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Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns.
Bunhill Fields is a former burial ground in central London, in the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London.What remains is about 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) in extent [1] and the bulk of the site is a public garden maintained by the City of London Corporation.
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Honouring individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. [1] For much of the abbey's history, most of the people buried there besides monarchs were people with a connection to the church – either ordinary locals or the monks of the abbey itself, who were generally buried without surviving markers. [2]
Today there are 505 headstones and 59 footstones remaining from the more than one thousand people buried in the small space since its inception. There are also 78 tombs , of which 36 have markers. This includes the large vault, built as a charnel house , which was converted into a tomb for children's remains in 1833.
Hiram C. Gill (1866–1919) – Lawyer and two-time Seattle mayor, identified with the "open city" politics that advocated toleration of prostitution, alcohol, and gambling. Roger Sherman Greene (1840–1930) – Lawyer, judge, politician and military officer. John Philo Hoyt (1841–1926) – Politician and jurist.
Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery.