was a wealthy philanthropist from Salem, Massachusetts, USA, who established The House of the Seven Gables as a house museum also known as the Turner-Ingersoll mansion in 1908. With a fortune inherited from h ...

(1866–1942), Founder of the Settlement at the House of Seven Gables *

William Crowninshield Endicott William Crowninshield Endicott (November 19, 1826 – May 6, 1900) was an American politician and Secretary of War in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland (1885–1889). Early life Endicott was born in Salem, Massachusetts o ...

(1826–1900), US Secretary of War *

Maxim Karolik Maxim Karolik (November 21, 1893 – December 20, 1963), born in what is now Ukraine, he became a featured tenor for the Imperial Russian Grand Opera (later known as the Petrograd Grand Opera). He toured in Europe as a young man. He left Russia d ...

(1898–1964), Art collector and donor *

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(1809-1890) abolitionist and U.S. Navy Chaplain abolished flogging in U.S. Navy * James Miller (1776–1851), War of 1812 general and first governor of

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Edward Sylvester Morse Edward Sylvester Morse (June 18, 1838 – December 20, 1925) was an American zoologist, archaeologist, and orientalist. He is considered the "Father of Japanese archaeology." Early life Morse was born in Portland, Maine to Jonathan Kimba ...

(1838–1925), American naturalist *

George Swinnerton Parker George Swinnerton Parker (12 December 1866 – 26 September 1952) was an American game designer and businessman who founded Geo. S. Parker Co. and Parker Brothers. Life and career Parker was born in Salem, Massachusetts.Cutter, William Richar ...

(1866–1952), Founder of Parker Brothers *

George Peabody George Peabody ( ; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry go ...

(1795–1869), American businessman/philanthropist *

Joseph Peabody Joseph Peabody (December 9, 1757 – January 5, 1844) was a merchant and shipowner who dominated trade between Massachusetts and the Far East for a number of years. Family and career He was descended from Francis Peabody of St. Albans, England, ...

(1757-1844), American merchant *

Dudley Leavitt Pickman Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779–1846) was an American merchant who built one of the great trading firms in Salem, Massachusetts, during the seaport's ascendancy as a trading power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Pickman w ...

(1779–1846), American businessman/philanthropist *

William Frederick Poole William Frederick Poole (24 December 1821, Salem, Massachusetts – 1 March 1894) was an American bibliographer and librarian. Biography He graduated from Yale University in 1849, where he assisted John Edmands, who was a student at the Brothe ...

(1821–1894), American bibliographer *

Charles Lenox Remond Charles Lenox Remond (February 1, 1810 – December 22, 1873) was an American orator, activist and abolitionist based in Massachusetts. He lectured against slavery across the Northeast, and in 1840 traveled to the British Isles on a tour with W ...

(1810–1873), American orator and abolitionist (brother of Sarah, see below) *

Leverett Saltonstall I Leverett Saltonstall (June 13, 1783 – May 8, 1845), was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, ...

(1783–1845), 1st Mayor of Salem, MA * Thomas Treadwell Stone (1801–1895), Transcendentalist, Abolitionist

Monuments

There are several monuments in Harmony Grove. *

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given to the cemetery by the War Department in 1888. These were outmoded soon after the Civil War. * Monument for the family of

Sarah Parker Remond Sarah Parker Remond (June 6, 1826 – December 13, 1894) was an American lecturer, activist and abolitionist campaigner. Born a free woman in the state of Massachusetts, she became an international activist for human rights and women's suf ...

(1826–1894), an American physician and abolitionist who was sister of Charles. Sarah was buried in Rome. Her father was John Remond. * Monument for

Frederick Townsend Ward Frederick Townsend Ward (; November 29, 1831September 22, 1862) was an American sailor and soldier of fortune known for his military service in Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion. Early life and education Ward was born in Salem, Massa ...

(1831–1862), an American mercenary, who was cremated and buried in China. * Monument for

Stephen C. Phillips Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was a Representative from Massachusetts. Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips. He was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Wate ...

(1801–1857), Representative from Massachusetts

Old burial ground

An old burial ground, called Gardner Hill, was situated a little west of Harmony Grove.Gardner, Frank A MD

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''Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of his Descendants'' Essex Institute, Salem, MA (vi
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When the area of Boston Street and Grove was developed in the 1840s, one hundred fifty gravestones were moved from Gardner Hill to the cemetery. One of these was that of Thomas Gardner (1592–1674) who came to the area, from

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, with Roger Conant in 1626. The stones of Thomas' daughter, Seeth, and grandson, Abel, were also moved to Harmony Grove.Gardner, F.A. (1933) ''Gardner Memorial'' Newcomb & Gauss, Salem, pages 17, 18 (vi
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One of the stones moved from the old burial ground was for Robert Buffum who arrived in 1634, from Yoshire, England, and was buried in 1669. His is the oldest grave (stones - his remains are not there) in Harmony Grove.

Sources

* ''Harmony Grove Cemetery'' (Salem, Mass.: Whipple and Smith, 1866) * ''Harmony Grove Cemetery'' (Salem, Mass) - brochure (2010)

References

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