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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Bristol 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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Peck</b> — of Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/index.html">1868</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Republican National Committee from Rhode Island</a>, 1918-32. Died in January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/index.html">1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Prince's Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#695.83.60">Mary B. Peck</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>Mary B. Peck (1873-1958)</b> — of Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/RI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/RI.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/10-13.html">October 13, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at Prince's Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#476.56.31">Frederick Stanhope Peck</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Bristol Town Common</a></b></span><br> Bristol, Bristol County, <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly 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>William Bradford (1729-1808)</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Plympton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/11-04.html">November 4, 1729</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1764-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1798-1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780, 1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dpgv.html">Deputy Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1775-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1793-97. Slaveowner. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/07-06.html">July 6, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 245 days</a>). Original interment at Bristol Town Common; reinterment at <a href="#cms02529">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a>. <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 Bradford and Sarah (Gray) Bradford; father of Nancy Bradford (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#421.41.29">James De Wolf</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#295.23.59">James DeWolf Perry</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#153.90.73">LeBaron Bradford Colt</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/10001-0332.html">Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family</a> of Bristol, Rhode Island (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=B000739">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Bradford %281729-1808%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22372">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07926">Colt State Park</a></b></span><br> Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <p> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians who have (or had) monuments 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 Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999)</b> — also known as <b>John H. Chafee</b> — of Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent 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/1922/10-22.html">October 22, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1957-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1963-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">National Naval Medical Center</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/10-24.html">October 24, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 2 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-buried.html#cms05331">a private or family graveyard</a>, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt State Park. <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 Sharpe Chafee and Janet Malise 'Jay' (Hunter) Chafee; married to Virginia Coates; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#629.59.00">Lincoln Davenport Chafee</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#320.21.20">Charles Warren Lippitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#501.17.19">Henry Frederick Lippitt</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#419.50.51">Henry Lippitt</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#459.87.70">William Greene</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#826.12.66">Andrew Clark Lippitt</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#187.29.61">Costello Lippitt</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/10001-0320.html">Houghton family</a> of Corning, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a> (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=C000269">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402412">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-hubbard-chafee/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000094698">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7253993">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04802">De Wolf Family Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly 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 De Wolf (1764-1837)</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/03-18.html">March 18, 1764</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/slavetrade.html">Slave trader</a>; built an early <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton mill</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1819-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/12-21.html">December 21, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 278 days</a>). Original interment at De Wolf Family Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms02529">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a>. <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 Mark A. De Wolf and Abigail (Porter) De Wolf; married to Nancy Bradford (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#956.57.26">William Bradford</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#295.23.59">James DeWolf Perry</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#153.90.73">LeBaron Bradford Colt</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/10001-0091.html">Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0332.html">Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family</a> of Bristol, 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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James De Wolf</i> (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-names.html">Providence, Rhode Island</a>; scrapped 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000295">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403330">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James DeWolf">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7187923">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00532">East Burial Ground</a></b></span><br> Wood Street <br> Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641347&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02529">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sherry Avenue <br> Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island <br> Founded 1877<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1721758&">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>LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846-1924)</b> — also known as <b>LeBaron B. Colt</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Dedham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-25.html">June 25, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1879-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island</a>, 1881-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit</a>, 1884-1913; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1913-24; died in office 1924. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-18.html">August 18, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 54 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Christopher Colt and Theodora G. (DeWolf) Colt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-17.html">December 17, 1873</a>, to Mary Louise Ledyard; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#421.41.29">James De Wolf</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#956.57.26">William Bradford</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/10001-0332.html">Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family</a> of Bristol, Rhode Island (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=C000651">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402779">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946605">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 Bradford (1729-1808)</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Plympton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/11-04.html">November 4, 1729</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1764-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1798-1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780, 1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dpgv.html">Deputy Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1775-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1793-97. Slaveowner. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/07-06.html">July 6, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 245 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Bristol Town Common</a>; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Bradford and Sarah (Gray) Bradford; father of Nancy Bradford (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#421.41.29">James De Wolf</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#295.23.59">James DeWolf Perry</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#153.90.73">LeBaron Bradford Colt</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/10001-0332.html">Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family</a> of Bristol, Rhode Island (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=B000739">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Bradford %281729-1808%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22372">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>James De Wolf (1764-1837)</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/03-18.html">March 18, 1764</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/slavetrade.html">Slave trader</a>; built an early <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton mill</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1819-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/12-21.html">December 21, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 278 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms04802">De Wolf Family Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mark A. De Wolf and Abigail (Porter) De Wolf; married to Nancy Bradford (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#956.57.26">William Bradford</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#295.23.59">James DeWolf Perry</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#153.90.73">LeBaron Bradford Colt</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/10001-0091.html">Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0332.html">Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family</a> of Bristol, 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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James De Wolf</i> (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-names.html">Providence, Rhode Island</a>; scrapped 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000295">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403330">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James DeWolf">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7187923">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>Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/09-09.html">September 9, 1755</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1789-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> at-large, 1790-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island</a>, 1796-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit</a>, 1801-02. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/09-17.html">September 17, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Hope Child; father of Julia Bourne (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#565.21.67">Albert Collins Greene</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=B000669">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401631">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=219&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946643">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>Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859)</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/06-06.html">June 6, 1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1853-54. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/04-12.html">April 12, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Maria Eustis Parker.</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/francis-m-dimond/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946596">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>Byron Diman (1795-1865)</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-05.html">August 5, 1795</a>. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1840-42, 1843-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1846-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/RI.html">1856</a>. Died, of apoplexy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-01.html">August 1, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/byron-diman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946623">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>Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899)</b> — also known as <b>J. Russell Bullock</b> — of Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill.; 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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-06.html">September 6, 1815</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1844-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/RIcc nBRI">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1849-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1859-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island</a>, 1865-69; resigned 1869. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-07.html">May 7, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#123.28.10">Nathaniel Bullock</a> and Ruth (Smith) Bullock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/09-06.html">September 6, 1840</a>, to Susan Amelia DeWolf; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/12-23.html">December 23, 1868</a>, to Emma W. Westcote; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#329.26.30">Stephen Bullock</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#063.29.03">Richmond Martin Bullock</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#830.46.73">Alexander Hamilton Bullock</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#611.96.36">Benjamin Kimball Bullock</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#994.87.14">Isaac Bullock</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/10001-0075.html">Bullock family</a> of Massachusetts (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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=315&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946671">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>George Finney Usher (1792-1877)</b> — also known as <b>George F. Usher</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/10-22.html">October 22, 1792</a>. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Cape Hatien</a>, 1842-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Port-au-Prince</a>, 1849-53; Haitian Consul in New York City, 1859-67. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-16.html">August 16, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hezekiah Usher and Sarah (Finney) Usher.</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/94363239">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>Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862)</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/05-09.html">May 9, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/RI.html">1860</a>; major in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Civil War</a> battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in Mansion House <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-23.html">December 23, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 228 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacob Babbitt (1769-1850) and Bathsheba (Stoddard) Babbitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/10-07.html">October 7, 1826</a>, to Abby Eliza Briggs; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/b-babbush.html#051.78.02">Elijah Babbitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/b-babbush.html#075.94.92">George Henry Babbitt</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/b-babbush.html#014.38.90">Francis Sanford Babbitt</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/10001-0072.html">Fairbanks-Adams family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0304.html">Starkweather-Pendleton family</a> of Preston, Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <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>Epitaph:</i> "Know this, if I fall, it will be in defense of our beloved Constitution."</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/13021396">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>Algernon Sidney De Wolf (1822-1879)</b> — also known as <b>Algernon S. De Wolf</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-11.html">October 11, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/RIcc nBRI">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1875-79; died in office 1879. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> and died, in the vestibule of the Park <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/theaters.html">Theatre</a>, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-24.html">October 24, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John De Wolf and Sylvia (Griswold) De Wolf; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/06-30.html">June 30, 1847</a>, to Clara Ann Diman.</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/116816262">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02514">North Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bristol, Bristol 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>Edward Laurence Leahy (1886-1953)</b> — also known as <b>Edward L. Leahy</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., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-09.html">February 9, 1886</a>. Democrat. State court judge in Rhode Island, 1910; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1949-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#z">federal judge</a>, 1951. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/07-22.html">July 22, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at North 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=L000173">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406676">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05832">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05058">Kickemuit Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Serpentine Road <br> Warren, Bristol 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>Josias Lyndon (1704-1778)</b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1704/03-10.html">March 10, 1704</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1768-69. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/smallpox.html">smallpox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/03-30.html">March 30, 1778</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at Kickemuit Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nathan Miller (1743-1790)</b> — of Rhode Island. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1743/03-20.html">March 20, 1743</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Rhode Island</a>, 1786; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Rhode Island state constitutional convention</a>, 1790. Died in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/05-20.html">May 20, 1790</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at Kickemuit 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=M000748">congressional biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03371">South Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Warren, Bristol 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>Thomas Goodwin Turner (1810-1875)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas G. Turner</b> — of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/10-24.html">October 24, 1810</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1857-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1859-60; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Republican National Committee from Rhode Island</a>, 1866-68. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-03.html">January 3, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at South 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/thomas-goodwin-turner/">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>Sidney Dean (1818-1901)</b> — of Thompson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn.; Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Glastonbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/11-16.html">November 16, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1855-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1870-71. 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