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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Chester Chester Village Cemetery
Chester Chester Village Cemetery
Danville Center Cemetery
South Deerfield, Deerfield Granite
Cemetery
East Derry, Derry Forest Hill
Cemetery
East Kingston Oak Hill Cemetery
Exeter Unknown location
Exeter Exeter Cemetery
Exeter Winter Street Cemetery
Greenland Prospect Hill Cemetery
Hampton Bride Hill Cemetery
Kensington Upper Yard Burial Ground
Kingston Plains Cemetery
Londonderry Valley Cemetery
Newfields Locust Grove Cemetery
Newmarket Riverside Cemetery
North Hampton Fogg Cemetery
Northwood East Northwood Cemetery
Nottingham General Joseph Cilley
Burying Ground
Plaistow Maplewood-North Parish
Cemetery
Portsmouth Harmony Grove Cemetery
Portsmouth North Cemetery
Portsmouth Proprietors' Burying
Ground
Portsmouth St. John's Church
Cemetery
Portsmouth Union Cemetery
Rye Rye Central Cemetery
Rye Beach, Rye East Cemetery
Salem Old Parish Cemetery
Salem Pine Grove Cemetery
South Hampton Old Cemetery
Stratham Old Congregational
Cemetery
Stratham Stratham Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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William Plumer (1759-1850) —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., June 25,
1759.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-91, 1797-1800; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1791, 1797; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1802-07; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1810-12; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1812-13, 1816-19; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Hampshire.
Died in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
22, 1850 (age 91 years, 180
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Plumer Jr. (1789-1854) —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
9, 1789.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1819-25 (1st District 1819-21,
at-large 1821-25); member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1827-29; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1827-28; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
18, 1854 (age 65 years, 221
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Clement March —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1860-61.
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Chester Village
Cemetery
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) —
Born in Pelham, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
4, 1774.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-14 (4th District 1811-13,
at-large 1813-14); chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-38; died in
office 1838.
Died in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
15, 1838 (age 64 years, 70
days).
Interment at Chester Village Cemetery.
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Daniel Whittier French (1769-1840) —
also known as Daniel French —
of Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
22, 1769.
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1812-15.
Died in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
15, 1840 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment at Chester Village Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Gould French and Dorothy 'Dolly' (Whittier) French; married, September
15, 1799, to Mary Mercy Brown; married, June 30,
1805, to Betsey Vanmater Flagg; married, December
6, 1812, to Sarah Wingate Flagg; grandfather of Daniel
Chester French. |
| | | Political families: French-Richardson
family of Chester, New Hampshire; Saltonstall-Weeks
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Chester Village
Cemetery
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Samuel Bell (1770-1850) —
of Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
9, 1770.
Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-06; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1806-07; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1807-09; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1809-10; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-19; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1823-35.
Died in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
23, 1850 (age 80 years, 317
days).
Interment at Chester Village Cemetery.
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John Bell Jr. (1765-1836) —
of Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 20,
1765.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1803-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1828-29.
Died in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
23, 1836 (age 70 years, 247
days).
Interment at Chester Village Cemetery.
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Center
Cemetery
Danville, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Granite
Cemetery
South Deerfield, Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Josiah Butler (1779-1854) —
of South Deerfield, Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Pelham, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
4, 1779.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1817-23 (at-large 1817-19, 1st
District 1819-21, at-large 1821-23); state court judge in New
Hampshire, 1825-35.
Died in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
27, 1854 (age 74 years, 327
days).
Interment at Granite Cemetery.
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Richard Jenness (1746-1819) —
of Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
12, 1746.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1803-04, 1805-06, 1808-09 (4th District
1803-04, 2nd District 1805-06, 1808-09).
Died in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 4,
1819 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Granite Cemetery.
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Forest Hill
Cemetery
East Derry, Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Charles Wheeler Abbott (1863-1930) —
also known as Charles W. Abbott —
of Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in 1863.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 19th District, 1905-06.
Died in 1930
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Clark Adams (1915-2000) —
also known as Benjamin C. Adams —
of Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born July 14,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 22nd District; elected 1956.
Congregationalist.
Died, in Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical
Center, Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
1, 2000 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) —
of Atkinson, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Topsfield, Essex
County, Mass., March 1,
1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85,
1787-90, 1793-96; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.
Confined
in a debtor's
prison
for about twenty years.
Died, from consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 7,
1823 (age 82 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Exeter
Cemetery
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
3, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814.
Congregationalist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1814 (age 58 years, 272
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery.
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James Bell (1804-1857) —
of Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H.; Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
13, 1804.
Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1846, 1850; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854, 1855; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1855-57; died in office 1857.
Died in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., May 26,
1857 (age 52 years, 194
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Henry Bell (1823-1893) —
also known as Charles H. Bell —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
18, 1823.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1858-60; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1860; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1879; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1881-83; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
11, 1893 (age 69 years, 358
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery.
