The Political Graveyard: Rockingham County, N.H. (original) (raw)
Index to Locations
- Private or family graveyards
- Chester Chester Village Cemetery
- Chester Chester Village Cemetery
- Danville Center Cemetery
- South Deerfield, Deerfield Granite Cemetery
- East Derry, Derry Forest Hill Cemetery
- East Kingston Oak Hill Cemetery
- Exeter Unknown location
- Exeter Exeter Cemetery
- Exeter Winter Street Cemetery
- Greenland Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Hampton Bride Hill Cemetery
- Kensington Upper Yard Burial Ground
- Kingston Plains Cemetery
- Londonderry Valley Cemetery
- Newfields Locust Grove Cemetery
- Newmarket Riverside Cemetery
- North Hampton Fogg Cemetery
- Northwood East Northwood Cemetery
- Nottingham General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground
- Plaistow Maplewood-North Parish Cemetery
- Portsmouth Harmony Grove Cemetery
- Portsmouth North Cemetery
- Portsmouth Proprietors' Burying Ground
- Portsmouth St. John's Church Cemetery
- Portsmouth Union Cemetery
- Rye Rye Central Cemetery
- Rye Beach, Rye East Cemetery
- Salem Old Parish Cemetery
- Salem Pine Grove Cemetery
- South Hampton Old Cemetery
- Stratham Old Congregational Cemetery
- Stratham Stratham Cemetery
Private or family graveyards
Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | William Plumer (1759-1850) — of Epping, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., June 25, 1759. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-91, 1797-1800; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1791, 1797; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1802-07; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1810-12; Governor of New Hampshire, 1812-13, 1816-19; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Died in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., December 22, 1850 (age 91 years, 180 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard. |
| | William Plumer Jr. (1789-1854) — of Epping, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., February 9, 1789. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1819-25 (1st District 1819-21, at-large 1821-25); member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1827-29; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1827-28; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1854 (age 65 years, 221 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard. |
| | Clement March — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1860-61. Interment in a private or family graveyard. |
Chester Village Cemetery
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) — Born in Pelham, Hillsborough County, N.H., January 4, 1774.U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-14 (4th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14); chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-38; died in office 1838. Died in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., March 15, 1838 (age 64 years, 70 days). Interment at Chester Village Cemetery. |
| | Daniel Whittier French (1769-1840) — also known as Daniel French — of Chester, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., February 22, 1769.New Hampshire state attorney general, 1812-15. Died in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., October 15, 1840 (age 71 years, 236 days). Interment at Chester Village Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Gould French and Dorothy 'Dolly' (Whittier) French; married, September 15, 1799, to Mary Mercy Brown; married, June 30, 1805, to Betsey Vanmater Flagg; married, December 6, 1812, to Sarah Wingate Flagg; grandfather of Daniel Chester French. Political families: French-Richardson family of Chester, New Hampshire; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial |
Chester Village Cemetery
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Samuel Bell (1770-1850) — of Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Chester, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., February 9, 1770.Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-06; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1806-07; member of New Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1807-09; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1809-10; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-19; Governor of New Hampshire, 1819-23; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1823-35. Died in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., December 23, 1850 (age 80 years, 317 days). Interment at Chester Village Cemetery. |
| | John Bell Jr. (1765-1836) — of Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., July 20, 1765. Member of New Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1803-04; Governor of New Hampshire, 1828-29. Died in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., March 23, 1836 (age 70 years, 247 days). Interment at Chester Village Cemetery. |
Center Cemetery
Danville, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Granite Cemetery
South Deerfield, Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Josiah Butler (1779-1854) — of South Deerfield, Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Pelham, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 4, 1779. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1817-23 (at-large 1817-19, 1st District 1819-21, at-large 1821-23); state court judge in New Hampshire, 1825-35. Died in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., October 27, 1854 (age 74 years, 327 days). Interment at Granite Cemetery. |
| | Richard Jenness (1746-1819) — of Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Rye, Rockingham County, N.H., December 12, 1746. Member of New Hampshire state senate, 1803-04, 1805-06, 1808-09 (4th District 1803-04, 2nd District 1805-06, 1808-09). Died in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., July 4, 1819 (age 72 years, 204 days). Interment at Granite Cemetery. |
Forest Hill Cemetery
East Derry, Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Charles Wheeler Abbott (1863-1930) — also known as Charles W. Abbott — of Derry, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in 1863. Member of New Hampshire state senate 19th District, 1905-06. Died in 1930(age about 67 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. |
| | Benjamin Clark Adams (1915-2000) — also known as Benjamin C. Adams — of Derry, Rockingham County, N.H. Born July 14, 1915. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956; member of New Hampshire state senate 22nd District; elected 1956.Congregationalist. Died, in Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., February 1, 2000 (age 84 years, 202 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. |
Oak Hill Cemetery
East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) — of Atkinson, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Topsfield, Essex County, Mass., March 1, 1741. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85, 1787-90, 1793-96; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member of New Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.Confinedin a debtor's prisonfor about twenty years. Died, from consumption(tuberculosis), in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., June 7, 1823 (age 82 years, 98 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. |
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Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Exeter Cemetery
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 3, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814.Congregationalist. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 2, 1814 (age 58 years, 272 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery. |
