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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Little Compton Commons Cemetery
Little Compton Seaconnet Cemetery
Middletown Berkeley Memorial
Cemetery
Newport Unknown location
Newport Clifton Burying Ground
Newport Coddington Cemetery
Newport Common Burying Ground
Newport Friends Cemetery
Newport Island Cemetery
Newport Trinity Church Graveyard
Portsmouth St. Mary's Episcopal
Cemetery
Tiverton Captain Nathaniel Briggs
Lot
Private or family
graveyards
Newport County, Rhode Island
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John Collins (1717-1795) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 8,
1717.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1778-80, 1782-83; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1786-90.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March 4,
1795 (age 77 years, 269
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Benjamin Howland (1755-1821) —
of Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., July 27,
1755.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1804-09; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1810.
Died in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., May 1,
1821 (age 65 years, 278
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Commons
Cemetery
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Henry Tillinghast Sisson —
also known as Henry T. Sisson —
of Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1875-77.
Interment at Commons Cemetery.
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Seaconnet
Cemetery
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
| Politicians buried
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Isaac Wilbour (1763-1837) —
of Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Rhode Island, April
25, 1763.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1805-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1806-07, 1810-11; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1806-07; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1807-09.
Died October
4, 1837 (age 74 years, 162
days).
Interment at Seaconnet Cemetery.
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Berkeley Memorial
Cemetery
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) —
also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator
Oddball" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964,
1968,
1988,
1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery.
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery.
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John Russell Pope (1874-1937) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1874.
Architect;
member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1917-22.
Died, following an operation, at the Harkness Pavilion of the
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1937 (age 63 years, 125
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Clifton Burying
Ground
Golden Hill Street
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Wanton (1670-1733) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., September, 1670.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1705-06, 1708-09, 1710-11,
1715, 1716-17, 1718, 1719-22, 1723-24; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1732-33; died in office 1733.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December, 1733
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Interment at Clifton Burying Ground.
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Joseph Wanton (1705-1780) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
15, 1705.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1769-75.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 17,
1780 (age 74 years, 337
days).
Interment at Clifton Burying Ground.
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Coddington
Cemetery
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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John Wanton (1672-1740) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., 1672.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1707, 1710, 1713; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1734-40; died in office 1740.
Quaker.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 5,
1740 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Coddington Cemetery.
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Common Burying
Ground
Farwell and Warner Sts.
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1974
| Politicians buried
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William Ellery (1727-1820) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
22, 1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1785.
Congregationalist.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., February
15, 1820 (age 92 years, 55
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Ward (1725-1776) —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 27,
1725.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1762-63, 1765-67; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-76; died in
office 1776.
Died March
26, 1776 (age 50 years, 304
days).
Original interment at First
Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1860 at
Common Burying Ground.
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Henry Marchant (1741-1796) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., April 9,
1741.
Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1771-77; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1777-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1790-96; died in office 1796.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
30, 1796 (age 55 years, 143
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Asher Robbins (1761-1845) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
26, 1761.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1812-20; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1818-25; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1825-39; postmaster at Newport,
R.I., 1841-45.
Died February
25, 1845 (age 83 years, 122
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Richard Ward (1689-1763) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in 1689.
Secretary
of state of Rhode Island, 1730-33; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1740-43.
Died February
21, 1763 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Christopher Grant Champlin (1768-1840) —
also known as Christopher G. Champlin —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., April
12, 1768.
Merchant;
banker;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1797-1801; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1809-11; resigned 1811.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March
18, 1840 (age 71 years, 341
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Robert Bennie Cranston (1791-1873) —
also known as Robert B. Cranston —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
14, 1791.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport,
R.I., 1827-33; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1837-43, 1847-49 (at-large
1837-43, 1st District 1847-49); member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1843-47; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1846-47; mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
27, 1873 (age 82 years, 13
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Peter Bours (1706-1761) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in 1706.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1744-46, 1757-59.
Died September
20, 1761 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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George Champlin (1738-1809) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I., November
22, 1738.
Banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1793, 1797; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1797-98.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
16, 1809 (age 70 years, 359
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Champlin and Hannah (Hill) Champlin; married, July 26,
1764, to Ruth Wanton; uncle of Christopher
Grant Champlin; second great-granduncle of Charles
F. Champlin; first cousin four times removed of Christopher
Elihu Champlin; second cousin thrice removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; third cousin once removed of David
Hough, Jeremiah
Mason and Josiah
Quincy; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Quincy Jr., Henry
Brewster Stanton, Edwin
Denison Morgan, Samuel
Townsend Douglass, Silas
Hamilton Douglas, George
Isaac Sherwood and David
B. Sherwood; third cousin thrice removed of Enoch
C. Chapman, David
Edgerton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Alfred
Avery Burnham, James
Hammond Trumbull, Richard
Smith Leaming, Robert
Coit Jr., Samuel
Miller Quincy, William
Frederick Morgan Rowland, Samuel
S. Knabenshue, Carl
G. Sherwood and Henry
Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
White and Reuben
Eaton Fenton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Otis
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Linscom Boss Jr. (1780-1819) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
7, 1780.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1815-19.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
1, 1819 (age 38 years, 328
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Edward Wing Lawton (1786-1867) —
also known as Edward W. Lawton —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
1, 1786.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1847-49; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Rhode Island.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March
16, 1867 (age 80 years, 135
days).
Interment at Common Burying Ground.
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Friends
Cemetery
Tilden & Feke Streets
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Gideon Wanton (1693-1767) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., October
20, 1693.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1745-46, 1747-48.
Quaker.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
12, 1767 (age 73 years, 327
days).
Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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Island
Cemetery
Farwell and Warner Sts.
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1974
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Henry Brockholst Ledyard (1812-1880) —
also known as Henry Ledyard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1812.
Democrat. Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1855-56; member of Michigan
state senate, 1857; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1857.
Died in London, England,
June
7, 1880 (age 68 years, 94
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Ledyard and Susan French (Livingston) Ledyard; married 1839 to
Matilda Frances Cass (daughter of Lewis
Cass); grandson of Henry
Brockholst Livingston; great-grandson of William
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh and Phillip
French; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson and Brockholst
Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of John
Jay II; second cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning
Duer; third cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Peabody Wetmore (1846-1921) —
also known as George P. Wetmore —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in London, England,
of American parents, August
2, 1846.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1885-87; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1895-1907, 1908-13.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
11, 1921 (age 75 years, 40
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Christopher Ellery (1768-1840) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
1, 1768.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1801-05.
Died in Middletown, Newport
County, R.I., December
2, 1840 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) —
also known as Isaac I. Stevens —
of Washington.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
25, 1818.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed at the Civil
War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery; memorial monument at Ox Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.
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Relatives:
Cousin *** of Charles
Abbot Stevens and Moses
Tyler Stevens. |
| | | Political family: Stevens-Woodhull
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Stevens counties in Minn. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a state
park) in Warrenton,
Oregon, was named for
him. — Fort
Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a park)
in Washington,
D.C., was named for
him. — The city
(and lake)
of Lake
Stevens, Washington, is named for
him. — The town
of Stevensville,
Montana, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(6,838 feet), in Shoshone
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(5,372 feet), in Bingham
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Upper Stevens Lake,
and Lower Stevens Lake,
in Shoshone
County, Idaho, are named for
him. — The Stevens Hall dormitory,
at Washington State University,
Pullman,
Washington, is named for
him. — Isaac I. Stevens Elementary
School (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Middle
School, in Port
Angeles, Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Junior
High School (now Middle School), in Pasco,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of
his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous
heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his
command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the
battle of Chantilly, Va." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:
Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion
of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of
Washington |
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Charles Collins Van Zandt (1830-1894) —
also known as Charles C. Van Zandt —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
10, 1830.
Republican. Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1858-59,
1866-69, 1871-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1868
(speaker);
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1873-75; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1877-80.
Died June 4,
1894 (age 63 years, 298
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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William Channing Gibbs (1789-1871) —
also known as William C. Gibbs —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born February
10, 1789.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1821-24.
Died February
24, 1871 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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August Belmont (1816-1890) —
also known as August Schönberg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Alzei, Germany,
December
2, 1816.
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1854-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860,
1864,
1876;
speaker, 1868.
Jewish.
