Duck River Cemetery

Duck River Cemetery

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

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

Notable Burials

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Old Lyme Historical Society, Duck River Cemetery 1676 - 1735, www.olhsi.org/documents/duck_river_cemetery1676-1735.pdf

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Duck Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana — Duck Creek Township   Township   Location in Madison County …   Wikipedia

  • Duck Lake, Saskatchewan — Town of Duck Lake   Town   Duck Lake Town Office …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Stones River — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Stones River caption = General Rosecrans (left) rallies his troops at Stones River. Illustration by Kurz and Allison (1891). partof = the American Civil War date = December 31, 1862ndash January 2,… …   Wikipedia

  • Schlacht am Stones River — Teil von: Sezessionskrieg W …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Johnson Creek (Willamette River) — Geobox | River name = Johnson Creek category = Creek image size = 300 image caption = Johnson Creek near Regner Road in Gresham etymology = William Johnson, early settler country = United States country state = Oregon district type = County… …   Wikipedia

  • Ezra Lee — submarine. Lee was born in Lyme, Connecticut. In August 1776 he was selected by brother in law Brig. General Samuel Holden Parsons, also of Lyme, with the approval of General George Washington, to command the early submarine Turtle and use to… …   Wikipedia

  • Elsie Ferguson — (August 19, 1883 November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress.Early lifeBorn Elsie Louise Ferguson in New York City, she was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney. Raised and educated in… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas R. Ball — Thomas Raymond Ball (February 12, 1896 June 16, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New York City, Ball attended the public schools, Anglo Saxon School, Paris, France, Heathcote School, Harrison, New York, and the Art… …   Wikipedia

  • Old Stone Fort (Tennessee) — Old Stone Fort U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Addison, Maine — Infobox Settlement official name = Addison, Maine settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Maine pushpin mapsize = |mapsize …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”