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Somerset County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Somerset County

Index to Locations Detroit Detroit Village Cemetery Fairfield Maplewood Cemetery Hartland Pine Grove Cemetery Norridgewock Old Oak Cemetery Norridgewock River View Cemetery Pittsfield Pittsfield Village Cemetery Pittsfield West Pittsfield Cemetery Skowhegan Unknown location Skowhegan Bloomfield Weston Cemetery Skowhegan Margaret Chase Smith Library Skowhegan Southside Cemetery Detroit Village Cemetery Detroit, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   George Washington Getchell (1815-1876) — also known as George W. Getchell — of Plymouth, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, July 5, 1815. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1876; died in office 1876. Died January 25, 1876 (age 60 years, 204 days). Interment at Detroit Village Cemetery.   Presumably named for: George Washington   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Maplewood Cemetery Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Abram Pease Williams (1832-1911) — of California. Born in New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, February 3, 1832. Republican. U.S. Senator from California, 1886-87. Died in San Francisco, Calif., October 17, 1911 (age 79 years, 256 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Amos F. Gerald (1841-1918) — of Maine. Born September 12, 1841. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1900. Died June 14, 1918 (age 76 years, 275 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Connor (1806-1889) — of Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, October 10, 1806. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856. Died in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, November 30, 1889 (age 83 years, 51 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mary E. Bryant; father of Selden Connor.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George G. Weeks (1860-1923) — of Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, April 14, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, at the New Chase House hotel, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 21, 1923 (age 63 years, 221 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Weeks and Lucy (Howard) Weeks; married, December 23, 1886, to Lottie E. Friend.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Pine Grove Cemetery Hartland, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Clyde Harold Smith (1876-1940) — also known as Clyde H. Smith — of Hartland, Somerset County, Maine; Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, June 9, 1876. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1903, 1919-23; member of Maine state senate, 1923-29; member of Maine Governor's Council 4th District, 1933-37; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1937-40; died in office 1940. Died April 8, 1940 (age 63 years, 304 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, May 14, 1930, to Margaret Chase.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier Old Oak Cemetery Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   James Bates (1789-1882) — of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Greene, Kennebec County, Maine, September 24, 1789. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 7th District, 1831-33. Died in Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, February 25, 1882 (age 92 years, 154 days). Interment at Old Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page River View Cemetery Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Stephen Decatur Lindsey (1828-1884) — also known as Stephen D. Lindsey — of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, March 3, 1828. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1856; member of Maine state senate, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1877-83. Died April 26, 1884 (age 56 years, 54 days). Interment at River View Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Stephen Decatur   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   LeRoy Rowell Folsom (1870-1951) — also known as LeRoy R. Folsom; Roy Folsom — of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, June 18, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; president, Norridgewock Shoe Co.; insurance business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1907; member of Maine state senate 8th District, 1919-22; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1923-27. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died July 7, 1951 (age 81 years, 19 days). Interment at River View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edwin Folsom and Martha A. (Lancaster) Folsom; married, February 2, 1896, to Alice Katherine Merrill; married 1924 to Blanche Miriam Emory. Pittsfield Village Cemetery Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Oramel Murray (1838-1908) — of Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Montville, Waldo County, Maine, April 18, 1838. Republican. Postmaster at Pittsfield, Maine, 1899-1901. Died in Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, October 20, 1908 (age 70 years, 185 days). Interment at Pittsfield Village Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Eliza Mary Vose.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry F. Libby (1862-1936) — of Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine. Born in 1862. Postmaster at Pittsfield, Maine, 1893-97. Died in 1936 (age about 74 years). Interment at Pittsfield Village Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial West Pittsfield Cemetery Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here: Llewellyn Powers (1836-1908) — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Maine, October 14, 1836. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1877-79, 1901-08; died in office 1908; Governor of Maine, 1897-1901. Died July 28, 1908 (age 71 years, 288 days). Interment at West Pittsfield Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 1896 Unknown Location Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Donald Ward Philbrick (b. 1896) — also known as Donald W. Philbrick — of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, March 16, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Interment somewhere. Bloomfield Weston Cemetery Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   David Kidder (1787-1860) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine; Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Dresden, Lincoln County, Maine, December 8, 1787. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th District 1825-27); member of Maine state house of representatives, 1829. Died in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, November 1, 1860 (age 72 years, 329 days). Interment at Bloomfield Weston Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Kidder and Hannah (Whittier) Eastman Kidder; married, July 1, 1812, to Lucy Weston; first cousin once removed of Pascal Paoli Kidder; first cousin thrice removed of Mary Rose Kidder; first cousin four times removed of Chester Merton Bliss and George Walter Bliss; second cousin thrice removed of Harry Gilman Clough and Raphael Floyd Clough; third cousin of Isaiah Kidder, Lyman Kidder and Ezra Kidder; third cousin once removed of Charles Stetson, Alvan Kidder, Francis Kidder, Ira Kidder, Luther Kidder, Arba Kidder, Joseph Souther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson, Jefferson Parish Kidder, Jeremiah A. Clough and Edward Hamlin Clough; third cousin twice removed of Caleb Blodgett, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Orlando Burr Kidder, Adoniram Judson Kneeland, Lyman Kidder Bass, Nathan Parker Kidder, Silas Wright Kidder, Daniel S. Kidder and Isaiah Kidder Stetson; third cousin thrice removed of William Dean Kellogg, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Delos Abiel Blodgett, Isaac Newton Blodgett, Fannie Kidder Tyler, Charles Stetson Wilson, Harvey Edward Kidder, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, Clarence Patch Kidder, David Morrill Clough, Clarence Cutting Stetson and Harley Walter Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Barrett Crosby, William Bradbury Small, George W. Clough, Harlan Page Andrews, Darvin Pratt Clough and William Rockwell Clough.   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 Margaret Chase Smith Library Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) — also known as Margaret Chase — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, December 14, 1897. Republican. School teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone & Telegraph Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Female. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1989. Died May 29, 1995 (age 97 years, 166 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Margaret Chase Smith Library.   Relatives: Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase; married, May 14, 1930, to Clyde Harold Smith.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — National Women's Hall of Fame   Books about Margaret Chase Smith: Janann Sherman, No Place for a Woman : A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith — Eric R. Crouse, An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972 Southside Cemetery Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine Politicians buried here:   George Otis Smith (1871-1944) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine, February 22, 1871. Republican. Geologist; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair, Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936. Baptist. Member, American Forestry Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack during a meeting of the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, and died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, January 10, 1944 (age 72 years, 322 days). Interment at Southside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph O. Smith and Emma (Mayo) Smith; married, November 18, 1896, to Grace M. Coburn.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel Wadsworth Gould (1852-1935) — also known as Samuel W. Gould — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Porter, Oxford County, Maine, January 1, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of Maine Democratic Party, 1882-90; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1900, 1908, 1912; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1902; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1911-13; defeated, 1908, 1912. Died in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, December 19, 1935 (age 83 years, 352 days). Interment at Southside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elias Gould and Ruth (Clemons) Gould; married, December 18, 1879, to Nellie L. Winslow.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Forrest Goodwin (1862-1913) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, June 14, 1862. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1889; postmaster at Skowhegan, Maine, 1893; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896 (member, Credentials Committee), 1908; member of Maine state senate, 1903-05; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913; died in office 1913. Died May 28, 1913 (age 50 years, 348 days). Interment at Southside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin White Norris (1819-1873) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine; Alabama. Born in Maine, 1819. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1864; U.S. Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1867-69. Died in 1873 (age about 54 years). Interment at Southside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen Coburn (1817-1882) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, November 11, 1817. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1861. Drowned in the Kennebec River, at Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, July 4, 1882 (age 64 years, 235 days). Interment at Southside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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