Willowbrook Cemetery is located at 395 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. Established in 1847,[1] the cemetery is located close to Westport's downtown area, and features the burials of many members of Westport's historic families, including the Coley, Burr, Nash, Bedford, Bradley and Hurlbutt families.
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| Established | 1847 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°09′17″N 73°21′43″W / 41.1548111°N 73.3620593°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Willowbrook Cemetery Association, Inc. |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Willowbrook Cemetery |
Notable interments
editNotable interments here include:
- E.T. Bedford, executive of Standard Oil[2]
- Edward H. Coley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
- Peter De Vries, editor and novelist[3]
- James Earle Fraser, sculptor, and his wife Laura Gardin Fraser, sculptor
- Harold Jacoby, astronomer
- Morris Ketchum, financier
- Alexander Kipnis, Ukrainian-born operatic bass singer
- Lawrence Langner, playwright, author, and producer
- Lars-Eric Lindblad, entrepreneur and tourism explorer[4]
- Vivian Perlis, musicologist
- Fritz Reiner, conductor
- Frederick M. Salmon, politician
- Alexander McCormick Sturm, co-founder of American firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.[5]
- Mort Walker, cartoonist
- John B. Watson, a psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism
- Arthur Dare Whiteside, part of the Air Policy Commission under president Truman and president of Dun & Bradstreet.
- George Hand Wright, artist
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willowbrook Cemetery.
- ^ "About Us". Willowbrook Cemetery. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Deaths: Davie, E.T. Bedford, New York Times, November 16, 2003.
- ^ Timothy Dumas, The Return of Peter DeVries, Wesport (April 2006).
- ^ "Willowbrook Cemetery". Endymion's Repose. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Alexander McCormick Sturm". Appalachian Aristocracy. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
