Riverside Cemetery (Fairhaven, Massachusetts)
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Established | 1850 |
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Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41°39′08″N 70°54′45″W / 41.6522°N 70.9125°W |
Find a Grave | Riverside Cemetery |
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery located in
History
By the late 1840s Fairhaven's old burial ground, established in 1771 and later known as the Railroad Cemetery, could no longer accommodate the increasing population of the town which had become a center for shipping and the whale industry. In addition, the
When the railway came to the town in the mid-1850s, half of the bodies in the Railroad Cemetery were moved to Riverside. Eventually, all the remaining bodies there were re-interred at Riverside. A
The cemetery was enlarged again in 1905 and now encompasses 44 acres. It is run as a charitable corporation and has also incorporated Naskatucket Cemetery, another 18th century burial ground in Fairhaven.[2]
Notable burials and monuments
A monument designed by George F. Meacham to commemorate the soldiers and sailors from Fairhaven who had died in the Civil War was erected in the cemetery in 1868. Twenty members of the Delano family, including Warren Delano I and Warren Delano II, are buried in the Delano family tomb. The tomb was erected in 1859 and designed by Richard Morris Hunt.[2] Henry Huttleston Rogers, his wife Abbie G. Rogers, and three of their children are interred in a mausoleum erected in 1893 which was designed by Charles Brigham after an ancient temple to Minerva. Other notable burials include:
- William Bradford (1823–1892), artist and photographer
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- William Foster Nye (1824–1910), founder of a lubricating oil business still in existence today and known as Nye Lubricants.
- Warren Delano Robbins (1885–1935), diplomat and first cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Noah Stoddard (1755–1850), privateer who distinguished himself during the American Revolution
- George W. Weymouth (1850–1910), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William H. Whitfield (1804–1886), the sea captain who rescued Nakahama Manjirō from a shipwreck in 1841 and supervised his education in Fairhaven.
References
- ^ a b Harris, Charles A. (1947). Old-Time Fairhaven, pp. 221–222; 244–245; 249. Reynolds Printing
- ^ a b c Riverside Cemetery and Crematorium. A Brief History of Riverside Cemetery. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Barboza, Robert (25 May 2017). "Cemetery tour highlights notables in Fairhaven history".The Advocate. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Massachusetts Historical Commission (1981). MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Fairhaven, p. 11