Find A Grave - Fairview Cemetery

Denning, Lorenzo b. September 6, 1843 d. February 8, 1865
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His true name was Lorenzo Deming. He was a Prisoner of War. He has a "In memory of" marker in Fairview Cemetery. He died in Salisbury Prison North Carolina which is now part of Salisbury National Cemetery. He is one of 11,700 unknowns buried in a long trench. He served as a Landsman in the Union Navy. His citation reads "Denning served on board the US Picket Boat No. 1 in action , 27 October 1864, against the Confederate ram Albemarle which had...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Landers, George Marcellus b. February 22, 1813 d. March 27, 1895
Politician. Served as, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives (1851), Member of Connecticut State Senate (1853) and United States Representative from Connecticut (1875-1879).
Hon George M Landers was born at Lenox Mass Feb 22 1813. His father, Marcellus Landers, was a teacher in Hartford. Receiving a fair common school education, he was apprenticed at 16 years of age in New Britain to Aaron Hart, a carpenter.
He soon entered the craft of journeyman, but with characteristic...[Read More] (Bio by: C Greer)
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Lynch, Thomas J. 'Tom' b. 1859 d. February 27, 1924
Major League Baseball Umpire, Executive. From 1888 to 1902, he was a National League umpire, working 1,325 games in his 13 year career. He was a major factor in increasing the prestige of umpires, and was one of the first to be used on an every game basis. Later, he served as the President of the National League from 1910 to 1913, before being replaced by John K. Tener. He was one of the 11 umpires named by the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Honor Rolls of Baseball in 1946, at a time when...[Read More] (Bio by: Adam Penale)
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 21, Lot 1287
Sloper, William Thompson b. December 13, 1883 d. May 1, 1955
Titanic survivor. His experience was detailed in a portion of the book "The Life and Times of Andrew Jackson Sloper, 1849-1933."
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Vance, Robert Johnstone b. March 15, 1854 d. June 15, 1902
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Connecticut's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889.
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
White, Joseph H. b. 1854 d. 1907
Civil War Union Army Soldier. he was the youngest member of the Union Army during the Civil War, when he joined at the age of 9 years, 7 months. He enlisted in New Hampshire and served as a drummer boy, engaging in five battles. After the war, he lived in New Britain, Connecticut, where he worked as a carpenter until his death in 1907 at the age of 53. He is buried in the section reserved for those from New Britain who served in the Civil War. (Bio by: Mario Cajar)
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section #15
Wilson, Teddy b. November 24, 1912 d. July 31, 1986
Musician. Born Theodore Shaw Wilson, he was a sophisticated jazz pianist known for his elegant style. In 1935, he joined the Benny Goodman Trio and became the first black musician to perform in public with a previously all-white jazz group. From the 1930s to 1950s, he performed and recorded with some of best musicians in jazz music to include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Lena Horne and Lester Young. He also taught at the Julliard School of Music and appeared as himself in the motion...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 8A

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