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  • Unknown location
  • Bethel Unknown location
  • Bethel Bethel Public Library Grounds
  • Bethel Center Cemetery
  • Bethel Wolfpit Cemetery
  • Bridgeport Mountain Grove Cemetery
  • Bridgeport Old Stratfield Cemetery
  • Bridgeport Park Cemetery
  • Bridgeport Seaside Park
  • Brookfield Center, Brookfield Central Cemetery
  • Brookfield Center, Brookfield Laurel Hill Cemetery
  • Danbury New St. Peter Cemetery
  • Danbury North Main Street Cemetery
  • Danbury Wooster Cemetery
  • Darien Spring Grove Cemetery
  • Easton Unknown location
  • Easton Easton Cemetery
  • Fairfield Unknown location
  • Fairfield East Cemetery
  • Fairfield Greenfield Hill Cemetery
  • Fairfield Oak Lawn Cemetery
  • Fairfield Old Burying Ground
  • Southport, Fairfield Unknown location
  • Greenwich First Congregational Church Cemetery
  • Greenwich New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery
  • Greenwich Putnam Cemetery
  • Greenwich St. Mary's Cemetery
  • Greenwich Union Cemetery
  • Monroe Monroe Center Cemetery
  • New Canaan Unknown location
  • New Canaan Lakeview Cemetery
  • New Fairfield Mountain View Cemetery
  • Newtown Newtown Cemetery
  • Newtown Taunton Cemetery
  • Newtown Zoar Cemetery
  • Sandy Hook, Newtown St. Rose Cemetery
  • Norwalk Unknown location
  • Norwalk East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
  • Norwalk Norwalk Cemetery
  • Norwalk Norwalk Union Cemetery
  • Norwalk Riverside Cemetery
  • Norwalk St. John's Cemetery
  • Norwalk St. Mary's Cemetery
  • Norwalk Union Cemetery
  • Redding Great Pasture Road Cemetery
  • Ridgefield Fairlawn Cemetery
  • Ridgefield Ridgefield Cemetery
  • Ridgefield Scott's Cemetery
  • Ridgefield Titicus Cemetery
  • Shelton Long Hill Cemetery
  • Shelton Riverside Cemetery
  • Stamford Northfield Cemetery
  • Stamford St. John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery
  • Stamford Westover Cemetery
  • Stamford Woodland Cemetery
  • Stratford Congregational Burying Ground
  • Stratford Episcopal Cemetery
  • Stratford Putney Cemetery
  • Stratford St. Michael's Cemetery
  • Stratford Union Cemetery
  • Trumbull Gate of Heaven Cemetery
  • Trumbull Nichols Village Cemetery
  • Trumbull Tashua Burial Ground
  • Weston Coley Cemetery
  • Weston Emmanuel Church Cemetery
  • Westport Evergreen Cemetery
  • Westport Willowbrook Cemetery
  • Wilton Hillside Cemetery
  • Wilton St. Matthew's Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) — also known as Alfred B. Lewis — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 20, 1897. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later president, Union Casualty insurance company. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil Liberties Union; American Federation of Teachers; Americans for Democratic Action. Died about 1980 (age about 83 years). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis; married, November 20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan; married, October 14, 1939, to Eileen B. Lane.


    Unknown Location
    Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Frederick A. Judd (1853-1943) — also known as Fred A. Judd — of Redding, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1853. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Redding, 1939-40. Died in 1943 (age about 90 years). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married to Hattie Mayhew, Louise W. Sanford and Martha Thompson.


    Bethel Public Library Grounds
    Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut

    Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:
      Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of Humbugs" — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., July 5, 1810. Republican. Grocer; auctioneer; newspaper publisher; Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76. Died, of heart failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 7, 1891 (age 80 years, 276 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Bethel Public Library Grounds.
      Relatives: Son of Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother of Philo Fairchild Barnum; married, November 8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married, September 16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin of Andrew Gould Chatfield; second cousin once removed of Charles Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Almon Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; third cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and Charles William Barnum; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel H. Huntington, Abel Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker.
      Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
       — Barnum Avenue, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.  — The town of Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 to Denver, Colorado), was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Books by P. T. Barnum: The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself


