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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Transcribed inscriptions of 20 people in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

3 photographs. Transcription only — inscriptions transcribed from the headstones; no photographs in this record.

Founded in 1831 Mount Auburn Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark. It is the last resting place of thousands of people. Some of them are listed below. The page presents an 1831 plan of the cemetery and an engraving from about 1850 titled "Rev. Dr. Channing's Monument Mount Auburn Cemetery", showing a view of the cemetery about a mile west of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Name index

As transcribed by the original contributor.

Transcribed names
Details
Bowditch, Nathaniel1773 – 1838Nathaniel Bowditch (1773 – 1838), navigator and mathematician
Brooks, Phillips1835 – 1893Phillips Brooks (1835 – 1893), Episcopal Bishop
Bulfinch, Charles1763 – 1844Charles Bulfinch (1763 – 1844), architect
Eddy, Mary Baker1821 – 1910Mary Baker Eddy (1821 – 1910), religious leader
Fuller, Buckminster1895 – 1983Buckminster Fuller (1895 – 1983), visionary
Gibson, Charles Dana1867 – 1944Charles Dana Gibson (1867 – 1944), artist
Gray, Asa1810 – 1888Asa Gray (1810 – 1888), botanist
Holmes, Oliver Wendell1809 – 1894Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894), author and poet
Homer, Winslow1836 – 1910Winslow Homer (1836 – 1910), artist
Howe, Julia Ward1819 – 1910Julia Ward Howe (1819 – 1910), reformer and author
Jacobs, Harriet1813 – 1897Harriet Jacobs (1813 – 1897), author and abolitionist
Lodge, Henry Cabot1850 – 1924Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 – 1924), statesman
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.1902-1985Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985), U.S. Senator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth1807 – 1882Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882), poet
Lowell, Amy1874 – 1925Amy Lowell (1874 – 1925), poet
Lowell, James Russell1819 – 1891James Russell Lowell (1819 – 1891), poet
Malamud, Bernard1914 – 1986Bernard Malamud (1914 – 1986), novelist
Quincy, Josiah1772 – 1864Josiah Quincy (1772 – 1864), politician
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre1842 – 1924Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842 – 1924), civil rights leader, journalist
Sumner, Charles1811 – 1874Charles Sumner (1811 – 1874), abolitionist and senator

Inscriptions transcribed by the original Ancestors at Rest contributor. Individual names were extracted into the searchable index below; the verbatim inscription is shown alongside each.

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Matched automatically from the archive’s name and place indexes — research leads, not confirmed relations.

Attribution

Headstone inscription transcription preserved from the Ancestors at Rest archive; the original contributor is not recorded. If you transcribed this cemetery, please contact us so credit can be restored.

Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.

Source & Citation

Transcribed headstone inscriptions of Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 20 names preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Last verified: 2026-06-10

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