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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Republican. Farmer; surveyor;
compositor;
lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Appleton (1804-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 12,
1804.
Son of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton
(1778-1809).
Lawyer;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Andrew Peters (1822-1904) —
also known as John A. Peters —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1822.
Republican. Maine
state attorney general, 1864-66; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1867-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1870-72; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1873-83; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1883-1900; resigned 1900.
Died in 1904
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Stetson Wilson (1873-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Wilson —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 10,
1873.
Son of Franklin Augustus Wilson and Carolyn Pierce (Stetson) Wilson.
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1921-28; Romania, 1928-33; Yugoslavia, 1933.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Arthur Robinson Gould (1857-1946) —
also known as Arthur R. Gould —
of Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in East Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 16,
1857.
Republican. President of the Aroostook Valley Railroad,
1902-46; member of Maine
state senate 16th District, 1921-22; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1926-31.
Died in Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine, July 24,
1946 (age 89 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 16,
1813.
Son of Israel
Washburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn (1792-1861).
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1851-61 (6th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-61); Governor of
Maine, 1861-63.
Universalist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 12,
1883 (age 69 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Harris Merrill Plaisted (1828-1898) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Coos
County, N.H., November
2, 1828.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1867; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee); Maine
state attorney general, 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1875-77; Governor of
Maine, 1881-83.
Died January
31, 1898 (age 69 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Durkee Williamson (1779-1846) —
of Maine.
Born in Connecticut, July 31,
1779.
Democrat. Governor of
Maine, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-23.
Died May 27,
1846 (age 66 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick William Plaisted (1865-1943) —
also known as Frederick W. Plaisted —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 26,
1865.
Son of Harris
Merrill Plaisted.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1897, 1898; mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1906-08, 1910; Governor of
Maine, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1912.
Died March 4,
1943 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1888.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Elijah L. Hamlin (c.1799-1872) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1799.
Candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1848, 1849; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1851-52.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 16,
1872 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Freeman Hersey (1812-1875) —
also known as Samuel F. Hersey —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1812.
Republican. Member of Maine state legislature; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1860,
1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1866-68; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1873-75; died in office
1875.
Died in 1875
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872) —
Born in Massachusetts, 1776.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1801; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1802-05; member of
Maine state legislature, 1824.
Died in 1872
(age about
96 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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George Washington Ladd (1818-1892) —
of Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
28, 1818.
U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1879-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
30, 1892 (age 73 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Gregg Utterback (1872-1955) —
also known as John G. Utterback —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 12,
1872.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1914-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 11,
1955 (age 82 years, 364
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Stetson (1801-1883) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
2, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Maine, 1834-39; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1849-51.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 27,
1883 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Francis Carr (1751-1821) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
6, 1751.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-95, 1801-03, 1806-08; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1812-13;
defeated, 1812.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
6, 1821 (age 69 years, 304
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin (1858-1938) —
also known as Hannibal E. Hamlin —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
22, 1858.
Son of Hannibal
Hamlin and Ellen V. (Emery) Hamlin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of Maine
state senate, 1899-1901; Maine
state attorney general, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 6,
1938 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel H. Blake (c.1807-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1807.
Republican. Banker; Maine
state attorney general, 1848; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868.
Died of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 24,
1887 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Flavius Orlando Beal (1841-1922) —
also known as Flavius O. Beal —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 2,
1841.
Son of Samuel Beal and Maria A. (Warren) Beal.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; worked in
Maine Central Railway,
1862-74; hotelier;
mayor
of Bangor, Maine, 1892-94, 1896-98, 1903-04, 1913; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900.
Unitarian.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
13, 1922 (age 80 years, 225
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John F. Woodman (c.1856-1932) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1856.
Son of James S. Woodman and Mehitable Woodman.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1907-10, 1915-19.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 24,
1932 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles D. Crosby (c.1864-1939) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1864.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1924-26.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
1, 1939 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Bradford Harlow (1785-1868) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in 1785.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1841-43.
Died January
30, 1868 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Hollis Bowman (c.1801-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Hampshire, about 1801.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1856-58.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
5, 1887 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Fred Bragg (c.1850-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Bragg —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1850.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1887-89.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
11, 1921 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joseph Bryant (c.1790-1863) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1790.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1845-46.
Died March 31,
1863 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Rufus Dwinel (1807-1869) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in 1807.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1838.
Died September
29, 1869 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Henry E. Prentiss (c.1809-1873) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1809.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1870.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 1,
1873 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joshua Wingate Carr (c.1796-1879) —
also known as J. Wingate Carr —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., about 1796.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1839-40.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
18, 1879 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William H. Brown (1822-1882) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1879-80.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, November
23, 1882 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William B. Hayford (c.1828-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, about 1828.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1876.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
8, 1887 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Hayward (1812-1889) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Readfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1812.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1847-48.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
24, 1889 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Newell Blake (c.1810-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Hampshire, about 1810.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1874.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
31, 1891 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick A. Cummings (1838-1899) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1838.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1883.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
12, 1899 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel F. Humphrey (1822-1903) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 8,
1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1884.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 12,
1903 (age 81 years, 4
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Augustus Choate Hamlin (1829-1905) —
also known as A. C. Hamlin —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Columbia, Washington
County, Maine, 1829.
Son of Elijah
L. Hamlin.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1877-78.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, November
18, 1905 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Engel (c.1851-1909) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Germany,
about 1851.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1902.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
19, 1909 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joseph Parker Bass (1835-1919) —
also known as Joseph P. Bass —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., 1835.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1888.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 27,
1919 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Edward Harward Blake (c.1856-1922) —
also known as Edward H. Blake —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1890.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 18,
1922 (age about 66
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Albert R. Day (c.1861-1924) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1861.
Republican. U.S. Collector
of Customs, 1909; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1922-23.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
21, 1924 (age about 63
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Marcellus Emery (1830-1879) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Frankfort, Waldo
County, Maine, 1830.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1864.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
23, 1879 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Abner Rice Hollowell (1805-1879) —
also known as Abner R. Hollowell —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Lubec, Washington
County, Maine, 1805.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 12,
1879 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Gorham L. Boynton (1806-1888) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1806.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1864.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
12, 1888 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Wingate Franklin Cram (1877-1952) —
also known as Wingate F. Cram —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
4, 1877.
Son of Franklin Webster Cram and Martha Cook (Wingate) Cram.
Republican. President, Bangor & Aroostook Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1952 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Gordon Dobson Briggs (1912-1954) —
of Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, August
24, 1912.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died July 1,
1954 (age 41 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Carr (1777-1818) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
9, 1777.
Son of Francis
Carr.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1806-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1815-17.
Drowned
in the Ohio River, August
24, 1818 (age 40 years, 349
days); his body was apparently not
recovered.
Cenotaph at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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