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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Grafton County, N.H.</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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Stevens</b> — of Landaff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-born.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-18.html">June 18, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1909-13, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1914, 1920; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-20; resigned 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NH.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NH.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NH.html">1940</a>; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1933; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1935-42; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1937-42. Advisor in foreign affairs to the King of Siam, 1926-35. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-18.html">May 18, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 334 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Pliny Bartlett Stevens and Lillian (Thompson) Stevens.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000885">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410347">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18663220">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01537">Green Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Frankland Briggs (1827-1905)</b> — also known as <b>James F. Briggs</b> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Bury, Lancashire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-23.html">October 23, 1827</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1856-58, 1874, 1883, 1891, 1897; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1897; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NH.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1876-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1877-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1889. Died in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/01-21.html">January 21, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Green Grove 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/briggs.html#264.07.34">Frank Obadiah Briggs</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000831">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401788">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02363">Village Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Hibbard (1816-1872)</b> — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-01.html">June 1, 1816</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1843; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1846-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1849-55 (4th District 1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/NH.html">1856</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-28.html">July 28, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Village 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#695.96.05">Ellery Albee Hibbard</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000557">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405419">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>James Hutchins Johnson (1802-1887)</b> — also known as <b>James H. Johnson</b> — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/06-03.html">June 3, 1802</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1839-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1845-49 (at-large 1845-47, 4th District 1847-49). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-02.html">September 2, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Village 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000146">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406044">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07664">Homeland Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nathaniel Springer Berry (1796-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Nathaniel S. Berry</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-born.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/09-01.html">September 1, 1796</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1828, 1833-34, 1854; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1835-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1840/NH.html">1840</a>; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1841-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1861-63. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-27.html">April 27, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at Homeland 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abner Berry and Betsey (Springer) Berry; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/">1821</a> to Ruth Smith.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nathaniel-springer-berry/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></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> <b>Orlo Erland Wadhams (1890-1973)</b> — also known as <b>Erland Wadhams</b> — of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-10.html">October 10, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Alexandria, 1948; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Alexandria, 1956. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/08-28.html">August 28, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Homeland 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Orlo Eugene Wadhams and Nellie Maria (Kimberly) Wadhams; married to Nellie Content Kimberly; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour (1778-1857)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#669.66.02">Oliver Owen Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#373.23.51">Walter Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#346.43.04">Chauncey Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#043.83.53">Abijah Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#871.97.99">Henry William Seymour</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#494.53.22">William Allyn Wadhams</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#699.76.10">Stephen Wright Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#036.08.64">Horatio Seymour Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.51.31">Everett Calhoun Wadhams</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63267018">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00033">Campton Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry William Blair (1834-1920)</b> — also known as <b>Henry W. Blair</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Campton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/12-06.html">December 6, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1866; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1867-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1875-79, 1893-95 (3rd District 1875-79, 1st District 1893-95); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1879-91. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-14.html">March 14, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Campton 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Henry Blair and Lois (Baker) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/12-20.html">December 20, 1859</a>, to Eliza Nelson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000524">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401500">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03344">Canaan Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Dunklee Currier (1853-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Frank D. Currier</b> — of Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/10-30.html">October 30, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1879, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NH.html">secretary of New Hampshire Republican Party</a>, 1882-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NH.html">1884</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1901-13; defeated, 1912. Died in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-25.html">November 25, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at Canaan 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Horace S. Currier and Emma C. (Plastridge) Currier; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-31.html">May 31, 1890</a>, to Adelaide H. Sargent.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000999">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403106">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7534753">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Caleb Blodgett (1793-1872)</b> — of Dorchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/12-13.html">December 13, 1793</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1833-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1841-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1844-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-officials.html">Grafton County Sheriff</a>. Died in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-05.html">October 5, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at Canaan 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Asahel Blodgett and Catherine (Pollard) Blodgett; married to Charlotte Piper; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#275.88.50">Isaac Newton Blodgett</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#293.74.00">Delos Abiel Blodgett</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#805.82.73">John Wood Blodgett</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#361.29.56">John Wood Blodgett Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#227.57.84">Lyman Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#158.77.27">Ezra Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.37.65">David Kidder</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#006.76.40">Jedediah Sabin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#769.86.18">Alvan Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#008.76.09">Francis Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#522.94.96">Ira Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#423.50.87">Arba Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#508.69.75">Joseph Souther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#500.01.05">Pascal Paoli Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#595.80.64">Jefferson Parish Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#284.13.80">Stafford Canning Cleveland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/138183004">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02711">Wells Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Blaisdell (1762-1833)</b> — of Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Amesbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/01-22.html">January 22, 1762</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1793-99, 1812-13, 1824-25; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1803-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1809-11; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1814-16; state court judge in New Hampshire, 1822. Died in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/01-10.html">January 10, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Wells 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000530">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401505">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">East Grafton Cemetery</a></b></span><br> East Grafton, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Cyrus Adams (1795-1865)</b> — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/07-07.html">July 7, 1795</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1861-63. Died in East Grafton, Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-04.html">December 4, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at East Grafton 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Moses Adams and Dorothy 'Dolly' Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/05-11.html">May 11, 1820</a>, to Nancy Stinson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127151541">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02617">Dartmouth College Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1531920&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Willis Patterson (1823-1893)</b> — also known as <b>James W. Patterson</b> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Henniker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/07-02.html">July 2, 1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1862, 1877-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 3rd District, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1867-73. Died in Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/05-04.html">May 4, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at Dartmouth 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000120">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408528">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6843423">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Charles Brickett Haddock (1796-1861)</b> — also known as <b>Charles B. Haddock</b> — of New Hampshire. