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Index to Locations
West Arlington, Arlington West
Arlington Cemetery
Bennington Unknown location
Bennington Bennington Center
Cemetery
Bennington Bennington Village
Cemetery
Bennington Old Bennington Cemetery
Bennington Old First Church
Graveyard
Bennington Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington Village Cemetery
Dorset Maple Hill Cemetery
Manchester Unknown location
Manchester Dellwood Cemetery
Shaftsbury Center Shaftsbury
Cemetery
Shaftsbury Shaftsbury Center
Cemetery
Sunderland Ira Allen Cemetery
West Arlington
Cemetery
West Arlington, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Herbert T. Eaton (1851-1916) —
of West Arlington, Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., August
10, 1851.
Republican. Merchant;
marble and
granite dealer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Arlington, 1888.
Methodist.
Died August
12, 1916 (age 65 years, 2
days).
Interment at West Arlington Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Elijah Dewey —
of Vermont.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Interment somewhere.
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Bennington Center
Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Hiland Hall (1795-1885) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1795.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1833-43; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1846-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1856;
Governor
of Vermont, 1858-60.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
18, 1885 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Bennington Center Cemetery.
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Bennington
Village Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) —
also known as Thomas J. Tiffany; "Henry
Fullerton" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March 6,
1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he was confronted
by a postal inspector about a shortage
in the post office accounts, he fled,
also taking
$2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October, 1885, he was arrested
near Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "Henry
Fullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where he plead
guilty to federal charges,
and was sentenced
to five years' imprisonment.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., June 26,
1906 (age 72 years, 112
days).
Interment at Bennington Village Cemetery.
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Old Bennington
Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Moses Robinson (1741-1813) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., March
26, 1741.
Democrat. Justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1778-80, 1782-84, 1785-88; Governor of
Vermont, 1789-90; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1791-96; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1802.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., May 26,
1813 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Jonathan Robinson (1756-1819) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1756.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1789; state court judge in
Vermont, 1795; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1801-06; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1807-15; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Vermont.
Died November
3, 1819 (age 63 years, 84
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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John Griffith McCullough (1835-1915) —
also known as John G. McCullough —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Newark, New Castle
County, Del., September
16, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1862-63; California
state attorney general, 1863-67; member of Vermont
state senate, 1898; Governor of
Vermont, 1902-04.
Congregationalist.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1915 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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John Staniford Robinson (1804-1860) —
also known as John S. Robinson —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., November
10, 1804.
Democrat. Governor of
Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1860.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
25, 1860 (age 55 years, 167
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Orsamus Cook Merrill (1775-1865) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 18,
1775.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer;
postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1817-20 (at-large 1817-19, 1st
District 1819-20); delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; probate judge
in Vermont, 1822-23; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1823-25; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1824-27; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1839.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., April
12, 1865 (age 89 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Merrill and Jerusha (Seymour) Merrill; brother of Timothy
Merrill; married, August
18, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Robinson (daughter of Jonathan
Robinson); uncle of Farrand
Fassett Merrill; fourth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of Jason
Kellogg; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Silas
Dewey Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin twice removed of William
Pitt Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Collins Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of Irene
Ellis Murphy; third cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Thomas
Seymour, Moses
Seymour, Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill, Rowland
Case Kellogg, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Benjamin
Baker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Frank
Billings Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg, Franklin
Warren Kellogg and Donald
Barr Chidsey; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Abel
Merrill, Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Morris
Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Seymour, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Forward and Chauncey
Forward; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Hezekiah
Case, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Calvin
Frisbie, Amaziah
Brainard, DeGrasse
Maltby, Samuel
Clement Fessenden, Henry
Taintor, Silas
Wright Jr., John
Adams Dix, Marshall
Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, David
Lowrey Seymour, John
Arnold Rockwell, Origen
Storrs Seymour, Daniel
Rose Tilden, George
Catlin Woodruff, Norman
A. Phelps, Thomas
Henry Seymour, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, John
Smith Phelps, George
Seymour, Russell
Sage, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, McNeil
Seymour, Ayres
Phillips Merrill, Lucretia
Garfield and Henry
William Seymour. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jonas Fay (1737-1818) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1737.
Justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1781-83.
Died in Old Bennington, Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March 6,
1818 (age 81 years, 37
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ruth (Child) Fay and Stephen Fay; married to Sarah Fassett and
Lydia (Warner) Safford. |
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memorial |
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Samuel Howard Blackmer (1902-1951) —
also known as Samuel H. Blackmer —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March 2,
1902.
Municipal judge in Vermont, 1929-32; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-35; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1935-37; executive clerk (personal
counsel) to Gov. George
D. Aiken, 1937-38; superior court judge in Vermont, 1938-49; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Zeta
Psi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
25, 1951 (age 49 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Huling Blackmer and Fanny Laura (Abbott) Blackmer; married,
July
18, 1925, to Katrina Roosevelt Schuyler. |
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George Mordaunt Hawks (1878-1956) —
also known as George M. Hawks —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
21, 1878.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County; elected 1952.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
27, 1956 (age 78 years, 6
days).
Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
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Old First Church
Graveyard
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
Park Lawn
Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) —
also known as Frank E. Howe;
"Ginger" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1923-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1956 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery.
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Village
Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
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Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838) —
also known as Isaac Ticknor —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1754.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1781; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1791-95; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1796-97, 1815-21; Governor of
Vermont, 1797-1807, 1808-09.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
11, 1838 (age 84 years, 306
days).
Interment at Village Cemetery.
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Maple Hill
Cemetery
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1772
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Unknown
Location
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont
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John Flournoy Montgomery (1878-1954) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., September
20, 1878.
Democrat. President, John Wildi Evaporated Milk Co.,
1914-25; chairman, International Milk Co.,
1925-33; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., November
7, 1954 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Dellwood
Cemetery
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont
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Richard Skinner (1778-1833) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1801-13; probate judge in Vermont,
1805-13; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1813-15; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1815-16; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1823-28; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1818; Governor of
Vermont, 1820-23.
Injured when he fell from
a horse-drawn
carriage, and died soon after, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., May 23,
1833 (age 54 years, 358
days).
Interment at Dellwood Cemetery.
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Ahiman Louis Miner (1804-1886) —
of Vermont.
Born in Vermont, 1804.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1851-53.
Died in 1886
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Dellwood Cemetery.
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Center Shaftsbury
Cemetery
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1765
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Jonas Galusha (1753-1834) —
of Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
11, 1753.
Farmer;
innkeeper;
Bennington
County Sheriff, 1781-87; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1793-98, 1801-05; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1807-08; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Vermont; Governor of
Vermont, 1809-13, 1815-20.
Died in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., September
24, 1834 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.
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Herbert Augustus Hulet (1861-1935) —
also known as Herbert A. Hulet —
of Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., July 19,
1861.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1915; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1923.
Baptist.
Died in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
4, 1935 (age 74 years, 77
days).
Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucina C. (Sampson) Hulet and Hopkins Hulet; married to Mary Ellen
'Nellie' Sampson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Merle Bottum (1849-1921) —
also known as Henry M. Bottum —
of Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., January
18, 1849.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Shaftsbury, 1888.
Baptist.
Died in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., March
17, 1921 (age 72 years, 58
days).
Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Norman Bottum and Helen Louisa (Ranney) Bottum; married to Fidelia
E. Dunlap. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Shaftsbury Center
Cemetery
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont
Ira Allen
Cemetery
Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1786
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Albert Pettibone Bowen (1857-1929) —
also known as Albert P. Bowen —
of Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt., July 16,
1857.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Sunderland, 1890, 1910.
Died in Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt., September
12, 1929 (age 72 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ira Allen Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman M. Bowen and Harriet (Bentley) Bowen; married to Emma E.
Warner. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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