en Putnam Cemetery

Putnam Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery located at 35 Parsonage Road in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is affiliated with adjacent Saint Mary's Cemetery at 399 North Street, which is a Catholic cemetery; the two cemeteries share the same office. The cemetery is located in a quiet residential neighborhood and is the final resting place of several notable people. Some of these renowned individuals are listed below.

Putnam division

Elizabeth Milbank Anderson (1850–1921), philanthropist^[1]
Victor Borge (1909–2000), pianist, symphony conductor, comedian^[2]
Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau (1872–1959), socialite, writer, and President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Prescott Bush (1895–1972), US Senator, and Dorothy Walker Bush (1901–1992), presidential parents and grandparents
Bud Collyer (1908–1969), television show host
G. Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association and patron of the arts
James Cowan Greenway (1903–1989), Ornithologist, Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
Thomas Hastings (1860–1929), architect
Eugene Holman (1895–1962), president and chairman of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
William Temple Hornaday (1854–1937), wildlife conservationist, director of the N.Y. Zoological Park
George Lauder (1837–1924), Scottish-American industrialist
Alden McWilliams (1916–1993), cartoonist
Jeremiah Milbank (1818–1884), co-founder, Borden's Milk Company
Martha Elizabeth Moxley (1960–1975), murder victim
Ezio Pinza (1892–1957), opera singer
Townsend Scudder (1865–1960), US Congressman
Anya Seton (1916–1990), author
Walter Clark Teagle (1878–1962), president and chairman of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
Alec Templeton (1909–1963), composer & pianist
Douglass Watson (1921–1989), actor
Lebbeus R. Wilfley (1866–1926), international judge

Saint Mary's division

Jack Lescoulie (1912–1987), television show host
Eddie Lopat (1918–1992), Major League Baseball player & manager
Albert P. Morano (1908–1987), US Congressman
William Ryan (1840–1925), US Congressman
George Skakel (1892–1955) and wife Ann Brannack (1892–1955), parents of Ethel Kennedy
William L. Tierney (1876–1958), US Congressman
Leonard Warren (1911–1960), American baritone

References

^ "Notable American Women 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary" by Edward T. James 1971
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. #1299. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

External links

[1] "Notable American Women 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary" by Edward T. James 1971

[2] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. #1299. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

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