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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
Bacon, Elijah William d. May 6, 1864
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F, 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863). During the repulse of Pickett's Charge, he captured battleflag of the 16th North Carolina Infantry. He was subsequently killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness, and his CMOH was posthumously awarded to him on December 1, 1864. Pvt. Bacon has...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section A
Battalino, Christopher 'Battling' b. February 18, 1908 d. July 25, 1977
Professional Boxer. Nicknamed "Battling Battalino" or just plain "Bat", he was the World Featherweight Champion from 1929 to 1932. He also fought in the Lightweight division. Some of his opponents include Andre Routis, Charles "Bud" Taylor and Kid Chocolate. In 87 career bouts Battalino won 57 (23 by knockout), lost 26, drew 3 and had 1 No Contest. Battalino was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. (Bio by: C.S.)
Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, 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.
Bunny, George Edwin b. July 13, 1868 d. April 16, 1952
Actor. The younger brother of early silent screen star John Bunny, he had a substantial Hollywood career on his own, appearing as a character player in over 60 films between 1915 and 1951. They include "Dawn", "The Dark Angel", "Shine on Harvest Moon", and "Summer Stock". Bunny had previously run a drug store and founded the Elks in New Britain, Connecticut, and did not venture into movies until after his...[Read More] (Bio by: C Greer)
Saint Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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
Canty, Marietta b. September 30, 1905 d. July 1, 1986
Actress. Born as one of five children, to leading members of Hartford's African American community and devout members of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, her parents Mary and Henry Canty, laid the foundation for much of the performers later social activism. Her acclaim for performances in theater, radio, motion pictures and television are known to have assisted in paving the way for minority performers. While her roles often portrayed domestic service, she showed a...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Northwood Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Wilson Section
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
Chapman (Chartres), Gerald b. 1887 d. April 6, 1926
Criminal. He was called the "Count of Gramercy Park," and co-led a Prohibition-era gang with George "Dutch" Anderson during the late 1910s until the mid-1920s. While imprisoned in Auburn State Prison on a bank robbery charge, he became aquainted with George Anderson. Following both men's paroles in 1919, they began bootlegging operations in Toledo, Ohio, Miami, Florida and New York City, New York over the next two...[Read More] (Bio by: Always with Love)
Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, 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)
Cook, Eleanor Emily 'Little Miss 1565' [original burial site] b. March 17, 1938 d. July 6, 1944
On the sultry Thursday afternoon of July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, approximately 8,600 persons, most of them women and children, entered the Big Top tent of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus to watch the performance. Shortly after the show began, a small fire broke out along the side of the Big Top, and quickly spread to the roof of the canvas tent, which had been waterproofed with paraffin thinned with white gasoline. As the fire quickly raced over the top of the tent...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Harford Circus Fire
Northwood Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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