Find A Grave - Norwalk

Betts, Thaddeus b. February 4, 1789 d. April 7, 1840
US Senator, Connecticut Lieutenant Governor. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1807, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810 and returned to Norwalk to commence practice. After membership in the State House of Representatives (1815, 1830) and State Senate (1831), he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and served three terms, under Governors John Samuel Peters (1831 to 1833) and Samuel A. Foot (1834 to 1835). A Whig, Betts was elected to the US...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Bissell, Clark b. September 7, 1782 d. September 15, 1857
Connecticut Governor. Served as the Governor of Connecticut from 1847 to 1849. (Bio by: K)
Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Butler, Thomas Belden b. August 22, 1806 d. June 8, 1873
US Congressman. From 1832 to 1846 he was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives and served in the State Senate, 1847 and 1848. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress and served one term, 1849 to 1851. Butler was appointed Connecticut judge of the Superior Court in 1855, associate justice of the State Supreme Court in 1861 and Chief Justice of the same court in 1870. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Curtis, Dr. Winterton Conway b. November 4, 1875 d. September 15, 1966
Scopes Trial Figure. Dr. Curtis was a zoologist at the University of Missouri. Chairman of the Dept of Zoology. Expert witness for the defense in 1925 for the John Scopes trial. The defense believed he would make a good witness because he tended to emphasize the spiritual rather than the material influences of science. Curtis said in his affidavit that evolution should be defined as the doctrine of how things have changed in the past, and how they are changing in the present. Dr. Curtis claimed...[Read More] (Bio by: Zoe Jane)
Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Donovan, Jeremiah b. October 18, 1857 d. April 22, 1935
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1915. He was defeated in 1914. Also served as a Member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives from 1903 to 1904, Member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1904 to 1909, and Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1917 to 1921. (Bio by: K)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Downs, Le Roy Donnelly b. April 11, 1900 d. January 18, 1970
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 to 1943. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Ferry, Orris Sanford b. August 15, 1823 d. November 21, 1875
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman, US Senator. A successful Connecticut lawyer, he was a member of the State Senate, 1855 to 1856 and was prosecuting attorney for Fairfield County, 1856 to 1859. In 1859, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving until 1861. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the Union army as Colonel in command of the 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. He was promoted to Brigadier General...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Fitch, Thomas b. 1699 d. July 18, 1774
Colonial Governor. Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.
East Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Fitch Jr., Thomas b. 1724 d. January 16, 1795
British Colonial Army Officer. Served as a Colonel in the French and Indian Wars. He and his men were dubbed "Yankee Doodles and macaronis" by a British poet And surgeon Dr. Richard Shockburg. He was the son of Colonial Connecticut Governor Thomas Fitch Sr.
East Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Founders of Norwalk Memorial [memorial]
The monument is dedicated to the memory of the original pioneers whom settled and established the City of Norwalk, Connecticut in 1649. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
East Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Green, Gerald b. April 8, 1922 d. August 29, 2006
Author. He was born as Gerald Greenberg in Brooklyn, New York. Green is best remembered for his screenplay for the NBC television miniseries "Holocaust" (1978), for which he received an Emmy Award, and as the author of the famous novel "The Last Angry Man", which was filmed in 1959. His other novels include "His Majesty O'Keefe". In 1979, Green received the Dag Hammarskjold International Prize. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Independent Hebrew Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section D, Row 5
Gretter, Clemens b. 1904 d. 1988
Acclaimed Artist, Illustrator. He started as a "ghost illustrator" for Robert Ripley of "Ripley's Believe it or Not" fame. He also did illustrations for a number of clients including Sears and Robuck, Otis Elevator, and illustrated a number of the "Hardy Boys" book covers. He eventually created his own column "In This World" and was syndicated nationwide. (Bio by: Alison)
Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Hill, Ebenezer J. b. August 4, 1845 d. September 27, 1917
Civil War Veteran US Congressman. He was elected to represent Connecticut's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1913, and 1915 until his death in 1917.
Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Magrath, John D. b. July 4, 1924 d. April 14, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Private First Class in the United States Army in Company G, 85th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 14, 1945 near Castel d'Aiano, Italy. (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 20, Plot 185
McMahon, Horace b. May 17, 1907 d. August 17, 1971
Actor. Bull-necked, gravel-voiced character actor who was one of Hollywood's favorite heavies. After several years as a bit player and a starring role on Broadway, he went west to further his career. He was soon typecast as a mobster; a bread-and-butter persona that he relished in many of his 135 films. "I was a jailbird," he said, "behind bars so often that Western Costume Company had a "Horace McMahon' tag sewn into a convict's striped suit." In 1949 he exchanged his film prison number for a...[Read More]
Saint Marys Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: West Side Lot 30
McMahon, James O'Brien 'Brien' b. October 6, 1903 d. July 28, 1952
US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Connecticut to the United States Senate, serving from 1945 to 1952. In 1962 the United States Postal Service honored him on a postage stamp. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
McMahon, Louise b. June 30, 1911 d. November 5, 1997
Actress. Born Louise Weisbecker in Chicago, Illinois, she studied dramatic arts at De Paul University and attended the Chicago School of Expression. Campbell supported herself working as a dental assistant, while performing in several stage stock companies. She then made the decision to relocate to Hollywood in 1937. She was quickly contracted by Paramount Pictures and made her screen debut in, "Wild Money" with Edward Everett...[Read More] (Bio by: katzizkidz)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: West Side Lot 30
Rogers, Henry b. 1774 d. April 27, 1857
War of 1812 United States Army Officer. Served as a Colonel in the War of 1812.
East Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Shea, Pvt. Daniel John b. January 29, 1947 d. May 14, 1969
Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Private First Class, U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade. In the Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, on May 14, 1969 Pfc. Shea was serving as a medical aid man for his platoon when a large enemy force in ambush positions opened fire with mortars, grenades and automatic weapons. Under a heavy crossfire, the platoon withdrew to a defensive perimeter. Pfc. Shea, seeing that a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Sibal, Abner Woodruff b. April 11, 1921 d. January 27, 2000
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War II. Elected to represent Connecticut's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1961 to 1965. He was defeated in 1964. Also served as a Member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1956 to 1960, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1964. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

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