This is the grave of Arunah Shepherdson Abell, founder of the Baltimore Sun. The carving is exquisite. More photos of the gravesite are available on here.

This is the family plot of the Booth family, with John Wilkes Booth's unmarked grave in the lower left corner. Visitors put pennies on his grave.

"Green Mount Cemetery was one of the earliest rural or garden cemeteries in the United States. Samuel Walker, a Baltimore tobacco merchant, led the campaign to establish the Cemetery after visiting Mount Auburn Cemetery in 1834.

After a successful campaign, Walker, and a group of gentlemen drew up the plans for a public cemetery. The site they chose was the country estate of the late merchant Robert Oliver. Oliver’s estate, known as “Green Mount”, was a hilly location at the then northern boundary of the city of Baltimore. During his life, Mr. Oliver spared no expense in beautifying his estate, and aided by its natural advantages, he left it, at his death, a picturesque and highly ornamented locale."

More info at Greenmount's website

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