Middlesex County
Massachusetts
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Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Middlesex County
Index to Locations
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J. Frank Facey (1863-1943) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in 1863.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Died in 1943
(age about
80 years).
Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery.
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Charles Francis Hurley (1893-1946) —
also known as Charles F. Hurley —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1893.
Son of John Joseph Hurley and Elizabeth (Maher) Hurley.
Democrat. Real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1931-36; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Foresters.
Died March 24,
1946 (age 52 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cambridge Cemetery.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
Son of William Cooper Howells and Mary (Dean) Howells.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine,
1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge Cemetery.
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William Parmenter (1789-1866) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 30,
1789.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1837-45.
Died in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
25, 1866 (age 76 years, 332
days).
Interment at Cambridge Cemetery.
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Edward J. Sennott —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Interment at Cambridge Cemetery.
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Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 14,
1761.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1800; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1801.
Died in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., May 4,
1816 (age 54 years, 356
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Auburn
Cemetery.
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Richard Olney (1835-1917) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., September
15, 1835.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1873; U.S.
Attorney General, 1893-95; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1895-97; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died April 8,
1917 (age 81 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles Devens, Jr. (1820-1891) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 4,
1820.
Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1849; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; People's candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1862; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1867; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-77, 1881-91; U.S.
Attorney General, 1877-81.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
7, 1891 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Edward Everett (1794-1865) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 11,
1794.
Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett.
Unitarian
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president,
Harvard College, 1846-49; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1864.
Unitarian.
Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham
Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His
portrait appeared on the U.S. $50
silver certificate in the 1880s.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1865 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) —
also known as Robert C. Winthrop —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1809.
Son of Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760-1841) and Elizabeth Bowdoin
(Temple) Winthrop (1769-1825).
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-40; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1840-42, 1842-50;
resigned 1842, 1850; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1847-49; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1850-51; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1851; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1852.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1894 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., July 5,
1902.
Son of George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944;
defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative to
United Nations, 1953-60; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67; , 1967-68; Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Died in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
27, 1985 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
14, 1820.
Son of Freelove (Angell) Burlingame (1798-1860) and Joel
Burlingame.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Minister to China, 1861-67.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in St. Petersburg, Russia,
February
23, 1870 (age 49 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1773-1851) —
also known as Benjamin W. Crowninshield —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1773.
Son of George Crowninshield (1734-1815) and Mary (Derby)
Crowninshield (1737-1813).
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1812; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1815-18; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1823-31.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
3, 1851 (age 77 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
16, 1792.
Son of Samuel Lawrence (1754-1827) and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1835-37, 1839-40;
U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1849-52.
Unitarian.
Died August
18, 1855 (age 62 years, 245
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
22, 1819.
Writer,
poet, critic, and
abolitionist; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1877-80; Great Britain, 1880-85.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died of cancer, in
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
12, 1891 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Son of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris) Hitchcock.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper
publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) —
also known as James B. Conant —
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
1893.
Son of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chemist;
university
professor; President
of Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1955-57.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Chi Sigma; American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., February
11, 1978 (age 84 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) —
also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
26, 1831.
Son of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cotton mill
business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) —
of Nahant, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1850.
Son of John Ellerton Lodge (1820-1901) and Anna Sophie (Cabot) Lodge
(1821-1900).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-81; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1887-93; resigned
1893; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924; died in office 1924;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, after a severe stroke, at
Charlesgate Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
9, 1924 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
9, 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-14, 1820, 1829; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1821-22; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1830-60.
Drew up the first
charter of the city of Boston in 1822-23; wrote the decision in
Commonwealth v. Hunt, 1842, which exempted labor unions from
the criminal conspiracy law. Related by marriage to the author
Herman Melville.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 30,
1861 (age 80 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles Sumner (1811-1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, January
6, 1811.
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851-74; died in office 1874.
In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by South
Carolina Rep. Preston
S. Brooks, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech.
Died March 11,
1874 (age 63 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1765.
Son of Elizabeth (Gray) Otis and Samuel
Alleyne Otis.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1814; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1829-31.
