Harmony Grove Cemetery

• Established in 1840 as a private, non-profit cemetery by four established Salem families. The original cemetery spanned 15 acres off Grove St. Over the years it has expanded and now covers 98 acres of land, 90% of the area is in Salem and 10% in Peabody.

• Blake Memorial Chapel is on the grounds and was dedicated in 1925.

• Some of the famous people buried there are: Frank W. Benson, Rev. William Bentley, George Peabody, Charles Lennox Remond, Leverett Saltonstall, Nathaniel Silsbee and Frederick Townsend Ward.

• Harmony Grove is the site of the only crematorium on the North Shore.

See Also

• Harmony Grove Cemetery List of names

• "A walk through Salem's historic Harmony Grove" Salem News, Aug. 27, 2007 p. A11

• An address delivered at the consecration of the Harmony Grove Cemetery, in Salem 1840

• Blake Memorial Chapel, Harmony Grove Cemetary, Salem, Massachusetts : Dedication of memorial windows and lectern Salem, 1925.