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/06-20.html">June 20, 1796</a>. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1850-54. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-15.html">January 15, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Dartmouth 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Haddock and Abigail (Webster) Haddock; married to Susan Saunders.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/haddock-charles-brickett ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86767053">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03493">Hanover Center Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808)</b> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/03-21.html">March 21, 1745</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> from Grafton County, 1789-91, 1792-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1797-1801. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/08-20.html">August 20, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Hanover Center 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#931.49.63">Nathaniel Freeman Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000364">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404310">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02010">Haverhill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Randall Reding (1805-1892)</b> — also known as <b>John R. Reding</b> — of New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-18.html">October 18, 1805</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1840/NH.html">1840</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/portsmouth.html">mayor of Portsmouth, N.H.</a>, 1860; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1867-70. Died in Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-died.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-08.html">October 8, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at Haverhill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000106">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409085">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02610">Ladd Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Page (1787-1865)</b> — of Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/05-21.html">May 21, 1787</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1818-20, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1836, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1836-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1839-42. Died in Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-08.html">September 8, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at Ladd 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000019">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408430">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-page/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00319">Trinity Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Livermore (1732-1803)</b> — of Holderness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Waltham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/05-14.html">May 14, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire</a>, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1782-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New Hampshire convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1791-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1793-1801. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/05-18.html">May 18, 1803</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Churchyard. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#989.51.96">Edward St. Loe Livermore</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#465.30.37">Arthur Livermore</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10811.html">Livermore family</a> of Boston, Massachusetts.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000364">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406856">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Arthur Livermore (1766-1853)</b> — of Holderness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Londonderry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/07-29.html">July 29, 1766</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1794; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spju.html">justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1799-1809, 1813-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1809-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1817-21, 1823-25 (at-large 1817-19, 5th District 1819-21, at-large 1823-25); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1821-23. Died in Campton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/07-01.html">July 1, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Churchyard. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#464.87.13">Samuel Livermore</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#989.51.96">Edward St. Loe Livermore</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10811.html">Livermore family</a> of Boston, Massachusetts.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000362">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406854">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Robert Burns (1792-1866)</b> — of Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/12-12.html">December 12, 1792</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1833-37. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/06-26.html">June 26, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Churchyard. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001129">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402073">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Dennison Rogers Burnham (1799-1876)</b> — also known as <b>Dennison R. Burnham</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Rumney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/01-02.html">January 2, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">innkeeper</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1856-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1860-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/index.html">1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Trinity Churchyard. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Henry Greenleaf (1841-1924)</b> — also known as <b>Charles H. Greenleaf</b> — of Franconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-23.html">July 23, 1841</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotelier</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/NH.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1895-96, 1901-02; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 2nd District, 1897-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a> 5th District, 1905-06. Died in Pinehurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MO-died.html">Moore County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-08.html">April 8, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Churchyard. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03270">City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Peter Carleton (1755-1828)</b> — of Landaff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/09-19.html">September 19, 1755</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1790; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1803-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1806-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1807-09. Slaveowner. Died in Landaff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-29.html">April 29, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at City 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000148">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402297">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05261">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lane Dwinell (1906-1997)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-14.html">November 14, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Lebanon, 1948; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NH.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NH.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NH.html">1972</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/NH.html">1988</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 5th District, 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1955-59. Died in Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/03-27.html">March 27, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 133 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lane-dwinell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/354/000206733">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Cole Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Hough (1753-1831)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/03-13.html">March 13, 1753</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Ship</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1783; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1788-89, 1794; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07). Died in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/04-18.html">April 18, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at Cole 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Hough (1723-1798) and Desire (Clark) Hough; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/07-02.html">July 2, 1775</a>, to Abigail Huntington; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#769.07.63">David Edgerton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#013.40.96">Samuel Townsend Douglass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#489.72.71">Spencer Gale Frink</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#808.73.93">D-Cady Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#595.94.66">Walter Richmond Herrick</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#425.96.48">Edwin Denison Morgan</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000811">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405659">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101610481">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06901">East Lebanon Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Elisha Payne (1730-1807)</b> — of Vermont; Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/03-07.html">March 7, 1730</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1781-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Vermont state supreme court</a>, 1781-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> from Grafton County, 1786-88. Died in Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/07-20.html">July 20, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at East Lebanon Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06113">Sacred Heart Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas F. Dwyer (1881-1936)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/11-20.html">November 20, 1881</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NH.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/03-30.html">March 30, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02430">School Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Norris Cotton</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-11.html">May 11, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1923, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1945; secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moses.html#241.26.80">George H. Moses</a>, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NH.