Essex County
Massachusetts
Essex County information:
- Population: 723,419 (2000); 670,080 (1990)
- Land area 498 square miles.
- County seat: Salem
- Capital
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(not intended to be complete)
Timothy
Pickering (Register of Deeds, 1774-77)
- Amesbury:
Colin
J. Cameron
- Frank
N. Cynewski
- Fred
O. Gonthier
- Charles
I. Pettingell
- Edith
E. Walker
- Andover:
Amos
Abbott
- John N.
Cole
- Paul
W. Cronin
- Henry
Dearborn
- Claude
M. Fuess
- John
C. Fuess
- Walter
M. Lamont
- Henry
Bradford Lewis
- M.
Morton, Jr.
- Marcus
Morton
- Mary
Jane Powell
- Caroline
B. Rees
- Beverly:
Charlotte
H. Chute
- Nancy
B. Crate
- S.
Harvey Dow
- Philip
Dunkelbarger
- Michael
J. Harrington
- Kathleen
F. Holmes
- Orin
S. Kenney
- Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- Alfred
E. Lunt
- Herman
A. MacDonald
- Daniel
E. McLean
- James
McPherson
- Richard
A. Mori
- Christopher
H. Phillips
- Arthur
Powell
- John
L. Saltonstall
- William
F. Scanlon, Jr.
- John
A. Trowt
- Herbert
S. Tuckerman
- Albert
Vittum
- C.
S. Wilkinson
- Boxford:
Edgar
L. Kelley
- Bradford, Haverhill:
George
Johnson
- Danvers:
Francis
H. Caskins, Jr.
- Daniel
N. Crowley
- William
C. Endicott
- Richard
T. Hennessey
- Frank
J. Hennessy
- E.
Randall Jackson
- Barbara
Koen
- Evelyn
F. Masury
- Leon
B. Paton
- James
H. Sullivan
- Peter
G. Torkildsen
- Muriel
E. L. Vrettos
- Essex:
Willfred
W. Lufkin
- Augustus
G. Means
- Jeremiah
Nelson
- Gloucester:
- Groveland:
Louis
H. Johnson
- John
R. McCarthy
- George
M. Webster
- Benjamin
H. White
- Hamilton:
Augustus
P. Gardner
- George
V. L. Meyer
- George
V. L. Meyer
- Bayard
Tuckerman, Jr.
- Haverhill:
- Ipswich:
Henning
A. Blomen
- Charles
E. Bohlen
- Harland
Burke
- George
Choate
- Marion
Middlebrooks
- George
A. Schofield
- Mary
E. Williamson
- Peter
W. Williamson
- Lawrence:
- Lynn:
- Lynnfield:
Kendall
G. Hopkins
- Paul
McCarthy
- James
D. McNamara
- Manchester:
Joseph
C. Grew
- Jean
B. Hodgdon
- Diana
Kerry
- William
L. Saltonstall
- James F.
Shaw
- Regina
Villa
- Marblehead:
William
Bartoll
- Malcolm
L. Bell
- Ronald
W. Fox
- Carl K.
King
- Edward
B. O'Brien
- Benjamin
B. Priest
- Mrs.
C. F. Roads
- Marcia
L. Sweeney
- Jacqueline
M. Williams
- Methuen:
Frank
M. Andrew
- Adam
Beaumont
- James
R. Berwick
- George
A. Bunting
- Kimball
G. Colby
- Hugh
A. Cregg
- Alfred
C. Gaunt
- Frank
S. Giles, Jr.
- Larry
F. Giordano
- Ralph
H. Hill
- Roger
E. Ingalls
- Thomas
A. Leone
- William
Manzi
- Thomas
Nicholson
- Sharon
M. Pollard
- Middleton:
Shirley
M. Raynard
- Nahant:
Edward
R. Butterworth
- James
J. Devereaux
- George
F. Hogan
- Henry
Cabot Lodge
- Abbie
Roland
- Jayne
M. Solimine
- John
A. Volpe
- Constance
C. Wilson
- Joseph
T. Wilson
- Newburyport:
James
Blood
- Theophilus
Bradbury
- James
F. Carnes
- Mary
M. Carrier
- Caleb
Cushing
- Andrew
J. Gillis
- Henry
Graf, Jr.
- Edward
E. Hicken
- Walter
B. Hopkinson
- Edward
St. Loe Livermore
- Lisa L.
Mead
- John
F. Moak
- Gayden
W. Morrill
- Jeremiah
Nelson
- Richard
S. Spofford
- Eben F.
Stone
- E.
G. Williams
- Albert
H. Zabriskie
- North Andover:
John
J. Costello
- Richard
Holmes
- George
E. Kunhardt
- John
S. O'Brien
- Eugene
Piacentini
- Abbot
Stevens
- Charles
W. Trombly
- North Beverly, Beverly:
William
Phillips
- North Salem, Salem:
C.
A. Perry
- Peabody:
Michael
J. Bonfanti
- Charles
M. Boyle
- Daniel
J. Boyle
- James
P. Boyle
- George
Carpenter
- Eleanor
C. Carr
- Charles
R. Coan
- Margaret
M. Conry
- Edward
J. Cronin
- Paul
Devlin
- John
J. Eade
- James
F. Ingraham, Jr.
- John
A. Jones
- John
J. Keenan
- Nicholas
Mavroules
- John
E. Murphy
- Philip
C. O'Donnell
- Earl J.
Riley
- Michael
Schulze
- J.
Leo Sullivan
- Peter
Torigian
- Rita
Williams
- Rockport:
William
G. Reed
- Ann
Sheinwald
- Lloyd
B. Waring
- Rowley:
Stanley
Slepoy
- Salem:
- Saugus:
Belden
G. Bly, Jr.
- John
J. Bucchiere
- Peter
J. Flaherty
- John
W. Foley
- Tony
A. Garofano
- William
Hartigan
- Francis
M. Hill
- Horace
I. Hillis
- Henry
A. B. Peckham
- Frederick
Bancroft Willis
- South Danvers (now Peabody):
Daniel
P. King
- Swampscott:
Clinton
Bench
- John
T. Coan
- Charles
Sprague
- Topsfield:
Nancy
J. Luther
- Barbara
Wheatland
- Wenham:
Frederick
H. Prince
- See also Mass. areas
not assigned to counties.
Public Square
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) — of Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H. Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., November
21, 1729. Son of Stephen Bartlett and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett;
married, January
15, 1754, to Mary Bartlett; father of Josiah
Bartlett, Jr. and Ezra
Bartlett; great-grandfather of Edward
Theodore Bartlett and John
Davis O'Rear. Physician;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New
Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President
of New Hampshire, 1790-93; Presidential Elector for New
Hampshire, 1792;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1793-94. Congregationalist.
Died in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 19,
1795. Interment at Plains
Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue at Public Square.
Union Cemetery
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
South Parish Cemetery
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Amos Abbott (1786-1868) — of Andover, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
10, 1786. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1843; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840-42; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1843-49. Died in
Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
2, 1868. Interment at South Parish Cemetery.
Spring Grove Cemetery
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Paul William Cronin (1938-1997) — also known as
Paul W. Cronin — of Andover, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 14,
1938. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1967-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968,
1972,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1973-75;
defeated, 1974, 1992. Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 5,
1997. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Beverly Central Cemetery
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Nathan Dane (1752-1835) — of Massachusetts. Born in
Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1752. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1782-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1785-88; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1790-91, 1793-97; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1812.
Died in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1835. Interment at Beverly Central Cemetery. Dane County,
Wis. is named for him.
- Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, August
13, 1805. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1845-50; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1851-52; died in
office 1852. Died August 7,
1852. Interment at Beverly Central Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Ellis Loring Dresel (1865-1925) — also known as
Ellis L. Dresel — Born in 1865.
Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Germany, 1921-22. Gay.
Died of cancer, September
19, 1925. Interment at Beverly Central Cemetery.
Holten Cemetery
Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
Essex Cemetery
Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (1879-1934) — also known as
Willfred W. Lufkin — of Essex, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Essex, Essex
County, Mass., March 10,
1879. Son of Alvin P. Lufkin and Ida (Herrick) Lufkin; married,
November
7, 1914, to Georgia Story. Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Augustus
P. Gardner, 1902-17; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1917-21; resigned
1921. Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 28,
1934. Interment at Essex Cemetery.
Byfield Cemetery
Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- William Henry Moody (1853-1917) — also known as
William H. Moody — of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
23, 1853. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1895-1902;
resigned 1902; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1902-04; U.S.
Attorney General, 1904-06; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1906-10. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1917. Interment at Byfield Cemetery.
Oak Grove Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Main Street Cemetery
Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Linwood Cemetery
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- James Henry Duncan (1793-1869) — also known as
James H. Duncan — of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
5, 1793. Whig. Member of Massachusetts state legislature;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1849-53. Died in
Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., February
8, 1869. Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
Pentucket Cemetery
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., January
29, 1750. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797, 1799-1801. Died
in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., September
9, 1830. Interment at Pentucket Cemetery.
- Leonard White (1767-1849) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Massachusetts, 1767.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1811-13. Died in
1849.
Interment at Pentucket Cemetery.
St. James Catholic Cemetery
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- John W. Coddaire, Jr. — of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1952.
Interment at St. James Catholic Cemetery.
Bellevue Cemetery
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Shadrach Knox (1843-1914) — also known as
William S. Knox — of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., September
10, 1843. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1892. Died September
21, 1914. Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
- William Augustus Russell (1831-1899) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Vermont, 1831.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1868;
member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1879-85 (7th District 1879-83,
8th District 1883-85). Died in 1899.
Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
- John Kemble Tarbox (1838-1887) — also known as
John K. Tarbox — of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., May 6,
1838. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868, 1870-71; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1872; mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1875-77. Died in
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1887. Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
- Edgar J. Sherman — of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1883-87; resigned 1887. Interment at
Bellevue Cemetery.
Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Robert Sarsfield Maloney (1881-1934) — also known as
Robert S. Maloney — of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
3, 1881. Son of John T. Maloney and Mary A. (Bower) Maloney;
married to Marie J. Belanger and Ella E. Bellisle. Republican. Printer;
Delegate
from American Federation of Labor to Canadian Trades and Labor
Conference, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1921-23. Member,
Eagles;
Elks; Moose. Died
in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., November
8, 1934. Interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Frederick L. Twomey (d. 1963) — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Died in 1963.
Interment somewhere.
Pine Grove Cemetery
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- John Bassett Alley (1817-1896) — also known as
John B. Alley — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., January
7, 1817. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1859-67 (6th District 1859-63,
5th District 1863-67). Died in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
19, 1896. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
- Henry Bacon Lovering (1841-1911) — also known as
Henry B. Lovering — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April 8,
1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872-74; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1881-82; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1883-87;
defeated, 1886; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1887. Died in Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 5,
1911. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
St. Mary's Cemetery
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- William Patrick Connery, Jr. (1888-1937) — also
known as William P. Connery, Jr. — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888. Brother of Lawrence
Joseph Connery. Democrat. Professional actor,
1908-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Redmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
- Michael Francis Phelan (1875-1941) — also known as
Michael F. Phelan — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
22, 1875. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1913-21;
defeated, 1920. Died in 1941.
