Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Providence County, Rhode Island. Providence, the city, was founded in 1636 by renegade preacher Roger Williams, who was forced to flee Massachusetts because of religious persecution. Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and started a new settlement with a policy of religious and political freedom. He named his new ho...
This cemetery is located on Elmwood Street and Broad Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. It's also known as Grace Church Cemetery . Find a Grave Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Providence Preservation Society
Wikipedia Rhode Island College (RIC) is a coeducational, state-supported comprehensive college founded in 1854, located in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Rhode Island College is the oldest of the three public institutions of higher education that operate under the aegis of the Board of Education; the two other institutions are the University of Rhode Island and the Community College of Rhode Is...
Mt. St. Mary Cemetery was established in 1871, on the Pawtucket-East Providence line. Now standing at 42 acres in size, it's one of the most scenic cemeteries in the Diocese. About 63,800 burials have taken place at Mt. St. Mary Cemetery as of this writing. There is about 4 acres of undeveloped land left. Interment.net This cemetery is located on 661 Prospect Street, Pawtucket, Providence...
This cemetery is located on 4815 Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island. It's also known as Mineral Spring Cemetery . Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Cook Cemetery , also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Woonsocket #1, located in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave
AKA: Elder Ballou Meeting House Cemetery Location: Elder Ballou Meeting House Rd., Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island 77 burials with 63 inscriptions* there are over 400 burials listed in the master index Transcribed by: [1] Ira B Peck [mid 1800's]: "From the Burying yard at the old Elder Ballou Meeting House so called in Cumberland." [2] Charles & Martha Benns [Volume I pag...
This project is for those buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island. The cemetery was first organized under the Swan Point Cemetery Company, with a board of trustees. In 1858, a new charter was developed to make the cemetery administration non-profit, and it was taken over by a group known as the Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery. In 1886, landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland wa...
NOTE : Philip Arnold Lot This is considered a "Lost" cemetery. it has not been located and is not registered. It has been assigned the temporary designation of: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cranston #301 . Location: Gorton Arnold Farm NW of house, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island. Surveyed by: James Arnold [23 Aug 1891, Vol. 1, pg. 156]: "On the farm lately owned by Ezekiel Pierc...
This project is for those buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery #73 ( William Burton Lot ), Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island. Location: 200 ft N.E. of Olney Arnold Road at Telephone pole #193.51 34 burials with 34 inscriptions from 1807 to 1915 75 ft x 75 ft in good condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign ???. At #111 Olney Arnold Rd. (opposite telephone pole #193.51), 0.3 mil...
This project is for those buried in Pocasset Cemetery , Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave
The cemetery is east of the Line Baptist Church in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island. The oldest section of the cemetery is in the northeast corner and is Foster cemetery #15. It is on land once owned by John Baker. It is also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Foster #15 and Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Foster #62 . Find a Grave
The cemetery is located in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island and is also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Foster #86 . Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Old Diamond Hill Cemetery, also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland #24 . It is located in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave
The Carpenter, Lakeside, and Springvale Cemeteries are historic cemeteries located on Newman and Pawtucket Avenues in East Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The three cemeteries occupy a triangular area bounded by Newman and Pawtucket Avenues to the east and south, and railroad tracks to the west. Carpenter Cemetery , the oldest, was established in 1844. Springvale Cemetery was establish...