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.

Weeping European Beech tree in Putnam Cemetery

The main entrance of Putnam Cemetery

Putnam division

• Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, (1850–1921), philanthropist[1]
• Victor Borge (1909–2000), pianist, symphony conductor, comedian
• Prescott Bush, (1895–1972), U.S. Senator, and Dorothy Walker Bush, (1901–1992), parents of 41st President George H.W. Bush and grandparents of 43rd President George W. Bush
• Bud Collyer, (1908–1969), television show host
• G. Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association and patron of the arts. Lifelong resident of Greenwich.
• James Cowan Greenway, (1903–1989), Ornithologist, Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
• Thomas Hastings, (1860–1929), architect
• William Temple Hornaday, (1854–1937), wildlife conservationist, first director of the N.Y. Zoological Park
• Robyna Neilson Ketchum, (1901–1972), actress
• George Lauder, (1837–1924), Scottish-American Industrialist, Mechanical Engineer. Partner, Carnegie Steel Corporation. Director, U.S. Steel. Grandfather of James C. Greenway and G. Lauder Greenway
• Alden McWilliams, (1916–1993), cartoonist
• Jeremiah Milbank, (1818–1884), co-founder, Borden's Milk Company (1857)
• Martha Elizabeth Moxley, (1960–1975), murder victim
• Ezio Pinza, (1892–1957), opera singer
• Townsend Scudder, (1865–1960), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Anya Seton, (1916–1990), author
• Alec Templeton, (1909–1963), composer, pianist
• Douglass Watson, (1921–1989), actor
• Lebbeus R. Wilfley, (1866–1926), Attorney General of the Philippines, Judge of the United States Court for China
• Walter C Teagle, (1878-1962), was president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.

Saint Mary's division

• Jack Lescoulie (1912–1987), television show host
• Albert P. Morano (1908–1987), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• William Ryan (1840–1925), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ann Brannack Skakel (1892–1955), mother of Ethel Kennedy
• George Skakel (1892–1955), American businessman, father of Ethel Kennedy
• William L. Tierney (1876–1958), U.S. Congressman from Connecticut
• Leonard Warren (1911–1960), American baritone
• Vincent Artale (1917–1988), American Artist/Interior Designer
• Marie Elefante Artale (1921–1988), Educator, wife of Vincent Artale
• Eddie Lopat (1918-1992), Major Leagues Baseball, Player & Manager

References

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

External links

• Putnam Cemetery at Find a Grave