Cemeteries in Andover: Difference between revisions

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Chapel Cemetery at Phillips Academy
- Originally the cemetery for the Andover Theological Seminary

Jenkins Family Cemetery
- Located off Douglas Road near the Jenkins Farmhouse.
- Graves in this cemetery date back to 1752.

North Parish Burial Ground in North Andover
- Located on Academy Road in North Andover
- First burial ground established in Andover. Andover split into the North Parish (North Andover) and South Parish (Andover) in 1855.
- Memorial Hall Library Reference Desk has a notebook listing of all graves.

See

South Church Cemetery
- Oldest cemetery in Andover
- First burial was Robert Russell in 1710.
- List of people buried in South Church Cemetery

Spring Grove Cemetery
- This is the Andover town cemetery. At the annual town meeting on March 1, 1869, it was voted to purchase land for the cemetery. A history of the cemetery is contained in a pamphlet entited "Spring Grove Cemetery: Information and rules and regulations, June 30, 1941.
- An online search by name is located on the town's website Spring Grove Cemetery search

Woodbridge Family Graveyard
- Behind 89 Jenkins Road
- Only 12 stones remain in this unused family graveyard.
- Originally the Samuel Jenkins family was buried there. They have all been reinterred at Spring Grove.
- The town adopted the cemetery at the 2002 town meeting.

See

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-*Old Burial Ground in North Andover
+*North Parish Burial Ground in North Andover
 **Located on Academy Road in North Andover
 **First burial ground established in Andover.  Andover split into the North Parish (North Andover) and South Parish (Andover) in 1855.
+**Memorial Hall Library Reference Desk has a notebook listing of all graves.
 See
 *[http://www.phillipsmuseum.org/resources/articles/pdf348.pdf "The Old Burial Ground on Academy Road, North Andover]
+*
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 *[http://134.241.121.91/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=115I1438B967D.171&profile=main&source=~!comres&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!1759~!2&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=andover+cemeteries&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3#focus Spring Grove Cemetery]
 **This is the Andover town cemetery.   At the annual town meeting on March 1, 1869, it was voted to purchase land for the cemetery.  A history of the cemetery is contained in a pamphlet entited "Spring Grove Cemetery: Information and rules and regulations, June 30, 1941.
-An online search by name is located on the town's website [http://andoverma.gov/facilities/cemetery/search.php Spring Grove Cemetery search]
+**An online search by name is located on the town's website [http://andoverma.gov/facilities/cemetery/search.php Spring Grove Cemetery search]
-*Temple Emanuel Cemetery+
+*Temple Emanuel Cemetery
 **Corbett and Mount Vernon Street