Today, we went to the Mt. Sinai Congregational Church Cemetery. It's a very old cemetery and some of the most “famous” Long Island names are represented here.
I was curious about the tombstone above. Buried at Sea? Cuba?
A search on Google found this:
George Bellows
Born: 6 MAY 1820 at: Hampton Bays, Suffolk Co., LI, NY
Died: 28 APR 1875 at: on board his ship 'R. T. Clark', in Baracoa, Cuba