Death and Burial Site
Roger Sherman died in his sleep on July 23, 1793 after a two-month illness diagnosed as typhoid fever.
He was buried in New Haven Green; and in 1821, when that cemetery was relocated, his remains were moved to the Grove Street Cemetery. His grave is the center of the city's 4th of July celebrations.
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