Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Bridgewater Mt. Prospect Cemetery
Brockton Calvary Cemetery
Brockton Melrose Cemetery
Brockton St. Patrick's Cemetery
Brockton Union Cemetery
Duxbury Mayflower Cemetery
East Bridgewater Central Cemetery
East Bridgewater Old Central Street
Cemetery
East Bridgewater Union Cemetery
Hingham Hingham Cemetery
Hingham Old Ship Cemetery
Kingston Evergreen Cemetery
Marshfield Winslow Cemetery
Marshfield Hills, Marshfield Congregational Church Cemetery
Middleboro Unknown location
Middleboro Green Cemetery
Middleboro Nemasket Hill Cemetery
Norwell First Parish Cemetery
Pembroke Pembroke Cemetery
Plymouth Burial Hill
Plymouth Oak Grove Cemetery
Plymouth Vine Hills Cemetery
Scituate Fairview Cemetery
Scituate Union Cemetery
Wareham Center Cemetery
West Bridgewater Old Graveyard
Private or family
graveyards
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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William Cushing (1732-1810) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 1,
1732.
State court judge in Massachusetts, 1777; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-89; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1782-89; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1810.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
13, 1810 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Joseph Wales Clift (1837-1908) —
of Georgia.
Born in North Marshfield, Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
30, 1837.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Rock City Falls, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1908 (age 70 years, 215
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Mt. Prospect
Cemetery
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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Artemas Hale (1783-1882) —
of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., October
20, 1783.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-25, 1827-28, 1838-42; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1845-49; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts.
Died in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
3, 1882 (age 98 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt. Prospect Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Edward Gilmore (1867-1924) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
4, 1867.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1896-1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1900,
1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1913-15;
postmaster at Brockton,
Mass., 1915-23.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
10, 1924 (age 57 years, 97
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Melrose
Cemetery
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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William Lewis Douglas (1845-1924) —
also known as William L. Douglas —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
22, 1845.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1892,
1896,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1886-87; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1890-91; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died September
17, 1924 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Interment at Melrose Cemetery.
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Harold Frederic Jones (1891-1960) —
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 30,
1891.
Employed with United Sugar
Company in Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consular Agent in Los Mochis, 1919-32.
Died December
4, 1960 (age 69 years, 188
days).
Interment at Melrose Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Willie Herbert Jones and Harriet Aurila (Lakin) Jones; married to
Rita Clarke Page. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Francis Aherne (1905-2001) —
also known as George F. Aherne —
of Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
18, 1905.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928;
college
professor.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died July 1,
2001 (age 95 years, 286
days).
Interment at Melrose Cemetery.
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St. Patrick's
Cemetery
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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John S. Kent —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1904;
mayor
of Brockton, Mass.; elected 1907.
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Union
Cemetery
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Hastings Keith (1915-2005) —
of West Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
22, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1953-56; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1959-73 (9th District 1959-63,
12th District 1963-73); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 19,
2005 (age 89 years, 239
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Mayflower
Cemetery
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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George Partridge (1740-1828) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
8, 1740.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1780; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1789-91.
Died in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 7,
1828 (age 88 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mayflower Cemetery.
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Eugene Vincent McAuliffe (1918-2000) —
also known as Eugene V. McAuliffe —
of Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
25, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, 1975-76.
Died February
9, 2000 (age 81 years, 107
days).
Interment at Mayflower Cemetery.
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Central
Cemetery
East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Aaron Hobart (1787-1858) —
of Hanover, Plymouth
County, Mass.; East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 26,
1787.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1814; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1820-27 (8th District 1820-25,
11th District 1825-27); probate judge in Massachusetts, 1843-58.
Died in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
19, 1858 (age 71 years, 85
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery.
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Robert Orr Harris (1854-1926) —
also known as Robert O. Harris —
of East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
8, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1889; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1921-25.
Died in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 13,
1926 (age 71 years, 217
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery.
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Old Central
Street Cemetery
East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Union
Cemetery
East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Benjamin Winslow Harris (1823-1907) —
also known as Benjamin W. Harris —
of East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
10, 1823.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1857; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1873-83; state
court judge in Massachusetts, 1887.
Died February
7, 1907 (age 83 years, 89
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Hingham
Cemetery
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Founded 1672
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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John Davis Long (1838-1915) —
also known as John D. Long —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, October
27, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875-78; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1876-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1879-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1880-83; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1883-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1904,
1908,
1912
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902.
Died in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
28, 1915 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Hingham Cemetery.
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John Albion Andrew (1818-1867) —
also known as John A. Andrew —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 31,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858; in 1859, he raised money
for the defense of John Brown; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1860,
1864;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1861-66.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1867 (age 49 years, 152
days).
