Duck River Cemetery

Cemetery in Connecticut, USA

41°18′40″N 72°19′39″W / 41.3110°N 72.3276°W / 41.3110; -72.3276

The Duck River Cemetery, also known as the Old Lyme Cemetery is the communal burying ground of the town of Old Lyme, Connecticut.^[1] The earliest surviving grave marker dates from 1676, Renold Marvin's gravestone.^[2] A tidal stream known as the Duck River and a salt marsh bisect the burying ground.

Notable burials

Notable people buried at the Duck River Cemetery include:

Thomas R. Ball (1896–1943), Connecticut Congressman
Charles Chadwick (1874–1953), author
Elsie Ferguson (1885–1961), stage and film actress
Matthew Griswold (1714–1799) American Patriot, state governor
Peter Karter (1922–2010), recycling pioneer and nuclear engineer
Ezra Lee (1749–1821), Colonial soldier, best known for commanding the Turtle submarine
Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist, ornithologist, artist, educator, and a founder of the environmental movement
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), sculptor
Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933), American Impressionist painter

References

^ Slater, James A. "The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and the Men Who Made Them". Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 21. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1987.^{[ISBN missing]}
^ Old Lyme Historical Society, Duck River Cemetery 1676–1735 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine