Cyrus West Field
Birth Name:
Cyrus West Field
Birth Date:
November 30, 1819
Birth Place:
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Death Date:
July 12, 1892
Place of Death:
Ardsley Estate, Irvington on Hudson, New York
Age:
72
Cause of Death:
Natural causes
Cemetery Name:
Stockbridge Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Business and Finance
Cyrus Field (1819-1892) spearheaded the mission to lay the first telegraphic cable across the Atlantic Ocean. As the head of a paper company, he amassed wealth that he used to finance his idea of the transatlantic cable. Leading the Atlantic Telegraph Company, he arranged for the British and American naval ships Agamemnon and Niagara to lay the cable. On August 16, 1858, the first transatlantic message was sent from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan. The cable stopped working three weeks later. In 1866, the Great Eastern successfully laid a functioning and more durable cable across the Atlantic. In later years, he supported other trans-ocean cables from Hawaii to Asia and Australia.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Stockbridge Cemetery
9 Main Street
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 01263
USA
North America
Grave Location:
Field Family PlotGrave Location Description
As you drive into the cemetery through the very hard to find entrance on Main Street, drive to the center of the cemetery and look for a small stone chapel-like structure. Now look nearby at the intersection of 5 gravel roads and the Field Family Plot is the only section with a split-rail metal fence.
Grave Location GPS
42.285090190965555, -73.31836804306967Photos:
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FAQ's
Cyrus West Field was born on November 30, 1819.
Cyrus West Field was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Cyrus West Field died on July 12, 1892.
Cyrus West Field died in Ardsley Estate, Irvington on Hudson, New York.
Cyrus West Field was 72.
The cause of death was Natural causes.
Cyrus West Field's grave is in Stockbridge Cemetery
Read More About Cyrus West Field:
- Wikipedia Entry
- Everything you ever wanted to know about Cyrus West Field
- A Wire Across the Ocean
- How Perseverance Laid the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
- Biography of Cyrus Field
- This day in history: First transatlantic telegraph cable completed
- History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
- The complete photo collection of Ardsley Estate
Videos Featuring Cyrus West Field:
The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: A Tale of Extraordinary Perseverance
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