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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Berkshire County, Mass.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Dooling"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Walter Dooling (1891-1949) — also known as William W. Dooling — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-08.html">April 8, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general manager of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">necktie</a> manufacturing firm; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1936-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, at the North Adams <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/postoffices.html">Post Office</a>, North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/05-26.html">May 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Dooling and Anna (Ryan) Dooling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-12.html">October 12, 1921</a>, to Ellen G. Curran.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/196891241">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: North Adams Transcript, May 27, 1949</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Patrick James McAndrews (1890-1973) — also known as Patrick J. McAndrews — of Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-30.html">October 30, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Prescott</a>, 1920-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/adams.html">Adams, Mass.</a>, 1949-62 (acting, 1949-50). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, in North Adams Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/12-21.html">December 21, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael McAndrews and Mary (Carroll) McAndrews; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#519.67.24">James Patrick McAndrews</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-12.html">September 12, 1917</a>, to Ina Grant Carveth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/157405683">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06931">Maple Street Cemetery</a> Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Patrick McAndrews (1902-1970) — also known as James P. McAndrews — of Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-12.html">August 12, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1938-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1942-44; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1944; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/adams.html">Adams, Mass.</a>, 1945-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-24.html">May 24, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Maple Street Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael McAndrews and Mary (Carroll) McAndrews; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#864.65.39">Patrick James McAndrews</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125096991">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02431">Dalton Cemetery</a> Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514963938/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/725/29.18.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="W. Murray Crane"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Winthrop Murray Crane (1853-1920) — also known as W. Murray Crane — of Dalton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Dalton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/04-23.html">April 23, 1853</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/MA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MA.html">Republican National Committee from Massachusetts</a>, 1892-96, 1904-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1900-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1904-13. Died in Dalton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-02.html">October 2, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at Dalton Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Zenas Marshall Crane and Louise (Laflin) Crane; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Mary Benner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Josephine Porter Boardman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000875">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402988">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/winthrop-murray-crane/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/464/000172945">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00769">Mahaiwe Cemetery</a> Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1963988&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) — also known as Guy R. Pelton — of New York. Born in Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/08-03.html">August 3, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1855-57; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-24.html">July 24, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at Mahaiwe Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harriet (Ray) Pelton and Joseph Kneeland Pelton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-20.html">February 20, 1859</a>, to Mary Childs Franklin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-21.html">January 21, 1879</a>, to Angie Scoville; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#356.66.24">George Pelton Lawrence</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#626.71.73">Edwin A. Pelton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#076.47.26">Frederic William Pelton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayt-hayward.html#831.53.00">William Hayward</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0444.html">Pelton-Hayward family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000198">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408601">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Parley Asa Russell (1838-1916) — also known as Parley A. Russell — of Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/06-13.html">June 13, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">Woollen manufacturer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-26.html">February 26, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at Mahaiwe Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-13.html">December 13, 1870</a>, to Celeste Stanley Gilbert.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137528120">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Muddy Brook Cemetery</a> Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895-1971) — also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/01-29.html">January 29, 1895</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>; American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1937; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-diplomats.html ">Brazil</a>, 1945-46. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/02-17.html">February 17, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Adolf Augustus Berle and Augusta (Wright) Berle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-17.html">December 17, 1927</a>, to Beatrice Bend Bishop; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#286.34.15">Peter Adolf Augustus Berle</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf A. Berle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/berle-adolf-augustus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075536">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40849470">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Adolf A. Berle: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313229708/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313229708&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Latin America : Diplomacy and Reality</a> (1962) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151055815/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151055815&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">American Economic Republic</a> (1963) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/015173349X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=015173349X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Power Without Property : A New Development in American Political Economy</a> (1959) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151648204/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151648204&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971</a> (1973) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151730814/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151730814&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Power</a> (1969) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837178444/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0837178444&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Tides of Crisis : A Primer of Foreign Relations</a> (1957) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151917035/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151917035&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution</a> (1954) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887388876/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0887388876&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Modern Corporation and Private Property</a> (1933)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Adolf A. Berle: Jordan A. Schwarz, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0029291704/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0029291704&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Liberal : Adolf A. Berle and the Vision of an American Era</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (1937-2007) — also known as Peter A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-08.html">December 8, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1969-74 (64th District 1969-72, 68th District 1973-74); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>; New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, 1976-78; president, National Audubon Society, 1985-95. