Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were CrematedThis book will help you to locate the final resting place of more than 20,000 notable persons who were either buried or cremated in the United States. Arranged by subject category and thereunder alphabetically, "Where They're Buried" is a goliath of a work that catalogues deceased celebrities from all walks of life: from business leaders, inventors and sculptors to federal office holders, governors and mayors; from artists, editors and attorneys to physicians, musicians and military officers; and from actors, ball players and cartoonists to chemists, choreographers and movie directors. There is even a Rogue's Gallery of assassins, desperados, racketeers, spies, and counterspies. While Mr. Spencer does not attest to having included every notable American of bygone days, he can certainly claim to have broken the ice by canvassing, as he has, notable figures in American history from the colonial period to 1997. Where elected officials are concerned he can certainly claim to have done even more than that, inasmuch as a full third of the book lists their resting places. |
Contents
Military Notable People in | 456 |
Miscellaneous Notable Persons | 474 |
Performing Arts Noted People in | 488 |
Philanthropists Benefactors | 527 |
Religious Leaders of Note | 538 |
Rogues Gallery | 555 |
Social Sciences Noted Persons in | 577 |
Combatants | 602 |
Bibliography | 627 |
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Arlington National Cemetery Ashes Auburn Cemetery Bellefontaine Cemetery Bronx Brooklyn Burying Ground Calvary Cemetery Cambridge Cedar Hill Cemetery Charles Chicago Church Cemetery Churchyard Cincinnati City Cemetery Congressional Cemetery Cremated Crown Hill Cemetery Edward Elmwood Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Ferncliff Cemetery Forest Hill Cemetery Forest Lawn Cemetery Francis Frank Franklin Frederick George Glendale Graceland Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery Heaven Cemetery Henry Hollywood Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery Hope Cemetery James John Joseph Kensico Cemetery Lakeview Cemetery Laurel Hill Cemetery Louis Mausoleum Memorial Cemetery Memorial Park Cemetery Myers Oak Grove Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery Oakland Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery Olivet Cemetery Philadelphia Presbyterian Cemetery Richard Richmond Ridge Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Robert Rock Creek Cemetery Rose Hill Rosehill Cemetery Rural Cemetery Samuel Senator Smith Spring Grove Cemetery Thomas Union Cemetery Valhalla Washington William Woodlawn Cemetery