Rockville Cemetery (Maryland)
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Established | ca. 1740 |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°05′03″N 077°07′32″W / 39.08417°N 77.12556°W |
Type | Non-profit |
Style | Upper/western section: Rural cemetery
Lower/eastern section: |
Owned by | Rockville Cemetery Association, Inc. |
Size | 26.64 acres (10.78 ha) |
No. of interments | ca. 4,600 |
Website | https://www.rockvillecemeterymd.org/ |
Find a Grave | Rockville Cemetery |
The Political Graveyard | Rockville Cemetery |
Rockville Cemetery is a cemetery in Rockville, Maryland, United States. It is the oldest burial ground in the Rockville community. It sometimes is referred to as Rockville Union Cemetery, although that has never been its name.
Physical features
Rockville Cemetery is located on the eastern edge of Rockville
History
The
Ownership of the cemetery changed in 1880, when five
Demand for space led to the expansion of Rockville Cemetery to include its lower, eastern section, which was laid out in 1936.[1] The City of Rockville annexed the cemetery in 1984.[1]
Interest in maintenance of the cemetery waned again, and by the late 20th century it again had fallen into disrepair.
The Rockville Cemetery Association's financial position improved significantly between 2014 and 2020 thanks to substantial growth in grave sales and burials.[1] During these years, the Association continued to convert all of the cemetery's records to a digital format, standardized grave site codification, created high-quality section maps, expanded and enhanced the cemetery's website, refurbished and upgraded the caretaker's cottage and gave it a public water connection, completed the planting of more than 30 trees, and expanded the cemetery's program of community events.[1]
Notable burials
More than 4,600 people are buried at Rockville Cemetery.[1] Notable burials include:
- Upton Beall (1770–1827), second clerk of the court of Montgomery County[1]
- Maryland Court of Appeals (1861–1867)[1]
- Stephen Clusky Cromwell, Jr. (1925–2015), first president of the Rockville Cemetery Association (2001–2014) and descendant of Rebecca Viers[1]
- John G. England (1845–1913), mayor of Rockville (1894–1896)[2]
- John Trumbull Garvin (1892-1943), American diplomat[2]
- John Harding (1685–1752), whose tombstone is the oldest remaining stone marker in the cemetery[1]
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- Paul Peck (1889–1912), aviation pioneer
- E. Barrett Prettyman (1891–1971), senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1962–1971)
- E. Barrett Prettyman Jr. (1925–2016), prominent Washington, D.C., lawyer, son of E. Barrett Prettyman
- Members of the Pumphrey family of undertakers[citation needed]
- Edward Elisha Stonestreet (1830–1903), Rockville physician and town councilman[1]
- Rebecca Thomas Viers née Bialys (1833–1918), leader of the Rockville Union Cemetery Association[1]
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Rockville Cemetery: Our History and Function Accessed March 12, 2023
- ^ a b The Political Graveyard Montgomery County, Md. Accessed March 14, 2023
- ^ Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, Published by U of Nebraska Press, 1998, page 348. On Google Books