Prospect Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in

Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River, Brattleboro is located about no ...

. Founded in 1796, it was originally known as the Village Burying Ground, and then Old Village Burying Ground. Additional parcels land was acquired over time, up to 1869. The cemetery includes a number of notable figures from the history of the town. Included in the graves at the site, are those of 19 union soldiers who died at the military hospital in the town during the Civil War.

Notable burials

* James Elliot (1775–1839), member of the

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* James Fisk (1835–1872), financier and businessman *

Broughton Harris Broughton Harris (August 16, 1822—January 19, 1899) was a Vermont businessman and political figure. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Utah Territory, and became one of the Runaway Officials of 1851. Early life Harris was born in Chesterfield ...

(1822–1899), public official and businessman *

Kittredge Haskins Kittredge Haskins (April 8, 1836 – August 7, 1916) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tut ...

(1836–1916), member of the United States House of Representatives *

Frederick Holbrook Frederick Holbrook (February 15, 1813 – April 28, 1909) was an American farmer, businessman, and Governor of the State of Vermont. Active in politics and government, first as a Whig, and later as a Republican, he was most notable for his serv ...

(1813–1909),

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George W. Hooker George W. Hooker (February 6, 1838 – August 6, 1902) was an American Civil War veteran who received the Medal of Honor. In 1862 Hooker captured 116 Confederate soldiers along with their colonel and company colors by himself. For this action he w ...

(1838–1902),

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recipient of the

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* Jonathan Hunt (1787–1832), member of the United States House of Representatives *

William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824September 8, 1879) was an American painter. Born into the political Hunt family of Vermont, he trained in Paris with the realist Jean-François Millet and studied under him at the Barbizon artists’ colony, bef ...

(1824–1879),

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-based painter *

James Manning Tyler James Manning Tyler (April 27, 1835 – October 13, 1926) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Early life and education Tyler was born in Wilmington, Vermont, the son of Ep ...

(1835–1926), member of the United States House of Representatives *

Royall Tyler Royall Tyler (June 18, 1757 – August 26, 1826) was an American jurist and playwright. He was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard University in 1776, and then served in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. He was ad ...

(1757–1826), public official and author

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