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{{Short description|Cemetery in Fairfield County, Connecticut, US}}
{{Infobox cemetery
{{Infobox cemetery
|name = Willowbrook Cemetery
|name = Willowbrook Cemetery
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|image = Willowbrook Cemetery - Burr, Jennings, Gorham.jpg
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|country = [[United States]]
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|location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] <!-- city/political sub unit -->
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|type = Public
|type = Public
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|graves = <!-- how many gravesites-->
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'''Willowbrook Cemetery''' is located at 395 Main Street in [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]], [[Connecticut]]. Established in 1847,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.willowbrookcemetery.com/html/about_us.html|publisher=Willowbrook Cemetery|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> 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.
'''Willowbrook Cemetery''' is located at 395 Main Street in [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]], [[Connecticut]]. Established in 1847,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.willowbrookcemetery.com/html/about_us.html|publisher=Willowbrook Cemetery|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> 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.


==Notable interments==
==Notable interments==
Notable interments here include:
Notable interments here include:<ref name="fgrave">[http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=103833 Willowbrook Cemetery: Famous persons] at [[Find a Grave]]</ref>

* [[E.T. Bedford]], executive of [[Standard Oil]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/classified/paid-notice-deaths-davie-et-bedford-buddy.html Deaths: Davie, E.T. Bedford], ''New York Times'', November 16, 2003.</ref>
* [[E.T. Bedford]], executive of [[Standard Oil]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/classified/paid-notice-deaths-davie-et-bedford-buddy.html Deaths: Davie, E.T. Bedford], ''New York Times'', November 16, 2003.</ref>
* [[Edward H. Coley]], bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]]
* [[Edward H. Coley]], bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]]
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* [[Morris Ketchum]], financier
* [[Morris Ketchum]], financier
* [[Alexander Kipnis]], Ukrainian-born operatic bass singer
* [[Alexander Kipnis]], Ukrainian-born operatic bass singer
* [[Lawrence Langner]]
* [[Lawrence Langner]], playwright, author, and producer
* [[Lars-Eric Lindblad]], entrepreneur and tourism explorer<ref>{{cite web|title=Willowbrook Cemetery|url=http://www.angelfire.com/thanatos77/index.html|publisher=Endymion's Repose|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Lars-Eric Lindblad]], entrepreneur and tourism explorer<ref>{{cite web|title=Willowbrook Cemetery|url=http://www.angelfire.com/thanatos77/index.html|publisher=Endymion's Repose|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Vivian Perlis]], musicologist
* [[Vivian Perlis]], musicologist
* [[Fritz Reiner]], conductor
* [[Fritz Reiner]], conductor
* [[Frederick M. Salmon]], politician
* [[Alexander McCormick Sturm]], co-founder of American firearm maker [[Sturm, Ruger & Co.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander McCormick Sturm|url=http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10478&tree=01|publisher=Appalachian Aristocracy|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Alexander McCormick Sturm]], co-founder of American firearm maker [[Sturm, Ruger & Co.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander McCormick Sturm|url=http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10478&tree=01|publisher=Appalachian Aristocracy|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Mort Walker]], cartoonist
* [[Mort Walker]], cartoonist
* [[John B. Watson]], a [[psychology|psychologist]] who established the [[List of psychological schools|psychological school]] of [[behaviorism]]
* [[John B. Watson]], a [[psychologist]] who established the [[List of psychological schools|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
* [[George Hand Wright]], artist


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==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
* {{GNIS|212161}}


[[Category:Westport, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Westport, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Fairfield County, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Fairfield County, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Frederick Law Olmsted works]]
[[Category:Frederick Law Olmsted works]]
[[Category:1847 establishments in Connecticut]]

Latest revision as of 00:26, 22 September 2023

Willowbrook Cemetery
Map
Details
Established1847
Location
Westport, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°09′17″N 73°21′43″W / 41.1548111°N 73.3620593°W / 41.1548111; -73.3620593
TypePublic
Owned byWillowbrook Cemetery Association, Inc.
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveWillowbrook Cemetery

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.

Notable interments[edit]

Notable interments here include:

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willowbrook Cemetery.
  1. ^ "About Us". Willowbrook Cemetery. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ Deaths: Davie, E.T. Bedford, New York Times, November 16, 2003.
  3. ^ Timothy Dumas, The Return of Peter DeVries, Wesport (April 2006).
  4. ^ "Willowbrook Cemetery". Endymion's Repose. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Alexander McCormick Sturm". Appalachian Aristocracy. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

External links[edit]

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