Lincoln County
Maine
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Lincoln County
Maine
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County
Index to Locations
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Ephraim Wilder Farley (1817-1880) —
also known as E. Wilder Farley —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, August
29, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1843, 1851-53; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1853-55; defeated, 1854;
member of Maine
state senate, 1856; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1860.
Died in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, April 3,
1880 (age 62 years, 218
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary of
state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) —
of Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, April 27,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Portugal, 1835-41; member of Maine
state senate, 1842; Governor of
Maine, 1843-44.
Catholic.
First
Catholic member of Congress from New England.
Died January
22, 1844 (age 48 years, 270
days).
Interment at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery.
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Thomas Bowman (1848-1917) —
of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 25,
1848.
Democrat. Mayor
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1882; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1891-93.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, December
1, 1917 (age 69 years, 190
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Forrest Herbert Bond (1885-1965) —
also known as Forrest H. Bond —
of Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 12,
1885.
Son of Samuel Bond and Eva J. (Weeks) Bond.
Republican. Member of Maine
state senate, 1925-26; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Moose;
Maccabees.
Died in 1965
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 10,
1882.
Daughter of Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Perkins.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery on River Road.
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Edwin Flye (1817-1886) —
of Maine.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, March 4,
1817.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1876-77.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., July 12,
1886 (age 69 years, 130
days).
Interment at Congregational Cemetery.
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Isaac Reed (1809-1887) —
of Maine.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, August
22, 1809.
Member of Maine
state senate, 1839; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1852-53; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1854.
Died September
19, 1887 (age 78 years, 28
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery.
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Frederick George Payne (1904-1978) —
also known as Frederick G. Payne —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, July 24,
1904.
Son of Frederick G. Payne and Nellie G. (Smart) Payne.
Republican. Mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1934-41; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Governor of
Maine, 1949-52; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1953-59; defeated, 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Lions.
Died in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 15,
1978 (age 73 years, 326
days).
Interment at German Lutheran Cemetery.
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Benjamin Brown (1756-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., September
23, 1756.
Physician;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809, 1811-12, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1815-17.
Died in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, September
17, 1831 (age 74 years, 359
days).
Interment at Waldoboro Cemetery.
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John Dennis McCrate (1802-1879) —
also known as John D. McCrate —
of Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
1, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1845-47.
Died September
11, 1879 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Ancient Cemetery.
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John Babson (1816-1887) —
of Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, April 30,
1816.
Son of John Babson (1781-1825) and Abigail (Hughes) Babson
(1782-1863).
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1854.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1887 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Ancient Cemetery.
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Silas Lee (1760-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 3,
1760.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1793; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1799-1801; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1801-14; state court judge in Massachusetts,
1805.
Died March 1,
1814 (age 53 years, 241
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Orchard Cook (1763-1819) —
of Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 24,
1763.
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1805-11.
Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, August
12, 1819 (age 56 years, 141
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853) —
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., May 1,
1773.
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1808;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-14; probate judge in
Massachusetts, 1816-20; probate judge in Maine, 1820-34; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1835-37; defeated, 1836.
Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, July 6,
1853 (age 80 years, 66
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Abiel Wood (1772-1834) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, 1772.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.
Died in 1834
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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