Southampton Cemetery

Southampton Cemetery is located in Southampton, New York. Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries.^[1]

Notable burials

Roone Pinckney Arledge (1931–2002), sports and news broadcasting executive
Carl Andrew Capasso (1945–2001), sewer contractor convicted of tax fraud^[2]
Jack Dempsey (1895–1983), heavyweight boxing champion
Catherine Murray di Montezemolo (1925–2009), fashion editor for Vogue
Tom Ewell (1909–1994), actor
Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924–2006), socialite and sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy^[3]
George Washington Martin II (1876–1948), lawyer, jurist, and member of the Democratic Party^[4]
Henry Augustus Reeves (1832–1916), U.S. Representative
James Alfred Van Allen (1914–2006) astrophysicist who discovered the Van Allen Belts

References

↑ Clavin, Tom (August 15, 2004). "Southampton Takes A Cemetery Census". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-16. The Town of Southampton has completed the first phase of an ambitious census of its 47 public and private cemeteries in an effort to record local history and to deter vandalism.
↑ Saulny, Susan (March 15, 2001). "Carl A. Capasso, 55, Figure in 80's Trial With Bess Myerson". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17. Carl A. Capasso, a businessman who went from being an obscure city sewer contractor to a lead player in a bizarre municipal scandal involving a former Miss America, died yesterday. He was 55. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his son Michael said. Mr. Capasso became a staple of tabloid newspaper coverage in the late 1980s when he was charged with scheming with Bess Myerson, his companion at the time, to reduce his alimony payments. Ms. Myerson, a former Miss America, had served as the city's cultural affairs commissioner under Mayor Edward I. Koch.
↑ Jacobs, Andrew (September 18, 2006). "Patricia Kennedy Lawford Dies at 82". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-16. Patricia Kennedy Lawford, who as a sister of President John F. Kennedy had a front row seat to history and forged new links between her brother's administration and Hollywood through her marriage to the actor Peter Lawford, died yesterday at her home in Manhattan. She was 82 and also had a home in Southampton, N.Y. The cause was complications of pneumonia, said Melissa Wagoner, a spokeswoman for Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mrs. Lawford's brother.
↑ "G. W. Martin Dies. Ex-County Judge. Member of Kings Court Bench for 21 Years. Acquitted of Charges in 1939". New York Times. November 23, 1948. Retrieved 2008-10-17. Judge Martin was born on June 25, 1876, in Brooklyn, and was the son of George W. Martin and the late Emma de Revere Martin. ...

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[1] Clavin, Tom (August 15, 2004). "Southampton Takes A Cemetery Census". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-16. The Town of Southampton has completed the first phase of an ambitious census of its 47 public and private cemeteries in an effort to record local history and to deter vandalism.

[2] Saulny, Susan (March 15, 2001). "Carl A. Capasso, 55, Figure in 80's Trial With Bess Myerson". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17. Carl A. Capasso, a businessman who went from being an obscure city sewer contractor to a lead player in a bizarre municipal scandal involving a former Miss America, died yesterday. He was 55. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his son Michael said. Mr. Capasso became a staple of tabloid newspaper coverage in the late 1980s when he was charged with scheming with Bess Myerson, his companion at the time, to reduce his alimony payments. Ms. Myerson, a former Miss America, had served as the city's cultural affairs commissioner under Mayor Edward I. Koch.

[3] Jacobs, Andrew (September 18, 2006). "Patricia Kennedy Lawford Dies at 82". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-16. Patricia Kennedy Lawford, who as a sister of President John F. Kennedy had a front row seat to history and forged new links between her brother's administration and Hollywood through her marriage to the actor Peter Lawford, died yesterday at her home in Manhattan. She was 82 and also had a home in Southampton, N.Y. The cause was complications of pneumonia, said Melissa Wagoner, a spokeswoman for Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mrs. Lawford's brother.

[4] "G. W. Martin Dies. Ex-County Judge. Member of Kings Court Bench for 21 Years. Acquitted of Charges in 1939". New York Times. November 23, 1948. Retrieved 2008-10-17. Judge Martin was born on June 25, 1876, in Brooklyn, and was the son of George W. Martin and the late Emma de Revere Martin. ...

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