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>. Injured in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">collapse</a> of a barn roof, and died a few weeks later at Berkshire <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/11-01.html">November 1, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="# ">St. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden</a>, Stockbridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#889.67.51">Adolf Augustus Berle Jr.</a> and Beatrice (Bishop) Berle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-30.html">May 30, 1960</a>, to Lila Sloane Wilde.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Environmentalist."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter A. A. Berle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/212604248">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00893">Hinsdale Cemetery</a> Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1964166&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ashley Bascom Wright (1841-1897) — also known as Ashley B. Wright — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Hinsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-25.html">May 25, 1841</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-officials.html">Berkshire County Commissioner</a>, 1884-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1893-97; died in office 1897. Died in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-14.html">August 14, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Hinsdale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/11-09.html">November 9, 1865</a>, to Carolyn B. Witt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000754">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411903">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley B. Wright">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7525243">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01785">Lower Cemetery</a> Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Shaw (1788-1857) — of Lanesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 7th District, 1817-21; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1820; delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Lower Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaw.html#191.15.53">Samuel Shaw</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000307">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409805">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Mary's Cemetery</a> Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bart Bossidy (1875-1948) — of Lee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Lee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-30.html">September 30, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Sixth Berkshire District, 1906; district judge in Massachusetts, 1910-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Lee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/02-21.html">February 21, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edmund Bossidy and Bridget (Collins) Bossidy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-19.html">October 19, 1910</a>, to Mary A. Morey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/156849080">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08434">Church on the Hill Cemetery</a> Main Street Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Founded 1771 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1301228&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Julius Rockwell (1805-1888) — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/04-26.html">April 26, 1805</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1835-37, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 7th District, 1843-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1854-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1855; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MA.html">1864</a>. Died in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-19.html">May 19, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#632.69.29">William Perrin Walker</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#814.97.59">Francis Williams Rockwell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10388.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409338">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7981435">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-28.html">October 28, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1905-11; defeated, 1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1915; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">Republican National Committee from New York</a>, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Lost control of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">motor bicycle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a>, suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">ruptured kidney</a>, and died as a result, in House of Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/09-16.html">September 16, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 323 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Edward Parsons and Mary Dumesnil (McIlvaine) Parsons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-01.html">September 1, 1900</a>, to Elsie Worthington Clews.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408498">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17674240">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Paterson (1744-1808) — of Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Lisle, Tioga County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>), N.Y. Born in New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/index.html">1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tioga County, 1792-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-officials.html">Broome County Judge</a>, 1798, 1806; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 16th District, 1803-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died in Lisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-died.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/07-09.html">July 9, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-buried.html#cms02738">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000101">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408509">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17597952">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890) — of Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Pa. Born in Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-born.html">Butler County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/06-09.html">June 9, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 24th District, 1849-53. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-29.html">June 29, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmore.html#872.39.13">John Gilmore</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000220">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404582">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16820806">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson Waterman (1825-1900) — also known as Andrew J. Waterman — of Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/06-28.html">June 28, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MA.html">1864</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html">Massachusetts state attorney general</a>, 1887-91; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/pittsfield.html">mayor of Pittsfield, Mass.</a>, 1891. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-04.html">October 4, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Waterman and Sarah (Bucklin) Waterman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-07.html">January 7, 1858</a>, to Ellen Douglas Cooke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew J. Waterman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18328738">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Perrin Walker (1778-1858) — also known as William P. Walker — of Massachusetts. Born in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/10-08.html">October 8, 1778</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1810; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1820; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1820; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1824-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-11.html">November 11, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sarah (Woodruff) Walker and William Walker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/01-29.html">January 29, 1807</a>, to Lucy Adam; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</a>; father of Sarah Woodruff Walker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#609.32.89">David Davis</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10388.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17660795">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/01-20.html">January 20, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rssta.html">Texas Republic Secretary of State</a>, 1841-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rpres.html">President of the Texas Republic</a>, 1844-45. