Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
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Established1849
Location
CountryUnited States
| Mountain Grove Cemetery | |
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 P. T. Barnum's gravestone at Mountain Grove | |
 Interactive map of Mountain Grove Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1849 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°10′19″N 73°13′19″W / 41.172°N 73.222°W |
| Type | Public |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Mountain Grove Cemetery |
Mountain Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. It was laid out in 1849 in the rural cemetery design in a park-like, rural setting away from the center of the city.
The cemetery was founded by showman P. T. Barnum, who is buried there.[1] "The original grounds were surveyed and designed by Horatio Stone and Mr. [John] Moody," the cemetery's first superintendent.[2]
Notables interred here include:
- Neal Ball, baseball player
- P. T. Barnum, showman and entrepreneur
- William D. Bishop, politician
- Fanny Crosby, gospel hymn composer, poet
- Vernon Dalhart, country singer and songwriter
- Anselm Franz, aviation pioneer, developer of the Jumo 004, Lycoming T53, and Honeywell T55 jet engines.
- Robert Lawson, the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal winning author and illustrator.
- James Chaffee Loomis, state politician and mayor of Bridgeport[3]
- John E. W. Thompson, an African-American minister resident of Haiti and chargé d'affaires to San Domingo.
- General Tom Thumb, the little person, whose monument includes a life-size statue of him at the top of a tall obelisk; and his wife Lavinia Warren
- Kathleen Moore, precursor to USCG, United States Lighthouse Service; credited with saving 21 lives as a light housekeeper. USCGC Kathleen Moore was named after her in her honor.
- Samuel Russell Wilmot, (1829-1897) prolific inventor with over 150 domestic and international patents including a portable steam saw, the spring steel hoop for hoop skirts, the cold rolled steel process, and the screw micrometer; founder of Bridgeport Brass (originally named Wilmot & Kissam in Brooklyn, NY-moved to Bridgeport at P. T. Barnum’s request) and founder of American Tube & Stamping (originally Wilmot & Hobbs) in Bridgeport, CT.