Harrison, Maine, is named for
him.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1848 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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William Eustis Russell (1857-1896) —
also known as William E. Russell —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1891-94; defeated, 1888, 1889.
Died July 14,
1896 (age 39 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Roger Wolcott (1847-1900) —
of Massachusetts.
Born July 13,
1847.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1893-97; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1896-1900.
Died December
21, 1900 (age 53 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Nathan Matthews, Jr. (1854-1927) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 28,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1888;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1927 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Connecticut, April 27,
1768.
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1802-05; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1813-19; member of New Hampshire
state legislature.
Died October
14, 1848 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Rufus Choate (1799-1859) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Hog Island, Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., October
1, 1799.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1831-35; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1853-54; resigned 1854.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, July 13,
1859 (age 59 years, 285
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Horace Gray (1828-1902) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 24,
1828.
Son of Horace Gray and Harriett (Upham) Gray.
Lawyer;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.
Unitarian.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., September
15, 1902 (age 74 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Francis Cabot Lowell (1855-1911) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
7, 1855.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1898; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1905-11; died in
office 1911.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March 6,
1911 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Jonathan Mason (1756-1831) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
12, 1756.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786-96, 1805-08; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1797-98; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1799-1800, 1803-04; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1831 (age 75 years, 50
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Edward Kent (1802-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born January
8, 1802.
Mayor
of Bangor, Maine, 1836-37; Governor of
Maine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(speaker);
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.
Died of heart
failure, May 19,
1877 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Peleg Sprague (1793-1880) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., April 27,
1793.
Whig. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1825-29; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1829-35; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization;
speaker).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
13, 1880 (age 87 years, 169
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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George Cabot (1752-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
3, 1752.
Son of Joseph Cabot (1720-1782) and Elizabeth (Higgenson) Cabot
(1722-1781).
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 18,
1823 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Original interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; reinterment at Mt. Auburn
Cemetery.
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Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
4, 1772.
Son of Josiah Quincy (1744-1775) and Abigail (Philips) Quincy
(1745-1798).
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804-05, 1813-20; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1805-13; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1822; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1823-28; president,
Harvard College, 1829-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1864 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Edward Kent, Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August 8,
1862.
Son of Edward
Kent.
Republican. Chief
justice of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1902-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1916.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1916 (age 53 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Frederic Dodge (1847-1927) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 4,
1847.
U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1905-12; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1912-18.
Died March 7,
1927 (age 79 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (1842-1918) —
also known as John Q. A. Brackett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 8,
1842.
Son of Ambrose S. Brackett and Nancy (Brown) Brackett.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1877-82, 1884-87; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1885-87; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1890-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1896,
1900.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 6,
1918 (age 75 years, 302
days).
Entombed at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Samuel Atkins Eliot (1798-1862) —
also known as Samuel A. Eliot —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 5,
1798.
Son of Samuel Eliot (1739-1820) and Catherine (Atkins) Eliot
(1758-1829).
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1834; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1837-39; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1850-51.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
29, 1862 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Joseph Story (1779-1845) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., September
18, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1805-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1808-09; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-45.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
10, 1845 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Joseph Albree Gilmore (1811-1867) —
also known as Joseph A. Gilmore —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born June 10,
1811.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1858-60; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1863-65.
Died April 7,
1867 (age 55 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Prescott Bigelow (1797-1872) —
also known as John P. Bigelow —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
25, 1797.
Son of Timothy
Bigelow and Lucy (Prescott) Bigelow (1771-1852).
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828; secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1836; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1849-51.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 4,
1872 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Theodore Lyman, Jr. (1792-1849) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
19, 1792.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1834-35.
Died July 18,
1849 (age 57 years, 149
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Son of Enos Thompson Luce and Phebe (Learned) Luce.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899, 1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles Wells (1786-1866) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
30, 1786.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1832-33.
Died June 3,
1866 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Emory Washburn (1800-1877) —
of Massachusetts.
Born February
14, 1800.
Whig. Governor of
Massachusetts, 1854-55.
Died March 18,
1877 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Otis Norcross (1811-1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
2, 1811.
Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1861; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1867; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
5, 1882 (age 70 years, 307
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Frank William Taussig (1859-1940) —
also known as Frank W. Taussig; "The American
Marshall" —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
28, 1859.
Son of William Taussig and Adele (Wurpel) Taussig.
University
professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1917-19.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
11, 1940 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Huntley Nowel Spaulding (1869-1955) —
also known as Huntley N. Spaulding —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Townsend Harbor, Townsend, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
20, 1869.
Son of Jonas Spaulding and Emeline (Cummings) Spaulding.
Republican. Manufacturer;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1927-29; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1940.
Protestant.
Died in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., November
14, 1955 (age 86 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902) —
also known as Augustus Martin —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Abbot, Piscataquis
County, Maine, November
23, 1835.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1884.
Unitarian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 12,
1902 (age 66 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) —
also known as Charles L. Underhill —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 20,
1867.
Son of Jesse Johnson Underhill and Sallie (Clements) Underhill.
Republican. Blacksmith;
hardware
merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Leopold Morse (1831-1892) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Germany,
August
15, 1831.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-85, 1887-89 (4th District
1877-83, 5th District 1883-85, 3rd District 1887-89); defeated, 1870,
1872.
Jewish.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
15, 1892 (age 61 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Timothy Fuller (1778-1835) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., July 11,
1778.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1817-25 (13th District
1817-19, 1st District 1819-25).
Died in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
1, 1835 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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William Appleton (1786-1862) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., November
16, 1786.
Son of Rev. Joseph Appleton (1751-1795) and Mary (Hook) Appleton
(1756-1842).
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-55, 1861 (1st District
1851-53, 5th District 1853-55, 1861); defeated, 1854, 1856.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
15, 1862 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Richard Fletcher (1788-1869) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt., January
8, 1788.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1837-39; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1848-53.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 21,
1869 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Forrester Andrew (1850-1895) —
also known as John F. Andrew —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
26, 1850.
Son of John
Albion Andrew.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-82; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1884-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1889-93; defeated
(Democratic), 1892.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 30,
1895 (age 44 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Artemas Ward, Jr. (1762-1847) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., January
9, 1762.
Son of Artemas
Ward and Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796-1800, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 1st
District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1818-19; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; state court
judge in Massachusetts, 1820-39.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
7, 1847 (age 85 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles Franklin Sprague (1857-1902) —
also known as Charles F. Sprague —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, June 10,
1857.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1897-1901.
Died January
30, 1902 (age 44 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
November
15, 1882.
Son of Leopold Frankfurter and Emma (Winter) Frankfurter.
Law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-62.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1965 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1779.
Son of Isaac Appleton (1731-1806) and Mary (Adams) Appleton
(1742-1827).
Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1861 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) —
also known as Benjamin R. Curtis —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
4, 1809.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.
Episcopalian.
Died September
15, 1874 (age 64 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883) —
also known as Elisha H. Allen —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Salem, Franklin
County, Mass., January
28, 1804.
Son of Samuel
Clesson Allen.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835-40, 1846-47; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Maine, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent
Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1841-43; defeated, 1842;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1849-53.
Died suddenly from heart
disease, while attending a diplomatic reception
at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1883 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Wilson Candler (1828-1903) —
also known as John W. Candler —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1828.
Republican. Importer
and exporter; member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1881-83, 1889-91 (8th District
1881-83, 9th District 1889-91); defeated, 1890.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 16,
1903 (age 75 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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William Everett (1839-1910) —
also known as "Piggy" —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1839.
Son of Edward
Everett.
College
professor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893-95; defeated
(Democratic), 1890 (6th District), 1892 (7th District); National
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1897.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
16, 1910 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Frederick Simpson Deitrick (1875-1948) —
also known as Frederick S. Deitrick —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., April 9,
1875.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1906 (8th District), 1908 (8th District), 1910 (8th
District), 1914 (8th District), 1916 (8th District), 1932 (9th
District).
Died in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1948 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Peleg Coffin, Jr. (1756-1805) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., November
3, 1756.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 6,
1805 (age 48 years, 123
days).
