The Political Graveyard: Franklin County, Vt.

Franklin County
Vermont

Franklin County information:

Population: 45,417 (2000); 39,980 (1990)
Land area 637 square miles.
County seat: St. Albans
Capital Impact: Franklin County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Franklin County -- census data on population, race, economics
Franklin County VTGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Franklin County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Franklin County
Politicians who were born in Franklin County
Politicians who lived in Franklin County
Politicians who died in Franklin County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County

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Selected officials of Franklin County

(not intended to be complete)

E. Henry Powell (State's Attorney, 1872-73) Henry R. Start (State's Attorney, 1876-78) Warren R. Austin (State's Attorney, 1904-06)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County

East Berkshire, Berkshire Calvary Cemetery
Georgia Plains, Georgia Georgia Plains Cemetery
St. Albans Greenwood Cemetery
St. Albans Old Cemetery
St. Albans St. Albans Bay Cemetery
Swanton Church Street Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery
East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Homer Elihu Royce (1819-1891) — also known as Homer E. Royce — of Vermont. Born in Vermont, 1819. Republican. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1857-61; chief justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1889-90. Died in 1891. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Byron Harvey Combs (1853-1932) — also known as Byron H. Combs — of East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin County, Vt. Born in Richford, Franklin County, Vt., June 17, 1853. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1898; member of Vermont state senate, 1902. Methodist. Died, of complications of pneumonia, in East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin County, Vt., December 23, 1932. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.

Georgia Plains Cemetery
Georgia Plains, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Alvah Sabin (1793-1885) — of Vermont. Born in Georgia, Franklin County, Vt., October 23, 1793. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1826-35, 1838-40, 1847-49, 1851, 1861-62; secretary of state of Vermont, 1841-42; member of Vermont state senate, 1842-45; U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1853-57. Baptist. Died in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill., January 22, 1885. Interment at Georgia Plains Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Greenwood Cemetery
St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Frank Lester Greene (1870-1930) — also known as Frank L. Greene — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., February 10, 1870. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1904 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1912-23; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Died in 1930. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Gregory Smith (1818-1891) — also known as J. Gregory Smith — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., July 22, 1818. Father of Edward Curtis Smith. Governor of Vermont, 1863-65. Died in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., November 6, 1891. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Lawrence Brainerd (1794-1870) — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., March 16, 1794. Republican. U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1854-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1856. Died in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., May 9, 1870. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Worthington Curtis Smith (1823-1894) — of Vermont. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., April 23, 1823. Son of John Smith. Republican. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1867-73. Died in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., January 2, 1894. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Augustus Young (1784-1857) — of Vermont. Born in Vermont, 1784. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1841-43. Died in 1857. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Smith (1789-1858) — of Vermont. Born in Barre, Worcester County, Mass., August 12, 1789. Father of Worthington Curtis Smith. Democrat. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1827; U.S. Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1839-41. Died November 26, 1858. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Bradley Barlow (1814-1889) — of Vermont. Born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt., May 12, 1814. Delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1843, 1850, 1857; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1845, 1850-52, 1864-65; member of Vermont state senate, 1866-68; U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1879-81. Died in Denver, Colo., November 6, 1889. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Old Cemetery
St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Benjamin Swift (1781-1847) — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in New York, 1781. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1813; U.S. Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1827-31; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1833-39. Died in 1847. Interment at Old Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Albans Bay Cemetery
St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Elbert Sidney Brigham (1877-1962) — also known as Elbert S. Brigham — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., October 19, 1877. Son of Sanford Josiah Brigham and Sarah Jane (Bronson) Brigham; married, October 2, 1906, to Anna Hazen. Republican. Banker; insurance executive; Vermont commissioner of agriculture, 1913-24; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936. Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., July 5, 1962. Interment at St. Albans Bay Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Church Street Cemetery
Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

James Fisk (1763-1844) — of Barre, Washington County, Vt. Born in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Mass., October 4, 1763. Grandfather of Parma West Stevens (who married David Olmsted). Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1785; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1800; U.S. Representative from Vermont, 1805-09, 1811-15 (3rd District 1805-09, 1811-13, at-large 1813-15); justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1815-16; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1817-19. Died November 17, 1844. Interment at Church Street Cemetery.
- See also Fisk-Olmsted-Stevens-Olmstead family
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Franklin County

Politicians who were born in Franklin County

Politicians who lived in Franklin County

Politicians who died in Franklin County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County