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Index to Locations
Bangor Kenduskeag Parkway
Bangor Maple Grove Cemetery
Bangor Mt. Hope Cemetery
Bangor Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Bradford Mills Cemetery
Dexter Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Hampden Hampden Cemetery
Lincoln West Broadway Cemetery
Newport Riverside Cemetery
Old Town Forest Hill Cemetery
Old Town Lawndale Cemetery
Stillwater, Old Town Stillwater
Cemetery
Plymouth Butman Cemetery
Kenduskeag
Parkway
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Farmer;
surveyor;
compositor;
lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; statue at
Kenduskeag Parkway.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah
Livermore Hamlin; married, December
10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); married, September
25, 1856, to Ellen
Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David
Sears; fourth cousin of George
Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Fisk Janes, John
Mason Jr., William
Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter
S. Bemis and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hamlin County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hamlin,
Maine, is named for
him. — The town
of Hamlin,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Hamlin,
Kansas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. — Hannibal Hamlin Hall,
at the University
of Maine, Orono,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles
Eugene Hamlin, The
Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Maple Grove
Cemetery
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Mt. Hope
Cemetery
U.S. 2
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Founded 1834
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1974
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Farmer;
surveyor;
compositor;
lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; statue at Kenduskeag Parkway.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah
Livermore Hamlin; married, December
10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); married, September
25, 1856, to Ellen
Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David
Sears; fourth cousin of George
Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Fisk Janes, John
Mason Jr., William
Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter
S. Bemis and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hamlin County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hamlin,
Maine, is named for
him. — The town
of Hamlin,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Hamlin,
Kansas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. — Hannibal Hamlin Hall,
at the University
of Maine, Orono,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles
Eugene Hamlin, The
Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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John Appleton (1804-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 12,
1804.
Lawyer;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton;
married 1834 to Sarah
Newcomb Allen; married 1876 to Annie
Greely; first cousin of Jane
Pierce; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton, William
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton; second cousin of John
Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin twice removed of John
Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Parrish Witter; fourth cousin of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Brown Francis, Thomas
Passmore Treadwell and Joshua
Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Biddle, Charles
Biddle, Enoch
Woodbridge, John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Timothy
Pitkin, Leonard
White, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell, George
Douglas Perkins and Albert
Lemando Bingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Andrew Peters (1822-1904) —
also known as John A. Peters —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, October
9, 1822.
Republican. Maine
state attorney general, 1864-66; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1867-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1870-72; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1873-83; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1883-1900; resigned 1900.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, April 2,
1904 (age 81 years, 176
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Stetson Wilson (1873-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Wilson —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 10,
1873.
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1921-28; Romania, 1928-33; Yugoslavia, 1933-34.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Israel Washburn Jr. (1813-1883) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 16,
1813.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1851-61 (6th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-61); Governor of
Maine, 1861-63.
Universalist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 12,
1883 (age 69 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Harris Merrill Plaisted (1828-1898) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Coos
County, N.H., November
2, 1828.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1867; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee); Maine
state attorney general, 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1875-77; Governor of
Maine, 1881-83.
Died January
31, 1898 (age 69 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Ellen Hamlin (1835-1925) —
also known as Ellen Vesta Emery —
Born in Minot, Androscoggin
County, Maine, September
14, 1835.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1861-65.
Female.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
1, 1925 (age 89 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Durkee Williamson (1779-1846) —
also known as William D. Williamson —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., July 31,
1779.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Bangor,
Maine, 1809-21; Governor of
Maine, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-23.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 27,
1846 (age 66 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick William Plaisted (1865-1943) —
also known as Frederick W. Plaisted —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 26,
1865.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1897, 1898; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1906-08, 1910; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1908
(alternate), 1912;
Governor
of Maine, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1914-22.
Died March 4,
1943 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. Shipmaster;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888
(delegation chair); U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Freeman Hersey (1812-1875) —
also known as Samuel F. Hersey —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Sumner, Oxford
County, Maine, April
12, 1812.
