• Thomas Almy (1819–1882), co-founder of
The Herald News. • Abby Durfee Borden (1828–1892), second wife of
Andrew Jackson Borden and murder victim. • Andrew Jackson Borden (1822–1892), businessman and murder victim. •
Nathaniel Briggs Borden (1801–1865), Mayor of Fall River (1856–1857), US Congressman, and founder of
Pocasset Mill. • Colonel
Richard Borden (1795–1874), industrial pioneer, businessman. •
Lizzie Borden (1860–1927), alleged (acquitted) murderer. •
Emma Borden (1851–1927), sister of
Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Borden. •
Sarah Morse Borden (1823–1863), first wife of Andrew Jackson Borden and mother of
Lizzie Borden and Emma Borden. •
Spencer Borden (1872–1952), manufacturer, delegate to 1924 Republication National Convention, served as director on boards of a number of local concerns. •
Charlie Buffinton (1861–1907), Major League Baseball player. •
James Buffington (1817–1875), the first mayor of Fall River. •
Earle Perry Charlton (1863–1930), founder of
E. P. Charlton & Co. 5 & 10 stores chain. Through mergers, he became a co-founder of the
F. W. Woolworth Company. •
Benjamin Cook, a District Court judge. •
Sarah M. Cornell (1803–1832), found murdered on the John Durfee Farm in nearby Tiverton, Newport County, RI. She was originally buried there and moved to Oak Grove. •
Robert T. Davis (1823–1906), mayor of Fall River and United States Representative from Massachusetts. •
Bradford Matthew Chaloner Durfee (1843–1872), born into a wealthy and influential Fall River family, he was a philanthropist who died in his prime. As a memorial, his mother had the local school board erect the
B. M. C Durfee High School. •
Nathan Durfee (1799–1876), early industrialist and deacon of Central Congregational Church. •
William Thomas Grant (1876–1972), founder of W. T. Grant Department Store chain and philanthropist. •
William S. Greene (1841–1924), United States Representative from Massachusetts, also mayor of Fall River. •
Cornelius Hargraves (1809–1874), an immigrant from England who, in 1851, founded
Hargraves Manufacturing Company, a soap and glue substitute manufacturing operation. •
Reuben Hargraves (1834–1905) and
Thomas Hargraves (1836–1904), sons of Cornelius Hargraves are buried in the Hargraves Mausoluem. •
Mary Evelyn Hitchcock (1849–1920), author and explorer •
James Holehouse (1839–1915), received the
Medal of Honor for bravery at the
Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. He was a private in Company B, 7th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. •
Grace Hartley Howe (1874–1955), wife of Louie Howe and delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention. •
Louis McHenry ("Louie") Howe (1871–1936), political strategist who masterminded
Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 presidential election. He was the only close friend both FDR and
Eleanor Roosevelt shared in common. •
Andrew Jackson Jennings (1849–1923), noted local attorney, now best remembered for successfully defending Lizzie Borden. •
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848–1928), African-American inventor and engineer who collaborated with
Alexander Graham Bell and
Thomas Edison. •
John O. Milne, co-founder of
The Herald News. • Lt.
Joseph S. Milne (1842–1863), mortally wounded at Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg; died July 8, 1863, temporarily attached to Battery B 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. •
James Madison Morton (1837–1923), an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. •
James Madison Morton, Jr. (1869–1940), a Federal judge. •
Maude Frances Darling Parlin (1885–1979), pioneer female architect and 1907 M.I.T. graduate who designed many Fall River buildings and homes. •
Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899–1979), actress, biographer, dramatist, essayists, novels, and screenwriter. ==Notable monuments==