Original interment at Friends
Burial Grounds, Boston, Mass.; reinterment in 1833 at Mt. Auburn
Cemetery.
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Asahel Stearns (1774-1839) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, 1774.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1815-17.
Died in 1839
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Edward Daniel Hayden (1833-1908) —
also known as Edward D. Hayden —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
27, 1833.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1885-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
15, 1908 (age 74 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Albert Smith (1793-1867) —
of Maine.
Born in Massachusetts, January
3, 1793.
Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 8th District, 1839-41.
Died May 29,
1867 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Wiley Edmands (1809-1877) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 1,
1809.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1853-55;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1868.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
31, 1877 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Samuel Hurd Walley (1805-1877) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, 1805.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1853-55.
Died in 1877
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Selwyn Zadock Bowman (1840-1928) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., May 11,
1840.
Son of Zadock Bowman and Rosetta (Cram) Bowman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1873; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1879-83.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
30, 1928 (age 88 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1796.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1847-49.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 26,
1881 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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John McKeown Snow Williams (1818-1886) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Virginia, 1818.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1873-75.
Died in 1886
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Theodore Lyman (1833-1897) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
23, 1833.
Son of Theodore Lyman (1792-1849) and Mary Elizabeth (Henderson)
Lyman (1799-1836).
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1883-85.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., September
9, 1897 (age 64 years, 17
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Atkins Eliot and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) Eliot.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1834.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1883.
African
ancestry.
First
black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1886 (age 51 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Son of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Edward Franc Jones (1828-1913) —
also known as Edward F. Jones —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 3,
1828.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1865; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1886-91.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., August 4,
1913 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 16,
1863.
Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in North Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1751.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,
1st District 1795-97); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., June 6,
1829 (age 78 years, 103
days).
Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834
at Mt. Auburn Cemetery; reinterment in 1848 at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895) —
also known as E. Rockwood Hoar —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1816.
Son of Samuel
Hoar and Sarah (Sherman) Hoar.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1846; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1849-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee; speaker);
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1859-69; U.S.
Attorney General, 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1873-75.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
31, 1895 (age 78 years, 344
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) —
also known as George F. Hoar —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1826.
Son of Samuel
Hoar.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1869-77 (8th District 1869-73,
9th District 1873-77); U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904; died in office 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., September
30, 1904 (age 78 years, 32
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) —
also known as Nathaniel Hathorne —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 4,
1804.
Son of Nathaniel Hathorne.
Famed novelist
and short story writer; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1846-49; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1853-57.
English
ancestry.
Died in Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H., May 19,
1864 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; statue at Hawthorne
Boulevard, Salem, Mass.
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Sherman Hoar (1860-1898) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 30,
1860.
Son of Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1891-93; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1893-97.
Died October
7, 1898 (age 38 years, 69
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Whiting (1813-1873) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 3,
1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1873; died in
office 1873.
Died June 29,
1873 (age 60 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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George Merrick Brooks (1824-1893) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 26,
1824.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1869-72; probate
judge in Massachusetts, 1872.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
22, 1893 (age 69 years, 58
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Samuel Hoar (1778-1856) —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1778.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1826, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1835-37; delegate
to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (speaker);
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died November
2, 1856 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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George Washington Wright (1816-1885) —
of California.
Born in Massachusetts, 1816.
U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1849-51.
Died in 1885
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821) —
also known as Joseph B. Varnum —
of Dracut, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dracut, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
29, 1751.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1780-85; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1786-95, 1817-21; common pleas court judge in
Massachusetts; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-1811 (9th District
1795-97, at-large 1797-1805, 4th District 1805-11); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1811-17.
Died in Dracut, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
21, 1821 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment at Varnum Cemetery.
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Ernest William Roberts (1858-1924) —
also known as Ernest W. Roberts —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, November
22, 1858.
Son of Orin P. Roberts and Eliza V. Roberts.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1899-1917 (7th District
1899-1913, 9th District 1913-17); defeated, 1916.
Died in 1924
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis Ball Fay (1793-1876) —
also known as Francis B. Fay —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., June 12,
1793.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1830-31, 1834-36, 1840; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1843-45, 1848, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1852-53; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
mayor
of Chelsea, Mass., 1857.