Fought a duel
with Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; both men were injured.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1890 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Thomas Slidell (d. 1864) —
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-38; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1840.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., April
20, 1864.
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Perry Belmont (1851-1947) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned
1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 25,
1947 (age 95 years, 148
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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William Cole Cozzens (1811-1876) —
also known as William C. Cozzens —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
26, 1811.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1863.
Died December
17, 1876 (age 65 years, 113
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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William Paine Sheffield (1820-1907) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rhode Island, 1820.
Republican. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1861-63; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1884-85.
Died in 1907
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Henry Young Cranston (1789-1864) —
also known as Henry Y. Cranston —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., October
9, 1789.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1820; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1835, 1839-41,
1854, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1843-47.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., February
12, 1864 (age 74 years, 126
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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George Gordon King (1807-1870) —
also known as George G. King —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 9,
1807.
Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839
(member, Committee on Permanent Organization); member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1845-46; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1845-46;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1849-53.
Died July 17,
1870 (age 63 years, 38
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Melville Bull (1854-1909) —
of Middletown, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
29, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1885-92; member of Rhode Island
Republican State Central Committee, 1885-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1888;
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1892-94; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1902.
Died July 5,
1909 (age 54 years, 279
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Benjamin Hazard (1770-1841) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Middletown, Newport
County, R.I., September
18, 1770.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1809-40; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1816-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March
10, 1841 (age 70 years, 173
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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William Paine Sheffield (1857-1919) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Rhode Island, June 1,
1857.
Republican. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1909-11; member of
Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1912.
Died October
19, 1919 (age 62 years, 140
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Walter Gurnee Dyer (1903-1974) —
also known as W. Gurnee Dyer —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1903.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1946.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1974 (age 71 years, 48
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Daniel Butler Fearing (1859-1918) —
also known as Daniel B. Fearing —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
14, 1859.
Democrat. Mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 26,
1918 (age 58 years, 285
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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George Robert Lawton (1858-1937) —
also known as George R. Lawton —
of Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Accountant;
auditor, American Woolen
Company, Douglas Shoe
Company; member of Rhode
Island state senate from Tiverton, 1911; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., November
14, 1937 (age 78 years, 318
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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William Watts Sherman (1842-1912) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
4, 1842.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1912 (age 69 years, 171
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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August Belmont (1853-1924) —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1853.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1924 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore (1873-1951) —
also known as Maude K. Wetmore —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Paris, France,
of American parents, February
7, 1873.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1936.
Female.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
3, 1951 (age 78 years, 269
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
28, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; stockbroker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1940.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III (1927-2015) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss III; Yusha
Auchincloss —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1927.
Independent candidate for Rhode
Island state senate 50th District, 1992.
Died, from cancer,
in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 13,
2015 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Interment at Island Cemetery.
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Trinity Church
Graveyard
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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William Hunter (1774-1849) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
26, 1774.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1799; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1811-12; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1811-21; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Brazil, 1834-41; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1841-43.
Slaveowner.
Died December
3, 1849 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Trinity Church Graveyard.
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St. Mary's
Episcopal Cemetery
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1883.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery.
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Clark Burdick (1868-1948) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
13, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1906-08; acting postmaster
at Newport,
R.I., 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1915-16; mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1919-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery.
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Ellen F. FitzSimons (1879-1948) —
also known as Elsie FitzSimons; Ellen Tuck French;
Ellen French Vanderbilt; Mrs. Paul
FitzSimons —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 15,
1879.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1940; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1940.
Female.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., February
26, 1948 (age 68 years, 256
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker;
financier;
assistant treasurer of General
Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by
selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery.
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Captain Nathaniel
Briggs Lot
Nannaquakeet Road
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Job Durfee (1790-1847) —
of Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., September
20, 1790.
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1821-25; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1820; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1827-29.
Died in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., July 26,
1847 (age 56 years, 309
days).
Interment at Captain Nathaniel Briggs Lot.
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Nathaniel Briggs Durfee (1812-1872) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Durfee —
of Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., September
29, 1812.
Republican. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1855-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860.
Died in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., November
9, 1872 (age 60 years, 41
days).
Interment at Captain Nathaniel Briggs Lot.
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