Fair Haven Union Cemetery
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Fair Haven Union Cemetery, located at 149 Grand Ave., covers seven acres in the neighborhood of Fair Haven, Connecticut. Although graves were there as early as 1803, the land was donated for the cemetery 1806. Many of those buried are early Fair Haven seamen.
In June of 2006, the cemetery was the site of a rape and stabbing. [1] [2]
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[edit] Chapel
The chapel on the site was built over the graves of the friendless using stone quarried from the red brick clay of Fair Haven Heights for $4,000. The structure possesses a genuine Tiffany window. A time capsule was placed behind a corner brick in 1895.
[edit] Burials
- Ball, George J.
- Hotchkiss, Herman (1765-1836) -- Founder of Fair Haven
- Kellogg, Francis [3]
- Kellogg, Lucy (nee Granniss) [4]
- Mallory, Willis [5]
- Pierpont, Lt. Evelyn (1755-1809) -- Revolutionary soldier