Republican. School
teacher; lumber
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842, 1857, 1865; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1852-54; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1860,
1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1864-68; member of Maine
state senate, 1868-69; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1873-75; died in office
1875.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
3, 1875 (age 62 years, 297
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Elijah Livermore Hamlin (1800-1872) —
also known as Elijah L. Hamlin —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
29, 1800.
Candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1848, 1849; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1851-52.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 16,
1872 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872) —
of New Gloucester, Cumberland
County, Maine; Warren, Knox
County, Maine; Lincoln
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 1,
1776.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1801-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1802-05; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1824.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 18,
1872 (age 96 years, 17
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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George Washington Ladd (1818-1892) —
also known as George W. Ladd —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
28, 1818.
Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1879-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
30, 1892 (age 73 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Gregg Utterback (1872-1955) —
also known as John G. Utterback —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 12,
1872.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1914-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 11,
1955 (age 82 years, 364
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Stetson (1801-1883) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
2, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Maine, 1834-39; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1849-51.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
27, 1883 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Simeon Stetson and Elizabeth (Kidder) Stetson; brother of Isaiah
Stetson; married, September
12, 1833, to Emily Jane Pierce; father of Caroline Pierce Stetson
(who married Franklin
Augustus Wilson); nephew of Isaiah
Kidder; uncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; grandfather of Charles
Stetson Wilson; granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; second cousin of Caleb
Stetson and Luther
Kidder; second cousin once removed of Ezra
Kidder; third cousin of Lemuel
Stetson, Arba
Kidder and Joseph
Souther Kidder; third cousin once removed of Ephraim
Safford, Lyman
Kidder and David
Kidder; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, Emerson
Wight, Harvey
Edward Kidder, Clarence
Patch Kidder and Alton
Festus Hayden; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Usher, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Alvan
Kidder, James
Safford, Francis
Kidder, Ira
Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder, Jefferson
Parish Kidder and David
Thayer Bunker; fourth cousin once removed of John
Quincy Adams, Caleb
Blodgett, Ira
Chandler Backus, George
Washington Greene, Orlando
Burr Kidder, John
Palmer Usher, Edward
Green Bradford, William
Aldrich, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Francis
Landon Cleveland, Bailey
Frye Adams, Orestes
Cleveland, Alfred
Henry Littlefield, Henry
Sabin, Lyman
Kidder Bass, Robert
Crawford Safford, Abner
Coburn Cleveland, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Nathan
Parker Kidder, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis Carr (1751-1821) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
6, 1751.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-95, 1801-03, 1806-08; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1812-13;
defeated, 1812.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
6, 1821 (age 69 years, 304
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin (1858-1938) —
also known as Hannibal E. Hamlin —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
22, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of Maine
state senate, 1899-1901; Maine
state attorney general, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 6,
1938 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Hamlin (1837-1911) —
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
13, 1837.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1885-87.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 15,
1911 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel H. Blake (c.1807-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1807.
Republican. Banker; Maine
state attorney general, 1848; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868.
Died of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
24, 1887 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Flavius Orlando Beal (1841-1922) —
also known as Flavius O. Beal —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 2,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; worked in
Maine Central Railway,
1862-74; hotelier;
mayor
of Bangor, Maine, 1892-94, 1896-98, 1903-04, 1913; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900.