| | James Bell (1804-1857) — of Gilmanton, Belknap County, N.H.; Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H.; Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 13, 1804.Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1846, 1850; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1854, 1855; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1855-57; died in office 1857. Died in Laconia, Belknap County, N.H., May 26, 1857 (age 52 years, 194 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
| | Charles Henry Bell (1823-1893) — also known as Charles H. Bell — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., November 18, 1823. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1858-60; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1860; member ofNew Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1863-65; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1879; Governor of New Hampshire, 1881-83; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., November 11, 1893 (age 69 years, 358 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery. |
| | Gilman Marston (1811-1890) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Orford, Grafton County, N.H., August 20, 1811. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1872-73, 1876-78; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850, 1876; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1859-63, 1865-67; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1889. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., July 3, 1890 (age 78 years, 317 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery. |
| | Foster Waterman Stearns (1881-1956) — also known as Foster Stearns — of Hancock, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Hull, Plymouth County, Mass., July 29, 1881. Republican. Librarian; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1937; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1939-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940(Honorary Vice-President), 1948. Died June 4, 1956 (age 74 years, 311 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery. |
| | Amos Tuck (1810-1879) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, August 2, 1810. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1842; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1847-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856(Convention Vice-President), 1860. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 11, 1879 (age 69 years, 131 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery. |
Winter Street Cemetery
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 19, 1753. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1810-11; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1782-83; New Hampshire state treasurer, 1783-89, 1791-94; Governor of New Hampshire, 1794-1805, 1813-16. Died September 1, 1828 (age 74 years, 257 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery. |
| | Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1726.Merchant;lumber business; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia, Revolutionary War; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., May 26, 1790 (age 63 years, 250 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery. |
| | Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 29, 1759. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-91; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1791-97; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1797-1801; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1800-01; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit, 1801-02; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1802-09, 1813-16; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire, 1809-10. Died in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., September 21, 1842 (age 82 years, 296 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery. |
| | George Sullivan (1771-1838) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Durham, Strafford County, N.H., August 29, 1771. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1805, 1813; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1805-06, 1815-35; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1814-16; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., April 14, 1838 (age 66 years, 228 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery. |
| | Samuel Tenney (1748-1816) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Rowley, Essex County, Mass., November 16, 1748.Physician; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1793-1800; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1800-07 (at-large 1800-05, 4th District 1805-07). Died February 6, 1816 (age 67 years, 82 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery. |
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (1927-2002) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H.; Greenland, Rockingham County, N.H.; Stratham, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., October 3, 1927. Republican. New Hampshire state attorney general, 1961; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1961-62; defeated in primary, 1962. Died October 27, 2002 (age 75 years, 24 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery. |
Bride Hill Cemetery
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Tristram Shaw (1786-1843) — of Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H., May 23, 1786. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1834-35; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1839-43. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., March 14, 1843 (age 56 years, 295 days). Interment at Bride Hill Cemetery. |
Upper Yard Burial Ground
Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Jeremiah Fogg (1749-1808) — of Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H., 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1796-1802. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H., May 26, 1808 (age about 58 years). Interment at Upper Yard Burial Ground. |
Plains Cemetery
Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) — of Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., November 21, 1729.Physician;Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President of New Hampshire, 1790-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of New Hampshire, 1793-94.Congregationalist. Died in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., May 19, 1795 (age 65 years, 179 days). Interment at Plains Cemetery; statue at Public Square, Amesbury, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. |
Valley Cemetery
Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Founded 1793
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| | John Bell (1730-1825) — of Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., August 15, 1730. Member of New Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1786-90. Died in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., November 30, 1825 (age 95 years, 107 days). Interment at Valley Cemetery. |
Locust Grove Cemetery
Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | John Brodhead (1770-1838) — of Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pa., October 5, 1770. Democrat. Minister; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1817-21, 1825-27; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1829-33.Methodist. Died in Newfields, Rockingham County, N.H., April 7, 1838 (age 67 years, 184 days). Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery. |
| | James Pike (1818-1895) — of South Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Massachusetts, 1818.U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1855-59. Died in 1895(age about 77 years). Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery. |
