Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI

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Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI

CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.swanpointcemetery.com/

Founding Date:
1846

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Nelson W. Aldrich Politician 6-Nov-1841 16-Apr-1915 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911

Winthrop W. Aldrich Business 2-Nov-1885 25-Feb-1974 Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53

Ambrose Burnside Military 23-May-1824 13-Sep-1881 Inspiration for term sideburns

George Henry Corliss Inventor 2-Jun-1817 21-Feb-1888 Corliss valve and steam engines

Theodore F. Green Politician 2-Oct-1867 19-May-1966 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island

H. P. Lovecraft Author 20-Aug-1890 15-Mar-1937 The Call of Cthulhu

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