Southampton Cemetery Explained

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

External links

• Southampton Cemetery at Findagrave

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Notes and References

1. News: Tom. Clavin. Southampton Takes A Cemetery Census . 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. . . August 15, 2004 . 2008-10-16 .
2. News: Susan. Saulny. Carl A. Capasso, 55, Figure in 80's Trial With Bess Myerson . 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. . . March 15, 2001 . 2008-10-17 .
3. News: Andrew. Jacobs. Patricia Kennedy Lawford Dies at 82 . 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. . . September 18, 2006 . 2008-10-16 .
4. News: G. W. Martin Dies. Ex-County Judge. Member of Kings Court Bench for 21 Years. Acquitted of Charges in 1939.. 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. ... . . November 23, 1948 . 2008-10-17 .