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Albers, Josef b. March 19, 1888 d. March 25, 1976
Artist. He gained renown as an abstract artist, color-theorist, teacher and author. Beginning his career in Weimar, Germany, he taught at the famous Bauhaus school of fine arts. He fled from Nazi Germany to the United States in 1933, and taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. After teaching at Yale University, he became a United States citizen in 1939. Starting in 1949, he painted colored squares within squares, using unmixed color directly from the tube. He named this well-known...[Read More] (Bio by: Jan Franco)
Orange Center Cemetery, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Asakawa, Kanichi b. December 20, 1873 d. August 11, 1948
Historian. He became a graduate of Dartmouth and the Yale Graduate School. As a member of the Yale faculty, he became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States. He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations. Some of his remains are also interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan. (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Ashmun, Jehudi b. April 21, 1794 d. August 25, 1828
Religous Leader, Social Reformer. Agent of the African Colonization Society which promoted the settlement of Blacks at Monrovia, Liberia.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Enter throught the main gates and make an immediate left. Sarcophagus is in line with the administra
Bacon, Delia Salter b. February 2, 1811 d. September 2, 1859
Author. She became convinced that works attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Sir Walter Raleigh, who, for political reasons, credited them to an obscure actor named William Shakespeare. She published "The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded" in 1857, but became insane immediately after. Her theories have continued to have continued to have proponents up to the present day.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Baird, George William b. December 13, 1839 d. November 28, 1906
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Rose from the rank of private to Brigadier General. He was presented the Medal of Honor in 1894 for his actions at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana on September 30, 1877 against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. His MOH citation reads, "Most distinguished gallantry in action with Nez Perce Indians." He was at the time a 1st Leutenant with the 5th Infantry. (Bio by: Don Connelly)
Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Baker, Bill b. November 1, 1935 d. August 10, 1994
Singer. A Vocalist with "The Five Satins", After Fred Parris, the group's founder and lead singer, was drafted in the United States military in 1957, he took over the lead. As the lead, they had the hit song "To the Aisle". (Bio by: Ginny M)
All Saints Cemetery, North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 13 Lot 46
Bakewell, Charles Montague b. April 24, 1867 d. September 19, 1957
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1933 to 1935. He also served as a Member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1920 to 1924, and was a prominent Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Baldwin, Roger Sherman b. January 4, 1793 d. February 19, 1863
US Senator, Connecticut Governor.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Baldwin, Simeon Eben b. February 5, 1840 d. January 30, 1927
Governor of Connecticut, 1911-1915.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Baldwin, Simeon b. December 14, 1761 d. May 26, 1851
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1803 to 1805. He also served as a State Court Judge from 1806 to 1817, and as the Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1826.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Barry, John Joseph 'Jack' b. April 26, 1887 d. April 23, 1961
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball for eleven seasons (1908 to 1917, 1919) with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. Scouted and signed after playing for Holy Cross College by Connie Mack’s Athletics, he would play a significant role in helping Philadelphia win four American League Pennants during his time with the club. Teamed with first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman [Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 101, Grave 1
Bassett, Ebenezer Don Carlos b. October 6, 1833 d. November 15, 1908
America's first African-American diplomat. A man of African-American and Pequot Indian ancestry, Bassett was educated at the Connecticut Normal School and Yale University. A teacher by profession, Bassett resided in Philadelphia and played a vital role in the Union's Civil War effort by encouraging black men to enlist. In 1869 President Grant appointed him US Minister to Haiti, making him the first African-American to achieve such distinction. He served as Minister until 1877, including a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: H Magnolia
Beecher, Lyman b. October 12, 1775 d. January 10, 1863
Religious Figure. Temperance Movement Leader. Father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and Isabella (Beecher) Hooker. Lyman Beecher went to Yale College at the age of 18 and graduated in 1797. He spent 1798 in Yale Divinity...[Read More] (Bio by: John Graham)
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Beisler, Frank b. October 8, 1913 d. September 8, 1973
Professional Hockey Player, Coach. He played in the National Hockey League and other minor leagues in a career that spanned for 43 years. At 6'02, 190lbs, he played the position of Defenseman for the New York Americans from 1936 to 1937. As a Head Coach he coached the teams, Buffalo Bisons from 1945 to 1946, and 1946 to 1947, Washington Lions from 1948 to 1949, Syracuse Warriors from 1951 to 1952, 1952 to 1953, and 1953 to 1954, and the New Haven Blades from 1954 to 1955. He also coached the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Saint Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Bigelow, Hobart B. b. May 16, 1834 d. October 12, 1891
Connecticut Governor. He served as the Governor of Connecticut from 1881 to 1883. (Bio by: K)
Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Bingham, Hiram b. October 30, 1789 d. November 11, 1869
Early Hawaiian Missionary and Clergy.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Biondo, Santa b. December 3, 1892 d. February 15, 1989
Opera Singer. She was a noted lyrico-spinto soprano of the 1930s. Raised in San Mauro Castelverde, Sicily, she moved to New Haven, Connecticut, with her family in her mid-teens. For a time she worked in her first husband's tailor shop, but in the 1920s she studied voice in New Haven, and in New York with Enrico Rosati. Starting her professional career at a rather late age, she bowed with both the San Carlo Opera Company and the American Opera Company in 1927. After auditioning for Maestro...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Boardman, William Whiting b. October 10, 1794 d. August 27, 1871
US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1840 to 1843. He also served as a Member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839, in 1845, and 1849 to 1851, and as Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1836, 1839, and 1845. (Bio by: K)
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Booth, Gen. Walter b. December 8, 1791 d. April 30, 1870
U.S. House of Representatives. Director of the Meriden National Bank. General of Connecticut State Militia, both as a Brigadier and a Major General. Held many offices in Meriden and Connecticut. He was a deacon in the Center Congregational Church for 56 years. (Bio by: Jan Franco)
East Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 3
Bramlette, Milton Nunn b. February 4, 1896 d. March 30, 1977
Geologist and professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He received the Distinguished Service Medal in 1963 for his study of transatlantic deep-sea cores.
Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

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