    Center Cemetery
    Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      John Hamilton Reid (1854-1927) — also known as John H. Reid — of Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., 1854. Republican. Hatter; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bethel, 1911-12; warden (borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut, 1911. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in 1927 (age about 73 years). Interment at Center Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Anna B. MacGregor.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Ethel A. Beebe (1811-1880) — of Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn. Born October 11, 1811. Democrat. Postmaster at Bethel, Conn., 1857-61. Died December 16, 1880 (age 69 years, 66 days). Interment at Center Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Beebe and Polly (Ward) Beebe; married to Jane E. Crofut.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Eli Starr Barnum (1819-1895) — also known as Eli S. Barnum — of Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn. Born July 1, 1819. Democrat. Postmaster at Bethel, Conn., 1854-56. Died June 21, 1895 (age 75 years, 355 days). Interment at Center Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Julia Barnum.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      George H. Hickok (b. 1845) — of Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bound Brook, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Connecticut, December, 1845. Manager in hat factory; warden (borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut, 1896-97, 1904-09, 1917. Interment at Center Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Anson Hickok and Sarah Ann (Coley) Hickok; married to Caroline 'Carrie' Foster.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Wolfpit Cemetery
    Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1825
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Abel Hoyt (1778-1833) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., March 1, 1778. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1830. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., June 8, 1833 (age 55 years, 99 days). Interment at Wolfpit Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joshua Hoyt and Rachel (Benedict) Hoyt; married, May 15, 1799, to Amme Bailey; married, November 22, 1803, to Phebe Young Osborn; third cousin of Zalmon Wildman and Eli Thacher Hoyt; third cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mountain Grove Cemetery
    215 Dewey Street
    Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) — also known as Daniel N. Morgan — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., August 18, 1844. Democrat. Grocer; dry goods merchant; banker; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-81, 1884-85; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1883; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893; Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1898. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. While crossing a street, he was hit by an automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., May 30, 1931 (age 86 years, 285 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Ezra Morgan and Hannah (Nash) Morgan; married, June 10, 1868, to Medora Huganen Judson (daughter of William A. Judson).
      Political family: Morgan-Judson family of Newtown and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
      Isaac Sherman Jr. (1800-1849) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in November, 1800. Whig. Harness and saddle business; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1836-37; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1841-45. Died, from cholera, in Freeport, Stephenson County, Ill., May 22, 1849 (age 48 years, 0 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Sterling Sherman.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Robert Elliott DeForest (1845-1924) — also known as Robert E. DeForest — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., February 20, 1845. Democrat. Common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1874-77; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1878-79, 1889-91; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1880; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1883-84; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1891-95; defeated, 1894. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 1, 1924 (age 79 years, 224 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, October 18, 1871, to Rebecca Bellows Marcy; father of Robert G. DeForest.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of Humbugs" — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., July 5, 1810. Republican. Grocer; auctioneer; newspaper publisher; Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76. Died, of heart failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 7, 1891 (age 80 years, 276 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery; statue at Seaside Park; statue at Bethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.
      Relatives: Son of Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother of Philo Fairchild Barnum; married, November 8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married, September 16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin of Andrew Gould Chatfield; second cousin once removed of Charles Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Almon Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; third cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and Charles William Barnum; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel H. Huntington, Abel Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker.
      Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
       — Barnum Avenue, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.  — The town of Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 to Denver, Colorado), was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Books by P. T. Barnum: The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself
      Civilion Fones (1836-1907) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Toronto, Ontario, October 1, 1836. Dentist; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1886-88. French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Odd Fellows. Died September 20, 1907 (age 70 years, 354 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Christopher Fones and Sarah Ann (Marigold) Fones; married, October 21, 1863, to Phebe E. Wright; father of Alfred Civilion Fones.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Henry Marigold (1858-1933) — also known as William H. Marigold — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., September 17, 1858. Republican. Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1891-93; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1895-96; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1897-1914. Member, Freemasons. Died, in the Masonic Home, Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., October 8, 1933 (age 75 years, 21 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Anne C. Henderson.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Ebenezer Seeley (1793-1866) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wilton, Fairfield County, Conn., April 9, 1793. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1832-33; member of Connecticut state senate 4th District, 1834. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 23, 1866 (age 72 years, 289 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
    William D. Bishop William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad, 1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat Company; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop; married 1850 to Julia Ann Tomlinson (sister of Russell Tomlinson); married to Susan Adele Washburne; father of Henry Alfred Bishop and Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop.
      Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
      Elisha S. Abernethy (1806-1869) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in 1806. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1833; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1853. Died June 4, 1869 (age about 62 years). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Allan W. Paige (1854-1913) — of Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Sherman, Fairfield County, Conn., February 28, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1882, 1891-92; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member of Connecticut state senate 21st District, 1905-06; defeated, 1906. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Union League. Died July 27, 1913 (age 59 years, 149 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John O. Paige and Cornelia (Joyce) Paige; married, December 15, 1887, to Elizabeth Downs.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Jesse Sterling (1778-1845) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn., July 27, 1778. Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1810-29. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., June 13, 1845 (age 66 years, 321 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Esther (Sherwood) Sterling and Silvanus Sterling; married to Sarah Gregory.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Julius William Knowlton (1838-1921) — also known as Julius W. Knowlton — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 28, 1838. Republican. Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-86, 1889-92. Died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., 1921 (age about 82 years). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Seth Knowlton and Miriam (Dresser) Knowlton; married 1866 to Jane Elizabeth Fairchild.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Friend William Smith Jr. (1829-1917) — also known as Friend W. Smith, Jr. — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Delaware County, N.Y., May 11, 1829. Republican. Inventor; manufacturer; bank director; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1861-69. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from pneumonia, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., March 3, 1917 (age 87 years, 296 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Friend William Smith and Mary (Esmond) Smith; married to Angeline A. Weed.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Philo Fairchild Barnum (1806-1878) — also known as Philo F. Barnum — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., August 14, 1806. Democrat. Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1845-49. Member, Odd Fellows. Died February 4, 1878 (age 71 years, 174 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Philo Barnum and Phebe 'Polly' (Fairchild) Barnum; half-brother of Phineas Taylor Barnum; married 1827 to Sally Taylor; second cousin of Andrew Gould Chatfield; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Almon Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin once removed of Charles Robert Sherman and William Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and Charles William Barnum; fourth cousin of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel H. Huntington, Abel Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker.
      Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      James Edward Dunham (1822-1884) — also known as James E. Dunham — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born December 3, 1822. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1872-75. Member, Freemasons. Died September 8, 1884 (age 61 years, 280 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Mary Justina Hurd.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Oscar Durland Tuthill (1877-1936) — also known as Oscar D. Tuthill — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 15, 1877. Republican. Dairy business; first selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1921-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen; Rotary. Injured in an automobile accident in Briarcliff, N.Y., and died three days later, in Ossining Hospital, Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., September 29, 1936 (age 59 years, 258 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Jane Sherman.
      Frederic A. Bartlett (1866-1936) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., 1866. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1909-10; member of Connecticut state senate 21st District, 1911-12, 1915-20; probate judge in Connecticut, 1930. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1936 (age about 70 years). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Francis Bartlett and Angeline H. (Lewis) Bartlett.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
    Henry A. Bishop Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) — also known as Henry A. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., December 4, 1860. Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of several railroads; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1912 (alternate); candidate for secretary of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power Co., and Reed Carpet Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co., Pacific Iron Works, Connecticut National Bank, and Consolidated Telephone Co.; director, Westchester Street Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Psi Upsilon; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Darius Bishop and Julia Ann (Tomlinson) Bishop; brother of Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop; married, February 6, 1883, to Jessie Alvord Trubee; nephew of Russell Tomlinson.
      Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
    George E. Somers George Edwin Somers (1833-1915) — also known as George E. Somers — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., January 21, 1833. Republican. Machinist; inventor; superintendent, later president, Bridgeport Brass Company; bank director; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1897. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died December 18, 1915 (age 82 years, 331 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Esther (Peck) Somers and Rufus Somers; married 1858 to Sarah J. Noble; married, December 6, 1865, to Fannie Elizabeth (French) Clark.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
    Henry Remer Parrott Henry Remer Parrott (1829-1919) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 4, 1829. Republican. Express agent; secretary-treasurer, later president, Parrott Varnish Company; vice-president, People's Steamboat Company of Bridgeport; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1888 (delegation secretary); member of Connecticut Republican State Committee, 1889. Congregationalist. Died November 25, 1919 (age 90 years, 325 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Frederick Wells Parrott and Lucelia Ann (Remer) Parrott; married, October 17, 1854, to Annie Jane Garland; married, February 18, 1903, to Helen Reinders.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
      Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop (1865-1920) — also known as Nathaniel W. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born July 16, 1865. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Despondent due to a lengthy illness, he stabbed himself in the chest, and died soon afterward at Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 4, 1920 (age 54 years, 263 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Darius Bishop and Julia Ann (Tomlinson) Bishop; brother of Henry Alfred Bishop; married to Annie Lucetta Warner; nephew of Russell Tomlinson.
      Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John A. Rusling (1848-1921) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1848. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896. Died in 1921 (age about 73 years). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Margaret Howell (Benedict) Rusling and John Rusling; married to Mary S. Lane and Julia Bishop Shelton; nephew of Robert Rusling; first cousin of James Jacob Rusling; first cousin once removed of Emily Wells Rusling (who married Arthur Laban Bates).
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Jesse Milton Coburn (1853-1923) — also known as J. Milton Coburn — of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack County, N.H., March 27, 1853. Republican. Physician; mayor of South Norwalk, Conn., 1898-99; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1902. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., August 13, 1923 (age 70 years, 139 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Rev. Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira (Morse) Coburn; married, August 4, 1879, to Abbie M. Cutler.
      Baldwin Hasbrouck (1867-1923) — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Ulster County, N.Y., February 11, 1867. Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1921. Died in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., November 2, 1923 (age 56 years, 264 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Lucy Augusta (Baldwin) Hasbrouck and Jared Hasbrouck; first cousin twice removed of Samuel Sherman.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Cornell family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
    Isaac W. Birdseye Isaac Washington Birdseye (1847-1927) — also known as Isaac W. Birdseye — of Shelton, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield County, Conn., June 18, 1847. Republican. Manufacturer of corsets; bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Congregationalist. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Military Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 6, 1927 (age 80 years, 110 days). Entombed at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Birdseye and Caroline (Hubbell) Birdseye; married, May 4, 1880, to Elizabeth Josephine 'Lizzie' Sherwood; first cousin twice removed of Victory James Birdseye; third cousin twice removed of Gershom Birdsey and Benjamin Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Coe Birdsey.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
      David Sheldon Day (1880-1962) — also known as David S. Day — of Colchester, New London County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., September 8, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; vice-president, Bridgeport Storage Warehouse Co.; secretary and director, Bead Chain Manufacturing Co.; director, Bridgeport Gas Light Co.; director, American Fabrics Co.; director and member executive committee, Bridgeport Hospital; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1905-06. Died September 2, 1962 (age 81 years, 359 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Erastus Sheldon Day and Catherine Gardner (Olmstead) Day; married, April 30, 1913, to Natalie A. Cornwall.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Samuel Simons (1792-1847) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., 1792. Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1830; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1843-45. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 13, 1847 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery; reinterment 1859 to unknown location.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Old Stratfield Cemetery
    Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      George W. Hubbell (d. 1831) — of Connecticut. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. U.S. Consul in Manila, 1822-31, died in office 1831. Died in Manila, Philippines, May 3, 1831. Interment at Old Stratfield Cemetery; cenotaph at United States Embassy Grounds, Manila, Philippines.
      Relatives: Son of Capt. Ezekiel Hubbell.


    Park Cemetery
    620 Lindley Street
    Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Jasper McLevy Jasper McLevy (1878-1962) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., 1878. Socialist. Carpenter; roofing business; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1906, 1912, 1914, 1916; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1908 (at-large), 1920 (4th District), 1960 (4th District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1920; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1933-57; defeated, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1957, 1959; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1952, 1956. Scottish ancestry. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., November 20, 1962 (age about 84 years). Interment at Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Mary Flynn; married 1929 to Vida Stearns; uncle of Elizabeth Hutchinson (who married Irving C. Freese).
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Image source: New York Times, November 8, 1939


    Seaside Park
    Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

    Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:
      Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of Humbugs" — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., July 5, 1810. Republican. Grocer; auctioneer; newspaper publisher; Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76. Died, of heart failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 7, 1891 (age 80 years, 276 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery; statue at Seaside Park; statue at Bethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.
      Relatives: Son of Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother of Philo Fairchild Barnum; married, November 8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married, September 16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin of Andrew Gould Chatfield; second cousin once removed of Charles Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Almon Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; third cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and Charles William Barnum; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel H. Huntington, Abel Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker.
      Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
       — Barnum Avenue, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.  — The town of Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 to Denver, Colorado), was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Books by P. T. Barnum: The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself


