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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Washington County, R.I.</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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Potter</b> — of South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Little Rest (now part of Kingston), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/11-05.html">November 5, 1764</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/depu.html">Rhode Island house of deputies</a>, 1793-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1795-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a>, 1796-97, 1809-15 (at-large 1796-97, 2nd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-15); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1798-1808, 1816-17, 1819-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1802, 1806-09; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1818. Slaveowner. Died in South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/09-26.html">September 26, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 325 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> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#312.81.73">Elisha Reynolds Potter (1811-1882)</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=P000463">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408849">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>Elisha Reynolds Potter (1811-1882)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Little Rest (now part of Kingston), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/06-20.html">June 20, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Rhode Island</a>, 1835-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1838-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1843-45; defeated, 1844; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1847-52, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1868-82; died in office 1882. Died in Kingston, South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/04-10.html">April 10, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 294 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#948.80.40">Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764-1835)</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=P000462">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408850">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06142">Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Gaetano D. Parella (c.1923-2001)</b> — also known as <b>Kelly Parella</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., about 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1971-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/07-04.html">July 4, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06299">Thurston Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Jeremiah Thurston</b> — of Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1816-17. Interment at Thurston 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/thurmond-thwing.html#907.21.42">Benjamin Babock Thurston</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05231">First Hopkinton Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Old Hopkinton Cemetery Road <br> Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=239321&">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>Jacob D. Babcock (1789-1867)</b> — of Ashaway, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Potter Hill, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/01-20.html">January 20, 1789</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/RI.html">1856</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>); abolitionist. Died in Ashaway, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-17.html">June 17, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at First Hopkinton 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 Daniel Babcock and Content (Potter) Babcock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/04-19.html">April 19, 1825</a>, to Elizabeth Almy.</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/71243222">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>Robert Scott Hirst (1922-1994)</b> — of Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-01.html">April 1, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Rhode Island state constitutional convention</a>, 1955; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/03-22.html">March 22, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at First Hopkinton 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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bilandic-billinghurst.html#824.18.49">James Bard Bill</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#689.23.19">Scott Bill Hirst</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/12927.html">Bill family</a> of Connecticut.</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>George Bradford Carpenter</b> — of Rhode Island. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1878-82. Interment at First Hopkinton Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05896">Oak Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island <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 Bard Bill (1888-1954)</b> — also known as <b>J. Bard Bill</b> — of North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-12.html">April 12, 1888</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from North Stonington, 1941-44. Died in North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/09-14.html">September 14, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Oak 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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#016.12.91">Robert Scott Hirst</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#689.23.19">Scott Bill Hirst</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bilandic-billinghurst.html#473.68.24">Jepthah Greer Bill</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bilandic-billinghurst.html#311.72.93">Lodowick Bill</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/12927.html">Bill family</a> of Connecticut.</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>Lloyd Barber Langworthy (1892-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Lloyd B. Langworthy</b> — of Ashaway, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-25.html">July 25, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1948. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Oak 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> Son of George Bernard Langworthy and Leonora Elizabeth (Barber) Langworthy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-02.html">June 2, 1920</a>, to Annie May McDonald.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06288">Pine Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Edwin Robinson Allen (b. 1840)</b> — also known as <b>Edwin R. Allen</b> — of Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/11-26.html">November 26, 1840</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; town clerk, Hopkinton, R.I., from 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1894-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Interment at Pine 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> Son of Edwin Allen and Ruth B. (Noyes) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-01.html">January 1, 1868</a>, to Mary E. Thayer.</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>Elisha Rockwell Bitgood (1879-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Elisha R. Bitgood</b> — of Hope Valley, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Voluntown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-11.html">October 11, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber mill owner</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/RI.html">1940</a>. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-25.html">November 25, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at Pine 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> Son of John Bitgood and Ida (Lewis) Bitgood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-31.html">March 31, 1909</a>, to Blanch E. Gibson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-08.html">June 8, 1918</a>, to Sarah J. Clarke.</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/44584434">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05660">Rockville Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Rockville, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Alva Crandall (1835-1902)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-13.html">November 13, 1835</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1887-89. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/04-20.html">April 20, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at Rockville Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Stillman Babcock (b. 1851)</b> — also known as <b>Albert S. Babcock</b> — of Rockville, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Ashaway, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/11-15.html">November 15, 1851</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1893-1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/RI.html">1900</a>. Interment at Rockville Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Josiah Peckham Palmer (1828-1897)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-09.html">March 9, 1828</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1883-84. Died in Rockville, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-13.html">December 13, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at Rockville 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> Second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#689.23.19">Scott Bill Hirst</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/12927.html">Bill family</a> of Connecticut.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Island Cemetery</a></b></span><br> New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Christopher Elihu Champlin (1860-1915)</b> — also known as <b>Christopher E. Champlin</b> — of New Shoreham, Newport County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>), R.I. Born in New Shoreham, Newport County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>), R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-24.html">September 24, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a> from New Shoreham, 1901, 1911. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-11.html">December 11, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Island 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 Pocock Champlin and Lydia M. (Rose) Champlin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/10-14.html">October 14, 1891</a>, to Joanna Hayes; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</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://findagrave.com/memorial/116618010">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05895">Elm Grove Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 960 Tower Hill Road <br> Allenton, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island <br> Founded 1851<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1978873&">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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514965640/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/411/15.18.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="William Gregory"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Gregory (1849-1901)</b> — of North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Astoria, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/08-03.html">August 3, 1849</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1889-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1895-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1898-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1900-01; died in office 1901. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-16.html">December 16, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Elm 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>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-gregory/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11426834">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Image source:</i> American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901</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>Sylvester Gardiner Shearman (1802-1868)</b> — also known as <b>Sylvester G. Shearman</b> — of North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/10-26.html">October 26, 1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1843-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1848-49, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1855-68; died in office 1868. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-03.html">January 3, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Elm 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> Son of Nathaniel John Shearman and Nancy (Gardiner) Shearman; married to Priscilla Cook Arnold and Mary E. Upham; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupper-durgin.html#553.91.86">James Randall Durfee</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/browning.html#077.45.78">Abial T. Browning</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0818.html">Shearman-Stanton-Browning family</a> of Rhode Island (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/95330345">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>William H. Allen (1811-1890)</b> — of Allenton, North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/12-28.html">December 28, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/RI.html">1864</a>. Died in Wickford, North Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-19.html">March 19, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Elm 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> Son of Samuel Dyer Allen and Hannah (Eldred) Allen; married to Mary Wilcox Greene.</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/71882529">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05899">Wood River Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Edwin J. Knerr</b> — of Hope Valley, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a> from Hopkinton, 1911. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Interment at Wood River Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">New Fernwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Frederick Rowland Hazard Jr. (1891-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Frederick R. Hazard</b> — of Saunderstown, Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Solvay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-19.html">December 19, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/RI.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1929-31; major in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Saunderstown, Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/08-31.html">August 31, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 255 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at New Fernwood 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/hayworth-heacock.html#024.72.70">Frederick Rowland Hazard</a> and Dora Gannett (Sedgwick) Hazard; married to Rozelia Belden; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#217.57.11">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1855-1918)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#390.15.32">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)</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/35098.html">Hazard family</a> of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.</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/73496212">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Oak Dell Cemetery</a></b></span><br> South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)</b> — also known as <b>Rowland G. Hazard</b> — of Peace Dale, South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/10-09.html">October 9, 1801</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/RI.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/RI.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/RI.html">1868</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Died in South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/06-24.html">June 24, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at Oak Dell 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 Rowland Hazard and Mary (Peace) Hazard; married to Caroline Newbold; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#217.57.11">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1855-1918)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#024.72.70">Frederick Rowland Hazard</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#565.39.00">Frederick Rowland Hazard 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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/35098.html">Hazard family</a> of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.</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/85082316">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>Rowland Gibson Hazard (1855-1918)</b> — also known as <b>Rowland G. Hazard</b> — of South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/01-22.html">January 22, 1855</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/RI.html">1912</a>. Died in Santa Barbara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-died.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/01-23.html">January 23, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 1 days</a>). Interment at Oak Dell 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 Rowland Hazard and Margaret (Rood) Hazard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#024.72.70">Frederick Rowland Hazard</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#565.39.00">Frederick Rowland Hazard Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#390.15.32">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)</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/35098.html">Hazard family</a> of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.</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/118959630">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05905">Riverside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Leona A. Kelley (1919-2000)</b> — of Peace Dale, South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/index.html">1919</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a> 49th District, 1985-2000; died in office 2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/RI.