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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Merrimack County, N.H.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Carr</a>, 1853 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#049.97.86">Nahum J. Bachelder</a>, 1854</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boscawen: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John A. Dix</a>, 1798 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#563.08.33">William Pitt Fessenden</a>, 1806 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curren-currin.html#089.82.71">Moody Currier</a>, 1806 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens1.html#525.57.03">Bradford N. Stevens</a>, 1813 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogerson-roll.html#209.75.45">Henry P. Rolfe</a>, 1821 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#551.98.64">Charles H. Amsden</a>, 1848</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boscawen, Hillsborough County (now Merrimack County): <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#931.13.21">Henry Gerrish</a>, 1742</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bow: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#011.56.68">Henry M. Baker</a>, 1841</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bradford: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#434.78.02">Bainbridge Wadleigh</a>, 1831 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#868.67.41">John Q. A. Brackett</a>, 1842 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beals-bearce.html#259.12.61">George Freemont Bean</a>, 1857</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Canterbury: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#153.24.65">David M. Clough</a>, 1879</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chichester: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#611.24.04">Peter L. Marden</a>, 1863 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#563.12.68">Nathan L. Marden</a>, 1896</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Concord: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#302.95.35">Edward Kent</a>, 1802 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#238.95.43">Joseph B. Walker</a>, 1822 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#911.53.77">Joseph C. Abbott</a>, 1825 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#564.83.65">William E. Chandler</a>, 1835 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#406.93.12">Henry Kirke Porter</a>, 1840 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#626.10.72">Thomas Gallagher</a>, 1850 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/briggs.html#264.07.34">Frank O. Briggs</a>, 1851 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#814.15.35">Charles R. Corning</a>, 1855 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rollins.html#629.79.01">Frank W. Rollins</a>, 1860 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#502.47.76">William D. Chandler</a>, 1863 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogerson-roll.html#114.75.22">George H. Rolfe</a>, 1866 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#041.59.68">Henry F. Hollis</a>, 1869 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodman.html#260.09.44">Frederic T. Woodman</a>, 1872 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#938.49.78">William C. Pelkey</a>, 1881 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prince.html#948.15.09">Leon C. Prince</a>, c.1888 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#085.66.01">Elizabeth Gurley Flynn</a>, 1890 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#838.07.32">Edward J. Gallagher</a>, 1890 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#918.92.65">Horton L. Chandler</a>, 1898 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#821.03.87">John W. French</a>, 1905 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/antilla-anzelowitz.html#463.86.38">James Anton</a>, 1914</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Danbury: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor1.html#005.63.55">Amos L. Taylor</a>, 1877</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dunbarton: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright2.html#227.94.93">Carroll D. Wright</a>, 1840 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#962.25.42">Henry E. Burnham</a>, 1844 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#439.16.44">Sherman E. Burroughs</a>, 1870</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Epsom: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#577.37.32">James H. McClary</a>, c.1754 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#842.91.31">John McClary</a>, 1785 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#500.88.20">John B. Sanborn</a>, 1826 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#979.84.46">Walter Henry Sanborn</a>, 1845</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Franklin: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#238.50.58">Robert M. Leach</a>, 1879</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henniker: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#635.42.61">Rufus King Goodenow</a>, 1790 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#951.17.83">Daniel Goodenow</a>, 1793 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#199.97.47">Robert Goodenow</a>, 1800 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker6.html#007.37.41">Nathaniel B. Baker</a>, 1818 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#676.44.59">James W. Patterson</a>, 1823 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#209.48.90">Ira Colby, Jr.</a>, 1831 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#865.05.41">Robert M. Wallace</a>, 1847 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#775.94.11">Willis G. Buxton</a>, 1856 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aviata-ayer.html#665.46.86">Harold W. Ayer</a>, 1926</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hill: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#062.70.92">Augustus C. French</a>, 1808</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hooksett: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/head.html#576.90.07">Nathaniel Head</a>, 1828 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fishman-fister.html#037.14.52">Charles D. B. Fisk</a>, 1850</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hopkinton: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knowles-knowlton.html#989.50.02">John S. C. Knowlton</a>, 1798 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#961.60.17">Alvan Flanders</a>, 1825</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Loudon: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#482.70.94">Jeremiah A. Clough</a>, 1846 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#187.77.66">Abraham L. Osgood</a>, 1865</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> New Chester (now Hill): <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickerson.html#308.96.43">Jonathan G. Dickerson</a>, 1811</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> New London: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#348.58.26">Anthony Colby</a>, 1792 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#666.31.67">Cyrus Adams</a>, 1795 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#338.14.25">Oren T. Hayes</a>, 1827 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#573.06.88">James Greeley Flanders</a>, 1844</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Northfield: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#742.15.03">Richard Sheppard Molony</a>, 1811</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pembroke: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson7.html#070.78.63">Peter Robinson</a>, 1791 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emery.html#267.65.14">Matthew Gault Emery</a>, 1818 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#529.64.53">Henry Chamberlain</a>, 1824 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#777.99.82">Sullivan M. Cutcheon</a>, 1833 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#942.40.26">Byron M. Cutcheon</a>, 1836</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pembroke, Hillsborough County (now Merrimack County): <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitmore-whitner.html#929.92.30">Elias Whitmore</a>, 1772</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Penacook, Concord: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farrand-farrar.html#453.30.40">George E. Farrand</a>, 1872</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pittsfield: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knowles-knowlton.html#648.94.19">Ebenezer Knowlton</a>, 1815 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobbin-cochel.html#843.49.28">J. Milton Coburn</a>, 1853</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Salisbury: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#653.30.31">Ichabod Bartlett</a>, 1786 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#636.88.91">Charles B. Haddock</a>, 1796 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#118.29.90">Francis D. Flanders</a>, 1812 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#249.01.89">Elam A. J. Greeley</a>, 1818 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#112.49.09">Ezekiel A. Straw</a>, 1819 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pindall-pingree.html#754.43.38">Samuel E. Pingree</a>, 1832</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Salisbury (part now in Franklin): <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#062.19.45">Daniel Webster</a>, 1782</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sutton: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#934.30.10">Jonathan Harvey</a>, 1780 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#025.70.52">Matthew Harvey</a>, 1781 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#918.91.62">Arial K. Eaton</a>, 1813 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pikiel-pinchot.html#503.15.82">George A. Pillsbury</a>, 1816 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pikiel-pinchot.html#603.89.37">John S. Pillsbury</a>, 1827</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Warner: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#264.40.65">John P. Colby</a>, 1811 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#001.84.46">Nehemiah G. Ordway</a>, 1828 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#192.37.35">Frederick M. Colby</a>, 1848</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilmot: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#978.77.12">Frank E. Langley</a>, 1864</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ZZ-born.html">New Hampshire birthplaces not assigned to counties</a>. </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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