Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)

David Waldo donated rolling, treed land he purchased for $1400 in September 1837.

It was located on the road leading to Holden from Worcester, which was previously owned by Judge Timothy Paine.

The state legislature passed the bill and signed by Governor Edward Everett to incorporate the "Proprietors of Rural Cemetery in Worcester".

A portion of the land was set aside for a garden and the design included shrubs, trees and "other rural ornaments".

[5] It has been the care of all ages of the world, and of all nations of men, to mark with tokens of affection and respect, the disposition of the remains of the dead.By the 1860s rural cemeteries could be found on the outskirts of cities and smaller towns across the country.