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Atlantic Ocean
including North
Atlantic Ocean — South Atlantic
Ocean — Cape Cod Bay — Bay
of Fundy — Gulf of St.
Lawrence — Labrador Sea —
Hudson Strait — Davis
Strait — Baffin Bay —
Denmark Strait — Norwegian
Sea — North Sea —
Skagerrak — Kattegat — North
Channel — Irish Sea — St.
George's Channel — Bristol
Channel — Celtic Sea —
English Channel — Bay of
Biscay — Gulf of Guinea —
Rio de la Plata
U.S. Politicians who were buried at sea in the Atlantic Ocean
Index to Locations
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William Lowndes (1782-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).
Died aboard a
ship in the North
Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October
27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abraham Jones —
of Richmond
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1777-78; removed 1778.
Expelled
from the New York Assembly (his seat was declared vacant) on June 8,
1778, for "being with
the enemy.".
Died on shipboard in the North
Atlantic Ocean, en route back from Canada.
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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William G. Kirkland (1913-1999) —
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1913.
Son of James Allen Kirkland (1882-1959) and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland
(1888-1985).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1952.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
in Martin
County, Fla., December
15, 1999 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Robert M. Palmer (1820-1862) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in 1820.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1856,
1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1859-61; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1861-62.
Died aboard
ship in the Atlantic
Ocean while returning from Argentina, April 26,
1862 (age about 41
years).
Buried at sea in Atlantic Ocean.
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