James Densmore
1820–1889 (age 69)
Inventor
About James Densmore
James Densmore (1820–1889) lived to age 69. They were an inventor. Born in Leicester, they died in Brooklyn. They are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
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