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CEMETERIES
in MANCHESTER, N.H.
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Tombstone in Merrill Cemetery |
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CEMETERY
NAME
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Location
& Comments
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Date
Acquired by City & Acreage
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Find-A-Grave?
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Located
at 765 Brown Ave (entrance on Calef Rd). First used for
burials starting in 1851.
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1851
275 acres
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1841
20 acres
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AMOSKEAG
CEMETERY
The 1 acre cemetery was conferred to the City in 1885.
The most recent burial in Amoskeag was November 26, 2003.
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Located
on Manchester's West Side, Amoskeag Cemetery is located
on Fieldcrest Road, just south of Goffstown Road. The most
recent burial in Amoskeag was November 26, 2003.
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1885
1 acre
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[oldest
discernable stone was of Madison Monroe Stevens who d
19 Oct 1809, but of course there could be older]
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Merrill
Cemetery is located just south of the Mall of NH on South
Willow Street at the intersection of Huse Road. The stones
here date to at least 1813 and probably earlier. The
famous Commodore Nutt (George Washington Morrison Nutt)
is buried in the Merrill Cemetery. Commodore Nutt was signed
by circus showman Phineas T. Barnum to a 3 year contract
in 1861 for the sum of $30,000. The last burial in the Merrill
Cemetery was October 31, 1988.
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1894
1 acres
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STOWELL
CEMETERY
aka WEBSTER Cemetery
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Stowell
Cemetery, approximately one acre, is located on Bodwell
Road (off Mammoth Road) in Manchester's south end and was
deeded to the City in 1921. The Stowell Cemetery was
formed in 1840 when citizens from North Londonderry
and Mammoth Road purchased the land from Josiah Stowell
for $15.00. The first person buried in the cemetery was
Henrietta Stowell, in 1840. The most recent burial was August
8, 2000.
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1921
1 acre
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One of the earliest discernable stones is that of Susan
Morse who died in November of 1820. WEBSTER seems to be
the predominant name in this cemetery.
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Hall
Cemetery is one-half acre, located at the intersection of
Young and Sunnyside Streets, and was conferred to the City
in 1921. The most recent burial in Hall Cemetery was March
23, 1942.
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The
Huse Cemetery, also known as the Center (Centre) City or
Derryfield Cemetery is located on Mammoth Road between Candia
and Cilley Roads. Huse Cemetery is about one acre and was
acquired by the City in 1921. The earliest burial was
around 1769. The most recent burial in Huse Cemetery
was June 21, 1996.
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1930
1 acres
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According to C.E. Potter in his 1856 history, this property
was deeded to the TOWN of Manchester by Lieut. John Hall
and the City took possession on 13 December 1759.
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Located
on Bowman Street at the intersection of South Main Street
behind the South Main Street Church, Piscatquog is a one
acre cemetery acquired by the City in 1915.
George
McGuire, known as the founder of Labor Day is buried in
Lot 119 in the Piscataquog Cemetery. A Celtic Cross marks
his grave with the inscription "Labor Day Founder."
The first observance of Labor Day was Sept 6, 1886.
The
last known burial in the Piscataquog Cemetery was October
11, 2002.
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1915
2 acres
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First burial 1814.
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MOORE
(aka Goffs Falls) Cemetery
Article
about this Cemetery
To
get here: go to the Pine Island Park in the vicinity of
2534 Brown Avenue.
The cemetery is at the end of a 300-foot path that starts
at the parking lot of Pine Island Park playground. The
cemetery is atop an embankment that drops down to Brown
Avenue, but you cant see it from the road unless
you know where to look..
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Located
on Brown Avenue, the Moore Cemetery is also known as the
Brown Ave Cemetery or Goffs Falls Cemetery. It is about
.25 acres and was conferred to the City in 1921. The date
of last burial in Moore Cemetery is unknown.
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1921
.25 acres
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Capt. Samuel Moore, a revolutionary war
veteran, was buried here in July 1812. Might have stopped
being used by the 1870s.
