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Ames, Robert b. March 23, 1889 d. November 27, 1931
Actor. He has garnered acclaim for his roles on both stage and screen. Most remembered as 'Jack Merrick' in the "The Trespasser," with Gloria Swanson and Wally Albright. Other film credits include: "...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Athanson, George A. b. 1927 d. January 9, 2000
Hartford Mayor. Served as the Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1971 to 1981.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Batterson, James Goodwin b. February 23, 1823 d. September 18, 1901
Architect. He was head of the New England Granite Works in Hartford, Connecticut when the Civil War began. Because of his position as chairman of the State War Committee he chose not to serve in the Army but sought to be a construction consultant for the Union. With strong political support in the General Assembly, President Lincoln appointed him contractor for the Library of Congress building in Washington D.C. Being the leading supplier of monument stone, he traveled to Italy to find talented...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Brace, Jonathan b. November 12, 1754 d. August 26, 1837
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Connecticut as an At-Large delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1798 to 1801. He also served as Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut in 1815. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Brownwell, Thomas Church b. October 19, 1799 d. January 13, 1865
Religious Figure. He was a leader in the Episcopal Church, the Presiding Bishop of the United States and the founder of Trinity College.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Buck, John Ransom b. December 6, 1835 d. February 6, 1917
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1881 to 1883. Also served as a Member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1880. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Bulkeley, Morgan b. December 26, 1837 d. November 6, 1922
Baseball Hall of Fame Figure, Politician. Born Morgan Gardner Bulkeley in East Haddam, Connecticut, in the early days of professional baseball, he formed the Hartford Dark Blues of the National Association in 1874. In 1876, the NAPBBP was replaced by the National League and Bulkeley was named the new league's first president. While in office, he enhanced Baseball's image by reducing illegal gambling, drinking and fan rowdiness. In 1880, he was elected as a Republican the Mayor of Hartford...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 1
Bunce, Adm. Francis Marvin b. December 25, 1836 d. October 19, 1901
US Navy Rear Admiral. Bunce was appointed an Acting Midshipman in 1852 and was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. He became a Passed Midshipman on June 23, 1860, and reached the grade of Master on November 24, 1860. On April 11, 1861, he was commissioned a Lieutenant and in 1862 he was made the chief executive officer of the Penobscot. His service in the Civil War from that time on was continuous until the end of the war. While he was on the Penobscot the vessel took part...[Read More] (Bio by: Saratoga)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: 116 Section V.
Bushnell, Horace b. April 14, 1802 d. February 17, 1876
Religious Leader. Prominent 19th Century Congregationalist minister and theologian. Influenced much of the change in religious thinking in the mid-1800's by breaking with traditional Calvinist religious ministers who espoused a vengeful and dry religion aloof from the common people. Reverend Bushnell strove to include children into religious teaching, reduce the high Orthodox Christian theology to human doctrine accessible to the masses, refute the penal aspect of theology for a one of "moral...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Chapman, Charles Clarke b. June 21, 1799 d. August 7, 1869
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Connecticut State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Church, Frederic Edwin b. May 4, 1826 d. April 7, 1900
Artist. Specialized in, and is most famous for, painting realistic tropical landscapes. Some of his works are "Cotopaxi" (1854), "The Heart of the Andes" (1859), "Aurora Borealis" (1865) and "Aegean Sea" (1871). "Cotopaxi" presently hangs in the New York City Public Libraries Gallery, and "Aegean Sea" is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Clark, Ezra b. September 12, 1813 d. September 26, 1896
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1859. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Cogswell, Dr. Mason Fitch b. September 28, 1760 d. December 17, 1830
Educator. After his daughter lost her hearing at age 2, Dr. Cogswell began the process to start an educational facility for similarly handcapped people. After several years he and a group of a few others obtained state funds to send Thomas Gallaudet to Europe to study the English and French schools for the deaf. After studying at the French School of Abbe Sicord, Gallaudet returned to the U. S. with noted French educator Laurent Clerc. Together the group established the first school for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Connelly)
Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Colt, Samuel b. July 19, 1814 d. January 10, 1862
Inventor, Industrialist. He is best remembered for developing the legendary Colt .45 caliber Peacemaker six shooter single action revolver, which became synonymous with America's Frontier West. His marketing techniques transformed the firearm from a utilitarian object into a central symbol of American identity. He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company), becoming one of the first industrialists to successfully mass-produce the...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
GPS coordinates: 41.7220612, -72.6992416 (hddd.dddd)
Deming, Henry Champion b. May 23, 1815 d. October 8, 1872
Civil War Union Army Officer, US Congressman. Served as Mayor of Hartford from 1854 to 1858. After the outbreak of the Civil War, on October 15, 1861, he was appointed Colonel and commander of the 12th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He led the regiment in the early 1862 fighting in Louisiana, and was briefly put in command of Fort Jackson after its capture by the Union. He was then appointed as military mayor of New Orleans after the capitulation of that city to Union forces in May 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 92
Dixon, James b. July 5, 1814 d. March 27, 1873
U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1845-49; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1849, 1854; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1857-69. (Bio by: Don Connelly)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Eaton, William Wallace b. October 11, 1816 d. September 21, 1898
US Senator, Congressman. Appointed, then duly elected as a Senator from Connecticut to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator William A. Buckingham, and served from 1875 to 1881. Elected to represent CT's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1885. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Ellis, Theodore Grenville b. September 25, 1829 d. January 8, 1883
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. At the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, his unit advanced into open field prior to Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863, and harrassed the Confederates from the Bliss Farm. During the attack they were along the stonewall at the Bryan Farm and helped repel the Confederate attack. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Ellsworth, William Wolcott b. November 10, 1791 d. January 15, 1868
US Congressman, 13th Connecticut Governor. Elected to represent Connecticut as an At-Large delegate in the House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to his resignation in 1834. Served as Governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Fenn, Edward Hart b. September 12, 1856 d. February 23, 1939
US Congressman. Elected to represent CT's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1931. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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