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Notable Births & Deaths for Island Park ...

Below is our list of notable people who were born, died or were buried in the area surrounding Island Park. Please note that while we are collecting data on an ongoing basis, it's a big task and it's unlikely that our list will ever be more than a sample.

  • Orison Blunt
    • Inventor, businessman. He was born in Gardiner (ME) on July 27, 1815 (a Thursday) and died in New York (NY) on April 21, 1879 (a Monday) at the age of 63. He is buried at Green - Wood Cemetery (Kings County, New York).
    • Gardiner is located 8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast of Island Park.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Orison Blunt<1>
  • Lew Cody
  • Thomas Edward 'Tom' Downey
  • Thomas F. 'Tom' Healey
  • James Weldon Johnson
  • Elijah Parish Lovejoy
    • Social activist. He was born in Albion (ME) on November 9, 1802 (a Tueday) and died in Alton (IL) on November 7, 1837 (a Tueday) at the age of 35. He is buried at Alton Cemetery (Madison County, Illinois).
    • Albion is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast of Island Park.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Elijah Parish Lovejoy<1>
  • Lillian Bayard Norton Nordica
    • Opera singer. She was born in Farmington (ME) on December 12, 1857 (a Saturday) and died in Cirebon (Indonesia) on May 10, 1914 (a Sunday) at the age of 56. The body was cremated.
    • Farmington is located 27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest of Island Park.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Lillian Bayard Norton Nordica<1>
  • Abigail Kane Ottmann
  • Silas Stillman Soule, Captain
    • Abolitionist, Kansas Territory Jawhawker. He was born in Bath (ME) on July 26, 1838 (a Thursday) and died in Denver (CO) on April 23, 1865 (a Sunday) at the age of 26. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery (Denver County, Colorado).
    • Bath is located 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south of Island Park.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Silas Stillman Soule, Captain<1>
  • Clarence J. White

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Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.









 

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