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Non-city
owned Cemeteries in Manchester NH
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Mount Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum
Web
Site
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474
Goffstown Rd
Manchester, NH 03102-2324
603-622-3215
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Catholic;
originally St. Marie's Parish; opened 1881
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SEE
Contact below
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Catholic
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448
Donald St
Bedford, NH 03110
(603) 622-9522
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Catholic
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Beech Street
Manchester, NH 03103
(603) 668-1355
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Catholic
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Just off South Beech Street near the junction of South Willow
Street
Manchester, NH
(abuts Augustin's Cemetery)
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Hebrew/Jewish
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"At
length, suffering from the effects of a paralytic shock
at the extreme age of 93 years, 8 months and 22 days, General
John Stark departed this life on Wednesday, the 8th day
of May, 1822." The Friday following his death, his
remains were interred with military honors, in a cemetry
[sic] he had enclosed upon his own farm, a large concourse
of people being in attendance, to witness the imposing ceremony,
and to pay their last respects over the body of the man
who had contributed so largely in filling "the measure
of his country's glory." The
cemetery is situated upon a commanding bluff upon the east
bank of the Merrimack, and over his remains his family have
placed a plain shaft of granite, indicative alike of his
simplicity and hardihood, upon which in inscribed "Maj.
General Stark." This
simple stone points to his ashes alone, but his deeds are
traced in deep-lined characters upon the pages of our country's
history, while his memory is engraved upon the hearts of
his countrymen.
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Other
Local Cemeteries
(early settlers of Manchester area buried here)
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East
Pillsbury Road, LONDONDERRY NH
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Mammoth
Road in North Londonderry NH
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TXT
file this site |
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Pillsbury
Road, LONDONDERRY NH
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1896
Description of Cemeteries in Manchester NH
From: Willey's semi-centennial book of Manchester, 1846-1896, by George F.
Willey; Manchester, N.H.: G.F. Willey, 1896 "The city owns two
large cemeteries, beautiful now and growing in beauty with age. The older of the
two, known as the "Valley Cemetery," is situated on the southern verge
of the compact part of the city, and the industry of business is encircling it
with manufactories, though in 1840, when the Amoskeag Company gave it to the city,
it was considered far out of town. It contains nineteen and seventenths acres,
and is bounded by Auburn, Pine, Valley and Willow Streets. The conditions of the
deed are such that the land can be used for no other purposes than for a burying-ground
and the Company reserved the right to flow the valley in it through which the
Cemetery brook passes. The lots are now all taken up, and as early as 1855 the
need for another resting-place for the dead became so apparent as to cause the
purchase by the city in that year, from John S. Kidder and George M. Flanders,
of two adjacent tracts of land about two miles and a half south of the city hall,
between the Calef road and the River road. These contained about forty acres and
were called the "Pine Grove Cemetery." The lack of natural irrigation
has been here supplied by artificial water-works, and art has been added to both
burial-grounds what nature refused to supply. In
accordance with the provisions of the deed of the Valley a committee was appointed
in 1841 to assume its charge and has been annually appointed since, the Pine Grove
being also placed under its care. The formal dedication occurred on the fifth
of July, 1841, when the Sunday schools of the city, accompanied by many citizens
and escorted by the Stark Guards, marched in procession to the spot. There
are also the old burying-ground at the Centre, which was extensively used until
1840; one at Goffe's Falls; one in Amoskeag; one in Piscataquog; one just upon
the western limit of the city on the road to Amherst, occupied by the Roman Catholics;
one near the school-house at Harvey's mills, known as the "Merrill cemetery;"
one in the eastern part of the city, formerly known as the "Huse yard,"
and now as "Stowell's ground;" the "Ray cemetery" on the River
road near Amoskeag Falls; "the Forest cemetery" on the old Weston farm
in the south-eastern part of the city; and a small yard in the north part of the
city. All of these but the Catholic burial-place are little used, and some are
private and others under the control of the city."
From:
History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885, page 113
"CEMETERIES--The oldest burial-place under the control of the
city is what is known as the Valley Cemetery, which was given to
the town by the Amoskeag Company in 1840. It contains about twenty
acres. Pine Grove Cemetery contains about fifty-four acres, and
is located about two and a half miles from the city hall, between
the Calef and River roads. Other cemeteries are the Amoskeag, St.
Joseph, St. Augustine, Mount Cavalry; also the old burying-ground
at the Centre; one at Goffe's Falls; one in West Manchester; one
near the school-house at Harvey's Mills, called the Merrill Cemetery;
one in the eastern part of the city, known as Stowell's Ground;
the Bay Cemetery, on the River road, near Amoskeag Falls; the Forest
Cemetery, on the old Weston farm, in the southeastern part of the
city; and a small yard in the north part of the city."
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