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Duck River Cemetery

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Notable Burials
References

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, Connecticut Congressman
Elsie Ferguson, stage and film actress
Ezra Lee, Colonial soldier, best known for commanding the Turtle submarine
Peter Karter, recycling pioneer and nuclear engineer
Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist, ornithologist, artist, educator, and a founder of the environmental movement
Bessie Potter Vonnoh, sculptor
Robert Vonnoh, American Impressionist painter
Charles Chadwick, Author
Matthew Griswold American Patriot, governor of CT

References

1. ^Slater, James A. The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticutand the Men Who Made Them. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy ofArts & Sciences, vol. 21. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1987.
2. ^Old Lyme Historical Society, [www.olhsi.org/documents/duck_river_cemetery1676-1735.pdf Duck River Cemetery 1676 - 1735]

2 : Cemeteries in New London County, Connecticut|Old Lyme, Connecticut

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