Established in 1841, there are many notable people in the history of Lowell Cemetery. Read more about the notable people below.
Charles Louis Willoughby
Early Years Charles Louis Willoughby grew up in Lowell and was a clothing merchant who developed a chain of stores called Boston Square Dealing - One Price Clothing. His very first store was on Central ... View Bio
Charles Herbert Allen
Early Life Charles H. Allen was born on April 15, 1848. He was an American politician and businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley and later became the first ... View Bio
Frederick C. Ayer
Early Years James Ayer is the younger brother of Frederick Ayer. The brothers moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, and lived with their uncle. Business Frederick was the younger brother of James C. Ayer and was in ... View Bio
James Cook Ayer
Early Years James Cook Ayer was born in Groton, Connecticut, on May 5, 1818. He was the brother of Frederick Ayer. At the age of thirteen, he moved to Lowell and resided with his uncle ... View Bio
James Bicheno Francis
Early Years James Bicheno Francis was a British-American engineer. He was born in England and emigrated to the United States at age 18. Business In 1834, he got a job at the Locks and Canal ... View Bio
Charles Jasper Glidden
Early Years Charles Glidden was born in Lowell in 1857. He began working at age 16 and quickly rose to positions of major importance in the telegraph and telephone company. This enabled him to retire ... View Bio
Chauncey Langdon Knapp
Early Career in Journalism and Politics In 1843, Chauncey Knapp moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, became editor of the Middlesex Standard [Liberty Party newspaper], and later became editor of the Lowell Citizen and News. His interest ... View Bio
John Nesmith
Lieutenant-Governor John Nesmith was prominent in its politics, and acted as treasurer in 1819-20, and represented the town in the General Court in 1821. Lieutenant-Governor John Nesmith was born in Windham, New Hampshire, on August ... View Bio
Dr. Moses Greeley Parker
Dr. Moses Greeley Parker graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1864. After enlisting as an Army doctor, he held several important positions during the Civil War. For one, he supervised the construction and operation of ... View Bio
Theodore Edson Parker
Like many others born in Lowell, Theodore Edson Parker was named after Rev. Theodore Edson, the first minister of St. Anne’s Church. He lived modestly, worked for the Boott Mills and later the telephone company ... View Bio
Margaret D. Richardson
Margaret Richardson was one of a number of prominent ladies of her day who were leaders in church and civic organizations. They founded and devoted time and resources to social service activities concerned with the ... View Bio
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician, who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress, serving from June 30, 1925 until her death on September ... View Bio
John Jacob Rogers
John Jacob Rogers was a Representative from Massachusetts and was born in Lowell. He attended public schools, graduated from Harvard University in 1904, and from the law department in 1907. He was admitted to the ... View Bio
Freeman Ballard Shedd
Early Life Freeman Ballard Shedd was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1844. He was the son of John and Asenath Shedd. After the death of his father in 1858, Freeman became the head ... View Bio
Thomas Talbot
Early Years Thomas Talbot grew up in Northampton, MA, attended public school, and later worked in a textile mill. In 1840, he opened a broadcloth factory in Billerica with his brother, which prospered over the ... View Bio
Barilla Taylor
Barilla Taylor was a mill girl who was buried in the First Methodist Society Lot (now Saint Paul’s Methodist Lot). She died of brown lung on August 22, 1845, at the age of 17. Much ... View Bio
Paul E. Tsongas
Paul E. Tsongas was a former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Massachusetts and the late husband of Congresswoman, Niki Tsongas. Senator Tsongas had an illustrious political career. In 1969, he was elected to the Lowell ... View Bio
Louisa Wells
Louisa Wells was born in Vermont in 1815. She later came to Lowell to work in the mills as a weaver. Her presence in Lowell is first documented in the 1836 Lowell Female Directory, and ... View Bio
Oliver M. Whipple
Of the many water-powered industrial developments along the Concord River in the early 19th century, the gunpowder works of Oliver M. Whipple were one of the most extensive. Early Years Born in Wethersfield, Vermont, Oliver ... View Bio
Helen Augusta Whittier
Helen Whittier was the first woman to run a mill in Lowell. Her father, Moses Whittier, was an overseer in the dressing room at the Merrimack Mills, and later at the Boot Mills. In 1852, ... View Bio
Rev. Horatio Wood
Reverend Horatio Wood served as the first minister of the Ministry-at-Large in Lowell—a free chapel established in 1842 that welcomed those unable to afford pew rentals or contributions to the collection plate, practices common in ... View Bio