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Index to Locations
Barrington Prince's Hill Cemetery
Bristol Bristol Town Common
Bristol Colt State Park
Bristol De Wolf Family Cemetery
Bristol East Burial Ground
Bristol Juniper Hill Cemetery
Bristol North Cemetery
Warren Unknown location
Warren Kickemuit Cemetery
Warren South Cemetery
Prince's Hill
Cemetery
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Bristol Town
Common
Bristol, Bristol County,
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician;
lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at Bristol Town Common; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Colt State
Park
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) —
also known as John H. Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in
office 1999.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, at the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt
State Park.
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De Wolf Family
Cemetery
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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James De Wolf (1764-1837) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., March
18, 1764.
Democrat. Slave
trader; built an early cotton
mill; manufacturer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1800; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1837 (age 73 years, 278
days).
Original interment at De Wolf Family Cemetery; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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East Burial
Ground
Wood Street
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Juniper Hill
Cemetery
Sherry Avenue
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Founded 1877
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846-1924) —
also known as LeBaron B. Colt —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 25,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1879-81; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1881-84; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1884-1913; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1913-24; died in office 1924.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
18, 1924 (age 78 years, 54
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician;
lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at Bristol Town Common;
reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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James De Wolf (1764-1837) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., March
18, 1764.
Democrat. Slave
trader; built an early cotton
mill; manufacturer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1800; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1837 (age 73 years, 278
days).
Original interment at De Wolf Family
Cemetery; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
9, 1755.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1789-90; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1790-96; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1796-1801; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1801-02.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
17, 1808 (age 53 years, 8
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., June 6,
1796.
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1853-54; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1853-54.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., April
12, 1859 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Byron Diman (1795-1865) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
5, 1795.
Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1840-42, 1843-46; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1846-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 1856.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
1, 1865 (age 69 years, 361
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899) —
also known as J. Russell Bullock —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
6, 1815.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1844-46; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1849-53; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1859-60; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1860-61; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1862-64; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1865-69; resigned 1869.
Died, of heart
disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 7,
1899 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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George Finney Usher (1792-1877) —
also known as George F. Usher —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., October
22, 1792.
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Cape Hatien, 1842-46; Port-au-Prince, 1849-53; Haitian Consul in New York City,
1859-67.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
16, 1877 (age 84 years, 298
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Algernon Sidney De Wolf (1822-1879) —
also known as Algernon S. De Wolf —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., October
11, 1822.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1875-79; died in office 1879.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in the vestibule of the Park Theatre,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1879 (age 57 years, 13
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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North
Cemetery
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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Edward Laurence Leahy (1886-1953) —
also known as Edward L. Leahy —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., February
9, 1886.
Democrat. State court judge in Rhode Island, 1910; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1949-50; federal
judge, 1951.
Died July 22,
1953 (age 67 years, 163
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Kickemuit
Cemetery
Serpentine Road
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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Josias Lyndon (1704-1778) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born March
10, 1704.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1768-69.
Died, of smallpox,
March
30, 1778 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Kickemuit Cemetery.
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Nathan Miller (1743-1790) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., March
20, 1743.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1786; delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1790.
Died in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., May 20,
1790 (age 47 years, 61
days).
Interment at Kickemuit Cemetery.
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South
Cemetery
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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Thomas Goodwin Turner (1810-1875) —
also known as Thomas G. Turner —
of Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., October
24, 1810.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1857-59; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1859-60; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1866-68.
Died January
3, 1875 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at South Cemetery.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59; newspaper
editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South Cemetery.
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