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Gilman Marston (1811-1890) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Orford, Grafton
County, N.H., August
20, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1872-73,
1876-78; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850, 1876; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1859-63, 1865-67;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1889.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 3,
1890 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery.
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Foster Waterman Stearns (1881-1956) —
also known as Foster Stearns —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hull, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 29,
1881.
Republican. Librarian;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1937; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1939-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1948.
Died June 4,
1956 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery.
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Amos Tuck (1810-1879) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, August
2, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1847-53; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President), 1860.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
11, 1879 (age 69 years, 131
days).
Interment at Exeter Cemetery.
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Winter Street
Cemetery
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
19, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1782-83; New
Hampshire state treasurer, 1783-89, 1791-94; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1794-1805, 1813-16.
Died September
1, 1828 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Winter Street Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
18, 1726.
Merchant;
lumber
business; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia,
Revolutionary War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 26,
1790 (age 63 years, 250
days).
Interment at Winter Street Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
29, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-91; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1791-97; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1797-1801; probate judge in New
Hampshire, 1800-01; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit,
1801-02; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1802-09, 1813-16;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1809-10.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., September
21, 1842 (age 82 years, 296
days).
Interment at Winter Street Cemetery.
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George Sullivan (1771-1838) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., August
29, 1771.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1805, 1813; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1805-06, 1815-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1814-16; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
14, 1838 (age 66 years, 228
days).
Interment at Winter Street Cemetery.
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Samuel Tenney (1748-1816) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Rowley, Essex
County, Mass., November
16, 1748.
Physician;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791; probate
judge in New Hampshire, 1793-1800; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1800-07 (at-large 1800-05, 4th
District 1805-07).
Died February
6, 1816 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Winter Street Cemetery.
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Prospect Hill
Cemetery
Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (1927-2002) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Greenland, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., October
3, 1927.
Republican. New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1961-62; defeated in primary, 1962.
Died October
27, 2002 (age 75 years, 24
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Bride Hill
Cemetery
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Tristram Shaw (1786-1843) —
of Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 23,
1786.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1839-43.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
14, 1843 (age 56 years, 295
days).
Interment at Bride Hill Cemetery.
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Upper Yard Burial
Ground
Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Jeremiah Fogg (1749-1808) —
of Kensington, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kensington, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1796-1802.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Kensington, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 26,
1808 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Upper Yard Burial Ground.
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Plains
Cemetery
Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) —
of Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., November
21, 1729.
Physician;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New
Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President
of New Hampshire, 1790-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Hampshire; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1793-94.
Congregationalist.
Died in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 19,
1795 (age 65 years, 179
days).
Interment at Plains Cemetery; statue at Public
Square, Amesbury, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Valley
Cemetery
Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Founded 1793
| Politicians buried
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John Bell (1730-1825) —
of Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
15, 1730.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1786-90.
Died in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
30, 1825 (age 95 years, 107
days).
Interment at Valley Cemetery.
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Locust Grove
Cemetery
Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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John Brodhead (1770-1838) —
of Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Smithfield Township, Monroe
County, Pa., October
5, 1770.
Democrat. Minister;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1817-21, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1829-33.
Methodist.
Died in Newfields, Rockingham
County, N.H., April 7,
1838 (age 67 years, 184
days).
Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery.
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James Pike (1818-1895) —
of South Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Massachusetts, 1818.
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1855-59.
Died in 1895
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery.
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Riverside
Cemetery
Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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William Bradbury Small (1817-1878) —
also known as William B. Small —
of Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Limington, York
County, Maine, May 17,
1817.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1873-75.
Died in Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., April 7,
1878 (age 60 years, 325
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Fogg
Cemetery
North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
East Northwood
Cemetery
Northwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles F. Cate (1841-1915) —
of Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
19, 1841.
Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1879-80.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
15, 1915 (age 74 years, 87
days).
Interment at East Northwood Cemetery.
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General Joseph
Cilley Burying Ground
Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Cilley (1791-1887) —
of Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
4, 1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1846-47.
Died in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
16, 1887 (age 96 years, 255
days).
Interment at General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground.
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Bradbury Cilley (1760-1831) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
1, 1760.
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17.
Died in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
17, 1831 (age 71 years, 319
days).
Interment at General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground.
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Maplewood-North
Parish Cemetery
Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Greenleaf Clark (1835-1904) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Plaistow, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
23, 1835.
Justice
of Minnesota state supreme court, 1881-82.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
7, 1904 (age 69 years, 106
days).
Interment at Maplewood-North Parish Cemetery.
