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Hancock County
Maine

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hancock County


Index to Locations

  • Bucksport Silver Lake Cemetery
  • Castine Castine Cemetery
  • Ellsworth Woodbine Cemetery
  • Franklin Unknown location
  • Franklin Bayview Cemetery
  • Sedgwick Rural Cemetery
  • Surry Hillside Cemetery


    Silver Lake Cemetery
    Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      Raymond Fellows (b. 1885) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, October 17, 1885. Son of Oscar Fowler Fellows and Eva M. (Fling) Fellows. Republican. Lawyer; Maine state attorney general, 1925-28; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1946-54; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1954-56; resigned 1956. Unitarian. Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Lewis W. Fling; son of Oscar Fowler Fellows and Eva M. (Fling) Fellows; married, February 11, 1909, to Madge Gilmore; brother of Frank Fellows. See Fellows-Fling family of Maine.
      Frank Fellows (1889-1951) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, November 7, 1889. Son of Oscar Fowler Fellows and Eva Marie (Fling) Fellows. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1941-51; died in office 1951. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, August 27, 1951 (age 61 years, 293 days). Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Lewis W. Fling; son of Oscar Fowler Fellows and Eva Marie (Fling) Fellows; brother of Raymond Fellows; married, June 27, 1910, to Georgia Eleanor Maling. See Fellows-Fling family of Maine.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Oscar Fowler Fellows (1857-1921) — also known as Oscar F. Fellows — of Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Bristol, Grafton County, N.H., September 10, 1857. Son of Milo Fellows and Susan D. (Locke) Fellows. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1901-03; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1903. Methodist. Died December 28, 1921 (age 64 years, 109 days). Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Milo Fellows and Susan D. (Locke) Fellows; married, May 24, 1883, to Eva M. Fling (daughter of Lewis W. Fling); father of Raymond Fellows and Frank Fellows. See Fellows-Fling family of Maine.


    Castine Cemetery
    Castine, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856) — of Castine, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Vermont, 1798. Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S. Representative from Maine 7th District, 1845-49. Died in 1856 (age about 58 years). Interment at Castine Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Woodbine Cemetery
    Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      Frederick Hale (1874-1963) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 7, 1874. Son of Eugene Hale and Mary Douglas (Chandler) Hale. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-06; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1912-18; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1917-41. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 28, 1963 (age 88 years, 356 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Zachariah Chandler; son of Eugene Hale and Mary Douglas (Chandler) Hale; cousin of Robert Hale. See Chandler-Hale family of Maine.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Eugene Hale (1836-1918) — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Turner, Oxford County (now Androscoggin County), Maine, June 9, 1836. Son of James Sullivan Hale and Betsey (Staples) Hale. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1867-68, 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868, 1876, 1880; U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1869-79; defeated, 1878; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1881-1911. Died October 27, 1918 (age 82 years, 140 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Sullivan Hale and Betsey (Staples) Hale; married, December 20, 1871, to Mary Douglas Chandler (daughter of Zachariah Chandler); father of Frederick Hale. See Chandler-Hale family of Maine.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) — also known as John A. Peters — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, August 13, 1864. Son of William B. Peters and Martha Elizabeth (Chute) Peters. Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-98; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1909-13; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1913; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916; U.S. District Judge for Maine, 1922. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1953 (age about 88 years). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of John Andrew Peters (1822-1904); son of William B. Peters and Martha Elizabeth (Chute) Peters; married, November 20, 1889, to Mary Frances Cushman.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Franklin, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      John West (1799-1874) — of Franklin, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Franklin, Hancock County, Maine, April 8, 1799. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1860. Died June 1, 1874 (age 75 years, 54 days). Interment somewhere.


    Bayview Cemetery
    Franklin, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      Maynard Gilbert Conners (1918-2001) — also known as Maynard G. Conners — of Franklin, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, June 15, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; contractor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1970; member of Maine state house of representatives. Protestant. Irish and English ancestry. Member, National Rifle Association; Freemasons; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of a heart attack, in Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, September 17, 2001 (age 83 years, 94 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Bayview Cemetery.


    Rural Cemetery
    Sedgwick, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) — also known as J. Russell Wiggins — Born in Luverne, Rock County, Minn., December 4, 1903. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1968-69. Member, Freemasons. Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper, 1947-66. Died in Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine, November 19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.


    Hillside Cemetery
    Surry, Hancock County, Maine
    Politicians buried here:
      Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854) — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Massachusetts, 1781. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maine, 1829-37 (6th District 1829-33, 7th District 1833-35, 5th District 1835-37). Died in 1854 (age about 73 years). Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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