- Source: Duck River Cemetery
The Duck River Cemetery, also known as the Old Lyme Cemetery is the communal burying ground of the town of Old Lyme, Connecticut. The earliest surviving grave marker dates from 1676 and was carved by William Stanclift, Renold Marvin's gravestone. The Stanclift shop remained popular into the 1740s carving both headstones and table slab monuments. Wealthy customers also opted for stones carved and imported by the skilled carvers of Boston and Newport including The John Stevens Shop, Hans Christian Geyer, and John Homer, the latter two of Boston. Brownstone carvers of the Connecticut River Valley include those by the Thomas Johnson Shop, William Holland, Ebenezer Drake, John Johnson, John Isham, and David Miller. Two Eastern Connecticut schist markers by John Hartshorne and Josiah Manning are also present. By the dawn of the 19th century, Chester Kimball of New London, Connecticut, Charles Dolph, and later the Ritter Shop of New Haven, Connecticut were carving in the neoclassical urn and willow style, also shifting into marble. 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 (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
External links
Duck River Cemetery at Find a Grave