Harmony Grove Cemetery
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Harmony Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts
. It was established in 1840 and is located at 30 Grove Street.
The cemetery includes the Gothic revival Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905.
, with Roger Conant in 1626. Thomas' daughter, Seeth, and grandson, Abel, were also moved to Harmony Grove.
One of the stones moved from the old burial ground was for Robert Buffum who arrived in 1634, from Yorkshire, England, and was buried in 1669. His is the oldest grave in Harmony Grove.
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
. It was established in 1840 and is located at 30 Grove Street.
The cemetery includes the Gothic revival Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905.
Notable burials
- Frank Weston BensonFrank Weston BensonFrank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of distinguished families and murals for the...
(1862–1951), American Impressionist artist - John Prentiss BensonJohn Prentiss BensonJohn Prentiss Benson was an American architect and artist noted for his maritime paintings.-Early life:...
(1865–1947), Maritime paintings artist - William BentleyWilliam BentleyWilliam Bentley was an American Unitarian minister, scholar, columnist, and diarist....
(1759–1819), Unitarian minister and diarist - William CogswellWilliam CogswellWilliam Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...
(1838–1895), General, US Civil War - Jacob CrowninshieldJacob CrowninshieldJacob Crowninshield 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 successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American...
(1770–1808), Representative from Massachusetts - Luis F. EmilioLuis F. EmilioLuis F. Emilio was a Captain in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an American Civil War Union regiment.-Biography:...
(1844–1918), Member of Whipple's Jewels - Caroline EmmertonCaroline EmmertonCaroline Osgood Emmerton was a wealthy philanthropist from Salem, Massachusetts who established The House of the Seven Gables as a combined historic site and settlement house in 1907....
(1866–1942), Founder of the Settlement at the House of Seven Gables - William Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield Endicott was an American politician and Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover Cleveland.-Life and work:...
(1826–1900), US Secretary of War - Maxim KarolikMaxim KarolikMaxim Karolik was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor. Although generally unsuccessful as a singer, he married into one of Boston, Massachusetts's wealthiest families. On February 2, 1928, he married Martha Catharine Codman . He made a hobby of collecting...
(1898–1964), Art collector and donor - Edward Sylvester Morse (1838–1925), American naturalist
- George Swinnerton ParkerGeorge Swinnerton ParkerGeorge Swinnerton Parker was an American board game inventor and industrialist who founded Geo. S. Parker Co...
(1866–1952), Founder of Parker Brothers - George PeabodyGeorge PeabodyGeorge Peabody was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, and was responsible for many other charitable initiatives.-Biography:...
(1795–1869), American businessman/philanthropist - Dudley Leavitt PickmanDudley Leavitt PickmanDudley Leavitt Pickman was a Salem, Massachusetts, merchant who built one of the great Salem trading firms during the seaport's ascendancy as a trading power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Pickman was a partner in the firm Devereux, Pickman & Silsbee and a state senator...
(1779–1846), American businessman/philanthropist - William Frederick PooleWilliam Frederick PooleWilliam Frederick Poole 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 Brothers in Unity Library...
(1821–1894), American bibliographer - Charles Lenox RemondCharles Lenox RemondCharles Lenox Remond was an American orator, abolitionist and military organizer during the American Civil War...
(1810–1873), American orator and abolitionist (brother of Sarah, see below) - Leverett Saltonstall ILeverett Saltonstall ILeverett Saltonstall , 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, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...
(1783–1845), 1st Mayor of Salem, MA
Monuments
There are several monuments in Harmony Grove.- CannonsDahlgren gunDahlgren guns were muzzle loading naval artillery designed by Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren USN, mostly used in the period of the American Civil War. Dahlgren's design philosophy evolved from an accidental explosion in 1849 of a 32-pounder being tested for accuracy, killing a gunner...
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 RemondSarah Parker RemondSarah Parker Remond was an American physician, lecturer, abolitionist, and agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. She worked giving speeches throughout the United States over the horrors of slavery...
(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 WardFrederick Townsend WardFrederick Townsend Ward was an American sailor, mercenary, and soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion.-Early life:...
(1831–1862), an American mercenary, who was cremated and buried in China. - Monument for Stephen C. PhillipsStephen C. PhillipsStephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...
(1801–1857), Representative from Massachusetts
Old burial ground
An old burial ground, called Gardner Hill, was situated a little west of Harmony Grove. When the area of Boston Street and Grove was developed in the 1840s, one hundred fifty graves were moved from Gardner Hill to the cemetery. One of the graves was that of Thomas Gardner (1592–1674) who came to the area, from Cape AnnCape Ann
Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts on the Atlantic Ocean. The cape is located approximately 30 miles northeast of Boston and forms the northern edge of Massachusetts Bay. Cape Ann includes the city of Gloucester, and the towns of Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and...
, with Roger Conant in 1626. Thomas' daughter, Seeth, and grandson, Abel, were also moved to Harmony Grove.
One of the stones moved from the old burial ground was for Robert Buffum who arrived in 1634, from Yorkshire, England, and was buried in 1669. His is the oldest grave in Harmony Grove.
Sources
- Harmony Grove Cemetery (Salem, Mass.: Whipple and Smith, 1866)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery (Salem, Mass) - brochure (2010)