Grafton County
New Hampshire
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Grafton County
New Hampshire
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Grafton County
Index to Locations
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Raymond Bartlett Stevens (1874-1942) —
also known as Raymond B. Stevens —
of Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., June 18,
1874.
Son of Pliny Bartlett Stevens and Lillian (Thompson) Stevens.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1909-13, 1923; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1914, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920,
1924,
1940;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1933; member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1935-42; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1937-42.
Advisor in foreign affairs to the King of Siam, 1926-35.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 18,
1942 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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James Frankland Briggs (1827-1905) —
also known as James F. Briggs —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Bury, Lancashire, England,
October
23, 1827.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1856-58, 1874, 1883,
1891, 1897; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1897; major in
the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1868;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1877-83; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
21, 1905 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Green Grove Cemetery.
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Harry Hibbard (1816-1872) —
of Bath, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Concord, Essex
County, Vt., June 1,
1816.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1843; member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1846-49; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1849-55 (4th District 1849-53,
3rd District 1853-55); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1856.
Died July 28,
1872 (age 56 years, 57
days).
Interment at Village Cemetery.
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James Hutchins Johnson (1802-1887) —
also known as James H. Johnson —
of Bath, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., June 3,
1802.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1839-41; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1845-49 (at-large 1845-47, 4th
District 1847-49).
Died September
2, 1887 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Interment at Village Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Springer Berry (1796-1894) —
also known as Nathaniel S. Berry —
of Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H.; Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
1, 1796.
Son of Abner Berry and Betsey (Springer) Berry.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1828, 1833-34, 1854;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1835-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1840;
common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1841-56; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1861-63.
Died in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., April 27,
1894 (age 97 years, 238
days).
Interment at Homeland Cemetery.
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Henry William Blair (1834-1920) —
also known as Henry W. Blair —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., December
6, 1834.
Son of William Henry Blair and Lois (Baker) Blair.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1866; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1875-79, 1893-95 (3rd District
1875-79, 1st District 1893-95); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1879-91.
Died March 14,
1920 (age 85 years, 99
days).
Interment at Campton Cemetery.
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Frank Dunklee Currier (1853-1921) —
also known as Frank D. Currier —
of Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., October
30, 1853.
Son of Horace S. Currier and Emma C. Currier.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1879, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1899-1901; secretary of
New Hampshire Republican Party, 1882-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1901-13;
defeated, 1912.
Died in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., November
25, 1921 (age 68 years, 26
days).
Interment at Canaan Street Cemetery.
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Daniel Blaisdell (1762-1833) —
of Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., January
22, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1793-99, 1812-13,
1824-25; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1803-08; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1809-11; served
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1814-16; state court judge
in New Hampshire, 1822.
Died in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., January
10, 1833 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Interment at Wells Cemetery.
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James Willis Patterson (1823-1893) —
also known as James W. Patterson —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 2,
1823.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1862, 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1863-67; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1867-73.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., May 4,
1893 (age 69 years, 306
days).
Interment at Dartmouth Cemetery.
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Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808) —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., March 21,
1745.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1787; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Grafton County, 1789-91, 1792-94; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1797-1801.
Died August
20, 1808 (age 63 years, 152
days).
Interment at Hanover Center Cemetery.
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John Randall Reding (1805-1892) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
18, 1805.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1841-45; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1860; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1867-70.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
8, 1892 (age 86 years, 356
days).
Interment at Haverhill Cemetery.
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John Page (1787-1865) —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., May 21,
1787.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818-20, 1835; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1836, 1838; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1836-37; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1839-42.
Died in Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
8, 1865 (age 78 years, 110
days).
Interment at Ladd Street Cemetery.
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Samuel Livermore (1732-1803) —
of Holderness, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 14,
1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1780; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; delegate to
New Hampshire convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-93; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1793-1801.
Died May 18,
1803 (age 71 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Arthur Livermore (1766-1853) —
of Holderness, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 29,
1766.
Son of Samuel
Livermore.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1794; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1799-1809, 1813-16; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1809-13;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1800;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1817-21, 1823-25 (at-large
1817-19, 5th District 1819-21, at-large 1823-25); member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1821-23.
Died in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., July 1,
1853 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Robert Burns (1792-1866) —
of Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Hudson, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
12, 1792.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1831-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37.
Died June 26,
1866 (age 73 years, 196
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Dennison Rogers Burnham (1799-1876) —
also known as Dennison R. Burnham —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Rumney, Grafton
County, N.H., January
2, 1799.
Merchant;
innkeeper;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1856-58; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1860-62.
Died in 1876
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Charles Henry Greenleaf (1841-1924) —
also known as Charles H. Greenleaf —
of Franconia, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., July 23,
1841.
Republican. Hotelier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1888;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1901-02;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1905-06.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., April 8,
1924 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Peter Carleton (1755-1828) —
of Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., September
19, 1755.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1790; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1803-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1806-07; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1807-09.
Died in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., April 29,
1828 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Lane Dwinell (1906-1997) —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born November
14, 1906.
Republican. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lebanon,
1948; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1952,
1956,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1953-54; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1955-59.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., March 27,
1997 (age 90 years, 133
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Elisha Payne (1730-1807) —
of Vermont; Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., March 7,
1730.
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1781-82; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1781-82; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Grafton County, 1786-88.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., July 20,
1807 (age 77 years, 135
days).
Interment at East Lebanon Cemetery.
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Thomas F. Dwyer (1881-1936) —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., November
20, 1881.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1916.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., March 30,
1936 (age 54 years, 131
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Aaron Harrison Cragin (1821-1898) —
also known as Aaron H. Cragin —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., February
3, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1852-55, 1859; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1855-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1865-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 10,
1898 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at School Street Cemetery.
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange; Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Hugh J. Gallen (1924-1982) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born July 30,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1973; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1979-82.
Died of kidney and
liver
failure at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1982 (age 58 years, 152
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Evarts Worcester Farr (1840-1880) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., October
10, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1868;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1876; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1879-80; died in
office 1880.
Died in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., November
30, 1880 (age 40 years, 51
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Aaron Switzer Brown (1913-1969) —
also known as Aaron S. Brown —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.; Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., April 15,
1913.
Son of Guy Carlton Brown and Millie Belle (Switzer) Brown.
Newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1961-67.
Died February
22, 1969 (age 55 years, 313
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Jeduthun Wilcox (1768-1838) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Connecticut, 1768.
Member of New Hampshire state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17.
Died in 1838
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Orford Cemetery.
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Leonard Wilcox (1799-1850) —
of Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., January
29, 1799.
Son of Jeduthun
Wilcox.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1828-34; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1838-40, 1848-50; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1842-43; common pleas court judge in
New Hampshire, 1847-48.
Died in Orford, Grafton
County, N.H., June 18,
1850 (age 51 years, 140
days).
Interment at West Congregational Churchyard.
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Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) —
of Ocean
County, N.J.; Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Dorchester, Grafton
County, N.H., October
9, 1834.
Democrat. Superintendent, New Jersey Southern Railroad,
1874-84; founder and president, Citizens Bank of
Long Branch; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1878-80;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1887-93; mayor
of Long Branch, N.J., 1893.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
3, 1910 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Village Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Turner (1861-1913) —
of New York.
Born in New Hampshire, 1861.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1889-91.
Died in 1913
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Wentworth Cemetery.
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