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Index to Locations
Burlington Unknown location
Burlington Allen Cemetery
Burlington Elmwood Avenue Cemetery
Burlington Greenmount Cemetery
Burlington Lakeview Cemetery
Burlington St. Joseph Cemetery
Jericho Jericho Center Cemetery
Shelburne Shelburne Village
Cemetery
Westford Pleasant View Cemetery
Williston East Cemetery
Williston Morse Cemetery
Williston Thomas Chittenden
Cemetery
Williston Town Green
Winooski St. Francis Xavier
Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor
of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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Allen
Cemetery
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Heman Allen of Colchester (1779-1852) —
of Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Poultney, Rutland
County, Vt., February
23, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Sheriff, 1808-09; county judge in Vermont, 1811-14; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1812-17; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1817-18; U.S. Minister to
Chile, 1823-27.
Died in Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt., April 7,
1852 (age 73 years, 44
days).
Interment at Allen Cemetery.
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Elmwood Avenue
Cemetery
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Heman Allen of Milton (1777-1844) —
of Vermont.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., June 14,
1777.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1810-14, 1816-17, 1822, 1824-26;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1831-39; defeated, 1838.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
11, 1844 (age 67 years, 180
days).
Interment at Elmwood Avenue Cemetery.
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Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
23, 1755.
Lawyer;
Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1787-90; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1789; Vermont
state attorney general, 1790-93; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
20, 1813 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood Avenue Cemetery.
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Greenmount
Cemetery
Colchester Avenue
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 11,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1880; law
professor; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1885-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 9,
1900 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) —
of Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1738.
Farmer;
land
speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770; captured Fort
Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully advocated for the
formation of Vermont as a separate state from New Hampshire and New
York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment Act, with authority
to confiscate the property of British loyalists.
Deist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
12, 1789 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen and Mary (Baker) Allen; married 1762 to Mary
Brownson; married, February
16, 1784, to Frances Montresor 'Fanny' (Brush) Buchanan;
grandfather of Henry
Hitchcock. |
| | | Political family: Allen-Hitchcock
family of Burlington, Vermont. |
| | | Epitaph: "His spirit tried the mercies
of his God in whom alone he believed and strongly
trusted." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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David Allen Smalley (1809-1877) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., April 6,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1843-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1852,
1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1856-60; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1857-77; died in office 1877.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
10, 1877 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Henry Albon Bailey Jr. (1893-1961) —
also known as H. A. Bailey —
of Winooski, Chittenden
County, Vt.; South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Winooski, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1921-24; mayor
of Winooski, Vt., 1922; member of Vermont
state senate, 1929-31; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1940.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia,
uremia,
and Parkinson's
disease, in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., July 20,
1961 (age 68 years, 179
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Bradley Barlow Smalley (1835-1909) —
also known as Bradley B. Smalley —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
26, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
clerk, U.S. District Court for Vermont, 1861-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1872,
1876
(speaker),
1880;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1874, 1878;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Vermont, 1876-80; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-88.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, November
6, 1909 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Nathaniel E. Parcher (1861-1919) —
of St. George, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., August
8, 1861.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. George, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1919
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Lakeview
Cemetery
455 North Avenue
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
Founded 1872
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) —
also known as Warren R. Austin —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt., November
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; mayor
of St. Albans, Vt., 1909; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1928
(speaker),
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1931-46; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1947-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
25, 1962 (age 85 years, 43
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Librarian;
author;
artist;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, as of 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Urban Andrain Woodbury (1838-1915) —
also known as Urban A. Woodbury —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded at
the Battle of First Bull Run, and lost his
right arm; lumber
business; cotton
manufacturer; hotel
owner; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1885-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1888-90; Governor of
Vermont, 1894-96.
Congregationalist.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
15, 1915 (age 76 years, 278
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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David Johnson Foster (1857-1912) —
also known as David J. Foster —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; Vermont Commissioner of Taxes, 1894-98;
chair, board of railroad commissioners, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1901-12; died in office
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1912 (age 54 years, 268
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Leo Allen Bergholz (1857-1945) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
10, 1857.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Chinkiang, 1883-87; U.S. Consul in Erzerum, 1896-1903; Three Rivers, 1903-04; Dawson, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1905; Beirut, 1905-06; Canton, 1906, 1919-21; Kingston, 1912; Winnipeg, 1913; Dresden, 1913-17; Seoul, 1918-19.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1945
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Alson Edward Abernethy (1900-1969) —
also known as Alson E. Abernethy —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bristol, Addison
County, Vt., December
4, 1900.
Investment
banker; mayor
of Pasadena, Calif., 1952-53.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Died in November, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Edward Henry Powell (1839-1911) —
also known as E. Henry Powell —
of Richford, Franklin
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Richford, Franklin
County, Vt., September
3, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1872-73; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Richford, 1874-76; member of
Vermont
state senate from Franklin County, 1878-80; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1878-92.
Baptist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., May 4,
1911 (age 71 years, 243
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) —
also known as Hollister Jackson; Samuel Hollister
Jackson —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
December
7, 1875.
