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Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) —
also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of
Humbugs" —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 5,
1810.
Son of Philo Barnum.
Republican. Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder
of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest
Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.
Died, of heart
failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 7,
1891 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside
Park, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;
founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer;
professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such
as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little
Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a speech
to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour
later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor and dancer in
1934-52; appeared in films such as For Me And My Gal,
Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Son of Arthur Samuel Newman and Theresa (Fetzer) Newman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American
actor and film director; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad dressing
and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
Journalist;
orator; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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