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NH.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1947-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1954-74, 1975. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/02-24.html">February 24, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at School 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry Lang Cotton and Elizabeth (Moses) Cotton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-11.html">May 11, 1927</a>, to Ruth Isaacs; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/">1980</a> to Eleanor Brown.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "U.S. Senator."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000802">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402921">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/096/000218439">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6811907">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Aaron Harrison Cragin (1821-1898)</b> — also known as <b>Aaron H. Cragin</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/02-03.html">February 3, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1852-55, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 3rd District, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NH.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1865-77. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-10.html">May 10, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at School 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000852">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402968">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07128">Riverside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986)</b> — also known as <b>Sherman Adams</b>; <b>"The Abominable No Man"</b>; <b>"The Great Stone Face"</b> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in East Dover, Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-08.html">January 8, 1899</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumberman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1941-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NH.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NH.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1945-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Lincoln, 1948; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, 1953-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">forced to resign</a> in 1958 following disclosure that he had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepted gifts</a>, including a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">vicuna coat</a>, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from federal agencies. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</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/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>. Died in Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/10-27.html">October 27, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/07-28.html">July 28, 1923</a>, to Rachael Leona White.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000046">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400707">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/llewelyn-sherman-adams/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/357/000094075">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6624131">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03482">Glenwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hugh J. Gallen (1924-1982)</b> — of Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-30.html">July 30, 1924</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NH.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NH.html">1980</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NH.html">Democratic National Committee from New Hampshire</a>, 1973; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1979-82. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver</a> failure at Brigham and Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/12-29.html">December 29, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Glenwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/hugh-j-gallen/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/515/000122149">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b>Evarts Worcester Farr (1840-1880)</b> — of Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/10-10.html">October 10, 1840</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NH.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 3rd District, 1879-80; died in office 1880. Died in Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-30.html">November 30, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at Glenwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000028">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403990">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06232">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Aaron Switzer Brown (1913-1969)</b> — also known as <b>Aaron S. Brown</b> — of Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-15.html">April 15, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-consuls.html ">Mexico City</a>, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-diplomats.html ">Nicaragua</a>, 1961-67. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/02-22.html">February 22, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 313 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Guy Carlton Brown and Millie Belle (Switzer) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-08.html">August 8, 1936</a>, to Dorothy Park.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brown-aaron-switzer ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01019">West Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Leonard Wilcox (1799-1850)</b> — of Orford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/01-29.html">January 29, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1828-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spju.html">justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1838-40, 1848-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1842-43; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1847-48. Died in Orford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/06-18.html">June 18, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at West 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#737.15.50">Jeduthun Wilcox</a> and Sarah (Fiske) Wilcox; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/">1819</a> to Almira Morey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/">1833</a> to Mary Mann; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#733.63.64">Eli Coe Birdsey</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#966.75.11">Thomas Chittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#503.51.36">Martin Chittenden</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#304.69.49">Chittenden Lyon</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#584.63.88">Russell Sage</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#461.00.35">Edgar Jared Doolittle</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000458">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411615">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13531220">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Jeduthun Wilcox (1768-1838)</b> — of Orford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/11-18.html">November 18, 1768</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1809-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1813-17. Died in Orford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-08.html">July 8, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at West 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Wilcox and Eunice (Norton) Wilcox; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/">1793</a> to Sarah Fiske; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/">1807</a> to Elizabeth Todd; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#725.74.37">Leonard Wilcox</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#733.63.64">Eli Coe Birdsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#966.75.11">Thomas Chittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#503.51.36">Martin Chittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#461.00.35">Edgar Jared Doolittle</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#304.69.49">Chittenden Lyon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#584.63.88">Russell Sage</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#436.82.26">Andrew Seth Upson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#928.05.17">Evelyn M. Upson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000456">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411613">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeduthun Wilcox">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/187316383">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Riverside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925)</b> — also known as <b>Ernest L. Bell</b> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/03-16.html">March 16, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; surgeon to Boston & Maine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1903-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-19.html">April 19, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-21.html">October 21, 1894</a>, to Maude Coolidge.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/158555627">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Turnpike Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2307481&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth Grenville Bell (1892-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Kenneth G. Bell</b>; <b>Ken Bell</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-24.html">January 24, 1892</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Plymouth; elected 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Plymouth, 1956. Died, in the Sceva Speare Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>. Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/05-19.html">May 19, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at Turnpike 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Grenville S. Bell and Mary Jennie (Gould) Bell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Anna Leslie Wells.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44922788">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00326">Village Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J.; Long Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Dorchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-09.html">October 9, 1834</a>. Democrat. Superintendent, New Jersey Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1874-84; founder and president, Citizens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Long Branch; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Ocean County, 1878-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NJ.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NJ.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1887-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/longbranch.html">mayor of Long Branch, N.J.</a>, 1893. Died in Long Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-03.html">October 3, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Village 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000562">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401536">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01289">Wentworth Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Henry Turner (1861-1913)</b> — also known as <b>Charles H. Turner</b> — of New York. Born in New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/index.html">1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 6th District, 1889-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/index.html">1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). 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