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[edit]

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[edit]

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.[ISBN missing]
2. ^ Old Lyme Historical Society, Duck River Cemetery 1676–1735 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine

## External links[edit]

* Duck River Cemetery at Find a Grave