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Barnstable County
Massachusetts

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Barnstable County


Index to Locations

  • Centerville, Barnstable Beechwood Cemetery
  • Cotuit, Barnstable Mosswood Cemetery
  • Osterville, Barnstable Hillside Cemetery
  • Bourne Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery
  • Centerville St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • Harwich Port, Harwich Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Sandwich Old Burial Ground
  • Waquoit Unknown location
  • Yarmouth Woodside Cemetery
  • South Yarmouth, Yarmouth Quaker Burial Ground
  • Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth Woodside Cemetery


    Beechwood Cemetery
    Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) — also known as Augustus D. Ayling — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 28, 1840. Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died March 9, 1918 (age 77 years, 224 days). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1869 to Elizabeth F. Cornish (1850-1939).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mosswood Cemetery
    Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) — also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor — Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., November 3, 1914. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Kappa Psi. President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79. Died, of cancer, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338 days). Interment at Mosswood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Mary O'Boyle.
      Epitaph: "Semper Fidelis"
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-1947) — also known as Charles L. Gifford — of Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., March 15, 1871. Son of William C. Gifford and Mary A. (Baker) Gifford. Republican. School teacher; real estate business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912-13; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1914-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1922-47 (16th District 1922-33, 15th District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-47); died in office 1947. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., August 23, 1947 (age 76 years, 161 days). Interment at Mosswood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William C. Gifford and Mary A. (Baker) Gifford; married, September 6, 1892, to Fannie H. Handy; father of Florence Gifford.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Hillside Cemetery
    Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Zeno Scudder (1807-1857) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, 1807. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-54 (10th District 1851-53, 1st District 1853-54). Died in 1857 (age about 50 years). Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery
    Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      John F. X. Davoren (1915-1997) — of Milford, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Milford, Worcester County, Mass., July 27, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1955; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1964; secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1967-74. Catholic. Member, Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Knights of Columbus. Died August 24, 1997 (age 82 years, 28 days). Interment at Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery.


    St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
    Pine Street
    Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (1915-2011) — also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.; "Sarge" — Born in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., November 9, 1915. Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver (1883-1977). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976. Catholic. German ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Organized and directed the Peace Corps. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Sargent Shriver Elementary School, in Silver Spring, Md., is named for him. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70 days). Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver (1883-1977); married, May 23, 1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark Kennedy Shriver. See Kennedy family of Massachusetts and New York.
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott Stossel, Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver


    Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Phillip O'Neill, Jr. (1912-1994) — also known as Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.; "Tip" — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., December 9, 1912. Son of Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1936-52; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1948-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1960, 1964; Honorary Chair, 1984; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District 1953-63, 8th District 1963-87); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1977-87. Catholic. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991. Died, of cardiac arrest, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 5, 1994 (age 81 years, 27 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Married, June 17, 1941, to Mildred Anne Miller.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
      Books by Thomas P. O'Neill: Man of the House : The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill (1989)
      Books about Thomas P. O'Neill: John Aloysius Farrell, Tip O' Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography


    Old Burial Ground
    Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800) — of Massachusetts. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., May 1, 1766. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-99 (5th District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99). Died August 22, 1800 (age 34 years, 113 days). Interment at Old Burial Ground.
      Relatives: Nephew of Jonathan Freeman.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Waquoit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) — also known as Dana G. Munro — of New Jersey. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 18, 1892. Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1990 (age about 97 years). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married 1920 to Margaret Bennett Wiley.


    Woodside Cemetery
    Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      John Simpkins (1862-1898) — of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1862. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1895-98; died in office 1898. Died March 27, 1898 (age about 35 years). Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Quaker Burial Ground
    South Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Irving K. Taylor (died c.1939) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912. Died about 1939. Interment at Quaker Burial Ground.


    Woodside Cemetery
    Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Chandler Thacher (1858-1945) — also known as Thomas C. Thacher — of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Mass., July 20, 1858. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1910 (14th District), 1914 (16th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916 (Honorary Vice-President). Died in 1945 (age about 86 years). Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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