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Belmont, August 'The Elder' b. December 2, 1816 d. November 24, 1890
Financier. Born in Alzei, Rhensih, Prussia he started his banking career early by working at the entry level for the prominent House of Rothchilds at the tender age of fourteen, working his way up to positions in Frankfort and Naples then becoming their American representative in New York in 1837. His time in America proved fruitful; he advanced in his position and entered high society, became an American citizen and married the daughter of Commodore Matthew Perry of Newport, Rhode Island. He...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Belmont, August 'The Younger' b. February 18, 1853 d. December 10, 1924
Financier, Sportsman. The son of August Belmont, Sr. he was birthed into the wealth of the banking and international political scene that his father had constructed as a Prussian immigrant. An 1874 graduate of Harvard University, he is credited, through his love for sports and being a champion sprinter with inventing spiked track shoes. Upon the death of his father in 1890, he assumed control of Belmont & Company and continued investments in the various railroad and transportation ventures...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Belmont, Eleanor Robson b. December 13, 1879 d. October 24, 1979
Actress, Writer. She was the author of the play, "In The Next Room" (1930), and the book, "The Case Of The Black Parrot" (1941). Born in England on December 13, 1879, she acted on stage for 10 years, but gave it up to marry, August Belmont Jr., on February 26, 1910, who she stayed married to until his death in December 1924. She served as the first Woman on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Association in 1933, and founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild in 1935. Her mother was...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Belmont, Perry b. December 28, 1851 d. May 25, 1947
US Congressman, US Diplomat. Served as a Major in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent New York's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1881 to 1888. United States Minister to Spain from 1888 to 1889. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1896, 1900, 1904 and 1912. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Brady, George Patrick b. September 7, 1867 d. November 6, 1903
Spanish American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Navy at New York and served as a Chief Gunner's Mate. His citation reads: "On board the torpedo Boat Winslow during the actions at Cardenas, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Conspicuously gallant during this period, Brady, by his energy in assisting to sustain fire, his efforts to repair the steering gear and his promptness in maintaining watertight integrity, was largely instrumental in saving the vessel". (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Brewerton, Henry b. September 25, 1801 d. April 17, 1879
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A 1819 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he had a long career as an engineer in the United States Army. He served as superintendent of the USMA from 1845 to 1852, and was a Colonel in the Corps of Engineers at the outbreak of the Civil War. Too old for field command, he served as Superintending Engineer of the defenses of Baltimore, Maryland, a city critical to the Union war effort. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army on...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Lot 336
GPS coordinates: 41.4966087, -71.3155212 (hddd.dddd)
Bull, Melville b. September 29, 1854 d. July 5, 1909
US Congressman. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1903. Also served as a member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives in 1883, Member of the Rhode Island State Senate in 1885 and Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1892 to 1894. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Calvert, George Henry b. January 2, 1803 d. May 24, 1889
Author. A direct descendant of the Calvert family who were the proprietors of what became the state of Maryland. A Harvard-educated educator and editor he was the author of many books including "Illustrations of Phrenology", "A Volume from the Life of Herbert Barclay", "Count Julian", "Cabiro", "Scenes and Thoughts in Europe", "The Battle of Lake Erie", "Joan of Arc", "The Gentleman", "Anyta and other Poems", "Arnold and André", "Goethe: his Life and Works" and "Wordsworth: A Biographic...[Read More] (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Cozzens, William Cole b. August 26, 1811 d. December 17, 1876
Rhode Island Governor. He served as a mayor of Newport, Rhode Island and later was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate, eventually becoming President of that body. It was while serving in that capacity that both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor resigned to serve in the United States Senate. Thus Cozzens found himself taking the office of Governor in March 1863 and serving a short term that ended before the year was over. (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Cranston, Henry Young b. October 9, 1789 d. February 12, 1864
US Congressman. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1847. Also served as a member of the Rhode Island State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Cranston, John [cenotaph] b. 1625 d. March 12, 1680
Colonial Royal Governor. One of the early governors of Rhode Island Colony, elected 8 November 1678. Possibly the first man in the English colonies to be granted a license to practice medicine, 1663. Inscription: In memory of John Cranston, who was governor of the colony, died March 12, 1680 aged 55. (Bio by: VampireRed)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Cranston, Robert Bennie b. January 14, 1791 d. January 27, 1873
US Congressman. Elected to represent Rhode Island at-large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1843 and 1847 to 1849. Also served as a member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives (1843-1847), Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, in 1853, and Presidential Elector from the state of Rhode Island, in 1864. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Eadie, Thomas b. April 7, 1887 d. November 14, 1974
Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Chief Gunner's Mate and Diver in the US Navy. His citation reads "For display of extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession above and beyond the call of duty on 18 December 1927, during the diving operations in connection with the sinking of the USS S-4 with all on board, as a result of a collision off Provincetown, Mass. On this occasion when Michels, chief torpedoman, US Navy, while attempting to connect an air line to...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Annex Section
Ellery, Christopher b. November 1, 1768 d. December 2, 1840
US Senator, State Court Judge. United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving from 1801 to 1805. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Gibbs, William Channing b. February 10, 1787 d. February 21, 1871
Rhode Island Governor. He served as a Representative in the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1816 to 1820 and was then elected Governor of Rhode Island, which office he held from 1821 to 1824. After his political career he served as a Major General in the Rhode Island militia. (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Greene, George Washington b. April 8, 1811 d. February 2, 1883
Historian. He attended Bowdoin College in Maine and afterwards spent most of the next twenty years living in Europe, serving as the U.S. consul to Rome from 1837 to 1845. Upon returning to the United States, he taught modern languages at Brown University and lectured on United States history at Cornell University. He wrote a number of books including "Historical Studies", "Biographical Studies", "Historical View of the American Revolution", "The German Element in the War of American...[Read More] (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Hunt, Richard Morris b. October 31, 1827 d. July 31, 1895
Distinguished architect, designer and influential taste-maker. One of five children of Jonathan Hunt, a prosperous lawyer and landowner, who served in Congress and in the House of Representatives in Washington. Richard was educated in the comfortable worlds of New Haven and Boston; receiving his architectural training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being the first American to attend and graduate from that prestigious institution. Returning to the United States in 1855 he entered into...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Bruce)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
King, Clarence b. June 6, 1842 d. December 24, 1901
Geologist. He was in the first graduating class of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, in 1862. He became a member of the California Geological of Survey and was noted for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in 1864. He also conducted the survey of the Yosemite Valley Mountains and the glaciers on Mount Shasta, California in 1875. Returning to Washington D.C. he convinced congress to finance further expeditions and became the leader of U.S. survey. In 1879, he was made...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
King, George Gordon b. June 9, 1807 d. July 17, 1870
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Rhode Island's 1st District in the United States House of Represenatatives, serving from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1853. He also was a member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, serving in 1845. (Bio by: K)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Perry, Matthew Calbraith b. April 10, 1794 d. March 4, 1858
United States Naval Officer. A member of an illustrious naval family, his father, Christopher Raymond Perry, served in the Continental and United States Navies. Matthew and his four brothers were naval officers and two of his three sisters married naval officers. Matthew C. Perry went to sea at age 15, under the command of his older brother, Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie and the brilliant victory at Put in Bay, Ohio. During the Mexican War, he commanded a large...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

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