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John Hancock (1737-1793) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
23, 1737.
Son of John Hancock .
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4
electoral votes, 1789.
Congregationalist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1793 (age 56 years, 258
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Samuel Adams (1722-1803) —
also known as "The Tribune of the People";
"The Cromwell of New England";
"Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer";
"Amendment Monger"; "American
Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
27, 1722.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796.
Congregationalist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 11,
1731.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1777; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1777-90; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1790-1804.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 12,
1814 (age 83 years, 62
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground; statue at Church
Green, Taunton, Mass.
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Increase Sumner (1746-1799) —
of Massachusetts.
Born November
27, 1746.
Justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-97; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1797-99; died in office 1799.
Died June 7,
1799 (age 52 years, 192
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Christopher Gore (1758-1827) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
21, 1758.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788-89, 1808; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1789-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1806-07; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1809-10; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1813-16.
Died in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1827 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Thomas Cushing (1725-1788) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 24,
1725.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-76; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-88; died in office 1788; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
28, 1788 (age 62 years, 341
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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James Bowdoin (1726-1790) —
of Massachusetts.
Born August 7,
1726.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785-87; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bowdoin College in Maine was named for
him.
Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1790 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Samuel Turell Armstrong (1784-1850) —
also known as Samuel T. Armstrong —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 29,
1784.
Son of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong.
Printing
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1828-29; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1833-36; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1835-36; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1836; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1839.
Among leaders of the effort to save Plymouth Rock, 1835.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
1850 (age 65 years, 331
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Jonathan Jackson (1743-1810) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 4,
1743.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1789; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1802-06.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 5,
1810 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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John Phillips (1770-1823) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
26, 1770.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1822-23.
Died May 29,
1823 (age 52 years, 184
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Edward St. Loe Livermore (1762-1832) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April 5,
1762.
Son of Samuel
Livermore.
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1794-97, 1801; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1797-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1807-11.
Died in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
15, 1832 (age 70 years, 163
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1811.
Lawyer;
orator;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
Abolitionist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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James Bowdoin III (1752-1811) —
also known as Jemmy Bowdoin —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
22, 1752.
Son of James
Bowdoin.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1776-77; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Naushon Island, Dukes
County, Mass., October
11, 1811 (age 59 years, 19
days).
Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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George Cabot (1752-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
3, 1752.
Son of Joseph Cabot (1720-1782) and Elizabeth (Higgenson) Cabot
(1722-1781).
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 18,
1823 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Original interment at Old Granary Burying Ground; reinterment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in North Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1751.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,
1st District 1795-97); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., June 6,
1829 (age 78 years, 103
days).
Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834
at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest
Hills Cemetery.
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Curtis Guild, Jr. (1860-1915) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1860.
Son of Curtis Guild (born 1827) and Sarah C. Guild.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-06; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1908;
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Forestry Association.
In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, and
attempted
to kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrested after shooting
two people.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 6,
1915 (age 55 years, 63
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Thomas Norton Hart (1829-1927) —
also known as Thomas N. Hart —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
20, 1829.
Republican. Mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1889-90, 1900-02; defeated, 1886, 1893, 1901; postmaster.
Died October
4, 1927 (age 98 years, 257
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble) Foss.
Democrat. Owner of cotton mills
and iron and
steel works; active in banking and
railroads;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (1816-1891) —
also known as Samuel C. Pomeroy; "Subsidy
Pom" —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Southampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
3, 1816.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President); mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1858-59; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-73; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1870-72.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Whitinsville, Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., August
27, 1891 (age 75 years, 236
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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William Gaston (1820-1894) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., October
3, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-56; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1871-72; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1875-76; defeated, 1873, 1875, 1877.
Died January
19, 1894 (age 73 years, 108
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Walbridge Abner Field (1833-1899) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., April 26,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1877-81; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-99; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1890-99.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1899 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Andrew James Peters (1872-1938) —
also known as Andrew J. Peters —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 3,
1872.
Son of Andrew James Peters and Mary Richards (Whitney) Peters.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1907-14;
resigned 1914; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1914-18; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
June
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 84
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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John Lowell (1824-1897) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
18, 1824.
U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1865; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1878-84.
Died May 14,
1897 (age 72 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit Co.,
Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Samuel Crocker Cobb (1826-1891) —
also known as Samuel C. Cobb —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 22,
1826.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1874-76.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
18, 1891 (age 64 years, 272
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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William Morgan Butler (1861-1937) —
also known as William M. Butler —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
29, 1861.
Son of Rev. James D. Butler and Eliza B. (Place) Butler.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of cotton
mills; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908,
1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924-25; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1924-28; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 29,
1937 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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George Holden Tinkham (1870-1956) —
also known as George H. Tinkham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1870.
