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Official page of the Proprietors of the Lowell Cemetery. A Garden Style Cemetery listed on the Natio

01/31/2026

Maj. Edward Joseph Noyes was born on this day in Georgetown, MA, in 1841, and came to Lowell with his family in 1848. Edward graduated from Columbia College Law School and joined the Massachusetts 3rd Calvary at the start of the Civil War in 1862. Later that year, he was promoted to Captain and then Major of the 1st Texas Cavalry. He was wounded in a cavalry charge on May 16, 1863, at Tickfaw Bridge, LA.

Edward returned to Lowell after the war and married Jennie Baker in 1875. They lived at 49 Nesmith St., one of the earliest houses built on this street. Unfortunately, he home no longer exists. Edward served as City Marshall for many years, and as Mayor in 1885, for a one-year term. Later jobs included Superintendent of the Street Railroads and Corporation Detective. Edward died on this day in 1925 and is buried with Jennie and their three children on Pindar Ave. As you can see in these photos, his flat marker is difficult to read both before and after a snow storm.

Source: lowellhistarch.omeka.net/items/show/1506

01/29/2026

A belated Happy Birthday to Elizabeth W. Anderson born on January 26, 1850. She is mentioned in “The Great Brewster Journal of 1891,” a 2023 publication by Stephanie Schorow that describes an adventurous vacation taken by four women from Lowell during the summer of that year. The book describes a March 13, 1893, article in the “Boston Globe” that lists members of the XV Club in Lowell and includes Elizabeth and her sister, Anna. The XV Club, comprised of Lowell women, met 15 times a year for dinner and discussion. According to the publication, these meetings were far more than just social. The XV Club followed “an intensive course of education.” Elizabeth died on August 3, 1933, and is buried with her sister on Verbena Path.

01/27/2026

Alvan Cook died on January 30, 1856. His tall monument is composed of many vertical elements built up on a series of pedestals. A shroud covers a large form at the top. It may represent the “veil” that exists between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Catherine Cook Hatch is Alvan’s second wife. Sadly, records note that her death was by su***de. She married Albert Hatch after Alvan passed away, but Albert is buried in another Lowell Cemetery lot.

01/26/2026

Alice, born in 1845, married Charles Conant in Lowell, MA, on June 1, 1875. They were early residents of 74 Huntington St., in Lower Belvidere, a street that was laid out in 1883. Alice died on this day in 1909 and is buried with Charles on Howe Ave., near the Lawrence St. gate.

01/25/2026

Happy Birthday to Miriam Shedd born on this day in 1836 to John and Asenath Shedd. She was one of three siblings when her father died in 1858, leaving Miriam’s brother Freeman head of the Shedd household when he was 14 years old. Miriam died in Boston, MA on May 9, 1913 and is buried on Blanchard Ave., with her parents. Their grave is marked by a life-size statue of a woman who sadly scatters flowers from her basket.

01/23/2026

Harry Howell Carter was born in Belfast, ME, on April 30, 1886. He worked for American Telephone and Telegraph his entire professional life. He married Alice E. Shaw in Lowell, MA, on October 27, 1909. Harry died on this day in 1956 and was buried with Alice, in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME. There is a cenotaph for both Harry and Alice on Blanchard Ave. because Alice’s mother is a descendent of the Grover family. Although difficult to see in the photo, a beautiful obelisk marking the family grave has the name Grover on the bottom. A cenotaph is a monument to a person buried elsewhere. Source: “Bangor Daily News,” January 24, 1956.

01/20/2026

Henry Chandler Hyde was born in Newton, MA, in 1828. According to Lowell’s “Vital Records,” he died on January 23, 1845. Henry’s headstone notes that he died in the “17 year of his life.” Unfortunately, the epitaph is illegible. He is buried beside his parents, Deacon Amos Hyde and Eliza Ray Hyde on Rogers Ave. They died 20 years later and their adjacent obelisk shows how tastes for cemetery monuments changed over that period of time.

01/18/2026

Paul Tsongas, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from MA, and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Presidency was born in Lowell, on February 14, 1941. He died on this day in 1997 and is buried on Woodbine Hill, overlooking the Concord River. Click on this link to hear Lowell Cemetery Trustee Richard Howe Jr. talk about Sen. Tsongas’ political career and his deep involvement in the City of Lowell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBBzwtk0AA&t=11s

01/16/2026

Happy Birthday to Edward B. Howe who was born on this day in 1816. He came to Lowell in 1826 and started to work in a printed-card factory. He was successful in his chosen career because everything from soap, thread and perfume to hats, and candy was marketed by stylized cards. In addition to his savvy business acumen, he was a skilled organist and played at Lowell’s Unitarian Church, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, and the First Universalist Church. Edward died on August 11, 1899 and is buried on Wilder Path with his wife, Mary Meader Howe. Source: “Lowell Daily Courier,” August 12, 1899.

01/15/2026

Dr. Moses Kidder was born in Billerica, MA, on this day in 1789. He attended Williams College in Williamstown, MA, and graduated as a physician from Fairfield Medical College, Fairfield, NY. He married Rachel Shepard in 1815 and they had eight children, three of whom became physicians. After practicing medicine in both MA and NH towns, he came to Lowell in 1847 and remained here until his death on May 5, 1855. Dr. Kidder, Rachel, and their eight children are buried on Washington Ave. Source: “History of Middlesex County, MA, Vol.1;” published 1890, Philadelphia, PA, J.W. Lewis & Co.

01/13/2026

Grace Flint, born in Lowell, MA, in January, 1870, married Edwin L. Stickney on June 18, 1890, in either Dracut or Lowell. Grace appears in the “Lineage Books” for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Compiled by the DAR, these volumes ensure vital chapters of American history, including the often-overlooked roles of women, are not forgotten. Grace died in November, 1924 and is buried with Edwin on Belvidere Ave.

01/11/2026

Sophia Spofford Hooke was born in 1828 and married Dr. Henry Hooke. They had three children together before he died in 1868. When Sophia passed away on this day in 1918, she was living with her granddaughter at 305 Nesmith St. The house was built in 1898, at the upper end of one of Lowell’s most prestigious streets. Sources: “Lowell Courier-Citizen,” January 12, 1918. Hengen, Elizabeth Durfee. DPD Architectural Survey, “Nesmith Street, Belvidere,” Lowell Historical Architectural Inventory.

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77 Knapp Avenue
Lowell, MA
01852

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