Notable People From Concord, MA
Cemetery Maps
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Bedford Street, Concord, MA, USA
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
South Burying Ground, Main Street, Concord, MA, USA
South Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground, Monument Square, Concord, MA, USA
Old Hill Burying Ground
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…