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in the Rice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-09.html">January 9, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-buried.html#cms01598">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph at Church on the Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Solomon Jones and Mary (Strong) Jones; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-23.html">May 23, 1840</a>, to Mary Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JN.html">Jones County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anson Jones">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/774/000118420">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3753">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00156">Hillside Cemetery</a> North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Founded 1798 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y.; Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla.; Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born in Scotch Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/03-09.html">March 9, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Leon County, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1868-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/FL.html">Republican National Committee from Florida</a>, 1870-72. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-18.html">December 18, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Osborn and Amelia Osborn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000109">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408365">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas W. Osborn">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT155"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/356/66.24.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="George P. Lawrence"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) — also known as George P. Lawrence — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-19.html">May 19, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1895-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1897-1913. Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">jumped</a> from an eighth-floor window and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell to his death</a>, at the Belmont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/11-21.html">November 21, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. George C. Lawrence and Jane E. (Pelton) Lawrence; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-12.html">June 12, 1889</a>, to Susannah (Hope) Bracewell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#600.93.26">Guy Ray Pelton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#626.71.73">Edwin A. Pelton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#076.47.26">Frederic William Pelton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayt-hayward.html#831.53.00">William Hayward</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0444.html">Pelton-Hayward family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406638">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/766/000118412">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John H. Waterhouse (1870-1948) — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/03-01.html">March 1, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html">Mayor of North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MA.html">1924</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-died.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/04-29.html">April 29, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis J. Diamond (1918-1996) — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/07-13.html">July 13, 1918</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html">mayor of North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1960-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/greek.html">Greek</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Sun City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/07-13.html">July 13, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Richmond Tinker (1822-1915) — also known as Edward R. Tinker — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/07-20.html">July 20, 1822</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1849-53; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 10th Massachusetts District, 1867-79. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-12.html">August 12, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 23 days</a>). Entombed at Hillside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Giles Tinker and Zilpha (Knight) Tinker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/">1839</a> to Phebe Celestia Wilmarth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57747052">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles H. Cutting (1850-1940) — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Lower Waterford, Waterford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-13.html">November 13, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MA.html">1912</a>. Died in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-07.html">July 7, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/02-09.html">February 9, 1875</a>, to Effie Cone.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05475">Southview Cemetery</a> 969 Church Street North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91742&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Constant Florini (1919-2008) — also known as Francis C. Florini — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Beverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-07.html">September 7, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1960-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html">mayor of North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1962-67. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/10-17.html">October 17, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Southview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John B. Florini and Mary A. (Rosasco) Florini.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121582132">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Tracy Potter (1870-1946) — also known as James T. Potter — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Weehawken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Bennington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/01-26.html">January 26, 1870</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> First Berkshire District, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1923-36 (acting, 1923). Died in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-17.html">November 17, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at Southview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/206098048">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold V. Gunnason (1896-1960) — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Hoosick Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-23.html">March 23, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1950-60. Died in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-09.html">May 9, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at Southview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Patrick J. Gunnason and Mary (Reardon) Gunnason.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/202416603">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) — also known as Frank A. Bond — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-11.html">March 11, 1889</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/colon-cancer.html">carcinoma of the sigmoid colon</a>, in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-19.html">May 19, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Southview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-25.html">July 25, 1929</a>, to Margaret E. Wheeler.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas A. Hosty (1898-1982) — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/index.html">1898</a>. Democrat. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1949-50. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at Southview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/148043350">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05922">Unknown Location</a> Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Helen Polonsky (d. 1991) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">blood clot in the brain</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/11-29.html">November 29, 1991</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00396">Pittsfield Cemetery</a> Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Laurens Dawes (1816-1903) — also known as Henry L. Dawes — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Cummington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-30.html">October 30, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1848-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1850-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1857-75 (11th District 1857-63, 10th District 1863-73, 11th District 1873-75); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1875-93. Died in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-05.html">February 5, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mitchel Dawes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis-dawsey.html#021.28.01">Chester Mitchell Dawes</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403281">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/116/000096825">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) — also known as George N. Briggs — of Lanesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/04-12.html">April 12, 1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-officials.html">Berkshire County Register of Deeds</a>, 1824-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33, 7th District 1833-43); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1853. Killed by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">accidental discharge</a> of a "fowling piece" (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>), in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-11.html">September 11, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000830">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401787">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-nixon-briggs/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Crawford Crosby (1859-1943) — also known as John C. Crosby — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-15.html">June 15, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1886-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1888-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 12th District, 1891-93; defeated, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/pittsfield.html">mayor of Pittsfield, Mass.