Unitarian.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
13, 1922 (age 80 years, 225
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Beal and Maria A. (Warren) Beal; married, December
7, 1865, to Lucy Jane Randall. |
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John F. Woodman (c.1856-1932) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1907-10, 1915-19.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 24,
1932 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Woodman and Mehitable Woodman. |
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Isaiah Stetson (1812-1880) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
6, 1812.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber
dealer; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1859-62.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 30,
1880 (age 68 years, 145
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Simeon Stetson and Elizabeth (Kidder) Stetson; brother of Charles
Stetson; married 1851 to Eliza
Griffin; married, December
3, 1867, to Sarah Jewett Griffin; nephew of Isaiah
Kidder; uncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; granduncle of Charles
Stetson Wilson and Clarence
Cutting Stetson; second cousin of Caleb
Stetson and Luther
Kidder; second cousin once removed of Ezra
Kidder; third cousin of Lemuel
Stetson, Arba
Kidder and Joseph
Souther Kidder; third cousin once removed of Ephraim
Safford, Lyman
Kidder and David
Kidder; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, Emerson
Wight, Harvey
Edward Kidder, Clarence
Patch Kidder and Alton
Festus Hayden; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Usher, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Alvan
Kidder, James
Safford, Francis
Kidder, Ira
Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder, Jefferson
Parish Kidder and David
Thayer Bunker; fourth cousin once removed of John
Quincy Adams, Caleb
Blodgett, Ira
Chandler Backus, George
Washington Greene, Orlando
Burr Kidder, John
Palmer Usher, Edward
Green Bradford, William
Aldrich, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Francis
Landon Cleveland, Bailey
Frye Adams, Orestes
Cleveland, Alfred
Henry Littlefield, Henry
Sabin, Lyman
Kidder Bass, Robert
Crawford Safford, Abner
Coburn Cleveland, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Nathan
Parker Kidder, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder. |
| | | 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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Charles D. Crosby (c.1864-1939) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1864.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1924-26.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
1, 1939 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Bradford Harlow (1785-1868) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in 1785.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1841-43.
Died January
30, 1868 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Hollis Bowman (c.1801-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Hampshire, about 1801.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1856-58.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
5, 1887 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Fred Bragg (c.1850-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Bragg —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1850.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1887-89.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
11, 1921 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joseph Bryant (c.1790-1863) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1790.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1845-46.
Died March
31, 1863 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Rufus Dwinel (1807-1869) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in 1807.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1838.
Died September
29, 1869 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Henry E. Prentiss (c.1809-1873) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1809.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1870.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 1,
1873 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joshua Wingate Carr (c.1796-1879) —
also known as J. Wingate Carr —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., about 1796.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1839-40; postmaster at Bangor,
Maine, 1849-53.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
18, 1879 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William H. Brown (1822-1882) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1879-80.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, November
23, 1882 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William B. Hayford (c.1828-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, about 1828.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1876.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
8, 1887 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Hayward (1812-1889) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Readfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1812.
Whig. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1847-48.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
24, 1889 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Newell Blake (c.1810-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Hampshire, about 1810.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1874.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
31, 1891 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick A. Cummings (1838-1899) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1838.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1883; postmaster at Bangor,
Maine, 1887-90.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
12, 1899 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel F. Humphrey (1822-1903) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 8,
1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1884.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
12, 1903 (age 81 years, 4
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Augustus Choate Hamlin (1829-1905) —
also known as A. C. Hamlin —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Columbia, Washington
County, Maine, 1829.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1877-78.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, November
18, 1905 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Engel (c.1851-1909) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Germany,
about 1851.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1902.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
19, 1909 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joseph Parker Bass (1835-1919) —
also known as Joseph P. Bass —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., 1835.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1888.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
27, 1919 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Edward Harward Blake (c.1856-1922) —
also known as Edward H. Blake —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1890.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 18,
1922 (age about 66
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Albert Rufus Day (c.1861-1924) —
also known as Albert R. Day —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1861.
Republican. U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1909; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1922-23.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
21, 1924 (age about 63
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Swett Rowe (c.1835-1901) —
also known as J. Swett Rowe —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1835.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Consul
for Argentina in Bangor,
Maine, 1870-1901.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Greenville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, August
13, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Rowe and Joanna Atwood (Swett) Rowe; married 1856 to
Henrietta G. Gould. |
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memorial |
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Rowland Wardwell Stewart (1866-1904) —
also known as Rowland W. Stewart —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
29, 1866.
Commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Bangor,
Maine, 1894-1903; Consular
Agent for Italy in Bangor,
Maine, 1896-1903; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Bangor,
Maine, 1900-01.
