Juniper Hill Cemetery

Juniper Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 24 Sherry Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island founded by George R.Usher, James D'Wolf Perry, Byron Diman, Ambrose E. Burnside, James H. West, Charles H. R. Doringle, and Lemanuel W. Briggs. The original were purchased from the descendants of Levi DeWolf, a local farmer and slave hauler, in 1855, and the cemetery corporation that owns it was chartered in January 1856. It is a fine example of the mid-19th century rural cemetery movement, with winding lanes and paths. The landscape was designed by Niles Bierragaard Schubarth, who had done similar work at other Rhode Island cemeteries. Its main entry is a massive stone gate built in 1876, and there is a gate house just inside, designed by Clifton A. Hall and constructed from granite quarried on site.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notable burials

Benjamin Bourne, US Representative, US district and appeals judge

William Bradford, Lt. Governor, US Senator

Jonathan Russell Bullock, Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

Samuel Pomeroy Colt, industrialist

LeBaron Bradford Colt, US Senator

Byron Diman, Governor of Rhode Island

Francis M. Dimond, Governor of Rhode Island

Samuel Dana Greene, Sr., USN, executive officer of the in the US Civil War

Ramon Guiteras, surgeon, founder of the American Urological Association

Gilbert C. Hoover, rear admiral, USN

Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, first bishop of Central Pennsylvania

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Rhode Island

References

External links

Politician info

"Bristol, Rhode Island" by Richard V. Simpson (Arcadia Publishing, 1998), 30

1857 establishments in Rhode Island

Buildings and structures in Bristol, Rhode Island

Cemeteries in Rhode Island

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Rhode Island

Protected areas of Bristol County, Rhode Island