Died in South Lancaster, Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass., October
6, 1876 (age 83 years, 116
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Souther (1826-1891) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., March 5,
1826.
Son of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Treasurer, 1847; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
county judge in Pennsylvania, 1871.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1891
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Power (1835-1876) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in 1835.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1876.
Died in 1876
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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David Christopher Ahearn (1879-1925) —
also known as David C. Ahearn —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Rotherham, England,
November
4, 1879.
Son of John Ahearn and Mary (Kerwin) Ahearn.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-11; trustee, Framingham Hospital,
1910-16; selectman, Framingham, 1912-13; pioneer in Colorado oil shale
industry; founder and president of the Yarg Producing & Refining
Corporation.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Crippled
as a boy, had minimal use of both legs, and used canes or crutches.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
30, 1925 (age 46 years, 26
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Charles Russell Train (1817-1885) —
also known as Charles R. Train —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1817.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1847; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1859-63; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1872-79.
Died in 1885
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Edgell Grove Cemetery.
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Constantine Canaris Esty (1824-1912) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1824.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1872-73.
Died in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
27, 1912 (age 88 years, 1
days).
Interment at Edgell Grove Cemetery.
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Thomas Chalmers —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1913-14.
Interment at Edgell Grove Cemetery.
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George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) —
also known as George S. Boutwell —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
28, 1818.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1842-50; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1851-53; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
first
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1863-69 (7th District 1863-69,
9th District 1869); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-73; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1873-77.
Died in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1905 (age 87 years, 30
days).
Interment at Groton Cemetery.
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Samuel Dana (1767-1835) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 26,
1767.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1814-15.
Died in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1835 (age 68 years, 147
days).
Interment at Groton Cemetery.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Son of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham
(1795-1818).
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton Cemetery.
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William Amos Bancroft (b. 1855) —
also known as William Bancroft —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 26,
1855.
Son of Charles B. Bancroft.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1893-97; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president, Boston Elevated Railway
from 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Interment at Groton Cemetery.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town Cemetery.
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George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) —
also known as George A. Whiting —
of California.
Born in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
20, 1827.
Member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1871-73.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of heart
disease, in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
14, 1903 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Lake Grove Cemetery.
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Lewis R. Sullivan II (1900-1985) —
also known as Lew Sullivan —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Suffolk
County, Mass., 1900.
Son of Lewis
R. Sullivan.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Lewis Dewart Apsley (1852-1925) —
also known as Lewis D. Apsley —
of Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., September
29, 1852.
Son of George Apsley and Anna C. (Wenck) Apsley.
Republican. Founder and president of Apsley Rubber Co. (later
Firestone-Apsley), manufacturers of rubber
clothing; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1893-97; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Died, in a private American hospital,
Colón, Panama,
April
11, 1925 (age 72 years, 194
days).
Interment at Forestvale Cemetery.
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Charles Hudson (1795-1881) —
of Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass.; Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
14, 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Universalist
minister; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-39; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1839-41; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1841-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856.
Universalist.
Died in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1881 (age 85 years, 171
days).
Interment at Munroe Cemetery.
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William Eustis (1753-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 10,
1753.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-05, 1820-23 (at-large
1801-05, 1st District 1820-23); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1809-13; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1814-18; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823-25; defeated, 1820, 1821, 1822; died in
office 1825.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1825 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Old Burying Ground.
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George Augustus Sanderson (1863-1932) —
of Ayer, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 1,
1863.
Son of George Webster Sanderson (1830-1912) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Tuttle) Sanderson.
Republican. Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1902-07; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1907-24; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1924-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1932
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Westlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court
in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth Cemetery.
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Adelbert Ames (1835-1933) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, October
31, 1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1868-70, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-74; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21,
1861.
Died in Ormond (now Ormond Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., April 12,
1933 (age 97 years, 163
days).
Interment at Hildreth Cemetery.
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Butler Ames (1871-1954) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
22, 1871.
Son of Adelbert
Ames and Blanche (Butler) Ames.