Son of George Henry Tinkham and Frances Ann (Holden) Tinkham.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1915-43 (11th District
1915-33, 10th District 1933-43).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cramerton, Gaston
County, N.C., August
28, 1956 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Benjamin Seaver (1795-1856) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1795.
Son of Benjamin Seaver (1766-1815) and Debby (Loud) Seaver.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1846-48; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1850-51; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1852-53.
Congregationalist.
Died February
14, 1856 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas (1813-1878) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, 1813.
Justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1853-59; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1861-63.
Died in 1878
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) —
also known as William A. Gaston —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 1,
1859.
Son of William
Gaston (1820-1894) and Louisa Augusta (Beecher) Gaston.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1922; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Died in Barre, Worcester
County, Mass., July 17,
1927 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851) —
also known as Henry A. S. Dearborn —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 3,
1783.
Son of Henry
Dearborn.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1812-29; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1829; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1831-33;
defeated, 1832; mayor
of Roxbury, Mass., 1847-51.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 29,
1851 (age 68 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Ambrose Arnold Ranney (1821-1899) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Vermont, April 7,
1821.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1881-87.
Died March 5,
1899 (age 77 years, 332
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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William Shapleigh Damrell (1809-1860) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
29, 1809.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1855-59.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 17,
1860 (age 50 years, 170
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Frank Welch (1835-1878) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Massachusetts, 1835.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1877-78; died in office
1878.
Died in 1878
(age about
43 years).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., July 24,
1764.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1821-22.
Lost an
arm during Revolutionary War service.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, March 12,
1840 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine; reinterment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Linus Bacon Comins (1817-1892) —
also known as Linus B. Comins —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlton, Worcester
County, Mass., November
29, 1817.
Republican. Mayor
of Roxbury, Mass., 1854; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1855-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 1892 (age 74 years, 320
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) —
also known as Harrison H. Atwood —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., August
26, 1863.
Son of Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aldrich) Atwood.
Republican. Architect;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24,
1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1888
(alternate), 1892,
1904,
1908
(alternate); member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;
defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th
District).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1954 (age 91 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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George Washington Kittredge (1805-1881) —
also known as George W. Kittredge —
of Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
31, 1805.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1853-55.
Died March 6,
1881 (age 76 years, 34
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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William Heath (1737-1814) —
Born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1737.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1791-92; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1793-1810.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., January
24, 1814 (age 76 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Wellington Wells (1868-1955) —
also known as Bill Wells —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 18,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 23,
1955 (age 87 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Wheeler Coffin (1815-1869) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born November
25, 1815.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1847-49.
Died August
26, 1869 (age 53 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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John William McCormack (1891-1980) —
also known as John W. McCormack —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-71 (12th District
1928-63, 9th District 1963-71); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1963-71; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964
(Permanent
Chair); Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; American
Legion.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
22, 1980 (age 88 years, 337
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) —
also known as John F. Fitzgerald; "Honey
Fitz" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
11, 1863.
Son of Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna Fitzgerald.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District
1895-1901, 10th District 1919); mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1906-07, 1910-14; defeated, 1907; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1922; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1950 (age 87 years, 233
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna Fitzgerald; married, September
18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon (1865-1964); father of Rose
Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1995; who married Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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John B. Hynes (1897-1970) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in 1897.
Democrat. Mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1950-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1956,
1964.
Died in 1970
(age about
73 years).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Paul Andrew Dever (1903-1958) —
also known as Paul A. Dever —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1903.
Son of Joseph Patrick Dever and Anna Amelia (McAlevy) Dever.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1952,
1956;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1949-53; defeated, 1940, 1952; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died April 11,
1958 (age 55 years, 86
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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John F. Collins (1919-1995) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1960-68.
Catholic.
Died at Vencor Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
23, 1995 (age about 76
years).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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John Joseph Douglass (1873-1939) —
also known as John J. Douglass —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
9, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-35 (10th District
1925-33, 11th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Died in West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 5,
1939 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Daniel A. Whelton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1905.
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Joseph Francis O'Connell (1872-1942) —
also known as Joseph F. O'Connell —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
7, 1872.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1907-11;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1918-20;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1930; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
10, 1942 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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William Sarsfield McNary (1863-1930) —
also known as William S. McNary —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 29,
1863.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1892
(alternate), 1900,
1928;
secretary
of Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1898-1900; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1901-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1903-07;
defeated, 1892, 1894.
Died in 1930
(age about
67 years).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955) —
also known as John P. Higgins —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
19, 1893.
Son of Patrick Higgins and Winifred (Gilligan) Higgins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chemist;
lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1935-37;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1937-55; died in office 1955.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 2,
1955 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) —
also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, December
29, 1886.
Son of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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