    Central Cemetery
    Federal Road
    Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      John Skidmore Thornhill (1864-1946) — also known as John S. Thornhill — of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Conn., March 6, 1864. Republican. School teacher; farmer; first selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1904-07, 1910-15, 1919-21, 1924; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1923-38; defeated, 1904 (Democratic), 1910, 1920; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1939-40. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., December 29, 1946 (age 82 years, 298 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Merriman (Skidmore) Thornhill and Samuel Thornhill; married, April 21, 1887, to Anna Mae Tibbals.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Blackman Roe (1856-1932) — also known as William B. Roe — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Millerton, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 5, 1856. Civil engineer; newspaper publisher; first selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1898-1901, 1917; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1901-02; probate judge in Connecticut, 1906-26. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 7, 1932 (age 76 years, 2 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary Elizabeth (Blackman) Roe and Harvey Roe; married to Mary Susan Clark.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Daniel Clark Joyce (1880-1928) — also known as D. Clark Joyce — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 15, 1880. Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1913-16; town treasurer. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., December 28, 1928 (age 48 years, 74 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel D. Joyce and Sarah (Clark) Joyce; second cousin twice removed of Charles Franklin Conger; third cousin twice removed of James Lockwood Conger; third cousin thrice removed of Hugh Conger.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut; Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Thornhill (1834-1890) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., March 3, 1834. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1882. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 6, 1890 (age 55 years, 309 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Thornhill and Frances Thornhill; married to Elizabeth Merriman Skidmore; father of John Skidmore Thornhill.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Harvey Roe (1823-1894) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in North East, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 21, 1823. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1868; first selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1871-74, 1879-81. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 17, 1894 (age 70 years, 271 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Abigail (Dunning) Roe and Alva Roe; married, October 8, 1844, to Mary Elizabeth Blackman; father of William Blackman Roe.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Sherman (1828-1901) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., June 2, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; accompanied the ailing Vice President-elect, William Rufus de Vane King, on his visit to Cuba in 1853; probate judge in Connecticut, 1873; candidate for Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1874. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 22, 1901 (age 73 years, 142 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Abel Sherman and Sarah 'Sally' (Bradley) Sherman; married, June 10, 1860, to Dona Mercedes Montejo; first cousin twice removed of Baldwin Hasbrouck; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell.
      Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Norris Hatch (1867-1926) — of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1867. First selectman of New Fairfield, Connecticut, 1911. Died in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1926 (age about 59 years). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Russell Hatch and Betsey Irene (Wildman) Hatch; brother of Charles Beers Hatch and Joseph Russell Hatch; married to Anna May Morgan; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman, Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; fourth cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman and Ira R. Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles H. Camp (1862-1938) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., February 19, 1862. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1917-18. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1938 (age about 76 years). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Wooster Camp and Eliza A. (Kenipe) Camp.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Beers Hatch (1855-1948) — also known as Charles B. Hatch — of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Pomona Park, Putnam County, Fla. Born in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., March 5, 1855. Republican. Carriage manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Fairfield; elected 1910. Died in Pomona Park, Putnam County, Fla., February 21, 1948 (age 92 years, 353 days). Interment at Central Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Russell Hatch and Betsey Irene (Wildman) Hatch; brother of Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; married to Evelyn Eudora Morgan; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman, Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; fourth cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman and Ira R. Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Laurel Hill Cemetery
    Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Barzillai Bulkeley Kellogg (1818-1882) — also known as Barzillai B. Kellogg — of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., December 25, 1818. Farmer; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1858. Died in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., July 18, 1882 (age 63 years, 205 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Hanford Martin Kellogg and Sarah (Bulkeley) Kellogg; married, September 8, 1845, to Emeline Johnson; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum and Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Ellsworth Abraham Kellogg, Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; third cousin of Charles William Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin; fourth cousin of Howkin Bulkley Beardslee; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Jesse Hoyt, Graham Hurd Chapin and Millard Ellsworth Lane.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    New St. Peter Cemetery
    Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Norman A. Buzaid (1923-1998) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., March 26, 1923. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state senate, 1950; candidate for first selectman of Danbury, Connecticut, 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968. Lebanese and Italian ancestry. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., October 8, 1998 (age 75 years, 196 days). Interment at New St. Peter Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Chicary Namy Buzaid and Josephine (Gabriele) Buzaid.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    North Main Street Cemetery
    Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Platt Cooke (1730-1816) — also known as Joseph P. Cooke; Joseph Platt Cook — of Connecticut. Born in Stratford (part now in Bridgeport), Fairfield County, Conn., January 4, 1730. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; probate judge in Connecticut, 1776-1813; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1776, 1778, 1780-82, 1784; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1770, 1784-88; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1784-1802. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 3, 1816 (age 86 years, 30 days). Interment at North Main Street Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Wooster Cemetery
    Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 16, 1775. Democrat. Hat manufacturer; banker; postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1808-35; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office 1835. Died in Washington, D.C., December 10, 1835 (age 60 years, 297 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Wildman and Abigail (Hoyt) Wildman; half-brother of Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; married, January 16, 1798, to Mary Betts Dibble; father of Frederick Seymour Wildman; first cousin of Eli Thacher Hoyt; first cousin thrice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin of Abel Hoyt; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin thrice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Hubbard Tweedy (1814-1891) — also known as John H. Tweedy — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., November 9, 1814. Whig. Member Wisconsin territorial council, 1842; delegate to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1847-48; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1848; postmaster at Milwaukee, Wis., 1850-51; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1853. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., November 12, 1891 (age 77 years, 3 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Tweedy and Ann (Burr) Tweedy; brother of Edgar S. Tweedy; married, June 8, 1848, to Anna Maria Bird Fisher; nephew of Smith Tweedy; uncle of John Tweedy; grandfather of Alfred Tweedy.
      Political family: Tweedy family.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) — also known as Frank E. Shober — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., October 24, 1860. Democrat. School teacher; minister; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated, 1906. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., October 7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Francis Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober; married, April 11, 1882, to Helen Lloyd Aspinwall (first cousin once removed of Franklin Delano Roosevelt); second great-grandson of Daniel Roberdeau.
      Political family: Shober-Roosevelt-Wheat-Roberdeau family of Salisbury, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Tweedy (1776-1868) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, N.Y., March 8, 1776. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1820, 1824, 1856; member of Connecticut state senate at-large, 1826-28; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1833-35. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., July 1, 1868 (age 92 years, 115 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Tweedy (1744-1820) and Anna (Smith) Tweedy; brother of Smith Tweedy; married, September 22, 1805, to Ann Burr; father of Edgar S. Tweedy and John Hubbard Tweedy; grandfather of John Tweedy; great-grandfather of Alfred Tweedy; second great-grandfather of Anne Stuyvesant Tweedy (who married Philip Pendleton Ardery).
      Political family: Tweedy family.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Smith Tweedy (1784-1862) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., September 22, 1784. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1827, 1829, 1833, 1836; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1837-41. Died September 21, 1862 (age 77 years, 364 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Tweedy (1744-1820) and Anna (Smith) Tweedy; brother of Samuel Tweedy (1776-1868); married to Mercy Patch; uncle of Edgar S. Tweedy and John Hubbard Tweedy; granduncle of John Tweedy; great-granduncle of Alfred Tweedy.
      Political family: Tweedy family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Frederick Seymour Wildman (1805-1893) — also known as Frederick S. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., January 20, 1805. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1835; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1854, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856; Connecticut state treasurer, 1857-58; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1860. Member, Freemasons. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., October 16, 1893 (age 88 years, 269 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Zalmon Wildman and Mary Betts (Dibble) Wildman; married 1827 to Julia Ann Starr; nephew of Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; first cousin once removed of Eli Thacher Hoyt; second cousin twice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of Abel Hoyt; fourth cousin of David DeForest Wildman; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Byron W. Austin (1887-1937) — of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., 1887. Democrat. Elected mayor of Danbury, Conn. 1937, but died before taking office. Died, probably by suicide, from carbon monoxide poisoning, in his car, in the garage of his hunting lodge, in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., about April 1, 1937 (age about 49 years). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Willis Austin.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Eli Thacher Hoyt (1793-1883) — also known as Eli T. Hoyt — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., September 25, 1793. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1833-34, 1849; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1844. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 13, 1883 (age 89 years, 322 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Enos Hoyt and Sarah (Penfield) Hoyt; married to Mary Wildman; first cousin of Zalmon Wildman; first cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman; second cousin twice removed of Robert Treat Paine; third cousin of Abel Hoyt; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Burr; fourth cousin once removed of Joshua Coit, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Augustus Seymour Porter, Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter, Daniel Warner Bostwick, David Munson Osborne and Dwight Arthur Silliman.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Edgar S. Tweedy (1808-1893) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 23, 1808. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1845; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860, 1880; Honorary Secretary, 1856. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., March 10, 1893 (age 84 years, 291 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Tweedy and Ann (Burr) Tweedy; brother of John Hubbard Tweedy; married, January 24, 1832, to Ann Bishop; married, June 4, 1834, to Elizabeth S. C. Belden; father of John Tweedy; nephew of Smith Tweedy; granduncle of Alfred Tweedy.
      Political family: Tweedy family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Phineas D. Crosby (c.1817-1891) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, about 1817. Postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1841-44, 1870-76. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 30, 1891 (age about 74 years). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 1, 1840, to Rebecca Nichols.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Tweedy (1843-1912) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, August 25, 1843. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1872; postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1876-86, 1891-95; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1906. Died August 4, 1912 (age 68 years, 345 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Edgar S. Tweedy and Elizabeth (Belden) Tweedy; married to Laura B. Wildman and Susan Philip; nephew of John Hubbard Tweedy; grandson of Samuel Tweedy; grandnephew of Smith Tweedy; first cousin once removed of Alfred Tweedy.
      Political family: Tweedy family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Orville Howard Northrop (1859-1941) — also known as Orville H. Northrop — of East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., February 23, 1859. Plumber; tinsmith; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1910; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 20, 1941 (age 82 years, 270 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Benjamin E. Northrop and Catharine (Keeler) Northrop; married, September 5, 1882, to Clara Lepine Welby.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Matthew Beale Whittlesey (1766-1847) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, Litchfield County, Conn., October 13, 1766. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1810. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., October 10, 1847 (age 80 years, 362 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Whittlesey and Mary (Beale) Whittlesey; brother of Elisha Whittlesey; married to Hannah White and Caroline Hallami; father of William Augustus Whittlesey.
      Political family: Whittlesey family of Connecticut.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      David DeForest Wildman (1807-1852) — also known as David D. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 5, 1807. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1837-38. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 31, 1852 (age 44 years, 300 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Benajah Wildman and Rebecca (DeForest) Wildman; married, May 19, 1829, to Fanny Bishop; second cousin twice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of Zalmon Wildman, Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman, Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin twice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; fourth cousin of Frederick Seymour Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Sturges Selleck (1787-1871) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 15, 1787. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1823. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 24, 1871 (age 84 years, 101 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Selleck and Catherine (Beatty) Selleck; married to Mary Chapman Hull; married, April 7, 1863, to Betsey Ann Marshall Osborne; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Lockwood, Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman, Horatio Lockwood, Hanford Nichols Lockwood and Charles Clapp Lockwood.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman (1801-1877) — also known as Nathaniel H. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 3, 1801. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1837, 1850. Died August 10, 1877 (age 76 years, 99 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Wildman and Sarah (Hibbard) Wildman; half-brother of Zalmon Wildman; uncle of Frederick Seymour Wildman; first cousin thrice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin thrice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph Russell Hatch (1863-1919) — also known as Joseph R. Hatch — of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1863. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Fairfield; elected 1902, 1904. Died in 1919 (age about 56 years). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Russell Hatch and Betsey Irene (Wildman) Hatch; brother of Charles Beers Hatch and Norris Hatch; married to Almira Hayes; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman, Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; fourth cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman and Ira R. Wildman.
      Political families: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Stillman Stephen Light (1858-1933) — also known as Stillman Light — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Jefferson Valley, Westchester County, N.Y., November 13, 1858. Plumber; Prohibition candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1914. Died, in Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., March 11, 1933 (age 74 years, 118 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John B. Light and Orpha Jane (Pinckney) Light; first cousin once removed of John Cecil Purcell; second cousin four times removed of Aaron Burr; third cousin twice removed of Ezra Cornell; third cousin thrice removed of Israel Washburn and Reuel Washburn; fourth cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell and Frederick C. Schilplin.
      Political families: Cornell family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Ira R. Wildman (1850-1939) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 3, 1850. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1910. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., January 31, 1939 (age 88 years, 362 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of David Smith Wildman and Eunice (Ambler) Wildman; married 1878 to Emma Osborne Bailey; first cousin thrice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman and David DeForest Wildman; second cousin five times removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of George Winthrop Fairchild; third cousin thrice removed of Israel Coe; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Spring Grove Cemetery
    Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William Nelson Demarest (1849-1937) — also known as William N. Demarest — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., October 24, 1849. Painter and paperhanger; Prohibition candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1908, 1910. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 10, 1937 (age 87 years, 259 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Gilbert Demarest and Matilda (Nelson) Demarest; married, November 14, 1875, to Eunice Evangeline Toms; married 1929 to Florance A. Nearing; third cousin once removed of Andrew H. Demarest.
      Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Unknown Location
    Easton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) — of Passaic County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., August 8, 1895. Republican. Banker; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Shot in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress, had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached; but then he resigned. Died, of a heart ailment, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 8, 1960 (age 64 years, 213 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married to Elsie Southrope.


