Notable Interments

Mt. Calvary Cemetery has a number of notable historical figures interred in it’s grounds.


Helen Ruth (Woodford) (First wife of Babe Ruth) 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6674370

Location: Sec 10, West side, Row 7, Grave 7

 

John L. Sullivan (Heavy weight boxing champion) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Sullivan

Location: Section 3,  1/2 Lot 24.Honeysuckle Path

 

Thomas McCarthy (Baseball Hall of Famer)

http://baseballhall.org/hof/mccarthy-tommy

Location: Section 9, Range 26, Grave 74

 

Hugh Duffy (Baseball Hall of Famer)

http://baseballhall.org/hof/duffy-hugh

Location: Section 3, 1/2 Lot 45, Maple Ave.

 

Jumping Joe Dugan (Major League Baseball Player) 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duganjo01.shtml

Location: Section 16, Grave 241

 

Edward L. Logan (Logan Airport is named in his Honor) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrence_Logan

Location: Lot 2 & 3, St. Andrews Ave.

 

James M. Curley (Mayor of Boston,10th District U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Massachusetts)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Michael_Curley

Location: Section 10, Lot 1, Chapel Path

 

Timothy J. McCarthy  (Titanic Disaster Victim and Jordan Marsh Buyer)

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/timothy-mccarthy.html

Location: Section 10, East Side, Range6, Grave48

 

Timothy H. Murnane  (Writer and Pioneer of American League Baseball) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Murnane

Location: Lot 23, Hemlock Ave West Side

 

James S. Roantree  (American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient)

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwq/roantree.html

Location: Section 10 East Side, Range 5, Graves 5 & 6

 

Bartlett Laffey  (American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient)

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwh/laffey.html

Location: Section 5, Range 39, Grave 49

 

 

 

 

New Calvary Cemetery has 3 notable historical figures interred in it’s grounds.


Andrew Jackson Leonard

(Baseball Pioneer and one of the original 9 professional baseball players)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Leonard

Location: Section 3, Grave 186

 

Michael J. Perkins  (World War One Medal of Honor Recipient)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J_Perkins

Location: Section 1, 1/2 Lot 91, Trinity Ave.

 

Anthony J. Carson  (Medal of Honor Recipient)

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1900_wars/pi_carson.html

Location: Section 20A, Grave 2651

 

 

 

 

Mt. Benedict Cemetery has a notable historical figure interred in it’s grounds.

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John H. Robinson  (American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient)

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwq/robinson_john_h.html

Location: Section F, Grave 347