Worcester County
Massachusetts
Worcester County information:
- Population: 750,963 (2000); 709,705 (1990)
- Land area 1,513 square miles.
- County seat: Worcester
- Capital
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(not intended to be complete)
Dwight
Foster (Sheriff, 1792)
Charles
B. Rugg (District Attorney, 1926)
Alexander
G. Lajoie (County Treasurer, 1937-43)
John
M. Flynn (Sheriff)
- Ashburnham:
Melvin
O. Adams
- Athol:
Doris
R. Garbose
- J.
Clarence Hill
- Ethel
M. Plotkin
- Arthur
H. Starrett
- William
M. Welch
- Auburn:
Francis
P. Cassidy
- James
B. McNamara
- Isabel
B. Miller
- Barre:
Harding
Allen
- George
W. Cooke
- Clyde H.
Swan
- Berlin:
Amos
Sawyer
- Blackstone:
Frank
W. McCooey
- James
H. McCooey
- Boylston:
Anne
Marie Rafferty
- Brookfield:
Edward
Krock
- Andrew
J. Leach
- Jabez
Upham
- Clinton:
Carroll
H. Balcom
- Harold
E. Bassett
- Joseph
E. Casey
- Eva
B. Hester
- Jonas
Elijah Howe
- Wellington
E. Parkhurst
- Philip
J. Philbin
- Mary
J. Richards
- C.
Clifford Stone
- David
I. Walsh
- Douglas:
Walter
E. Schuster
- Winfield
S. Schuster
- Dudley:
Henry
H. Stevens
- East Douglas, Douglas:
Winfield
A. Schuster
- Fitchburg:
- Gardner:
Fred
A. Blake
- Louis
E. Carlton
- U.
O. Fredette
- Judy
Gilbert
- Levi
Haywood
- Carl
W. Hedstrom
- Owen
A. Hoban
- Owen
A. Hoben
- Daniel
J. Kelley
- Bertil
E. Kuniholm
- Charles
J. Manca
- Gabriel
G. Morze
- Gerald
St. Hilaire
- Albert
H. Stone
- George
C. Sweeney
- Solon
Wilder
- William
H. Wilder
- Grafton:
Edward
B. Bigelow
- Harry
H. Daw
- J.
A. Dodge
- George
N. Peterson
- Francis
Prescott
- Holden:
Charles
D. Briggs
- Mary
Jane McKenna
- Hopedale:
Eudoxia
Carchio
- B. H.
Bristow Draper
- Eben
S. Draper
- Eben
S. Draper
- William
F. Draper
- Waldo
N. Jenckes
- Lancaster:
Allan
Gordon Buttrick
- Francis
B. Fay
- Katherine
V. Parker
- John
E. Thayer, Jr.
- Pauline
R. Thayer
- Leicester:
Francis
T. Mullin
- John
E. Russell
- Leominster:
Abijah
Bigelow
- Harold
W. Burdett
- Hannah
F. Comerford
- Laurie
J. Cormier
- Ralph
W. Crossman
- Bernard
W. Doyle
- J.