    Easton Cemetery
    Easton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      James Arthur Sherwood (1867-1944) — also known as J. Arthur Sherwood — of Easton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born May 8, 1867. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Easton, 1903-04; defeated, 1912, 1916; first selectman of Easton, Connecticut, 1907. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died April 24, 1944 (age 76 years, 352 days). Interment at Easton Cemetery.


    Unknown Location
    Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) — also known as George C. Hanson — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 11, 1883. Engineer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1912-13; Dalny, 1913-14; Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Tientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1915-17; Chungking, 1917-18; Foochow, 1918-21; Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General in Harbin, 1931-33; Moscow, 1934-35; Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Delta Sigma; Delta Tau Delta; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Killed by a self-inflicted gunshot, aboard the steamship President Polk, en route from Marseilles to New York, in the North Atlantic Ocean, September 2, 1935 (age 51 years, 326 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper) Hanson.


    East Cemetery
    Old Post Road
    Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Finette Benson Nichols (1864-1948) — also known as Finette B. Nichols — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1864. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1931-47. Female. Died February 11, 1948 (age about 83 years). Interment at East Cemetery.


    Greenfield Hill Cemetery
    Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

    Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:
      Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., November 22, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807. Congregationalist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. One of the founders, and first president, of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia. Died in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1807 (age 52 years, 102 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin; half-brother of Henry Baldwin; brother of Ruth Baldwin (who married Joel Barlow).
      Political family: Baldwin family of Connecticut.
      Baldwin counties in Ala. and Ga. are named for him.
      The World War II Liberty ship SS Abraham Baldwin (built 1941 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scuttled 1976 as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico) was named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Oak Lawn Cemetery
    1530 Bronson Road
    Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1865
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) — also known as Stewart B. McKinney — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 30, 1931. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1967-71; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died in office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1972. Bisexual. Member, Rotary; American Legion. Died, from acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1987 (age 56 years, 97 days). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married, October 2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father of John P. McKinney.
      The Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center (built 1987), in Stamford, Connecticut, is named for him.  — The Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife Refuge; renamed 1987), in Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex counties, Connecticut, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      James Coughlin Shannon (1896-1980) — also known as James C. Shannon — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born July 21, 1896. Republican. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1952; Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1952; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1953-65; justice of Connecticut state supreme court, 1965-66. Died in 1980 (age about 83 years). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Calvin Goddard Child (1834-1880) — also known as Calvin G. Child — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., April 6, 1834. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1870-80; died in office 1880. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., September 28, 1880 (age 46 years, 175 days). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Asa Child and Alice Hart (Goddard) Child; married, September 17, 1858, to Katherine Godfrey; grandson of Calvin Goddard.
    William L. Beers William Leslie Beers (1904-1955) — also known as William L. Beers — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., August 17, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; Connecticut state attorney general, 1953-55; appointed 1953. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from a heart ailment, in Grace New Haven Hospital, New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1955 (age 50 years, 150 days). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Emerson Beers and Margaret (Lowry) Beers; married, May 30, 1924, to Doris M. Kiernan.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
      Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) — also known as Oliver G. Jennings — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 27, 1865. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director, U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation; director, Grocery Store Products, Inc. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Skull and Bones. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169 days). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Oliver Burr Jennings and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings; married 1896 to Mary Dows Brewster; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings; uncle of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss; granduncle of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III.
      Political family: Kennedy family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Oliver Cromwell Jennings (1864-1944) — also known as Oliver C. Jennings — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1864. Republican. Butcher; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1903-04. Died in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., March 20, 1944 (age about 79 years). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Oliver Cromwell
      Relatives: Son of Harriet Helen (Morris) Jennings and Horace Jennings; married 1889 to Sarah Stewart 'Sadie' Forsyth; sixth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; seventh great-grandson of Thomas Welles; third cousin thrice removed of Noah Phelps, Nathaniel Merriam, Daniel Lockwood, Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard and Hanford Nichols Lockwood; fourth cousin once removed of David Munson Osborne.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Old Burying Ground
    Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819) — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 23, 1740. Member of Connecticut state legislature, 1772; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1786-88; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-93; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1792-1805. Slaveowner. Died in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 4, 1819 (age 79 years, 42 days). Interment at Old Burying Ground.
      Relatives: Father of Lewis Burr Sturges.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Unknown Location
    Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield County,


    First Congregational Church Cemetery
    Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William R. Lockwood (1831-1893) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, November 6, 1831. Farmer; first selectman of Stamford, Connecticut, 1888-93. Died February 2, 1893 (age 61 years, 88 days). Interment at First Congregational Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Julia Ann (Peck) Lockwood and William A. Lockwood; married to Josephine Keeler.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery
    Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph E. Brush (1817-1886) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born March 23, 1817. Postmaster at Greenwich, Conn., 1849-53, 1861-66, 1869-83. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., January 7, 1886 (age 68 years, 290 days). Interment at New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Putnam Cemetery
    Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Prescott S. Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known as Prescott S. Bush — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 15, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; director, Pan American Airways; director, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1964 (alternate); U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Skull and Bones. Died, of lung cancer, in the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146 days). Interment at Putnam Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Flora (Sheldon) Bush; married, August 6, 1921, to Dorothy Walker; father of George Herbert Walker Bush (who married Barbara Pierce); grandfather of George Walker Bush (who married Laura Lane Welch) and John Ellis Bush; great-grandfather of George Prescott Bush.
      Political family: Bush family of Texas and Massachusetts.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Critical books about Prescott Bush: Kitty Kelly, The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
      Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
      Townsend Scudder (1865-1960) — of Glen Head, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Northport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 26, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1899-1901, 1903-05; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20, 1927-35; defeated, 1920; appointed 1927; candidate for judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1921; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933. Member, Freemasons. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., February 22, 1960 (age 94 years, 211 days). Interment at Putnam Cemetery; cenotaph at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
      Relatives: Son of Townsend Scudder (1828-1874) and Sarah Maria (Frost) Scudder; married, June 3, 1891, to Mary Dannat Thayer; nephew of Henry Joel Scudder; great-grandson of Henry Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb Scudder.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. Mary's Cemetery
    North Street
    Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Albert P. Morano Albert Paul Morano (1908-1987) — also known as Albert P. Morano — of Indian Harbor, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 18, 1908. Republican. Congressional executive secretary to Rep. Albert E. Austin, 1939-41, and Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, 1943-47; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1951-59; defeated, 1958; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., December 16, 1987 (age 79 years, 332 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Millicent Greco.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
      William Ryan (1840-1925) — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Tipperary, Ireland, March 8, 1840. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1891-92; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1893-95; defeated, 1894. Died in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., February 18, 1925 (age 84 years, 347 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      William Laurence Tierney (1876-1958) — also known as William L. Tierney — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., August 6, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1931-33; defeated, 1932. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died April 13, 1958 (age 81 years, 250 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Tierney and Mary Ann (Loughlin) Tierney; married, July 14, 1904, to Marian Irene Brady; father of William Laurence Tierney Jr.; first cousin of Margaret Elizabeth Tierney (sister-in-law of James Joseph Curran).
      Political family: Tierney family of Greenwich, Connecticut.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Michael L. Morano (1915-2000) — also known as "Mr. Highway Safety" — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., October 16, 1915. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1961-77; member of Connecticut state senate, 1977-89. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., May 7, 2000 (age 84 years, 204 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      William Laurence Tierney Jr. (1907-1989) — also known as William L. Tierney, Jr. — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rumson, Monmouth County, N.J., June 4, 1907. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1968-77. Catholic. Died, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., January 6, 1989 (age 81 years, 216 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Laurence Tierney and Marian Irene (Brady) Tierney; married to Dorita 'Mary' Dillon.
      Political family: Tierney family of Greenwich, Connecticut.


