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Nantucket County
Massachusetts

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nantucket County

Index to Locations Nantucket Friends Burying Ground Nantucket New North Cemetery Nantucket Prospect Hill Cemetery Siasconset, Nantucket Siasconset Chapel Friends Burying Ground Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Walter Folger Jr. (1765-1849) — of Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., June 12, 1765. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1809-15, 1822; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1817-21. Died in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., September 8, 1849 (age 84 years, 88 days). Interment at Friends Burying Ground.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Gideon Gardner (1759-1832) — of Massachusetts. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., May 30, 1759. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1809-11. Died in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., March 22, 1832 (age 72 years, 297 days). Interment at Friends Burying Ground.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page New North Cemetery Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Whiting Willauer (1906-1962) — of Massachusetts. Born in 1906. U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1954-58; Costa Rica, 1958-61. Died in 1962 (age about 56 years). Interment at New North Cemetery.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   James Cowles Hart Bonbright (1903-1993) — also known as James C. H. Bonbright — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., January 19, 1903. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1929; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1955-58; Sweden, 1958-61. Died February 10, 1993 (age 90 years, 22 days). Interment at New North Cemetery.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Barker Burnell (1798-1843) — of Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., January 30, 1798. Whig. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1824-25; delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; speaker); U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1841-43 (11th District 1841-43, 10th District 1843); died in office 1843. Died in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843 (age 45 years, 136 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1844 at Prospect Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Siasconset Chapel Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Reginald Bragonier Jr. (d. 1982) — of Baltimore, Md. U.S. Vice Consul in Montevideo, as of 1938-43. Died in 1982. Interment at Siasconset Chapel.

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