Henry Goguen
- Nahum
Harwood
- Margaret
B. Hunter
- Joseph
G. Kendall
- Mathias
La Pierre
- Gregg
P. Lisciotti
- Arthur
U. Mahan
- Dean
J. Mazzarella
- Chad
Radock
- Felix
Rosenbaum
- Harriet
K. Schechtman
- Isidore
W. Smith
- Joseph
E. Venne
- Geraldine
F. Wheeler
- Lunenburg:
Mary
L. Padula
- Mendon:
Henry
A. Aldrich
- Elmer
C. Nelson
- Milford:
George
F. Birch
- Annie
Burke
- David
Craig
- John
F. X. Davoren
- Maurice
E. Fitzgerald
- James
Lally
- Mary
DePasquale Murray
- Mary
E. A. Murray
- John
E. Swift
- Orison
Underwood
- Wendell
Williams
- Orison
Woodward
- Millbury:
Mary
Clark
- Warren
G. Harris
- Samuel
E. Hull
- Millerville, Blackstone:
Cornelius
R. Day
- North Brookfield:
Theodore
Cornelius Bates
- Herbert
E. Cummings
- Helen
B. Howland
- Amasa
Walker
- John
A. White
- Northbridge:
Joyce
B. O'Connor
- James
J. Sughrue
- Henry
T. Whitin
- Oxford:
George
Hodges
- Lawrence
F. Kilty
- Paxton:
Albert
P. Manzi
- Petersham:
Lewis
Bigelow
- Rutland:
Daniel
J. Fitzgerald
- Shrewsbury:
Quintin
J. Cristy
- Martha
Ducey
- Roberta
Goldman
- Jonah
Howe
- Nathan
Howe
- Priscilla
Mangan
- Karyn
E. Polito
- Joseph
Ricca
- Southborough:
Edward
Burnett
- Southbridge:
Paul
H. Benoit
- Alexis
Boyer, Jr.
- Raymond
H. Favreau
- David
E. Hobson
- Wilfred
J. Lamoureux
- Joseph
G. E. Page
- Calvin
D. Paige
- Doris
M. Racicot
- Valmore
P. Tetreault
- C.
McGregory Wells, Jr.
- Spencer:
Philip
A. Quinn
- Mary
M. Silk
- Sturbridge:
Janet
Ellen Garon
- George
H. Robinson
- Richard
F. Treadway
- Templeton:
Artemas
Lee
- Upton:
Gwendolyn
B. Knowlton
- Uxbridge:
Benjamin
Adams
- William
A. L. Bazeley
- John
S. Derham
- Charles
A. Root
- Arthur
Seagrave
- Arthur
Robert Taft
- Harold
J. Walter
- Warren:
Wilson
H. Fairbank
- Webster:
J.
William Belanger
- Francis
E. Cassidy
- Mae
Cassidy
- Joseph
F. Gibney
- John
P. Ivascyn
- Joseph
A. Love
- Eva
A. Patenaude
- Charles
J. Skladzien
- West Boylston:
Elizabeth
Wright
- West Brookfield:
Elizabeth
A. Chase
- Westborough:
Louis
E. Denfeld
- Gloria
Guagnini
- John
W. Slattery
- Westminster:
Charles
Hudson
- Solomon
Strong
- Whitinsville, Northbridge:
Henry
J. Lane
- Winchendon:
Ray
P. Bartlett
- Elisha
M. Whitney
- Worcester:
- Lived in Worcester, 1800-1809:
Levi
Lincoln, Jr.
- William
Stedman
- Lived in Worcester, 1810-1819:
Abijah
Bigelow
- Lived in Worcester, 1820-1829:
John
Davis
- Lived in Worcester, 1830-1839:
John
Davis
- Lived in Worcester, 1840-1849:
Henry
Chapin
- John
Davis
- Levi
Lincoln, Jr.
- Lived in Worcester, 1850-1859:
P.