    Union Cemetery
    Milbank Avenue
    Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      H. Allen Barton (1893-1947) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., February 28, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 27th District, 1931-32; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1932; editor of Connecticut Bar Journal, 1943-44. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., February 5, 1947 (age 53 years, 342 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Union Cemetery.


    Monroe Center Cemetery
    Old Tannery Road
    Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1776
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles B. Clarke (1802-1886) — of Monroe, Fairfield County, Conn. Born October 8, 1802. Farmer; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1867. Died October 13, 1886 (age 84 years, 5 days). Interment at Monroe Center Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Unknown Location
    New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William Hollingsworth Attwood (1919-1989) — also known as William Attwood — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Paris, France, July 14, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, 1961-63; Kenya, 1964-66. He became partially lame due to polio he caught in Africa. Died, from congestive heart failure, in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., April 15, 1989 (age 69 years, 275 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Frederic Attwood and Gladys (Hollingsworth) Attwood; married, June 22, 1950, to Simone Cadgene.
      See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
      Books by William Attwood: Still the Most Exciting Country (1955) — The Twilight Struggle : Tales of the Cold War (1987) — The Reds and the Blacks : A Personal Adventure (1967)


    Lakeview Cemetery
    New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Joseph F. Silliman Joseph Fitch Silliman (1840-1913) — also known as Joseph F. Silliman — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., February 7, 1840. Republican. Merchant; stone crushing business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1901-02; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1909-10. Congregationalist. Died in 1913 (age about 73 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850) and Martha Ann (Mitchell) Silliman; married, October 17, 1866, to Caroline Hoyt; grandson of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829); fourth great-grandson of William Leete; second cousin twice removed of Gold Selleck Silliman and Benjamin Silliman; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Douglas Silliman and Dwight Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Enoch Woodbridge; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Jonathan Stratton.
      Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Connecticut Legislative History and Souvenir (1909)
      Joseph Silliman (1756-1829) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., August 9, 1756. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1801. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., September 28, 1829 (age 73 years, 50 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Robert Silliman and Anne (Cooke) Silliman; married, November 23, 1785, to Martha Leeds; father of Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850); grandfather of Joseph Fitch Silliman; second great-grandson of William Leete; first cousin thrice removed of Dwight Arthur Silliman; second cousin of Gold Selleck Silliman and Benjamin Silliman; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Douglas Silliman; second cousin five times removed of Emil Lockwood; third cousin of Enoch Woodbridge; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Jonathan Stratton; third cousin twice removed of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and John Woodruff; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Roger Calvin Leete, George Douglas Perkins, Roger Wolcott, Timothy Lester Woodruff and Anson Foster Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha Phelps.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born about 1786. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1835. Died October 23, 1850 (age about 64 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829) and Martha (Leeds) Silliman; married to Martha Ann Mitchell; father of Joseph Fitch Silliman; third great-grandson of William Leete; second cousin once removed of Gold Selleck Silliman and Benjamin Silliman; second cousin twice removed of Dwight Arthur Silliman; third cousin of Benjamin Douglas Silliman; third cousin once removed of Enoch Woodbridge; fourth cousin of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Jonathan Stratton; fourth cousin once removed of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and John Woodruff.
      Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mountain View Cemetery
    New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1926
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Marshall Treadwell (1875-1958) — of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1875. Democrat. Farmer; first selectman of New Fairfield, Connecticut, 1919-20; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Fairfield, 1921-22; defeated, 1918. Died in 1958 (age about 83 years). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Newtown Cemetery
    Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William Edmond (1755-1838) — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn., September 28, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1791-97, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1797-1801; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1803-05; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1805-19. Died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., August 1, 1838 (age 82 years, 307 days). Interment at Newtown Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Taunton Cemetery
    Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Jonathan Starr Fairchild (c.1783-1826) — also known as Jonathan S. Fairchild — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born about 1783. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown, 1824-25. Died November 7, 1826 (age about 43 years). Interment at Taunton Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Zoar Cemetery
    Berkshire Road
    Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1767
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Luzon Burritt Morris (1827-1895) — also known as Luzon B. Morris — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., April 16, 1827. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870, 1876, 1880-81; probate judge in Connecticut, 1857-63; member of Connecticut state senate 4th District, 1874; Governor of Connecticut, 1893-95; defeated, 1888, 1890. Died, of apoplexy (stroke), August 22, 1895 (age 68 years, 128 days). Interment at Zoar Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Helen Harrison Morris (who married of Arthur Twining Hadley) and Charles Gould Morris.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Gould Morris (1871-1961) — also known as Charles G. Morris — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Westville, Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1871. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; milk dealer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown, 1919-20; defeated, 1920; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1924, 1926, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; United World Federalists; Freemasons. Died in 1961 (age about 90 years). Interment at Zoar Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Luzon Burritt Morris and Eugenia L. (Tuttle) Morris; married, September 27, 1899, to Elisabeth Woodbridge.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Benjamin Hard (1779-1836) — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., February 8, 1779. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown, 1825-26, 1828. Died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., September 4, 1836 (age 57 years, 209 days). Interment at Zoar Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Niram Hard and Sarah Birdseye (Curtis) Hard; married, December 17, 1801, to Mabel Tomlinson; third great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; fourth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of Gershom Birdsey and Gideon Hard; second cousin once removed of Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843) and John Leslie Russell; second cousin twice removed of Leslie Wead Russell, Henry Merritt Hard, Eli Coe Birdsey (1843-1929), Charles Hazen Russell, John Clarence Keeler, Arthur Julius Birdseye and Edward Henry Holden; third cousin of Victory James Birdseye; third cousin once removed of Jethro Ayers Hatch; third cousin twice removed of John Alsop, Robert Treat Paine, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich and Isaac Washington Birdseye; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington and Oliver Cromwell Jennings; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, Reuben Bostwick Heacock and Graham Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Hazard, Ebenezer Huntington, Timothy Pitkin, Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Charles Robert Sherman, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth and David Lowrey Seymour.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Franklin Conger (1867-1947) — also known as Charles F. Conger — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Monroe, Fairfield County, Conn., December 15, 1867. Democrat. Blacksmith; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown; elected 1912. Died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., November 21, 1947 (age 79 years, 341 days). Interment at Zoar Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles F. Conger and Julia (Squiers) Conger; married to Mary E. Morrow; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Clark Joyce; third cousin of James Lockwood Conger; third cousin once removed of Hugh Conger; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Rossell; fourth cousin of Anson Griffith Conger, Harmon Sweatland Conger, Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Frederick Ward Conger and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916); fourth cousin once removed of Abraham Bogart Conger, Edwin Hurd Conger, James W. Conger, Franklin Barker Conger, Benn Conger and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963).
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. Rose Cemetery
    Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Michael J. Houlihan (c.1859-1925) — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1859. Democrat. Hotel-keeper; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1885; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1891-94; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1896; member of Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1901. Died September 20, 1925 (age about 66 years). Interment at St. Rose Cemetery.


    Unknown Locations
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    John F. O'Brien John Francis O'Brien (1874-1939) — also known as John F. O'Brien — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 13, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-39; appointed 1927; died in office 1939. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 25, 1939 (age 65 years, 195 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Denis O'Brien and Margaret (McCahill) O'Brien; married to Hilda Le Grand Lockwood.
      Image source: New York Red Book 1936
      Edwin Olmstead Keeler (1846-1923) — also known as Edwin O. Keeler — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 12, 1846. Republican. Wholesale grocer; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1893-96; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1893-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Connecticut state senate, 1897-1900; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1901-03; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1901. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died December 4, 1923 (age 77 years, 326 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Jonah Charles Keeler and Henrietta (Olmstead) Keeler; married, May 13, 1868, to Sarah Velina Whiting; second cousin once removed of Fred Lockwood Keeler; third cousin once removed of Martin Keeler; fourth cousin of Stephen Hiram Keeler, Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, David Munson Osborne and John Sherman; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Walstein Bangs, John Clarence Keeler, Thomas Mott Osborne and Anson Foster Keeler.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Jeremiah T. Brooks (c.1819-1911) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born about 1819. Police officer; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1898; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Freemasons. Helped to quell the New York City draft riots in 1863; founder of Prohibition Party organization in New York City, 1882. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1911 (age about 92 years). Interment somewhere.


    East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
    East Avenue
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Fitch — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1754-66. Interment at East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.


