I was unable to find the grave site and nobody was available to help as the office was closed at 2:15 pm on a Tuesday. Fortunately, I was able to flag down a maintenance worker, who went above and beyond I believe his name was Michael Gibbons. He took the information, wentto the office and returned to show us to the grave! He gave my elderly step father peace to celebrate a loved one's birthday!
September 2021
I was unable to find the grave site and nobody was available to help as the office was closed at 2:15 pm on a Tuesday. Fortunately, I was able to flag down a maintenance worker, who went above and beyond I believe his name was Michael Gibbons. He took the information, wentto the office and returned to show us to the grave! He gave my elderly step father peace to celebrate a loved one's birthday!
June 2021
Mount Wollaston Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery that was founded in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 1854 when Hancock Cemetery in the center of the town had been filled to near capacity, a committee was formed at a town meeting to determine the site of a new burial ground. The committee chose a plot of land in the town farm, which had been donated by William Coddington and was located just west of the site of Quincy's founding spot, Mount Wollaston. The first two plots were ceremoniously purchased on May 5, 1856 by Charles Francis Adams, Sr., prominent attorney and son of the late former President of the United States,... read full review
I was unable to find the grave site and nobody was available to help as the office was closed at 2:15 pm on a Tuesday. Fortunately, I was able to flag down a maintenance worker, who went above and beyond I believe his name was Michael Gibbons. He took the information, wentto the office and returned to show us to the grave! He gave my elderly step father peace to celebrate a loved one's birthday!
I was unable to find the grave site and nobody was available to help as the office was closed at 2:15 pm on a Tuesday. Fortunately, I was able to flag down a maintenance worker, who went above and beyond I believe his name was Michael Gibbons. He took the information, wentto the office and returned to show us to the grave! He gave my elderly step father peace to celebrate a loved one's birthday!
Mount Wollaston Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery that was founded in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 1854 when Hancock Cemetery in the center of the town had been filled to near capacity, a committee was formed at a town meeting to determine the site of a new burial ground. The committee chose a plot of land in the town farm, which had been donated by William Coddington and was located just west of the site of Quincy's founding spot, Mount Wollaston. The first two plots were ceremoniously purchased on May 5, 1856 by Charles Francis Adams, Sr., prominent attorney and son of the late former President of the United States,... read full review