E. Aldrich
- Charles
Allen
- Alexander
H. Bullock
- Henry
Chapin
- Eli
Thayer
- Lived in Worcester, 1860-1869:
John
D. Baldwin
- Henry
Chapin
- Isaac
Davis
- George
W. Gill
- Lived in Worcester, 1870-1879:
James
B. Blake
- Henry
Chapin
- Edward
Livingston Davis
- James
E. Estabrook
- George
W. Gill
- George
F. Hoar
- William
Whitney Rice
- John
R. Thayer
- George
F. Verry
- Lived in Worcester, 1880-1889:
Edward
Livingston Davis
- George
F. Hoar
- Rockwood
Hoar
- Charles
G. Reed
- John
R. Thayer
- Lived in Worcester, 1890-1899:
Edward
Livingston Davis
- George
F. Hoar
- Rockwood
Hoar
- Arthur
Prentice Rugg
- Charles
Taylor Tatman
- John
R. Thayer
- Joseph
H. Walker
- Samuel
E. Winslow
- Lived in Worcester, 1900-1909:
Edward
Livingston Davis
- Leander
F. Herrick
- Rockwood
Hoar
- Pehr
G. Holmes
- Daniel
Waldo Lincoln
- James
Logan
- John
P. Munroe
- Arthur
Prentice Rugg
- Arthur
M. Taft
- Charles
Taylor Tatman
- John
R. Thayer
- Charles
G. Washburn
- Samuel
E. Winslow
- Lived in Worcester, 1910-1919:
Ernest
G. Adams
- Eugene
L. Belisle
- Charles
F. Campbell
- James
C. Donnelly
- Pehr
G. Holmes
- George
N. Jeppson
- Daniel
Waldo Lincoln
- James
Logan
- Thomas
F. McGauley
- Hugh
O'Rourke
- H.
Oscar Rocheleau
- Arthur
Prentice Rugg
- Mark
N. Skerrett
- John
A. Thayer
- Charles
G. Washburn
- Matthew
J. Whittall
- Samuel
E. Winslow
- Lived in Worcester, 1920-1929:
Mabel
C. Batchelder
- George
F. Booth
- Mary F.
Bowen
- Chandler
Bullock
- Charles
F. Campbell
- Leo
A. J. Charbonneau
- John
F. Delaney
- William
H. Dyer
- Elizabeth
A. Flanagan
- Jessie
A. Hall
- Chester
D. Heywood
- Pehr
G. Holmes
- Edward
J. Kelley
- Marie
R. Lagasse
- Daniel
Waldo Lincoln
- Nellie
Millea
- Bryan
J. Moore
- George
D. Morse
- John
J. O'Brien
- Margaret
X. O'Brien
- Albert
F. Richardson
- H.
Oscar Rocheleau
- Arthur
Prentice Rugg
- George
R. Stobbs
- Peter
F. Sullivan
- Henry
O. Tilton
- Robert
L. Whipple
- Samuel
E. Winslow
- Lived in Worcester, 1930-1939:
Mabel
C. Batchelder
- Evelyn
C. Bjorkman
- George
F. Booth
- Chandler
Bullock
- Harold
D. Donohue
- Roger
S. Greene
- Jessie
A. Hall
- Pehr
G. Holmes
- Edward
J. Kelley
- Daniel
Waldo Lincoln
- John
C. Mahoney
- Nellie
Millea
- H.
Oscar Rocheleau
- Arthur
Prentice Rugg
- Charles
B. Rugg
- Edward
A. Ryan
- Axel
U. Sternlof
- George
R. Stobbs
- John
S. Sullivan
- Henry
O. Tilton
- Lived in Worcester, 1940-1949:
Joseph
A. Aspero
- George
F. Booth
- Chandler
Bullock
- Harold
D. Donohue
- Thomas
S. Estes
- Irene
Gowetz
- Winthrop
S. Greene
- Jessie
A. Hall
- Gladys
P. Hartwell
- Milton
P. Higgins
- Pehr
G. Holmes
- Harold
J. Ireland
- Svea
F. Jernberg
- Doris
M. A. Kundig
- Alexander
G. Lajoie
- Phyllis
B. Lajoie
- Daniel
Waldo Lincoln
- John
J. Maginnis
- John
C. Mahoney
- Henry
E. Manning
- James
J. Marshall
- Allen
E. McCarthy
- Philip
M. Morgan
- John
J. O'Brien
- Francis
X. Powers
- Charles
B. Rugg
- Edward
A. Ryan
- Anna
A. Sharry
- Charles
F. Sullivan
- John
S. Sullivan
- Henry
O. Tilton
- Henry
C. Walsh
- George
A. Wells
- Guy
S. Williams
- Stanislaus
G. Wondolowski
- Joseph
K. Zemaitis
- Lived in Worcester, 1950-1959:
Joseph
A. Aspero
- Harold
D. Donohue
- Michael
J. Favulli
- William
D. Fleming
- Andrew
B. Holmstrom
- Harold
J. Ireland
- John
J. Maginnis
- John
J. Melican
- Paul
S. Morgan
- James
D. O'Brien
- Lillian
A. Porter
- Anna
A. Sharry
- John
M. Shea
- Charles
F. Sullivan
- Henry
O. Tilton
- Robert
X. Tivnan
- George
A. Wells
- Mary
R. Wheeler
- William
W. White
- Guy
S. Williams
- Stanislaus
G. Wondolowski
- Lived in Worcester, 1960-1969:
