Bellow, Saul b. June 10, 1915 d. April 5, 2005 Author. A native of Lachine, Quebec, he was a 1976 Prize-Winning Nobel Laureate. Some of his best known works are, "Dangling Man" (1944), "The Adventures Of Augie March" (1953), "Herzog" (1964), "Mr. Sammler's Planet" (1970), and "More Die Of Heartbreak" (1987). During his career he captured three National Book Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He died at the age of 89 at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Fuller, Levi Knight b. February 24, 1841 d. October 10, 1896 Vermont Governor. He attended Brattleboro High School and apprenticed with a Boston machinist while working as telegrapher to finance continued studies. He became an engineer with Estey Organ, and later married Abby Estey, the owner's daughter. Fuller patented over one hundred inventions, including international standard pitch, which was adopted worldwide by manufacturers of musical instruments, and called by the maker of Steinway pianos "perhaps the most important achievement in the annals of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA Plot: Fairview Plot
Gibson, Ernest William b. March 6, 1901 d. November 4, 1969 Governor of Vermont. The son of Senator Ernest Gibson, he graduated from Norwich University in 1923 and George Washington University Law School in 1926, afterwards becoming an attorney in Brattleboro. From 1929 to 1933 Gibson was Windham County State's Attorney. He was Assistant Secretary of the Vermont Senate from 1931 to 1933 and Senate Secretary from 1933 to 1940. In 1940 he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Gibson Sr., Ernest Willard b. December 29, 1871 d. June 20, 1940 US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Vermont's 2nd District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1923 to 1933. He also served as a Member of the Vermont State House of Representatives in 1906, Member of the Vermont State Senate in 1908, Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Vermont in 1912, and as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1933 until his death in office in 1940. He also served in the United States Army during...[Read More] Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
b. June 10, 1915 d. April 5, 2005