Died, in Eastern Maine Insane
Hospital, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
29, 1904 (age 37 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Stewart (1823-1890) —
also known as Thomas J. Stewart —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Hartland, Somerset
County, Maine, January
5, 1823.
Grocer; commission
merchant; shipbroker;
Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Bangor,
Maine, 1864-90.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 6,
1890 (age 67 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Marcellus Emery (1830-1879) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Frankfort, Waldo
County, Maine, 1830.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1864.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
23, 1879 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Abner Rice Hollowell (1805-1879) —
also known as Abner R. Hollowell —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Lubec, Washington
County, Maine, 1805.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
12, 1879 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Spear Ricker (1816-1885) —
also known as John S. Ricker —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Portland, Somerset
County, Maine, January
8, 1816.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, November
7, 1885 (age 69 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Gorham L. Boynton (1806-1888) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1806.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1864.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
12, 1888 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Wingate Franklin Cram (1877-1952) —
also known as Wingate F. Cram —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
4, 1877.
Republican. President, Bangor & Aroostook Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1952 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Webster Cram and Martha Cook (Wingate) Cram; married, June 20,
1905, to Anna E. Sabin. |
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Gordon Dobson Briggs (1912-1954) —
of Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, August
24, 1912.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died July 1,
1954 (age 41 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Carr (1777-1818) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
9, 1777.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1806-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1815-17.
Drowned
in the Ohio River, at Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
24, 1818 (age 40 years, 349
days). His body was apparently not
recovered.
Cenotaph at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Arthur Robinson Gould (1857-1946) —
also known as Arthur R. Gould —
of Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in East Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
16, 1857.
Republican. President of the Aroostook Valley Railroad,
1902-46; member of Maine
state senate 16th District, 1921-22; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1926-31.
Died in Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine, July 24,
1946 (age 89 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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John Day Quine (1934-2011) —
also known as John D. Quine —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
10, 1934.
Republican. Mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1974-75.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., February
2, 2011 (age 76 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Patrick Quine and Marion (Day) Quine; married to Sandy
Whalen; grandson of Albert
Rufus Day. |
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Mills
Cemetery
Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Isaac Libbey (1813-1897) —
of Bradford, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in North Berwick, York
County, Maine, June 8,
1813.
Merchant;
lumber
dealer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1867; postmaster.
Died in Bradford, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
16, 1897 (age 83 years, 253
days).
Interment at Mills Cemetery.
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Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
also known as Owen Brewster —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Edgar Leroy Jones (1853-1915) —
also known as Edgar L. Jones —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
15, 1853.
Democrat. Dentist;
mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1891-93, 1906-07; defeated, 1905; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1908;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1912.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 24,
1915 (age 62 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Hampden
Cemetery
Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine
West Broadway
Cemetery
Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine
Riverside
Cemetery
Newport, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Lewis Orin Barrows (1893-1967) —
also known as Lewis O. Barrows —
of Newport, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newport, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 7,
1893.
Republican. Pharmacist;
secretary of two insurance
companies; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1927-33; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; secretary
of state of Maine, 1935-36; Governor of
Maine, 1937-41.
Baptist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1967 (age 73 years, 237
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Forest Hill
Cemetery
Main Street
Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Lawndale
Cemetery
Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) —
of Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Sangerville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1908,
1916
(alternate).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of appendicitis,
in Penobscot General Hospital,
Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
12, 1925 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lawndale Cemetery.
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Francis Otis Gould (1856-1937) —
also known as F. Otis Gould —
of Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine; Madison, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Stillwater, Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1856.
Democrat. Hospital
manager; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,
1904;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Somerset
County, 1933.
Died in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, 1937
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lawndale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Howes Gould and Frances (Fall) Gould; married to Achsa
Lewis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stillwater
Cemetery
Stillwater, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine
Butman
Cemetery
Plymouth, Penobscot County, Maine
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Samuel Butman (1788-1864) —
of Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; farmer; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1822, 1826-27; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1827-31; member of Maine
state senate, 1853.
Died in Plymouth, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
9, 1864 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Butman Cemetery.
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