Joseph
A. Aspero
- William
T. Buckley
- Joseph
C. Casdin
- Edward
L. Clifford
- John
J. Conte
- Henry
C. Donnelly
- Harold
D. Donohue
- William
D. Fleming
- Paul
W. Glennon
- Edward
C. Maher
- Paul
V. Mullaney
- James
D. O'Brien
- Philip
K. O'Donnell
- Warren
F. O'Donnell
- George
A. Wells
- Mary
R. Wheeler
- Lived in Worcester, 1970-1979:
Elizabeth
W. Ayres
- Robert
W. Baker
- Joan
R. Benjamin
- Robert
K. Cabana
- Quintin
J. Cristy
- Harold
D. Donohue
- Alan
F. Gummerson
- Harriet
P. Miller
- Kenneth
J. Moynihan
- Lived in Worcester, 1980-1989:
Christine
Birch
- Kathleen
Birch
- Charles
Buffone
- Nicholas
Charalambides
- Arthur
E. Chase
- Gerry
D'Amico
- Harold
D. Donohue
- Joseph
D. Early
- David
P. Forsberg
- Paul
Pezzella
- Edward
Trachtenberg
- Casimir
Vallon
- Anthony
Vigliotti
- Lived in Worcester, 1990-1999:
George
A. Fox III
- Konstantina
Lukes
- Raymond
V. Mariano
- Lived in Worcester, 2000-2008:
Edward
M. Augustus, Jr.
- Harriette
Chandler
- Juan
A. Gomez
- Raymond
V. Mariano
- James
P. McGovern
- Timothy
P. Murray
- Mary
Oroszko
- Gladys
Rodriguez-Parker
- See also Mass. areas
not assigned to counties.
Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery
Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Melvin Ohio Adams (1847-1920) — also known as
Melvin O. Adams — of Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass. Born in Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass., November
7, 1847. Son of Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams;
married, January
20, 1874, to Mary Colony. Lawyer; took
part in the legal defense of Lizzie Borden, charged in 1892-93 with
the murder of her parents in Fall River, Mass.; president, Boston,
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad;
vice-president, Liberty Trust Co.;
trustee, Dartmouth College; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1905-06. Died August 9,
1920. Interment at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery.
Hillside Cemetery
Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) — of New York.
Born in Massachusetts, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874. Died in 1874.
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
Precious Blood Cemetery
Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Aram J. Pothier (1854-1928) — of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I. Born in Quebec,
July
26, 1854. Son of Jules Pothier and Domiltilde (Dallaire) Pothier;
married 1902
to Françoise de Charmigny. Republican. Banker;
officer of Guerin Spinning
Co., Alsace Worsted
Co., Montrose Woolen
Co., and Rosemont Dyeing
Co.; treasurer, Woonsocket Hospital;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-88; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1894-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1897-98; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1909-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928. Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association. Died February
3, 1928. Interment at Precious Blood Cemetery.
St. Paul's Cemetery
Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Ambrose Kennedy (1875-1967) — of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I. Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., December
1, 1875. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1911-13; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 3rd District, 1913-23. Died March 10,
1967. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery.