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
- Lawrence Joseph Connery (1895-1941) — also known as
Lawrence J. Connery — of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
17, 1895. Brother of William
Patrick Connery, Jr.. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1937-41; died in
office 1941. Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
19, 1941. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Elmwood Cemetery
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- John R. McCarthy (1927-2002) — of Groveland, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 13,
1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher
and principal; candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1970, 1972; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Died, in Merrimack Valley Hospital,
Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., February
8, 2002. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Highland Cemetery
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) — of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Salisbury, Essex
County, Mass., January
17, 1800. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1825, 1833-34, 1845-46, 1850;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1835-43;
defeated, 1833; U.S. Minister to China, 1843-44; Spain, 1874-77; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1844; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1847, 1848; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1851-52; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Attorney General, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1860.
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., January
2, 1879. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
Newburyport Cemetery
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803) — of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., November
13, 1739. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-97 (10th District
1795-97, at-large 1797); justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1797-1803; Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts, 1800.
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
6, 1803. Interment at Newburyport Cemetery.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838) — of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.; Essex, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1769.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1805-07, 1815-25, 1831-33 (3rd
District 1805-07, 1815-17, 4th District 1817-19, 3rd District
1819-25, 1831-33). Died in 1838.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Oakhill Cemetery
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Eben Francis Stone (1822-1895) — also known as
Eben F. Stone — of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., August 3,
1822. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860,
1868;
mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1867; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1881-87 (6th District 1881-83,
7th District 1883-87). Died January
22, 1895. Interment at Oakhill Cemetery.
Old Hill Burying Ground
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- William Stedman (1765-1831) — of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
21, 1765. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1790; member of
Massachusetts state legislature, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-10 (at-large 1803-05,
11th District 1805-10). Died August
31, 1831. Interment at Old Hill Burying Ground.
St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Thomas Joseph Lane (1898-1994) — also known as
Thomas J. Lane — of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 6,
1898. Son of Patrick Lane and Mary (Cahill) Lane. Democrat.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-38; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1941-63;
defeated, 1962; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1965-70. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Knights
of Columbus. Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 14,
1994. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Old North Parish Burying Ground
North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Gayton Pickman Osgood (1797-1861) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, 1797.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1833-35. Died in
1861.
Interment at Old North Parish Burying Ground.
Ridgewood Cemetery
North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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Politicians buried here:
King Cemetery
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Daniel Putnam King (1801-1850) — also known as
Daniel P. King — of South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass. Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., January
8, 1801. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1843-50; died in
office 1850. Died in South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass., July 25,
1850. Interment at King Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Broad Street Cemetery
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) — of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Luzerne
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1745. Son of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering;
married, April 8,
1776, to Rebecca White (1754-1828); great-great-grandfather of Augustus
Peabody Gardner; great-great-great-great-grandfather of William
Amory Gardner Minot. Farmer; Essex County
Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in
Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state
legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1795; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd
District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1817-18. Puritan;
later Unitarian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati. Censured
by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction
of secrecy. Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
29, 1829. Interment at Broad Street Cemetery.
- Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
20, 1748. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-96 (2nd District 1789-93,
1st District 1793-95, 11th District 1795-96); U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1796-1800. Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 28,
1814. Interment at Broad Street Cemetery.
- Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (1763-1843) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, 1763.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1809-11. Died in
1843.
Interment at Broad Street Cemetery.
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900) — also
known as William C. Endicott; William Gardner Endicott
— of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Danvers, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
19, 1826. Grandson of Jacob
Crowninshield; married, December
13, 1859, to Ellen Peabody. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1866, 1867, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1870; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-82; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1884; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1885-89. Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1900. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
- Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) — of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass. Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1892. Great-grandson of Leverett
Saltonstall (1783-1845); son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall
and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall; married, June 27,
1916, to Alice Wesselhoeft; brother of Richard
Saltonstall; father of Peter B. Saltonstall (killed in action,
World War II) and William
Lawrence Saltonstall. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-37; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-37;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1972;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67. Unitarian.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Died in Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1979. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