Republican. Engineer;
manufacturer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1903-13;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916,
1920,
1928.
Died in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
6, 1954 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hildreth Cemetery.
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Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) —
also known as Frederic T. Greenhalge —
of Massachusetts.
Born in England,
July
19, 1842.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1894-96; died in office 1896.
Died March 5,
1896 (age 53 years, 230
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Thomas Talbot (1818-1886) —
of Massachusetts.
Born September
7, 1818.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1873-75; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1874-75, 1879-80; defeated, 1874.
Died October
6, 1886 (age 68 years, 29
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997) —
also known as Paul E. Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Greek
ancestry.
Died of liver
damage caused by cancer
treatment, and pneumonia,
at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1997 (age 55 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Daughter of Franklin Nourse and Edith Francis (Riversmith) Nourse.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Charles Herbert Allen (1848-1934) —
also known as Charles H. Allen —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 15,
1848.
Son of Otis Allen and Louise (Bixby) Allen.
Republican. Lumber
business; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1885-89;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1891; Massachusetts state prison commissioner,
1897-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1898-1900; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1900-01.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 20,
1934 (age 86 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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John Jacob Rogers (1881-1925) —
also known as John J. Rogers —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
18, 1881.
Son of Jacob Rogers and Mary Howard (Carney) Rogers.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1913-25; died in
office 1925; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Sponsor and longtime advocate of legislation to reform the U.S.
foreign service, finally enacted in 1924.
Died March 28,
1925 (age 43 years, 222
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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John Locke (1764-1855) —
of Ashby, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hopkinton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
14, 1764.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1804; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1823-29 (4th District 1823-25,
6th District 1825-29); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 29,
1855 (age 91 years, 43
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Chauncey Langdon Knapp (1809-1898) —
Born in Berlin, Washington
County, Vt., February
26, 1809.
Secretary
of state of Vermont, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1855-59.
Died May 31,
1898 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in New Hampshire, 1802.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55.
Died in 1875
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Benjamin Dean (1824-1897) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Clitheroe, England,
August
14, 1824.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1864;
member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1878-79.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 9,
1897 (age 72 years, 238
days).
Interment at Lowell Cemetery.
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Charles H. Slowey (1887-1964) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1887.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-26, 1929-30; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932;
mayor
of Lowell, Mass., 1932-33; postmaster.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
10, 1964 (age about 76
years).
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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George T. Ashe (1905-1975) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
6, 1905.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1975
(age about
70 years).
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Michael H. Hoar —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) —
also known as P. J. Kennedy —
of Massachusetts.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1858.
Son of Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy (1824-1888) and Patrick Kennedy
(c.1823-1858).
Liquor
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 18,
1929 (age 71 years, 134
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Tony A. Garofano —
of Saugus, Essex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Interment somewhere.
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Peter Francis Tague (1871-1941) —
also known as Peter F. Tague —
of Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 4,
1871.
Chemist;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1913-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1915-19,
1919-25; defeated (Independent), 1918, 1924; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1917; postmaster.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1941 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Torbert Hart Macdonald (1917-1976) —
also known as Torbert H. Macdonald —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 6,
1917.
Son of John G. Macdonald and Harriet (Hart) Macdonald.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1955-76 (8th District 1955-63,
7th District 1963-76); died in office 1976; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 21,
1976 (age 58 years, 350
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Thomas Aloysius Flaherty (1898-1965) —
also known as Thomas A. Flaherty —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1937-43.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 27,
1965 (age 66 years, 127
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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John Andrew Sullivan (1868-1927) —
also known as John A. Sullivan —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1903-07.
Died in 1927
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Maurice F. Ahearn (1880-1971) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born April 27,
1880.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916,
1924;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1920.
Died, in a nursing
home at Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
17, 1971 (age 91 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Clementina Maria Anna Poto Langone (1896-1964) —
also known as Clementina Langone —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 30,
1896.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Female.
Died, at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 20,
1964 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer;
orator;
as assistant district attorney for New York County, 1916-21, he
prosecuted many cases against left wing political and labor union
leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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John Joseph Mitchell (1873-1925) —
also known as John J. Mitchell —
of Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1873.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1903-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1910-11, 1913-15 (4th District
1910-11, 13th District 1913-15); defeated, 1908 (4th District), 1912
(13th District), 1914 (13th District).