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Harmony Grove
Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
| Politicians buried
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Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
22, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
4, 1851 (age 61 years, 256
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) —
also known as John H. Bartlett —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H., March
15, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
postmaster at Portsmouth,
N.H., 1899-1908; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
19, 1952 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 24,
1786.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1819-21, 1830, 1838,
1851-52; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1823-29; candidate
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1832; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
19, 1853 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) —
also known as Charles H. Peaslee —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., February
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Jones (1832-1902) —
also known as "King of the Alemakers" —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Barrington, Strafford
County, N.H., September
15, 1832.
Mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1875-79; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President), 1888;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
2, 1902 (age 70 years, 17
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 22,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1898 (age 78 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Daniel Pickering Drown (1784-1863) —
also known as Daniel P. Drown —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in 1784.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1832-34.
Died March
24, 1863 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Richard Jenness (1801-1872) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1801.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1849-51.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
2, 1872 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Odiorne Treadwell (1822-1913) —
also known as Robert O. Treadwell —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
31, 1822.
Physician;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Portsmouth,
N.H., 1861-98.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
23, 1913 (age 90 years, 296
days).
Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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Joseph Herman Emery (1859-1941) —
also known as Joseph H. Emery —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., December
15, 1859.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; president, Lord and Taylor department
store, 1912; founder, Onyx Hosiery
Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1920.
Died in Carroll
County, N.H., March 2,
1941 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Entombed at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
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North
Cemetery
Maplewood Avenue
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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William Whipple (1730-1785) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kittery, York
County, Maine, January
14, 1730.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77; member of New Hampshire
state legislature, 1780; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1783-85.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
28, 1785 (age 55 years, 318
days).
Interment at North Cemetery; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Langdon (1741-1819) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 26,
1741.
Democrat. Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1787; served
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85; President
of New Hampshire, 1785-86, 1788-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-1801; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1805-09, 1810-12; received 9 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1808.
Congregationalist.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
18, 1819 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Entombed at North Cemetery.
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Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1739.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1778; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-83, 1786-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
13, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Clement Storer (1760-1830) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, September
20, 1760.
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1807-09; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1810; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1817-19.
Died November
21, 1830 (age 70 years, 62
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Hunking Penhallow (1766-1826) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in 1766.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1821-22.
Died September
24, 1826 (age about 60
years).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Proprietors'
Burying Ground
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Pierse Long (1739-1789) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1739.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1785-86; delegate
to New Hampshire convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
13, 1789 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground.
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Samuel Cushman (1783-1851) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 8,
1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rockingham
County Treasurer, 1823-28; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1829-30; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 20,
1851 (age 67 years, 346
days).
Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground.
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Nathaniel Appleton Haven (1762-1831) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 19,
1762.
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 4th District, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died March
13, 1831 (age 68 years, 237
days).
Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground.
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Daniel Marcy (1809-1893) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
7, 1809.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1854; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1856-58, 1871-72; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1863-65.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
3, 1893 (age 83 years, 361
days).
Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground.
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Alva Herman Morrill (1848-1922) —
also known as Alva H. Morrill —
of Stanfordville, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Newton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Grafton, Grafton
County, N.H., June 7,
1848.
Minister;
school
principal; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1892; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1906, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1912.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1922
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground.
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St. John's Church
Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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James Sheafe (1755-1829) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
16, 1755.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-90; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1791-93, 1799-1800 (Rockingham County
1791-93, 1st District 1799-1800); member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1799; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1799-1801; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1801-02; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1816.
Slaveowner.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
5, 1829 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery.
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Union
Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Thomas Passmore Treadwell (1805-1878) —
also known as Thomas P. Treadwell —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1805.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1842-43; secretary
of state of New Hampshire, 1843-46, 1847-50.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1878
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Rye Central
Cemetery
Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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John Wilkes Parsons (1778-1849) —
also known as John W. Parsons —
of Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
12, 1778.
Physician;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1826-29.
Died in Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
18, 1849 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rye Central Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Parsons (1804-1890) —
also known as Thomas J. Parsons —
of Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
4, 1804.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1835-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1840.
Died March 4,
1890 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Rye Central Cemetery.
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East
Cemetery
Rye Beach, Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East Cemetery.
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Old Parish
Cemetery
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Silas Betton (1768-1822) —
of Salem, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
26, 1768.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1797-99, 1810-11;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1800-03; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 1st
District 1805-07).
Died in Salem, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
22, 1822 (age 53 years, 149
days).
Interment at Old Parish Cemetery.
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Pine Grove
Cemetery
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Old
Cemetery
South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Old
Congregational Cemetery
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Josiah Bartlett Jr. (1768-1838) —
of Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
29, 1768.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1809-11, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Died in Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
16, 1838 (age 69 years, 230
days).
Interment at Old Congregational Cemetery.
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Stratham
Cemetery
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Paine Wingate (1739-1838) —
of Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., May 14,
1739.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1781; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1783, 1795; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-88; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-93; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1793-95; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1798-1809.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 7,
1838 (age 98 years, 297
days).
Interment at Stratham Cemetery.
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