Notable People From Concord, MA

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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Bedford Street, Concord, MA, USA

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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South Burying Ground, Main Street, Concord, MA, USA

South Burying Ground

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Old Hill Burying Ground, Monument Square, Concord, MA, USA

Old Hill Burying Ground

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Bronson Alcott

Born - November 29, 1799

Died - March 4, 1888

The Alcotts came to Concord at the invitation of Ralph Waldo Emerson. They moved often, living in several homes in Concord and beyond including a utopian community in Harvard, MA,…

Louisa May Alcott

Born - November 29, 1832

Died - March 6, 1888

The Alcotts came to Concord at the invitation of Ralph Waldo Emerson. They moved often, living in several homes in Concord and beyond including a utopian community in Harvard, MA,…

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Colonel James Barrett

Born - July 31, 1710

Died - April 11, 1779

Colonel Barrett was a veteran of the French-Indian War and a leader of the town in April of 1775. He had overall command of the Middlesex Militia. Military supplies were…

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Mary Merrick Brooks

Born - 1801

Died - 1868

Though she was a slave-owner’s daughter, Mary Merrick Brooks was one of Concord’s leading abolitionists. She was the founder of the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society and worked tirelessly to recruit…

Ephraim Wales Bull

Born - March 4, 1806

Died - September 26, 1895

Ephraim Wales Bull moved to Concord from Boston in 1836 for health reasons. In 1849 he cultivated a grape that could thrive in the cold New England climate. His gravestone…

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Major John Buttrick

Born - July 20, 1731

Died - May 16, 1791

Old Hill Burying Ground

Major Buttrick was second in command under Col. Barrett on April 19th, 1775. He led the march to the bridge to confront the Regulars and issued the famous command: “Fire,…

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Katherine Davis

Born - June 25, 1892

Died - April 20, 1980

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Katherine Davis was a music teacher at Concord Academy. She composed over 600 compositions, including the famous Christmas Carol “The Little Drummer Boy” in 1941 while living in Concord. She…

Mary Moody Emerson

Born - August 23, 1774

Died - May 1, 1863

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Mary Moody Emerson was only two years old when her father, Reverend William Emerson, mounted his horse and road off in to the Revolutionary War never to return. Mary was…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born - May 25, 1803

Died - April 27, 1882

Perhaps Concord’s most prominent citizen in the 1800s, Ralph Waldo Emerson was a beloved neighbor and generous friend to many. He was the grandson of the Reverend William Emerson and…

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Reverend William Emerson

Born - May 31, 1743

Died - October 30, 1776

Old Hill Burying Ground

Reverend William Emerson took over as Concord’s minister in 1766. He married the previous minister’s daughter, Phebe Bliss, and a built a fine home by the Concord River which later…

Daniel Chester French

Born - April 26, 1850

Died - October 7, 1931

Mourning Victory

Daniel Chester French is best known as the sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Though born in New Hampshire he spent his teen years in Concord. His first…

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Born - July 4, 1804

Died - May 19, 1864

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Authors' Ridge

At the invitation of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Hawthornes moved to the Old Manse on July 9, 1842, the day of their wedding. A well-known short story writer at the…

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Sophia Hawthorne

Born - September 21, 1809

Died - February 26, 1871

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Authors' Ridge

At the invitation of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Hawthornes moved to the Old Manse on July 9, 1842, the day of their wedding. A well-known short story writer at the…

Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar

Born - February 21, 1816

Died - January 31, 1895

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Ebenezer Hoar was a member of Concord’s Royal Family. His father, Samuel, was a lawyer and politician. Ebenezer was also an American politician, lawyer, and justice. He was appointed U.S….

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John Jack

Born - 1713

Died - 1773

Old Hill Burying Ground

John Jack was an enslaved African American who bought his freedom from his owner’s widow and made a living as a shoemaker. He hired Tory lawyer Daniel Bliss to settle…

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Ellen Garrison Jackson

Born - 1823

Died - 1890

Ellen Garrison’s mother, Susan Garrison was a founding and only black member of the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society. Her grandfather was Caesar Robbins, an enslaved African American who earned his…

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Samuel Prescott

Born - August 19, 1751

Died - 1776 or 1777

It was not Paul Revere who rode into Concord in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 19th 1775 but a young, local doctor who had been visiting his fiancée,…

Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley

Born - July 31, 1793

Died - 1817

Sarah Alden Bradford was born in Boston. Her mother suffered from tuberculosis and her father was a sea captain who encouraged her to study Latin and anything she pleased. And…

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Caesar Robbins

Born - 1745

Died - 1822

Enslaved African American who fought in both the American Revolution and the French Indian War. He earned his freedom after fighting in the Revolution and moved to Concord from Chelmsford…

Henry D. Thoreau

Born - July 13, 1817

Died - May 6, 1862

Henry David Thoreau was born on Virginia Road in Concord and baptized David Henry Thoreau; he changed his name after graduating from Harvard College in 1837. Perhaps Concord’s best known…

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Captain Artemas Wheeler

Born - 1781

Died - 1845

Artemas Wheeler was a gunsmith who invented the first automatic, revolving, multiple chambered cylinders. Unfortunately, he died before he was able to get a patent on his invention. A man…