Thomas Allen Jenckes I was a United States representative from Rhode Island. Jenckes was best known for introducing a bill that created the United States Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. Jenckes was also an avid supporter of civil service reform.
Thomas Jenckes
Swan Point Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Established in 1846 on a 60-acre (0.24 km2) plot of land, it has approximately 40,000 interments.
Entrance sign for Swan Point Cemetery
Grave of Rhode Island Governor Elisha Dyer Jr.
Gravestone of H. P. Lovecraft