Brookfield Cemetery
Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Dwight Foster (1757-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., December
7, 1757. Brother of Theodore
Foster; father of Alfred
Dwight Foster; grandfather of Dwight
Foster (1828-1884). Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-92, 1808-09; Worcester
County Sheriff, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1800 (2nd District
1793-95, 3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; resigned 1803; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803-11. Died in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April 29,
1823. Interment at Brookfield Cemetery.
- Albert Richards Howe (1840-1884) — of Mississippi.
Born in Massachusetts, 1840.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1868;
member of Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1873-75. Died in 1884.
Interment at Brookfield Cemetery.
St. John's Cemetery
Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) — also known as
Edward A. Kenney — of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J. Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938. Member, Elks; Redmen; Delta
Chi. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1938. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
Evergreen Cemetery
Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Winfield Aldrich Schuster (1906-1983) — also known
as Winfield A. Schuster — of East Douglas, Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass. Born July 17,
1906. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1932-36; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Died, of leukemia,
1983.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Forest Hill Cemetery
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Frank Herbert Foss (1865-1947) — also known as
Frank H. Foss — of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
20, 1865. Republican. Mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1917-20; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1925-35;
defeated, 1934. Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
15, 1947. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Alfred Woollacott — of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass. Republican. Superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1938-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1942; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1948.
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Alvah Crocker (1801-1874) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1801. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1872-74 (9th District 1872-73,
10th District 1873-74); died in office 1874. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., December
26, 1874. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Amasa Norcross (1824-1898) — of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
26, 1824. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-59; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1873-74; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1877-83. Died in
Paris, France,
April
2, 1898. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey (1823-1862) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 17,
1823. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1857; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., May 8,
1862. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Rodney Wallace (1823-1903) — of Massachusetts. Born
in New Hampshire, 1823.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1889-91. Died in
1903.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Crystal Lake Cemetery
Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Henry Wilder (1855-1913) — also known as
William H. Wilder — of Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, May 14,
1855. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-13 (4th District 1911-13,
3rd District 1913); died in office 1913. Member, Freemasons.
Died September
11, 1913. Interment at Crystal Lake Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Village Cemetery
Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914) — also known as
Eben S. Draper — of Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass., June 17,
1858. Brother of William
Franklin Draper; father of Eben
Sumner Draper (1893-?). Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1906-09; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1909-11; defeated, 1910. Died April 9,
1914. Entombed at Village Cemetery.
- William Franklin Draper (1842-1910) — also known as
William F. Draper — of Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 9,
1842. Son of George Draper and Hannah (Thwing) Draper; married 1862 to Lydia
W. Joy; married 1890 to Susan
Preston; brother of Eben
Sumner Draper (1858-1914); uncle of Eben
Sumner Draper (1893-?). Republican. Colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1893-97; U.S.
Ambassador to Italy, 1897-1900. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1910. Interment at Village Cemetery.
- Eben Sumner Draper (b. 1893) — also known as Eben
S. Draper — of Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass., August
30, 1893. Nephew of William
Franklin Draper; son of Eben
Sumner Draper (1858-1914) and Nannie (Bristow) Draper; married,
November
12, 1926, to Hazel Archibald. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; director, Draper Corp., manufacturers of cotton
looms; president, Milford National Bank;
trustee, Milford Hospital;
trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-26; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias. Interment at Village Cemetery.
St. John's Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- David Ignatius Walsh (1872-1947) — also known as
David I. Walsh — of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.; Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., November
11, 1872. Son of James Walsh and Bridget (Donnelly) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1913-14; defeated, 1911; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1914-16; defeated, 1915; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1919-25, 1926-47; defeated, 1924,
1946. Catholic.
Member, Elks. Died
June
11, 1947. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
- Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) — also known as
Philip J. Philbin — of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., May 29,
1898. Son of John Henry Philbin and Della (Gormley) Philbin;
married, June 15,
1929, to Lillian Sundberg. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; lawyer;
secretary and campaign manager for U.S. Senator David
I. Walsh; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1943-71; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944.