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/RI.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1996/RI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/RI.html">2000</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">non-Hodgkin's lymphoma</a>, in South County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, South Kingstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/11-07.html">November 7, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02447">River Bend Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island <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>Nathan Fellows Dixon (1774-1842)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/12-13.html">December 13, 1774</a>. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1839-42; died in office 1842. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-29.html">January 29, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at River Bend Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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/dixon.html#441.39.83">Nathan Fellows Dixon II</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#496.42.99">Nathan Fellows Dixon III</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/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</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=D000376">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403491">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>Nathan Fellows Dixon III (1847-1897)</b> — also known as <b>Nathan F. Dixon</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/04-28.html">April 28, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island</a>, 1877-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1885; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1889-95. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-08.html">November 8, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at River Bend 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/dixon.html#441.39.83">Nathan Fellows Dixon II</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#348.29.91">Nathan Fellows Dixon</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/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</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=D000377">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403493">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>George Herbert Utter (1854-1912)</b> — also known as <b>George H. Utter</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-24.html">July 24, 1854</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1888-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1904-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1911-12; died in office 1912. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-03.html">November 3, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at River Bend 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> Married to Elizabeth Lavina Brown; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#718.29.39">George Benjamin Utter</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=U000035">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411057">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-herbert-utter/">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>Nathan Fellows Dixon II (1812-1881)</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/05-01.html">May 1, 1812</a>. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1840; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1849-51, 1863-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-11.html">April 11, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at River Bend 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/dixon.html#348.29.91">Nathan Fellows Dixon</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#496.42.99">Nathan Fellows Dixon III</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/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</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=D000375">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403492">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 Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Pendleton</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-10.html">January 10, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/RI.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/RI.html">1876</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1871-75; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1878-84. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-16.html">February 16, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at River Bend 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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#777.02.93">James Monroe</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>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#068.53.24">Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827)</a> and Phebe (Cole) Pendleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/">1847</a> to Arabella Bethene Spencer; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#766.63.30">Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#351.33.39">Charles Marsh Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#821.76.62">Cyrus Henry Pendleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#516.46.56">Calvin Crane Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#176.42.02">Edward Wheeler Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#852.91.17">Joseph Palmer Dyer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#840.49.63">Harris Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#687.05.34">James Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#239.23.68">Nathan William Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#178.16.63">Cornelius Welles Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#948.63.46">Enoch C. Chapman</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=P000204">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408607">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 M. Cottrell Jr. (b. 1906)</b> — of Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/index.html">1906</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1940; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/RI.html">1956</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Entombed in mausoleum at River Bend Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Benjamin Utter (b. 1881)</b> — also known as <b>G. Benjamin Utter</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-11.html">April 11, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1915-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1925-26; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/RI.html">1940</a>; trustee, Westerly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Interment at River Bend 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/urbahns-uttley.html#797.46.91">George Herbert Utter</a> and Elizabeth Lavina (Brown) Utter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-17.html">January 17, 1916</a>, to Katherine Latham Wilbar.</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>Edwin P. Chapman</b> — of North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1880. Interment at River Bend 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> Second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#689.23.19">Scott Bill Hirst</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/12927.html">Bill family</a> of Connecticut.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02794">St. Sebastian Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island <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 Matthew O'Connell (1872-1941)</b> — also known as <b>John M. O'Connell</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-10.html">August 10, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/RI.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-06.html">December 6, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at St. Sebastian 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=O000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408273">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Matthew O'Connell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7668228">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>Thomas Domenico Santoro (1922-1975)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas D. Santoro</b> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-17.html">November 17, 1922</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Innkeeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1950-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>. Died, in Miriam <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/06-28.html">June 28, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul F. Palumbo Jr. (1926-2003)</b> — Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-11.html">April 11, 1926</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II. 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