Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
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Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, was laid out in 1849 in a beautiful park-like rural setting away from the center of the city. Notables interred here include:
- P. T. Barnum
- General Tom Thumb, the little person, whose monument includes a life-size statue of himself at the top of a 40 foot shaft
- Fanny Crosby, the lyricist
- Robert Lawson, the Caldecott and Newbery medal winning author and illustrator.
- Margaret Rudkin, Pepperidge Farms founder
- Neal Ball, baseball player
- Vernon Dalhart, country singer and songwriter