Record of Burial

Timothy A. Hunt served his career in the United States Navy. Promoted to Captain in 1862 under the law that first recognized Admirals since the American Revolutionary War. He was a Commodore by July of 1863 and remained on active service after the Civil War. He retired shortly after the war. However, in 1868 a naval yard and storage depot was established in Groton, Connecticut; Commodore Hunt was called out of retirement to command this base. Living in New Haven, Commodore Hunt used the Central Hotel on State Street, New London when in town to attend to Yard duties on an “as needed” basis. He passed way in 1884.