    Norwalk Cemetery
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Orris Sanford Ferry (1823-1875) — also known as Orris S. Ferry — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., August 15, 1823. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1849; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1855-56; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1867-75; died in office 1875. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., November 21, 1875 (age 52 years, 98 days). Interment at Norwalk Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Thomas Belden Butler (1806-1873) — also known as Thomas B. Butler — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., August 22, 1806. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1832-33, 1837; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1838-39, 1848, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1849-51; justice of Connecticut state supreme court, 1861-70. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., June 8, 1873 (age 66 years, 290 days). Interment at Norwalk Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Frederick Butler and Mary (Belden) Butler; married, March 14, 1831, to Mary Phillips; third cousin once removed of Charles Kellogg; fourth cousin of Alvan Kellogg, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg and Ensign Hosmer Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Orlando Kellogg and William Dean Kellogg.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Morton family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Homer Morrison Byington (1879-1966) — also known as Homer M. Byington — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., September 19, 1879. U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1900-08; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1908-09; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1909-13; Leeds, 1913-17; Hull, 1917-19; Palermo, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1923-29; Antwerp, as of 1935; Montreal, as of 1936-43. Episcopalian. Died, in a nursing home at Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 7, 1966 (age 86 years, 291 days). Interment at Norwalk Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Richmond Byington and Emma Marsalena (Morrison) Byington; married, June 2, 1903, to Jeannette Lindsley Gregory; father of Homer Morrison Byington Jr.; grandson of Aaron Homer Byington.
      Political family: Byington family of Norwalk, Connecticut.


    Norwalk Union Cemetery
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Clark Bissell (1782-1857) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., September 7, 1782. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1829; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1829-39; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1842-43; Governor of Connecticut, 1847-49. Died September 15, 1857 (age 75 years, 8 days). Interment at Norwalk Union Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Charles Thomas Peach (1862-1921) — also known as Charles T. Peach — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn.; Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, December 27, 1862. Socialist. Printer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1904 (at-large), 1906 (4th District), 1910 (4th District), 1918 (5th District); candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1908, 1920; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1920. Died in 1921 (age about 58 years). Interment at Norwalk Union Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Peach and Sarah Ann Peach.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail


    Riverside Cemetery
    81 Riverside Avenue
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1886
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Ebenezer J. Hill Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., August 4, 1845. Republican. Lumber merchant; president, Norwalk Gas Light Co.; vice-president, National Bank of Norwalk; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884, 1908 (alternate); member of Connecticut state senate 13th District, 1887-88; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1895-1913, 1915-17; defeated, 1912; died in office 1917. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., September 27, 1917 (age 72 years, 54 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
      Levi Warner (1831-1911) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 10, 1831. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1876-79. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., April 12, 1911 (age 79 years, 184 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of Samuel Larkin Warner.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) — also known as Abner W. Sibal — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 11, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate, 1956-60; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated, 1964, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1964. Died, of a heart attack, in Alexandria, Va., January 27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Nelson Taylor (1821-1894) — of Stockton, San Joaquin County, Calif.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., June 8, 1821. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of California state senate, 1850-56; lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1865-67; defeated, 1860, 1866. Died in South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., January 16, 1894 (age 72 years, 222 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Le Roy Donnelly Downs (1900-1970) — also known as Le Roy D. Downs — of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., April 11, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; Norwalk City Clerk, 1933-40; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1941-43; defeated, 1942; candidate for mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1949. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., January 18, 1970 (age 69 years, 282 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Nehemiah Candee (1870-1941) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Easton, Fairfield County, Conn., 1870. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1917-20; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1921-22, 1939-40. Died in 1941 (age about 71 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Annie Candee.
      Epitaph: "One Who Loved His Fellow Men."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Annie Candee (1868-1956) — also known as Annie Chunn — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1868. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in 1956 (age about 88 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Nehemiah Candee.
      Epitaph: "Beloved Wife and Mother."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. John's Cemetery
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Donald J. Irwin Donald Jay Irwin (1926-2013) — also known as Donald J. Irwin — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rosario, Argentina of American parents, September 7, 1926. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1959-61, 1965-69; defeated, 1960, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960, 1968; Connecticut state treasurer, 1961-63; appointed 1961; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1971-75. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Jaycees. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., July 7, 2013 (age 86 years, 303 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Montrose Wellington Irwin and Marion (Reynolds) Irwin; married, August 23, 1952, to Mary Stapleton.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Image source: Stamford (Conn.) Advocate, July 10, 2013
      Jeremiah Donovan (1857-1935) — of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 18, 1857. Democrat. Saloon keeper; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1903-04; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1905-08, 1911-12; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1916; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1920. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., April 22, 1935 (age 77 years, 186 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. Mary's Cemetery
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Brien McMahon Brien McMahon (1903-1952) — also known as James O'Brien Mahon — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., October 6, 1903. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1945-52; died in office 1952. Died in Washington, D.C., July 28, 1952 (age 48 years, 296 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950


    Union Cemetery
    Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1789. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1815, 1830; member of Connecticut state senate, 1828, 1831 (at-large 1828, 12th District 1831); Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1832-33, 1834-35; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1839-40; died in office 1840. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1840 (age 51 years, 63 days). Interment at Union Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Son of William Maltby Betts and Lucretia (Gregory) Betts; married 1815 to Antoinette Cannon; great-grandnephew of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin twice removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; first cousin thrice removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood; second cousin once removed of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore Davenport; third cousin once removed of Philip Frisbee, Daniel Lockwood, Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman, DeGrasse Maltby, Hanford Nichols Lockwood and Joseph Pomeroy Root; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood and Aaron Kitchell; fourth cousin of Martin Keeler, James Lockwood Conger, Benjamin Douglas Silliman and Homer Nichols Lockwood; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington, Horatio Lockwood, Ira Yale, Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Stephen Hiram Keeler, Julius Hotchkiss, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Samuel DeWitt Maltby and Benjamin Josiah Maltby.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Great Pasture Road Cemetery
    Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

    Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:
    Joel Barlow Joel Barlow (1754-1812) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., March 24, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; chaplain; writer; poet; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S. Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident. Died, of pneumonia or exposure, in Zarnowiec, Poland, December 24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275 days). Interment at Churchyard, Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great Pasture Road Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Barlow and Esther (Hull) Barlow; married, December 26, 1779, to Ruth Baldwin (sister of Abraham Baldwin).
      Political family: Baldwin family of Connecticut.
      Joel Barlow High School, in Redding, Connecticut, is named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books about Joel Barlow: Peter P. Hill, Joel Barlow, American Diplomat and Nation Builder
      Image source: National Portrait Gallery


    Fairlawn Cemetery
    Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      George Pratt Ingersoll (1861-1927) — also known as George P. Ingersoll — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1910; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1917-18. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Psi. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., February 24, 1927 (age 65 years, 306 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Colin Macrae Ingersoll and Julia Harriet (Pratt) Ingersoll; married, November 3, 1891, to Alice Witherspoon; nephew of Charles Roberts Ingersoll and George Watson Pratt; grandson of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Zadock Pratt; grandnephew of Charles Anthony Ingersoll; great-grandson of Jonathan Ingersoll; first cousin thrice removed of Jared Ingersoll; second cousin twice removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll; fourth cousin of Charles Edward Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Laman Ingersoll.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Harvey Platt Bissell (1866-1930) — also known as Harvey P. Bissell — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Morris, Litchfield County, Conn., September 27, 1866. Republican. Druggist; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1901-02; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1915-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); Connecticut state comptroller, 1921-23; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1923-28. Died April 6, 1930 (age 63 years, 191 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Flora Randall.
      Epitaph: "This tablet is erected as a testimonial to a true public servant and patriot by those with whom he lives in memory."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      George I. Abbott (1857-1932) — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1857. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield; elected 1902. Died in 1932 (age about 75 years). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Ridgefield Cemetery
    Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      George Edward Lounsbury (1838-1904) — also known as George E. Lounsbury — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, N.Y., May 7, 1838. Republican. Manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1895-96; Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901. Episcopalian. Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 16, 1904 (age 66 years, 101 days). Interment at Ridgefield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Delia Ann (Scofield) Lounsbury and Nathan Lounsbury; brother of Phineas Chapman Lounsbury; uncle of George Lounsbury Rockwell.
      Political family: Lounsbury family of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
      See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
      Phineas Chapman Lounsbury (1841-1925) — also known as Phineas C. Lounsbury — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 10, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1874; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; Governor of Connecticut, 1887-89; warden (borough president) of Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1904. Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., June 22, 1925 (age 84 years, 163 days). Interment at Ridgefield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Delia Ann (Scofield) Lounsbury and Nathan Lounsbury; brother of George Edward Lounsbury; married 1867 to Jennie Wright; uncle of George Lounsbury Rockwell.
      Political family: Lounsbury family of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Philip Burr Bradley — of Connecticut. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut state legislature, 1790. Interment at Ridgefield Cemetery.


