.gif)
Oak Grove Cemetery (Fall River, Massachusetts)
Encyclopedia
Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 765 Prospect Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
.
The cemetery was built in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...
.
The cemetery was built in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Notable burials
- Colonel Richard Borden, industrial pioneer, businessman
- Lizzie Borden, alleged murderer
- Charlie BuffintonCharlie BuffintonCharles G. Buffinton, born Buffington , was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1882 to 1892...
, Major League Baseball player - James Buffington, the first mayor of Fall River
- Sarah M. Cornell, found murdered on the Durfee Farm in 1832.
- Robert T. DavisRobert T. DavisRobert Thompson Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Born in County Down, Ireland on August 28, 1823; died in Fall River, Massachusetts, October 29, 1906. Davis is interred in the Oak Grove Cemetery....
, United States Representative from Massachusetts. - William S. GreeneWilliam S. GreeneWilliam Stedman Greene was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Tremont, Illinois, Greene moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1844....
, United States Representative from Massachusetts, also mayor of Fall River