Died September
13, 1925 (age 52 years, 127
days).
Interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery.
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Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948) —
also known as Arthur D. Healey —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1889.
Son of Dennis Healey and Mary (Ireland) Healey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922, 1924, 1928; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1942-48; died in office 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in 1948
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Walter Edward Lawrence (1905-1967) —
also known as Walter E. Lawrence —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
8, 1905.
Son of George Bertram Lawrence and Della (Chievney) Lawrence.
Civil
engineer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1939-44; mayor of
Medford, Mass., 1944-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died April 9,
1967 (age 61 years, 122
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Brooks (1752-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1752.
Son of Caleb Brooks and Ruth (Albree) Brooks.
Physician;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1785-86; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1791; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1812-16; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1816-23.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1825 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Salem Street Burial Ground.
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Timothy Bigelow (1767-1821) —
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 30,
1767.
Son of Timothy Bigelow (1739-1790) and Anna (Andrews) Bigelow
(1747-1809).
Member of Massachusetts
state senate.
Died in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1821 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Entombed at Salem Street Burial Ground.
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Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (1820-1891) —
also known as Daniel W. Gooch —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Wells, York
County, Maine, January
8, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1858-65, 1873-75 (7th District
1858-63, 6th District 1863-65, 5th District 1873-75); resigned 1865;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
11, 1891 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Wyoming Cemetery.
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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Zeta Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming Cemetery.
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Henry Wilson (1812-1875) —
also known as Jeremiah Jones Colbaith —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H., February
16, 1812.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1841-42; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1844-46, 1850-52; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1855-73; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868;
Vice
President of the United States, 1873-75; died in office 1875.
Congregationalist.
Died, of a stroke, in
the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1875 (age 63 years, 279
days).
Interment at Dell Park Cemetery.
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Charles Quincy Tirrell (1844-1910) —
also known as Charles Q. Tirrell —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Sharon, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
10, 1844.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1881-82; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1901-10; died in
office 1910.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died July 31,
1910 (age 65 years, 233
days).
Interment at Dell Park Cemetery.
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John Brooks Fairbanks (1822-1897) —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Medfield, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1822.
Son of Lewis Fairbanks (1789-1833) and Jane (Walker) Fairbanks
(1791-1882).
Postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1874-75.
Died in 1897
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Dell Park Cemetery.
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George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) —
also known as George C. Fairbanks —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1852.
Son of John
Brooks Fairbanks and Caroline (Cummings) Fairbanks (1824-1891).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died April 23,
1931 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Dell Park Cemetery.
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Jeremiah J. Healy (d. 1954) —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Died in 1954.
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818-1895) —
also known as Alexander H. Rice —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
30, 1818.
Republican. Mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1859-67 (4th District 1859-63,
3rd District 1863-67); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1876-79.
Died July 22,
1895 (age 76 years, 326
days).
Interment at Newton Cemetery.
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William Hull (1753-1825) —
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., June 24,
1753.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1798-1805; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1805-12; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Following his surrender of Detroit to the British in 1812, was found
guilty by a court-martial
of cowardice,
neglect
of duty, and unofficerlike
conduct, and sentenced
to death; President Madison accepted this decision but remitted the
sentence.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
29, 1825 (age 72 years, 158
days).
Interment at Newton Cemetery.
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William Emerson Barrett (1858-1906) —
also known as William E. Barrett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-92; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1895-99;
defeated, 1893.
Died, from pneumonia,
in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
12, 1906 (age 47 years, 45
days).
Interment at Newton Cemetery.
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Samuel Leland Powers (1848-1929) —
also known as Samuel L. Powers —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1901-05 (11th District
1901-03, 12th District 1903-05).
Died in 1929
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Newton Cemetery.
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William Jackson (1783-1855) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, 1783.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1833-37.
Died in 1855
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Old Burial Ground.
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Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814-1891) —
also known as Josiah G. Abbott —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chelmsford, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
1, 1814.
