Carvers
The Eastern Cemetery is rich with stone specimens that illustrate the skill and personality of various carvers. We don't know who carved each and every stone, but we have good ideas aboout the craftsmen who were responsible for many of them.
Using sources like Ron Romano's books, papers, and histories of carvers, the Farber Gravestone Collection, and various online sources who have collected data, here is a list of those who are known to have made stone carvings in Eastern Cemetery. Select a name to find out specifically which stone carvings are attributed to them.
- Bartlett Adams – more than 600 stones
- Alpheus Cary – 4 stones
- The Codners – 3 stones
- Abel Davis – 2 stones
- James Foster – 1 stone
- Robert Fowle – 5 stones
- The Geyers – 13 stones
- Henry Hanson – 4 stones
- "Hartshornish" – 5 stones
- Daniel Hastings – 3 stones
- John Homer – 5 stones
- Robert Hope – 1 stone
- Hunt, Jewett, & Co. – 1 stone
- Ilsley & Thompson – more than 150 stones
- The Lamsons – 8 stones
- Levi Maxcy – 1 stone
- William Merrill – 1 stone
- Joseph Mullicken – 1 stone
- John New – 1 stone
- The Noyes – 2 stones
- R. Smith – 1 stone
- Asaph Soule – stones
- The Washburns – 52 stones
- A. Wentworth & Co. – 1 stone
- Samuel White, Jr. – 2 stones