Died in Bolton, Worcester
County, Mass., June 14,
1972. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
Cherry Valley Cemetery
Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Richard Olney II (1871-1939) — of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass. Born in Milton, Strafford
County, N.H., January
5, 1871. Democrat. Wool
merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1915-21;
defeated, 1920. Died in 1939.
Interment at Cherry Valley Cemetery.
Pine Grove Cemetery
Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Evergreen Cemetery
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Solomon Strong (1780-1850) — of Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1780. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1815-19 (12th District
1815-17, 11th District 1817-19); state court judge in Massachusetts,
1818. Died September
16, 1850. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Joseph Gowing Kendall (1788-1847) — also known as
Joseph G. Kendall — of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., October
27, 1788. Son of Jonas
Kendall. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1829-33. Died October
2, 1847. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Jonas Kendall (1757-1844) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., October
27, 1757. Father of Joseph
Gowing Kendall. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1800; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1819-21. Died October
22, 1844. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Nahum Harwood (1833-1906) — of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
4, 1833. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1876.
Died June 29,
1906. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Old Cemetery
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Politicians buried here:
- Seth Hastings (1762-1831) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 8,
1762. Father of William
Soden Hastings. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-07 (at-large 1801-05,
10th District 1805-07); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1810, 1814; state court judge in Massachusetts,
1819-28. Died in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., November
19, 1831. Interment at Old Cemetery.
- William Soden Hastings (1798-1842) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 3,
1798. Son of Seth
Hastings. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1829-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1837-42; died in
office 1842. Died in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 17,
1842. Interment at Old Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Maple Street Cemetery
North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Amasa Walker (1799-1875) — of North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Connecticut, 1799.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1862-63. Died in
1875.
Interment at Maple Street Cemetery.
South Cemetery
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Old Centre Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Lewis Bigelow (1785-1838) — of Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill. Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., August
18, 1785. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1821-23. Died in
Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., October
2, 1838. Interment at Old Centre Cemetery.
Lawrence Brook Cemetery
Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882) — also known
as Alexander H. Bullock — of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1816. Son of Rufus Bullock; married to Elvira Hazard; father of
Fanny Bullock Workman (famous mountain climber). Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1862-64; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1849; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1858; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1866-69. Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1882. Interment at Lawrence Brook Cemetery.
Mountain View Cemetery
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Artemas Ward (1727-1800) — of Massachusetts. Born in
Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., November
26, 1727. Father of Artemas
Ward, Jr.. General in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1776-77;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1779-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1780-81; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1791-95 (7th District 1791-93,
2nd District 1793-95). Died in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., October
28, 1800. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery; statue erected
1938 at Ward
Circle, Washington, D.C.
St. Mark's Churchyard
Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
- Edward Burnett (1849-1925) — of Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1849. Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1887-89; farm
architect. Died in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1925. Interment at St. Mark's Churchyard.
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Politicians buried here:
- Calvin De Witt Paige (1848-1930) — also known as
Calvin D. Paige — of Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., May 20,
1848. Son of Calvin A. Paige and Mercy (Dresser) Paige; married
1873 to Ida
Francis Edwards. Republican. President, Central Mills Co. (cotton);
president, Southbridge Savings Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1878-79; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1906-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1913-25. Died in
Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., April 24,
1930. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried here:
Center Cemetery
Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Politicians buried here:
Old Burying Ground
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Phineas Bruce (1762-1809) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 7,
1762. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-98, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1803-05. Died in
Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
4, 1809. Original interment at Old Burying Ground; reinterment at
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Politicians buried here:
- Benjamin Adams (1764-1837) — of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., December
16, 1764. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1814-15, 1822-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1816-21 (11th District
1816-17, 12th District 1817-21); defeated, 1820, 1822. Died in
Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., March 28,
1837. Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.