Son of Caleb Abbott (1779-1846) and Mercy (Fletcher) Abbott
(1782-1834).
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1841-42; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; superior
court judge in Massachusetts, 1855-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864,
1876
(speaker),
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1876-77;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1878.
Died in Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 2,
1891 (age 76 years, 213
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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William Claflin (1818-1905) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., March 6,
1818.
Son of Lee Claflin and Sarah (Adams) Claflin.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-52; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860,
1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1866-; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1868-72; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1866-69; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1869-72; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1877-81.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
5, 1905 (age 86 years, 305
days).
Interment at Newton Cemetery.
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Katherine Graham Howard (1898-1986) —
also known as Katherine G. Howard; Katherine Montague
Graham; Mrs. Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Guyton, Effingham
County, Ga., 1898.
Daughter of Joseph Lewis Graham and Margaret (Nowell) Graham.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1945-53; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1948-53.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Colonial
Dames.
Died in 1986
(age about
88 years).
Interment somewhere.
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1967) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Son of Herbert Burr Howard and Emily (Pagelsen) Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Interment somewhere.
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Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) —
also known as Arthur W. Coolidge —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
13, 1881.
Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1950.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest Glen Cemetery.
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William H. Dolben (d. 1948) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Died in 1948.
Interment at Forest Glen Cemetery.
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Richard Manning Russell (1891-1977) —
also known as Richard M. Russell —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 3,
1891.
Son of William
Eustis Russell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1935-37;
defeated, 1936 (9th District), 1950 (6th District).
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Essex, Essex
County, Mass., February
27, 1977 (age 85 years, 361
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.
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John Anthony Volpe (1908-1994) —
also known as John A. Volpe —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Nahant, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
8, 1908.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1972,
1988;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1961-63, 1965-69; defeated, 1962; resigned
1969; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968;
U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1969-73; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1973-77.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died September
11, 1994 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Forest Glade Cemetery.
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Harry Irving Thayer (1869-1926) —
also known as Harry I. Thayer —
of Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Pembroke, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
10, 1869.
Son of Wendell P. Thayer and Amelia (Josselyn) Thayer (1847-1884).
Republican. Leather
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died in Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 10,
1926 (age 56 years, 181
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816-1894) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Banks; "The Bobbin
Boy" —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
30, 1816.
Son of Nathaniel P. Banks and Rebecca (Greenwood) Banks.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1851; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1853-57, 1865-73, 1875-79,
1889-91 (7th District 1853-57, 6th District 1865-73, 5th District
1875-79, 1889-91); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1856-57; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874.
Died in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1894 (age 78 years, 214
days).
Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.
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George Pickering Bemis (1838-1916) —
also known as George P. Bemis —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 15,
1838.
Son of Emery Bemis (1800-1882) and Susannah (Pickering) Bemis
(1807-1887).
Republican. Mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1892-96.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
11, 1916 (age 78 years, 271
days).
Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Walker McCall (1851-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. McCall —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in East Providence, Bedford
County, Pa., February
28, 1851.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1888-89, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1893-1913; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1916-19; defeated, 1913, 1914.
Died November
4, 1923 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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Thomas H. Duffy (1880-1969) —
also known as "Plucky Duffy" —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 8,
1880.
Democrat. Champion boxer,
competed in U.S. and Europe; freight conductor for Boston & Maine Railroad;
mayor
of Woburn, Mass., 1925-27; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 14,
1969 (age 89 years, 67
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bernard J. Golden —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1921-22; defeated, 1922; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Hyman Mann (1898-1972) —
also known as Honey Mann; Hyman Manevitch —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 4,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Jewish.
Died, in the Veterans Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 16,
1972 (age 74 years, 12
days).
Interment at Montefiore Cemetery.
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George Fingold (d. 1958) —
of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1953-58; died in office 1958.
Jewish.
Died August
31, 1958.
Interment at Pride of Boston Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (1824-1894) —
also known as B. F. Whittemore —
of Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Massachusetts, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Darlington
County, 1868; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1868-70; member
of South Carolina state legislature.
Died in 1894
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Salem Street Cemetery.
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