Interment at Hingham Cemetery.
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Charles H. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1871.
Democrat. Cashier and treasurer for several mining and
smelting
companies; president of chemical
companies; Boston police commissioner, 1905-07; Boston fire
commissioner, 1912-14; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1914-16; general in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Interment at Hingham Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) Cole; married 1910 to Grace
F. Blanchard. |
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Old Ship
Cemetery
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Joseph Richardson (1778-1871) —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1778.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1827-31.
Died in 1871
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Old Ship Cemetery.
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Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) —
of Massachusetts.
Born January
24, 1733.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1788-89; received one electoral vote,
1789.
Died May 9,
1810 (age 77 years, 105
days).
Interment at Old Ship Cemetery.
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Evergreen
Cemetery
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Philander Cobb —
of Kingston, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1876,
1880.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Winslow
Cemetery
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow Cemetery; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram
Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin
George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake and John
Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Rowell and Amos
Tuck. |
| | Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks
family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster
family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell
family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
W. Waugh
— Daniel
W. Tallmadge
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th
century. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John
F. Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Congregational
Church Cemetery
Marshfield Hills, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
here: |
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Edward Preble Little (1791-1875) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
7, 1791.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1852-53; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1854.
Died February
6, 1875 (age 83 years, 91
days).
Interment at Congregational Church Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Green
Cemetery
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Joseph Barker (1751-1815) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1751.
Democrat. Minister;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1805-09; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1812-13.
Died July 5,
1815 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Green Cemetery.
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Nemasket Hill
Cemetery
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Albert Henry Washburn (1866-1930) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Republican. Private secretary to Andrew
Dickson White; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1890-93; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; college
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1922-30, died in office 1930.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Union
League.
Died, from erysipelas,
in the Rudolf Interhaus Hospital,
Vienna, Austria,
April
2, 1930 (age 63 years, 356
days).
Original interment at Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna, Austria; reinterment in 1930 at
Nemasket Hill Cemetery.
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First Parish
Cemetery
Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Turner Jr. (1760-1839) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 20,
1760.
Postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803, 1805-08, 1817, 1819, 1823;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1809-13; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1816; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Died in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 16,
1839 (age 78 years, 330
days).
Interment at First Parish Cemetery.
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Pembroke
Cemetery
Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial
Hill
School Street
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
22, 1781.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1817-20; resigned
1820; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1820-28; died in office 1828.
Died in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 19,
1828 (age 46 years, 332
days).
Interment at Burial Hill.
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John Abbot Goodwin (1824-1884) —
also known as John A. Goodwin —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Sterling, Worcester
County, Mass., May 21,
1824.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1856;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1857-61; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1860-61;
postmaster at Lowell,
Mass., 1861-74.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
21, 1884 (age 60 years, 123
days).
Interment at Burial Hill.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Goodwin and Eliza (Hammett) Goodwin; married, May 28,
1850, to Martha M. Fisher. |
| | Epitaph: "Hic non corpus sed illi locus
carissimus." |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oak Grove
Cemetery
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Robert Bernard Hall (1812-1868) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
28, 1812.
Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1855-59.
Died in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
15, 1868 (age 56 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Hayes Lord (1892-1977) —
also known as John H. Lord —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
5, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Consul in Basel, 1920; London, 1929-34; Vienna, 1937-39; Rotterdam, 1939-41; Kingston, 1941-45; Antwerp, 1945-47; Valencia, 1947-48; U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, 1920-21; Singapore, 1921-25; Funchal, 1925-29.
Died in 1977
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Arthur Lord (1850-1925) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Port Washington, Ozaukee
County, Wis., September
2, 1850.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died April
10, 1925 (age 74 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Vine Hills
Cemetery
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Charles Warren (1868-1954) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 9,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
Eustis Russell, 1893-94; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1894, 1895; author; historian;
assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1914-18; received a Pulitzer
Prize in history, 1923, for his book History of the United
States Supreme Court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1954 (age 86 years, 160
days).
Interment at Vine Hills Cemetery.
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Winslow Warren (1838-1930) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
20, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1876; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1894-98.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 3,
1930 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Vine Hills Cemetery.
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Orrie C. Bumpus —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940.
Female.
Interment at Vine Hills Cemetery.
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Fairview
Cemetery
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Union
Cemetery
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Center
Cemetery
Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Politicians buried
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Donald William Nicholson (1888-1968) —
also known as Donald W. Nicholson —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
11, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1927-47; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1947-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died February
16, 1968 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Old
Graveyard
West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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