Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven

Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817. Scolar, President of Yale University,

1795-1817.


Nathaniel William Taylor, 1786-1858.

Lyman Beecher, 1775-1863. Clergyman, abolitionist and Father of Harriet

Beecher Stowe

Noah Webster, 1758-1843. Lexicographer. Published his Dictionary

and a spelling book.
Eli Whitney, 1765-1825. Inventor of the Cotton Gin and the system of

standardized and interchangeable gun parts.

(Reference: "History of Grove Street Cemetery, " published by

The Standing Committee of the New Haven City Burial Ground

and Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery, Inc., April, 2005)