    Scott's Cemetery
    North Salem Road
    Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1876
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 13, 1815. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate business; oil producer; banker; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1867; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871. Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died March 23, 1893 (age 78 years, 10 days). Interment at Scott's Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Lewis H. Bailey (1818-1899) — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1818. Banker; innkeeper; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1875. Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., July 30, 1899 (age about 81 years). Interment at Scott's Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Oscar Seymour (1833-1911) — also known as William O. Seymour — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 16, 1833. Republican. School teacher; civil engineer; chief engineer, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; probate judge in Connecticut, 1890; banker; Connecticut state railroad commissioner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1911; died in office 1911. Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 24, 1911 (age 77 years, 100 days). Interment at Scott's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Harriet (Betts) Seymour and William Wells Seymour; married to Rebecca Mary Sproull.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Titicus Cemetery
    Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William Harrison Bradley (1848-1929) — also known as William H. Bradley — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill., June 3, 1848. Importer; U.S. Consul in Nice, 1889-93; Tunstall, 1897-1903; Manchester, 1903-05, 1906-07; U.S. Consul General in Manchester, 1905-06; Montreal, 1907-17. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 17, 1929 (age 81 years, 106 days). Interment at Titicus Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Henry Bradley and Idea Sophronia (Strong) Bradley; married, September 24, 1873, to Mary Capen Gray; married, November 13, 1883, to Carolina Lawson.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Long Hill Cemetery
    Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) — Born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn., June 15, 1823. U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1861-69. Died May 21, 1891 (age 67 years, 340 days). Interment at Long Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nehemiah Curtis Sanford and Nancy Bateman (Shelton) Sanford; married, September 21, 1864, to Gertrude Ellen Dupuy; nephew of John Sanford.
      Political family: Sanford family of Woodbury, Connecticut.
      The city of Sanford, Florida, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry S. Sanford (built 1943-44 at Jacksonville, Florida; scrapped 1970) was named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary


    Riverside Cemetery
    Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Seymour Brinsmade (1845-1912) — also known as Daniel S. Brinsmade — of Shelton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn., February 17, 1845. Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer, treasurer, and president, Ousatonic Water Power Company; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Huntington, 1882. Died September 7, 1912 (age 67 years, 203 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Stiles Brinsmade and Catherine (Mallette) Brinsmade; married 1870 to Jeanette S. Pardee.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Northfield Cemetery
    North Street & Franklin Street
    Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1787
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      John Davenport (1752-1830) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 16, 1752. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1776; postmaster at Stamford, Conn., 1787-92; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1799-1817 (at-large 1799-1805, 2nd District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 3rd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., November 28, 1830 (age 78 years, 316 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport; brother of James Davenport; married to Mary Sylvester Welles; father of Theodore Davenport; first cousin of Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; first cousin once removed of Pierpont Edwards, Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Thaddeus Betts; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; first cousin five times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood and Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight, Abel Huntington and Henry Waggaman Edwards; second cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Roger Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Evert Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed of Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Aaron Kitchell, Joshua Coit, Samuel H. Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter Buell Porter; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Zina Hyde Jr., Charles Robert Sherman, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed of William Woodbridge, Jabez Williams Huntington, Isaac Backus, John Hall Brockway, Henry Titus Backus, Charles Taylor Sherman, John Appleton, Edward Green Bradford, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Sherman, Robert Coit Jr., Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Abial Lathrop, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and Edward Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Matthew Griswold, George Douglas Perkins, Elias Mulford Condit, Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard, Edward Green Bradford II, Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr., William Barret Ridgely, Charles Edward Hyde, Clement Phineas Kellogg, Herman Arod Gager, William Brainard Coit, John Sedgwick Hyde, Edward Warden Hyde, John Leffingwell Randolph, George Leffingwell Reed and Blanche M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich and Hezekiah Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Ambrose Tuttle, Jesse Hoyt, Abiel Case, Charles Phelps Huntington, Jairus Case, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg and Almon Case.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      James Davenport (1758-1797) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 12, 1758. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1785; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1790-96; common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1792; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1796-97; died in office 1797. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., August 3, 1797 (age 38 years, 295 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport; brother of John Davenport; married, May 7, 1777, to Abigail Fitch; married, November 6, 1790, to Mehitable Coggeshall; uncle of Theodore Davenport; first cousin of Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; first cousin once removed of Pierpont Edwards, Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Thaddeus Betts; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; first cousin five times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood and Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight, Abel Huntington and Henry Waggaman Edwards; second cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Roger Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Evert Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed of Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Aaron Kitchell, Joshua Coit, Samuel H. Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter Buell Porter; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Zina Hyde Jr., Charles Robert Sherman, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed of William Woodbridge, Jabez Williams Huntington, Isaac Backus, John Hall Brockway, Henry Titus Backus, Charles Taylor Sherman, John Appleton, Edward Green Bradford, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Sherman, Robert Coit Jr., Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Abial Lathrop, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and Edward Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Matthew Griswold, George Douglas Perkins, Elias Mulford Condit, Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard, Edward Green Bradford II, Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr., William Barret Ridgely, Charles Edward Hyde, Clement Phineas Kellogg, Herman Arod Gager, William Brainard Coit, John Sedgwick Hyde, Edward Warden Hyde, John Leffingwell Randolph, George Leffingwell Reed and Blanche M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich and Hezekiah Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Ambrose Tuttle, Jesse Hoyt, Abiel Case, Charles Phelps Huntington, Jairus Case, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg and Almon Case.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
    Abraham Davenport Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., June 6, 1715. Lawyer; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1776-83. Famed for his decisive response during the "Dark Day," May 19, 1780, when all-day darkness in New England led many to think that the end of the world was at hand. In the state council meeting in Hartford, he said, "I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought." John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about this incident in 1866; John F. Kennedy referenced Davenport's actions in speeches during the 1960 presidential campaign. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., November 20, 1789 (age 74 years, 167 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Davenport (1669-1731) and Elizabeth (Morris) Davenport; married, November 16, 1750, to Elizabeth Huntington; married, August 8, 1776, to Martha (Coggeshall) Fitch; father of John Davenport (1752-1830) and James Davenport; grandfather of Theodore Davenport; granduncle of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837); great-granduncle of Thaddeus Betts; second great-granduncle of Joseph Pomeroy Root; fourth great-granduncle of Alfred Collins Lockwood; second cousin once removed of Aaron Kitchell; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Green Bradford; second cousin four times removed of Elias Mulford Condit and Edward Green Bradford II; second cousin five times removed of Isaac Edwin Mansfield, Frank L. Stiles, John Henry Blakeslee, George Newbury Blakeslee, Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard.
      Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Stamford Historical Society
      Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 30, 1767. Postmaster at Stamford, Conn., 1796-1822. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., June 6, 1837 (age 69 years, 219 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Silas Davenport and Mary (Webb) Davenport; married 1793 to Polly Brown; grandnephew of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin once removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; second cousin of Theodore Davenport; second cousin once removed of Thaddeus Betts; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; second cousin four times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood; third cousin of Gold Selleck Silliman and Benjamin Silliman; third cousin once removed of Aaron Kitchell and Benjamin Douglas Silliman; third cousin thrice removed of Judson Franklin Selleck; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Green Bradford.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Theodore Davenport (1792-1884) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 16, 1792. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1825. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., September 9, 1884 (age 92 years, 237 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Davenport and Mary Sylvester (Welles) Davenport; married, May 9, 1833, to Harriet Grant Chesebrough; father of Helen Matilda Davenport (who married Samuel Fessenden); nephew of James Davenport; grandson of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin once removed of Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Pierpont Edwards; second cousin of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; second cousin once removed of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight, Abel Huntington, Henry Waggaman Edwards and Thaddeus Betts; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington and Joseph Pomeroy Root; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood and Randolph Appleton Kidder; third cousin of William Alfred Buckingham; third cousin once removed of Aaron Kitchell, Joshua Coit, Samuel H. Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel Clesson Allen, Peter Buell Porter, John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Roger Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell, Evert Harris Kittell and Henry Vance Clymer; third cousin thrice removed of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of Ebenezer Huntington, Zina Hyde Jr., Charles Robert Sherman, Greene Carrier Bronson, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Hunt Allen, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington, Gouverneur Morris and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich, Hezekiah Case, James Kilbourne, William Woodbridge, Jabez Williams Huntington, Isaac Backus, John Hall Brockway, Henry Titus Backus, Charles Taylor Sherman, John Appleton, Edward Green Bradford, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Sherman, Robert Coit Jr., Collins Dwight Huntington, William Fessenden Allen, George Milo Huntington, Selah Merrill, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Abial Lathrop, Rodolph A. Woolsey, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Frederick Hobbes Allen and Edward Williams Hooker.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery
    Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      James Stevens (1768-1835) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford (part now in New Canaan), Fairfield County, Conn., July 4, 1768. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1804-05, 1808-10, 1814-15, 1817-18; probate judge in Connecticut, 1819; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21; postmaster at Stamford, Conn., 1822-29. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., April 4, 1835 (age 66 years, 274 days). Interment at St. John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Westover Cemetery
    Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Lockwood (1769-1857) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 21, 1769. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1822-24. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 8, 1857 (age 88 years, 260 days). Interment at Westover Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Lockwood (1735-1807) and Mary (Bellamy) Lockwood; married, May 9, 1802, to Sally Jessup; married, April 11, 1830, to Sally Palmer; married to Lydia Provost; third cousin of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Lockwood, Thaddeus Betts, James Lockwood Conger and Homer Nichols Lockwood; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver Cromwell Jennings and Alfred Collins Lockwood; fourth cousin of Horatio Lockwood; fourth cousin once removed of Sturges Selleck and Alsop Hunt Lockwood.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Woodland Cemetery
    Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Homer S. Cummings Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) — also known as Homer S. Cummings — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 30, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900, 1904, 1920 (alternate), 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker), 1948; member of Democratic National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Attorney General, 1933-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows; Elks; Eagles. Died September 10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings; married to Cecilia Waterbury.
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
      Image source: Library of Congress
      Truman Smith (1791-1884) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Roxbury, Litchfield County, Conn., November 27, 1791. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1831-32, 1834; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1839-43, 1845-49 (5th District 1839-43, 4th District 1845-49); U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1849-54; federal judge, 1862. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., May 3, 1884 (age 92 years, 158 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of Nathaniel Smith and Nathan Smith.
      Political family: Smith family of Woodbury, Connecticut.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      William Thomas Minor (1815-1889) — also known as William T. Minor — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 3, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1854; Governor of Connecticut, 1855-57; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1864. Died October 13, 1889 (age 74 years, 10 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
    Stewart L. Woodford Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) — also known as Stewart L. Woodford — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 3, 1835. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of New York, 1870; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872, 1880 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1897-98. Member, Delta Psi; Loyal Legion. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford; married, October 15, 1857, to Julia Evelyn Capen; married, September 26, 1900, to Isabel Hansen; cousin *** of Frederick Chauncey Tanner.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)
      Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 16, 1853. Republican. Manufacturer; banker; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908 (alternate), 1916; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37; defeated, 1930, 1936. Episcopalian. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., April 1, 1953 (age 99 years, 106 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Matthew Franklin Merritt and Mariah (Shaw) Merritt; married, October 21, 1879, to Frances Hannah Hoyt.
      Merritt Parkway, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) — also known as Samuel Fessenden — of Thomaston, Knox County, Maine. Born in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, March 7, 1815. Republican. Pastor, Second Congregational Church, Thomaston, Maine, 1837-56; lawyer; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1846, 1847, 1848; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1879-81. Congregationalist. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., April 18, 1882 (age 67 years, 42 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Deborah (Chandler) Fessenden; half-brother of William Pitt Fessenden; brother of Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; married to Mary Abigail Grosvenor Abbe; father of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; uncle of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; grandfather of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, April 12, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; bank director; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879, 1895-96; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1876, 1880, 1884 (alternate), 1888 (speaker), 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker); Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1901; member of Connecticut state senate, 1905-08. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 7, 1908 (age 60 years, 270 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Mary Abigail Grosvenor (Abbe) Fessenden; brother of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; married 1873 to Helen Matilda Davenport (daughter of Theodore Davenport); nephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; uncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903), Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden (1855-1921) — also known as Oliver G. Fessenden — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, December 25, 1855. Republican. Candidate for mayor of Stamford, Conn., 1897. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 20, 1921 (age 65 years, 207 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Mary Abigail Grosvenor (Abbe) Fessenden; brother of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908); married, June 14, 1882, to Virginia I. Weed; father of Charles Milton Fessenden; nephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903), Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Matthew Franklin Merritt (1815-1896) — also known as M. Franklin Merritt — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Flushing (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., March 2, 1815. Member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1859. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., May 10, 1896 (age 81 years, 69 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nehemiah M. Merritt and Phebe (Thorne) Merritt; married to Mariah Shaw; father of Schuyler Merritt.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Davenport Lockwood (1877-1949) — also known as Charles D. Lockwood — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., November 11, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford; elected 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920; delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Xi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., December 6, 1949 (age 72 years, 25 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Henry Lockwood and Helen (Davenport) Lockwood; married, October 13, 1906, to Gertrude Bell.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Martin E. Weed (1840-1918) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., November 29, 1840. Democrat. Commercial traveler; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1906. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., May 26, 1918 (age 77 years, 178 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Weed and Maria E. (Andrews) Weed; married 1869 to Lydia M. Nichols; fourth cousin of Jesse Hoyt; fourth cousin once removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood.
      Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Milton Fessenden (1883-1955) — also known as C. Milton Fessenden — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 28, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died January 11, 1955 (age 71 years, 136 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Virginia (Weed) Fessenden and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; married, June 5, 1915, to Anna P. Barkley; nephew of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882); grandnephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; great-grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin once removed of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Congregational Burying Ground
    Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854) — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., December 31, 1780. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state legislature, 1817; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-27; Governor of Connecticut, 1827-31; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1831-37. Slaveowner. Died October 8, 1854 (age 73 years, 281 days). Interment at Congregational Burying Ground.
      Relatives: Married to Lydia Ann Wells.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      David Plant (1783-1851) — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., March 29, 1783. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stratford, 1819-20; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1819-20; member of Connecticut state senate at-large, 1821-23; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1823-27; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1827-29. Died in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 18, 1851 (age 68 years, 203 days). Interment at Congregational Burying Ground.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Robert Fairchild (1775-1835) — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born January 19, 1775. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stratford, 1822-23, 1829, 1832; member of Connecticut state senate, 1825, 1831 (at-large 1825, 10th District 1831). Died July 11, 1835 (age 60 years, 173 days). Interment at Congregational Burying Ground.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Episcopal Cemetery
    Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819) — of Connecticut. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., October 7, 1727. Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1784-87; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1786-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1789-91. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., November 14, 1819 (age 92 years, 38 days). Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier


