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Index to Locations
Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cemetery
Centerville, Barnstable Beechwood
Cemetery
Cotuit, Barnstable Mosswood
Cemetery
Osterville, Barnstable Hillside
Cemetery
Bourne Cataumet Cemetery
Bourne Massachusetts National Veterans
Cemetery
Centerville St. Francis Xavier
Cemetery
West Dennis, Dennis West Dennis
Cemetery
Woods Hole, Falmouth Woods Hole Village
Cemetery
Harwich Port, Harwich Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Provincetown Provincetown Cemetery
Sandwich Bay View Cemetery
Sandwich Old Town Cemetery
Waquoit Unknown location
Yarmouth Woodside Cemetery
South Yarmouth, Yarmouth Quaker Burial
Ground
Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth Woodside
Cemetery
Cobb's Hill
Cemetery
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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David Bursley (1803-1884) —
of Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
3, 1803.
Postmaster at Barnstable,
Mass., 1851-52.
Died November
7, 1884 (age 81 years, 4
days).
Interment at Cobb's Hill Cemetery.
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Beechwood
Cemetery
Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) —
also known as Augustus D. Ayling —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 28,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died March 9,
1918 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to
Elizabeth F. Cornish. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mosswood
Cemetery
Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Founded 1819
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood Cemetery.
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Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Gifford —
of Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., March
15, 1871.
Republican. School
teacher; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1914-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1922-47 (16th District
1922-33, 15th District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-47); died in office
1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
23, 1947 (age 76 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mosswood Cemetery.
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Florence Gifford Claussen (1897-1975) —
also known as Florence G. Claussen; Florence
Gifford —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., February
12, 1897.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Central Committee, 1949.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1975
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Mosswood Cemetery.
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Hillside
Cemetery
Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Cataumet
Cemetery
Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery.
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Massachusetts
National Veterans Cemetery
Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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John Francis Xavier Davoren (1915-1997) —
also known as John F. X. Davoren —
of Milford, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., July 27,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1955-66; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1965-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1964;
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1967-74.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
24, 1997 (age 82 years, 28
days).
Interment at Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery.
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Nancy C. Cosgrove (1922-2017) —
also known as Nancy Carr —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, March
24, 1922.
Republican. Singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Female.
Died in Massachusetts, July 22,
2017 (age 95 years, 120
days).
Interment at Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery.
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St. Francis
Xavier Cemetery
Pine Street
Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married, May 23,
1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; nephew of James
Causten Shriver; grandson of Thomas
Herbert Shriver; great-grandson of Thomas
Johns Perry. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Sargent Shriver Elementary
School, in Silver
Spring, Maryland, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott
Stossel, Sarge:
The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,
A
Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent
Shriver |
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West Dennis
Cemetery
Fork and Pond streets
West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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George Hamilton Garfield (1858-1931) —
also known as George H. Garfield —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.; West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 18,
1858.
Republican. Grocer; meat
merchant; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1892-93, 1900-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Plymouth District, 1905-08; member,
Massachusetts Fisheries and Game Commission, 1908-13.
Died in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
19, 1931 (age 73 years, 154
days).
Interment at West Dennis Cemetery.
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Woods Hole
Village Cemetery
Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) —
also known as Charles R. Crane —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1858.
President, Crane Company, valves
and fittings manufacturer; director, National Bank of
the Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died February
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 191
days).
Interment at Woods Hole Village Cemetery.
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Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr. (1912-1994) —
also known as Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.;
"Tip" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
9, 1912.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1949-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964;
Honorary Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District
1953-63, 8th District 1963-87); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1977-87.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
5, 1994 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill; married, June 17,
1941, to Mildred Anne Miller; father of Thomas
P. O'Neill III. |
| | | The O'Neill Tunnel
(opened 2003), which carries Interstate 93, Highway 1, and Route 3,
in Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Thomas P. O'Neill: Man
of the House : The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip
O'Neill (1989) |
| | | Books about Thomas P. O'Neill: John
Aloysius Farrell, Tip
O' Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography —
Chris Matthews, Tip
and the Gipper: When Politics Worked |
| | | Image source: Public Officers of
Massachusetts, 1979-80 |
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Provincetown
Cemetery
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery.
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Bay View
Cemetery
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903) —
of Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., May 28,
1845.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1888.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1903 (age 57 years, 239
days).
Interment at Bay View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Lucy Parker (Pope) Fessenden; married, November
6, 1872, to Mary Morse; first cousin once removed of Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin of Walter
Fessenden and Austin
Wells Holden; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and John
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Old Town
Cemetery
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (1766-1800) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., May 1,
1766.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-99 (5th District 1795-97,
at-large 1797-99).
Died in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
22, 1800 (age 34 years, 113
days).
Interment at Old Town Cemetery.
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Location
Waquoit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Woodside
Cemetery
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Quaker Burial
Ground
South Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Irving K. Taylor (died c.1939) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1912;
chair of Essex County Progressive Party, 1914.
Died about 1939.
Interment at Quaker Burial Ground.
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Woodside
Cemetery
Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Thomas Chandler Thacher (1858-1945) —
also known as Thomas C. Thacher —
of Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 20,
1858.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1910 (14th District), 1914 (16th District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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