User:RGKMA/sandbox/Holyhood Cemetery
Holyhood Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1857 |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Type | Rural cemetery |
Size | 35 acres (14 ha) |
Website | Cemetery website |
Find a Grave | Holyhood Cemetery |
Holyhood Cemetery | |
Coordinates | 42°19′12″N 71°10′1″W / 42.32000°N 71.16694°W |
Architect | Patrick Keely |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
MPS | Brookline MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 85003275[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
Kennedy family
[edit]Holyhood Cemetery is best known for being the final resting place of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (parents of U.S. President John, U.S. Attorney General Robert, and U.S. Senator Edward). Their daughter, Rosemary Kennedy, is also buried here, along with several other family members.
The last child born to President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was also buried at Holyhood Cemetery, until being removed to Arlington National Cemetery, along with a stillborn daughter originally buried in Newport, Rhode Island, following their father's assassination and burial there in 1963.
Others
[edit]Holyhood is also the final resting place of former Boston Mayor and U.S. Representative Patrick Collins (mayor) with a memorial sculpted by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Cardinal John Wright, golfer Francis Ouimet; baseball player George Wright; Irish poet and journalist John Boyle O'Reilly; author, poet, journalist and diplomat James Jeffrey Roche, and lightbulb pioneer and engineer Martha J. B. Thomas. John Geoghan, an American Roman Catholic priest and serial child rapist is also interned there.
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- Rose Kennedy
- Rosemary Kennedy
- Patrick Bouvier Kennedy reinterred at Arlington
- Patrick Collins (mayor)
- John Wright (cardinal)
- Francis Ouimet
- George Wright (sportsman)
- John Boyle O'Reilly
- James Jeffrey Roche
- Martha J. B. Thomas
- John Geoghan
- John Bergh (1857–1883) — American professional baseball player
- Thomas Burke (1875–1929) — American sprinter
- John Horne Burns (1916–1953) — American writer
- Patrick Collins (1844–1905) — 36th Mayor of Boston and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- James Brendan Connolly (1868–1957) — American athlete and author
- Katherine Eleanor Conway (1853–1927) — American journalist, editor, and poet
- Ed Crane (1862–1896) — American right-handed pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Foster Furcolo (1911–1995) — American lawyer, writer, and politician from Massachusetts; 60th Governor of Massachusetts and member of the United States House of Representatives
- James Ambrose Gallivan (1866–1928) — United States representative from Massachusetts
- Owen A. Galvin (1852–1897) — American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
- Hank Garrity (1900–1972) — American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator
- John Geoghan (1935–2003) — American serial child rapist and Roman Catholic priest
- Patrick H. Grace (1832–1896) — United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Korean Expedition of 1871
- Patrick Robert Guiney (1835–1877) Irish-born American Civil War soldier
- Pat Hartnett (1863–1935) — professional baseball player
- Edward J. Houghton (1843–1868) — American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War whilst serving in the U.S. Navy
- David Anthony Kennedy (1955–1984) — son of Robert F. Kennedy; died of a drug overdose
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969) — American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician
- Kara Kennedy (1960–2011) — member of the Kennedy family, daughter of Ted Kennedy and Joan Bennett Kennedy
- Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (1958–1997)— American lawyer, businessman, and activist; son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy; died from injuries sustained in a skiing accident
- Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (August 7–9, 1963) — infant child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; later reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery
- Rose Kennedy (1890–1995) — American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family; daughter of John F. Fitzgerald
- Rosemary Kennedy (1918–2005) — daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy; sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy.
- Edward Joseph King (1925–2006) — American politician who served as the 66th Governor of Massachusetts
- Charles Donagh Maginnis (1867–1955) — Irish-American architect and partner in the firm Maginnis & Walsh
- Frederick Mansfield (1877–1958) — American politician and 45th mayor of Boston
- Harry McDevitt (1885–1962) — American college football and baseball coach
- George F. Monahan (1867–1929) — American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate
- John Morrill (1855–1932) — American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball
- Francis X. Morrissey (1910–2007) — Massachusetts attorney who served as a judge on the Boston Municipal Court
- Miah Murray (1865–1922) — American catcher in Major League Baseball
- William Francis Murray (1881–1918) — U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the Postmaster of Boston
- Hugh O'Brien (1827–1895) — 30th mayor of Boston
- Edwin O'Connor (1918–1968) — American journalist, novelist, radio commentator, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Edge of Sadness
- Kenneth O'Donnell (1924–1977) — American political consultant
- Joseph Henry O'Neil (1853–1935) — U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) — Irish poet, journalist, author and activist
- Margaret O'Riordan (died 1972) — American political figure and Massachusetts' Democratic National Committeewoman
- Frederick V. Ostergren (c. 1886–1945) American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Francis Ouimet (1893–1967) — American amateur golfer referred to as the "father of amateur golf"; won the 1913 U.S. Open and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
- Ursula Parrott (1899–1957) — American writer of romantic novels
- Paul Pender (1930–2003) — American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts
- Dave Pickett (1874–1950) — American outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Art Rico (1895–1919) American professional baseball player
- James Jeffrey Roche (1847–1908) — Irish-American poet, journalist and diplomat
- Mike Slattery (1866–1904) — American professional baseball player
- Martha J. B. Thomas (1926–2006) — American chemical engineer and analytical chemist
- Maurice J. Tobin (1901–1953) — American politician serving as 46th mayor of Boston, 56th Governor of Massachusetts, and 6th United States Secretary of Labor
- Frank W. Tomasello (1900–1986) — Italian-American judge
- Joseph A. Tomasello (1883–1936) — Italian-American contractor
- Franz Joseph Untersee (1858–1927) — Swiss-American architect
- Beals Wright (1879–1961) — American tennis player and two-time Olympic gold medalist; won singles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championships
- George Wright (1847–1937) — American shortstop in professional baseball
- John Wright (1909–1979) — American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church