Republican. Washington
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906-07; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Drowned
in a flood near his home, Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
25, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Charles Hial Darling (1859-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Darling —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 9,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1887-1901; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, 1901-05; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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St. Joseph
Cemetery
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
Jericho Center
Cemetery
Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Shelburne Village
Cemetery
Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Richard Arkwright Snelling (1927-1991) —
also known as Richard A. Snelling —
of Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-60, 1973-76; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1960,
1968,
1980;
chair
of Chittenden County Republican Party, 1963-66; member of Vermont
Republican State Executive Committee, 1963-66; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1964; Governor of
Vermont, 1977-85, 1991; defeated, 1966; died in office 1991;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1986.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
13, 1991 (age 64 years, 176
days).
Interment at Shelburne Village Cemetery.
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John Lester Barstow (1832-1913) —
also known as John L. Barstow —
of Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
21, 1832.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1864-65; member of Vermont
state senate, 1866-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1880-82; Governor of
Vermont, 1882-84.
Died in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 28,
1913 (age 81 years, 127
days).
Interment at Shelburne Village Cemetery.
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Ezra Meech (1773-1856) —
of Vermont.
Born in Connecticut, 1773.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1819-21, 1825-27 (3rd District
1819-21, 4th District 1825-27); candidate for Presidential Elector
for Vermont.
Died in 1856
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Shelburne Village Cemetery.
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Barbara Weil Snelling (1928-2015) —
also known as Barbara W. Snelling; Barbara T.
Weil —
of Vermont.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., March
22, 1928.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1993-96.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
2, 2015 (age 87 years, 225
days).
Interment at Shelburne Village Cemetery.
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Pleasant View
Cemetery
Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
East
Cemetery
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Albert Lemando Bingham (1852-1917) —
also known as Albert L. Bingham —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., June 24,
1852.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Williston, 1888.
Methodist.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
7, 1917 (age 65 years, 44
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Morse
Cemetery
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Russell Smith Taft (1835-1902) —
also known as Russell S. Taft —
of Vermont.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
28, 1835.
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1872-74; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1880-99; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1899-1902.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
22, 1902 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Morse Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Taft and Orinda (Kimball) Taft; married to Maria Louise
Carlisle and Jane Marlett. |
| | | Epitaph: "Blessed is he who has found
his work." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Chittenden
Cemetery
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont
| Politicians buried
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Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
6, 1730.
Governor
of Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
25, 1797 (age 67 years, 231
days).
Interment at Thomas Chittenden Cemetery; statue at State
House Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue at Town Green.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married 1749 to
Elizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas
Galusha), Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew
Lyon) and Martin
Chittenden; grandfather of Chittenden
Lyon; first cousin twice removed of Josiah
C. Chittenden and Abel
Madison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; second cousin twice removed of Jeduthun
Wilcox, Clark
S. Chittenden and Russell
Sage; second cousin thrice removed of Leonard
Wilcox and Edgar
Jared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed of Charles
H. Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Chauncey
Goodrich, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Elizur
Goodrich and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Eli
Coe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Frederick
Walker Pitkin and Roger
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah
Meigs; fourth cousin once removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Elijah
Hunt Mills, Henry
Meigs and Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Chittenden
County, Vt. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Chittenden,
Vermont, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Vermont
(1894) |
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Martin Chittenden (1763-1840) —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
12, 1763.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1803-13; Governor of
Vermont, 1813-15.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
5, 1840 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Thomas Chittenden Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas
Chittenden and Elizabeth (Meigs) Chittenden; brother of Mary
Chittenden (who married Jonas
Galusha) and Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew
Lyon); married to Anna Bentley; uncle of Chittenden
Lyon; third great-grandnephew of John
Winthrop (1606-1676); fourth great-grandson of John
Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin once removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah
Meigs; first cousin four times removed of Fitz-John
Winthrop; second cousin of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr. and Henry
Meigs; second cousin once removed of Josiah
C. Chittenden, Return
Jonathan Meigs III, Abel
Madison Scranton, Henry
Meigs Jr. and John
Forsyth Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Jeduthun
Wilcox, John
Willard, Clark
S. Chittenden and Russell
Sage; third cousin twice removed of Leonard
Wilcox and Edgar
Jared Doolittle; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
H. Chittenden; fourth cousin of Chauncey
Goodrich, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Elizur
Goodrich, Frederick
Wolcott and Elijah
Hunt Mills; fourth cousin once removed of Enoch
Woodbridge, Thomas
Lindall Winthrop, Timothy
Pitkin, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Alvah
Nash, David
Parmalee Kelsey, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Eli
Coe Birdsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Vermont
(1894) |
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Town
Green
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
6, 1730.
Governor
of Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
25, 1797 (age 67 years, 231
days).
Interment at Thomas Chittenden Cemetery;
statue at State
House Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue at Town Green.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married 1749 to
Elizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas
Galusha), Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew
Lyon) and Martin
Chittenden; grandfather of Chittenden
Lyon; first cousin twice removed of Josiah
C. Chittenden and Abel
Madison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; second cousin twice removed of Jeduthun
Wilcox, Clark
S. Chittenden and Russell
Sage; second cousin thrice removed of Leonard
Wilcox and Edgar
Jared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed of Charles
H. Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Chauncey
Goodrich, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Elizur
Goodrich and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Eli
Coe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Frederick
Walker Pitkin and Roger
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah
Meigs; fourth cousin once removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Elijah
Hunt Mills, Henry
Meigs and Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Chittenden
County, Vt. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Chittenden,
Vermont, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Vermont
(1894) |
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St. Francis
Xavier Cemetery
Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Picher (d. 1972) —
of Winooski, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1936.
Died in 1972.
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
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