</a>, 1894-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MA.html">1896</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1904; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1905-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1913-37. Died in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/10-14.html">October 14, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Crosby and Margaret (Crawford) Crosby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-04.html">February 4, 1897</a>, to Henrietta Richards.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000929">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403041">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Allen (1813-1882) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/08-29.html">August 29, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad builder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1850-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 2nd District, 1881-82; died in office 1882. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-soc.html">Kappa Alpha Society</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/04-08.html">April 8, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Ann Russell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000147">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400803">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6423399">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Williams Rockwell (1844-1929) — also known as Francis W. Rockwell — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/05-26.html">May 26, 1844</a>. Republican. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1881; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 12th District, 1884-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MA.html">1900</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-26.html">June 26, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10388.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409335">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Simon Larned (1753-1817) — of Massachusetts. Born in Thompson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/08-03.html">August 3, 1753</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-officials.html">Berkshire County Sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1791; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-officials.html">Berkshire County Treasurer</a>, 1792-1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1804-05; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>. Died in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/11-16.html">November 16, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000097">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406604">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ensign Hosmer Kellogg (1812-1882) — also known as Ensign H. Kellogg — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/07-06.html">July 6, 1812</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1850; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MA.html">1860</a>. Died in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-23.html">January 23, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elisha Kellogg and Jane (Saxton) Kellogg; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/">1841</a> to Caroline Lavinia Campbell; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#062.20.35">Charles Kellogg (1773-1842)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#262.96.22">Alvan Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#277.34.70">Martin Weld Deyo</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#194.32.12">Daniel Fiske Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#352.67.90">Orlando Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#966.75.11">Thomas Chittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#451.94.48">Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#282.75.32">Josiah Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#335.49.90">Rowland Case Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#617.73.31">Frank Billings Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#924.72.11">Luther Walter Badger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#770.34.45">Silas Dewey Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#844.96.95">Chester Ashley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#526.52.89">John Russell Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#081.27.10">Thomas Belden Butler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#922.22.69">Albert Gallatin Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#481.85.10">Francis William Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#320.61.72">Charles Kellogg (1839-1903)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#503.51.36">Martin Chittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#423.29.42">Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#659.28.97">Henry Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#699.76.10">Stephen Wright Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#273.22.68">George Bradley Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#629.48.00">William Pitt Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#599.32.89">Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#969.08.53">Arthur Tappan Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#247.17.45">Selah Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#212.63.80">Frederick Walker Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155160853">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Phineas Allen — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1840/MA.html">1840</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/MA.html">1864</a>. Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05661">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a> Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Silvio Ottavio Conte (1921-1991) — also known as Silvio O. Conte — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-09.html">November 9, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1951-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1959-91; died in office 1991; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MA.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MA.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MA.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/02-08.html">February 8, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000709">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402833">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/882/000129495">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Silvio O. Conte: Peter E. Lynch, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865342563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0865342563&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Silvio, Congressman for Everyone : A Biographical Portrait of Silvio O. Conte</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden</a> Stockbridge, Berkshire County, <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (1937-2007) — also known as Peter A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-08.html">December 8, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1969-74 (64th District 1969-72, 68th District 1973-74); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>; New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, 1976-78; president, National Audubon Society, 1985-95. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>. Injured in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">collapse</a> of a barn roof, and died a few weeks later at Berkshire <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/11-01.html">November 1, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="# ">Muddy Brook Cemetery</a>, Great Barrington, Mass.; cenotaph at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#889.67.51">Adolf Augustus Berle Jr.</a> and Beatrice (Bishop) Berle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-30.html">May 30, 1960</a>, to Lila Sloane Wilde.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Environmentalist."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter A. A. Berle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/212604248">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01130">Stockbridge Cemetery</a> Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813) — of Massachusetts. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/index.html">1746</a>. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1788-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1789-96, 1799-1801 (4th District 1789-93, 2nd District 1793-95, 3rd District 1795-96, at-large 1799-1801); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1799-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1796-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1802-13. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/index.html">1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000222">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409727">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore Sedgwick">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-24.html">January 24, 1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1894; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1899-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-14.html">May 14, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#824.85.88">George Choate (1796-1880)</a> and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#541.58.99">William Gardner Choate</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-16.html">October 16, 1861</a>, to Caroline Dutcher Sterling; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#229.24.44">Joseph Hodges Choate Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#751.64.58">George Choate (1761-1826)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#001.70.89">Rufus Choate</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#867.33.92">Seth Low</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#180.32.98">Abbot Augustus Low</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0183.html">Choate family</a> of Salem, Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0403.html">White-Moffat family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#121.55.32">William Phillips</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Hodges Choate">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/choate-joseph-hodges ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/239/000134834">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6675970">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) — also known as Allen T. Treadway — of Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-16.html">September 16, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel proprietor</a>; director, Berkshire <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Trust</a> Co.; trustee, Stockbridge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Savings Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1904; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1908-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1913-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/index.html">1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-25.html">October 25, 1893</a>, to Sylvia Shares.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000358">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410928">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Williams Dwight (1788-1845) — also known as Henry W. Dwight — of Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/02-26.html">February 26, 1788</a>. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1821-31 (7th District 1821-25, 9th District 1825-31). Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-21.html">February 21, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000579">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403682">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Zacheus Goodrich (1804-1885) — also known as John Z. Goodrich — of Glendale, Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/09-27.html">September 27, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1851-55 (7th District 1851-53, 11th District 1853-55); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MAcc nBO">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1861-65. Died in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-19.html">April 19, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000295">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404654">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Z. Goodrich">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bacon (1738-1820) — of Massachusetts. Born in Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/04-05.html">April 5, 1738</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1779-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1780, 1783-84, 1786, 1789-91, 1793; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1781-82, 1794-96, 1798, 1803-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1801-03. Died in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/10-25.html">October 25, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#120.35.24">Ezekiel Bacon</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#214.37.42">William Johnson Bacon</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10058.html">Bacon family</a> of Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000017">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401022">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Dudley Field (1805-1894) — also known as David D. Field — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/02-13.html">February 13, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1841; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District, 1877. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-13.html">April 13, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000104">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404061">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/862/000115517">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19480308,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/565/39.48.jpg" width=70 height=92 border=0 alt="Reinhold Niebuhr"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) — also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Wright City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-21.html">June 21, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">professor</a>, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 19th District, 1932; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1964. Died in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-01.html">June 1, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to Ursula Mary Keppel-Compton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold Niebuhr">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/098/000054933">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/763">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Time Magazine, March 8, 1948</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Owen McMahon Johnson (1878-1952) — also known as Owen Johnson — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass.; Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/DU-lived.html">Dukes County</a>, Mass. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-27.html">August 27, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Author</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1936, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>. Died in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/DU-died.html">Dukes County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/01-27.html">January 27, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Katharine (McMahon) Johnson and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#134.15.41">Robert Underwood Johnson</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-23.html">May 23, 1901</a>, to Mary Galt Stockly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-01.html">February 1, 1912</a>, to Esther Ellen Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/07-02.html">July 2, 1917</a>, to Cecile Denis de la Garde; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-20.html">January 20, 1921</a>, to Catherine Sayre Burton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/01-31.html">January 31, 1926</a>, to Gertrude (Bovee) Le Boutillier.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. (1876-1968) — also known as Joseph H. Choate, Jr. — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/02-02.html">February 2, 1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Died in Mt. Kisco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/01-19.html">January 19, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 351 days</a>). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#738.30.64">Joseph Hodges Choate</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#541.58.99">William Gardner Choate</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#824.85.88">George Choate (1796-1880)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#751.64.58">George Choate (1761-1826)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#001.70.89">Rufus Choate</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#867.33.92">Seth Low</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#180.32.98">Abbot Augustus Low</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0183.html">Choate family</a> of Salem, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/114980193">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Washington Cemetery</a> Simmons Road Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Founded 1798 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91821&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.otrcat.com/wendell-corey-collection-p-49919.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/936/51.60.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Wendell Corey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968) — also known as Wendell Corey — of Santa Monica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Dracut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-20.html">March 20, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a> on Broadway, in movies, and on television; president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1961-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">board member</a>, Screen Actors Guild; member, Santa Monica city council, 1965-68; speaker, Republican National Convention, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1966. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver cirrhosis</a>, in the Motion Picture and Television <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/11-08.html">November 8, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 233 days</a>). Interment at Washington Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Milton Rothwell Corey and Julia Etta (McKenney) Corey; married to Alice Wiley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell Corey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/779/000092503">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179819">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10394081">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Old Time Radio Catalog</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06196">St. Patrick's Cemetery</a> Albany Road West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Edward Troy (1888-1939) — also known as Michael E. Troy; Mike Troy — of West Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in West Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-26.html">August 26, 1888</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MA.html">1932</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/02-15.html">February 15, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06445">Unknown Location</a> Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Southlawn Cemetery</a> Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) — also known as William H. Vanderbilt — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; South Williamstown, Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-24.html">November 24, 1901</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/RI.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/RI.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in South Williamstown, Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/04-14.html">April 14, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Southlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#003.12.24">Ellen French Vanderbilt</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-01.html">November 1, 1923</a>, to Emily Davies; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-27.html">November 27, 1929</a>, to Anne Gordon Colby (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#261.22.02">Everett Colby</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#499.98.75">Edith Hyde Colby</a>); uncle of Wendy Vanderbilt (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#374.78.48">Orin Lehman</a>); grandnephew by marriage of Alva (Smith) Vanderbilt (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#345.62.45">Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont</a>); great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#906.20.53">Benjamin Brown French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#621.27.90">Amos Tuck</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flagg-flake.html#080.72.27">Henry Collins Flagg</a> and Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#195.47.82">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#493.89.19">William Armistead Moale Burden</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#072.10.10">Shirley Carter Burden Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1398.html">Dows-Burden family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0611.html">Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-vanderbilt/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Henry Vanderbilt III">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/482/000167978">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40573555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03092">Westlawn Cemetery</a> Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6130630210/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/003/06.33.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Charles S. Whitman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) — also known as Charles S. Whitman — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hanover, Sprague, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-29.html">September 29, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-officials.html">New York County District Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-29.html">March 29, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at Westlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of John Russell Whitman (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitman.html#248.84.34">Christine Todd Whitman</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13652.html">Todd-Whitman family</a> of New Jersey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-seymour-whitman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles S. Whitman">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Dewey (1766-1815) — of Massachusetts. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/01-29.html">January 29, 1766</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1813-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1814-15. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/05-26.html">May 26, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at Westlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000293">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403418">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05289">Williams College Cemetery</a> Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5853168254/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/064/02.01.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Garrett Droppers"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Garrett Droppers (1860-1927) — of Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-12.html">April 12, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of South Dakota, 1898-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MA.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1914-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MN-diplomats.html ">Montenegro</a>, 1914-20. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-07.html">July 7, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Williams College Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John D. Droppers and Gertrude (Boyink) Droppers; married to Cora A. Rand; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/">1897</a> to Jean Tewkesbury Rand.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett Droppers">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/droppers-garrett ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bascom (1827-1911) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis.; Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Genoa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/04-30.html">April 30, 1827</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Wisconsin, 1874-87; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1890 (12th District), 1896 (1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1897. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-02.html">October 2, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Williams College Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Abbie Burt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/01-08.html">January 8, 1856</a>, to Emma Curtiss.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Bascom <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Hall</a>, on the campus of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-names.html">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Bascom (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BA-names.html">Panama City, Florida</a>; bombed and sank in the harbor at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-names.html">Bari, Italy</a>, 1943) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Bascom">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/106980907">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) — also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal Garfield — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J.; Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Hiram, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-born.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/10-11.html">October 11, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NJ.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a> of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-12.html">December 12, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at Williams College Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#952.86.76">James Abram Garfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#630.05.25">Lucretia Garfield</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#033.89.47">James Rudolph Garfield</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Belle Hartford Mason; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#929.38.98">Peleg Sanford</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#102.07.68">Stephen Daniel Tilden</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#789.26.22">Daniel Rose Tilden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#875.21.09">Claude Carpenter Pinney</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#944.29.19">Harold B. Pinney</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Harry A. Garfield (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-names.html">South Portland, Maine</a>; transferred to the Belgian government and renamed Belgian Dynasty; scrapped 1965) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry Augustus Garfield">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35568999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=174279">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Harry A. 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