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Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts)

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Established
  
1717

No. of interments
  
1209

The Political Graveyard
  
Old Burying Ground

Size
  
1.54 acres

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Old Burying Ground

Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts)

Location
  
Brookline, Massachusetts

The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery, was the first cemetery established in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1717. It was the town's only cemetery for 140 years until the establishment of the Holyhood Cemetery in 1857, and the Walnut Hills Cemetery in 1875. The cemetery is part of the Brookline Town Green Historic District.

Notable interments

  • Francis C. Barlow (1834-1896), Civil War General
  • Barnas Sears (1802-1880), President of Brown University
  • Zabdiel Boylston (1679-1766), Physician and surgeon
  • References

    Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts) Wikipedia