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 Oliver Ellsworth - Windsor, CT Posted by:  neoc1
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The grave of delegate to the Constitutional Congress, diplomat, and third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Oliver Ellsworth is located in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, CT.
Waymark Code: WMWJCN
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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Oliver Ellsworth had a distinguished career as a jurist, statesman, and diplomat. In 1777, he became the state attorney for Hartford County, Connecticut and was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, during the American Revolutionary War. In 1787 served as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, which produced the United States Constitution. Later he became the third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
The grave of Oliver Ellsworth is marked by a 10' high by 4' square marble monument with a pyramid top and a base. Two sides of the base summarize the accomplishments of Oliver Ellsworth.
Patriot Name: Oliver Ellsworth
Type of Service Provided: Delegate to the Continental Congress and later the Constitutional Convention
Cemetery Name: Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT.
Text of the Grave Marker:
To the memory of
OLIVER ELLSWORTH L.L.D.
An assistant in the Council and
a Judge of the Superior Court
of the State of Connecticut. A
member of the Convention which
formed and of the State Convention
of Connecticut which adopted
the Constitution of the United States.
Senator and Chief Justice
of the United States,
one of the Envoys Extraordinary
and Ministers Plenipotentiary
who made the convention of 1800
between the United States
and the French Republic.
Amiable and exemplary
in all the relations of the domestic
social, and Christian character
pre-eminently useful
in all the offices he sustained
whose great talents
under the guidance of
inflexible integrity,
consummate wisdom,
and enlightned zeal,
placed him among the first
of the Illustrious Statesmen,
who achieved the Independence,
and established the Government
of the American Republic
Born at Windsor April 29, 1715
and died Nov. 26, 1807.
Grave Marker Type: Monument
Historical Background:
Among the accomplishments of Oliver Ellsworth are:
Graduate of Yale College and Princeton Colleges
Admitted to the bar, practiced law in Connecticut
State attorney for Hartford County
Connecticut's representatives to the Continental Congress
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
US Senator
Third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
US Envoy Extraordinary to France
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ellsworth, Maine is named in his honor.
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