    Putney Cemetery
    Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Frank E. Blakeman (1857-1923) — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., December 31, 1857. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stratford, 1903-04. Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Grange. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., February 18, 1923 (age 65 years, 49 days). Interment at Putney Cemetery.


    St. Michael's Cemetery
    Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Adrian William Maher (1902-1985) — also known as Adrian W. Maher — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., October 5, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut Democratic state chair, 1944-45; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1945-53. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died April 15, 1985 (age 82 years, 192 days). Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Edward J. Maher and Mary F. (Mallon) Maher; married, December 31, 1928, to Rose Florence Dorgan.
      John T. King (1875-1926) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 30, 1875. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1916, 1920; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1922. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., May 13, 1926 (age 51 years, 44 days). Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.


    Union Cemetery
    Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
    Oscar Peterson, Jr. Oscar Peterson Jr. (1891-1963) — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., July 25, 1891. Republican. Abstract and title business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stratford; elected 1946; member of Connecticut state senate 25th District, 1953. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Redmen. Died in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., March 30, 1963 (age 71 years, 248 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1912 to Malda Gendron; father of Norval Oscar Peterson.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953


    Gate of Heaven Cemetery
    Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Margaret Connors Driscoll (c.1915-2000) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born about 1915. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1944; juvenile court judge in Connecticut, 1959-78; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1978-85. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died May 16, 2000 (age about 85 years). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.


    Nichols Village Cemetery
    Cemetery Road
    Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1850
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Franklin P. Ambler (1825-1865) — of Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn. Born February 17, 1825. Member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1861. Died May 25, 1865 (age 40 years, 97 days). Interment at Nichols Village Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Tashua Burial Ground
    Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Granville Elijah Dunning (1835-1918) — also known as Granville E. Dunning — of Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, September 14, 1835. Boot and shoe manufacturer; first selectman of Trumbull, Connecticut, 1899-1901. Died in Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn., December 25, 1918 (age 83 years, 102 days). Interment at Tashua Burial Ground.
      Relatives: Son of Marie (Bennett) Dunning and Granville Dunning; married to Georgiana Sherman.


    Coley Cemetery
    Route 57
    Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Matthew Bulkley (1811-1895) — of Weston, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Weston, Fairfield County, Conn., August 27, 1811. Democrat. School teacher; founder and headmaster, Weston Boarding School; Weston Town Clerk; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1857, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1868. Died October 30, 1895 (age 84 years, 64 days). Interment at Coley Cemetery.


    Emmanuel Church Cemetery
    Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 20, 1899. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Washington, D.C., December 29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223 days). Interment at Emmanuel Church Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: John Marshall
      Relatives: Son of John Maynard Harlan and Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg) Harlan; married, November 10, 1928, to Ethel (Andrews) Murphy; nephew of James S. Harlan; grandson of John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911); great-grandson of James Harlan; first cousin once removed of James Harlan Cleveland; second cousin of James Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin once removed of Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Cross-reference: Michael Boudin
      See also NNDB dossier
      Books about John Marshall Harlan: Tinsley E. Yarbrough, John Marshall Harlan : Great Dissenter of the Warren Court


    Evergreen Cemetery
    Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Burr Sherwood (1767-1833) — also known as Samuel B. Sherwood — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Weston, Fairfield County, Conn., November 26, 1767. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1809; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1816; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Westport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 27, 1833 (age 65 years, 152 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Willowbrook Cemetery
    395 Main Street
    Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Founded 1847
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Josiah Taylor Marean (1842-1922) — also known as Josiah T. Marean — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Maine, Broome County, N.Y., April 30, 1842. Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1900-12. Died in Winter Park, Orange County, Fla., February 8, 1922 (age 79 years, 284 days). Interment at Willowbrook Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Chester Marean and Arvilla (Taylor) Marean; married to Elizabeth Richards.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) — also known as William R. Bayes — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, July 29, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; president, Kings Highway Savings Bank; president, Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co.; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Union League. Died in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., November 28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122 days). Interment at Willowbrook Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September 7, 1904, to Mabel Ross.


    Hillside Cemetery
    Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Bernard Ryan, Sr. — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y. Democrat. Chair of Orleans County Democratic Party, 1927; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1940. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son-in-law of William Cochrane Fitts; father of William Fitts Ryan.
      Political family: Ryan family of Albion and New York City, New York.


    St. Matthew's Cemetery
    Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Politicians buried here:
      Lindley Hoag Hadley (1861-1948) — also known as Lindley H. Hadley — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash. Born near Sylvania, Parke County, Ind., June 19, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1915-33; defeated, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., November 4, 1948 (age 87 years, 138 days). Interment at St. Matthew's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jonathan Hadley and Martha (McCoy) Hadley; married, June 1, 1887, to Lavalette Cross.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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