Riverside Cemetery
Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | William Bradbury Small (1817-1878) — also known as William B. Small — of Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Limington, York County, Maine, May 17, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1870-71; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1873-75. Died in Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H., April 7, 1878 (age 60 years, 325 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. |
Fogg Cemetery
North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
East Northwood Cemetery
Northwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Charles F. Cate (1841-1915) — of Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H., September 19, 1841.Farmer; member of New Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1879-80. Died, from apoplexy, in Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H., December 15, 1915 (age 74 years, 87 days). Interment at East Northwood Cemetery. |
General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground
Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Joseph Cilley (1791-1887) — of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., January 4, 1791. Democrat. U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1846-47. Died in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., September 16, 1887 (age 96 years, 255 days). Interment at General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground. |
| | Bradbury Cilley (1760-1831) — of New Hampshire. Born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., February 1, 1760.U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17. Died in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., December 17, 1831 (age 71 years, 319 days). Interment at General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground. |
Maplewood-North Parish Cemetery
Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Greenleaf Clark (1835-1904) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Plaistow, Rockingham County, N.H., August 23, 1835.Justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1881-82. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., December 7, 1904 (age 69 years, 106 days). Interment at Maplewood-North Parish Cemetery. |
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 22, 1789. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., September 4, 1851 (age 61 years, 256 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Peter Woodbury and Mary (Woodbury) Woodbury; married to Elizabeth Williams Clapp; father of Charles Levi Woodbury and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married Montgomery Blair); grandfather of Gist Blair; granduncle of Gordon Woodbury and Charlotte Eliza Woodbury; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Stuart Raymond. Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Woodbury County, Iowa is named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) — also known as John H. Bartlett — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Sunapee, Sullivan County, N.H., March 15, 1869. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; postmaster at Portsmouth, N.H., 1899-1908; Governor of New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.Methodistor Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., March 19, 1952 (age 83 years, 4 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. |
| | Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Salisbury, Merrimack County, N.H., July 24, 1786. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1819-21, 1830, 1838, 1851-52; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1821; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1823-29; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1832; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., October 19, 1853 (age 67 years, 87 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) — also known as Charles H. Peaslee — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Gilmanton, Belknap County, N.H., February 6, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-57. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., September 18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Frank Jones (1832-1902) — also known as "King of the Alemakers" — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Barrington, Strafford County, N.H., September 15, 1832.Mayor of Portsmouth, N.H., 1868-69; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1875-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880(Convention Vice-President), 1888; Democratic candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900. Member, Freemasons. Died October 2, 1902 (age 70 years, 17 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., May 22, 1820. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856;U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880(member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Freemasons. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 1, 1898 (age 78 years, 40 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Daniel Pickering Drown (1784-1863) — also known as Daniel P. Drown — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in 1784. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1832-34. Died March 24, 1863 (age about 78 years). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Richard Jenness (1801-1872) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., 1801. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1849-51. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., February 2, 1872 (age about 70 years). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Robert Odiorne Treadwell (1822-1913) — also known as Robert O. Treadwell — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., October 31, 1822.Physician;Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Portsmouth, N.H., 1861-98. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., August 23, 1913 (age 90 years, 296 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Herman Emery (1859-1941) — also known as Joseph H. Emery — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., December 15, 1859. Republican. Dry goods merchant; president, Lord and Taylor department store, 1912; founder, Onyx HosieryCompany; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920. Died in Carroll County, N.H., March 2, 1941 (age 81 years, 77 days). Entombed at Harmony Grove Cemetery. | |
North Cemetery
Maplewood Avenue
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | William Whipple (1730-1785) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kittery, York County, Maine, January 14, 1730.Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77; member of New Hampshire state legislature, 1780; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1783-85.Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 28, 1785 (age 55 years, 318 days). Interment at North Cemetery; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. |
| | John Langdon (1741-1819) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., June 26, 1741. Democrat. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1787; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85; President of New Hampshire, 1785-86, 1788-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-1801; Governor of New Hampshire, 1805-09, 1810-12; received 9 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1808.Congregationalist. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1819 (age 78 years, 84 days). Entombed at North Cemetery. Relatives: Son of John Langdon (1707-1780) and Mary Woodbury (Hall) Langdon; brother of Woodbury Langdon; married 1777 to Elizabeth Sherburne; great-granduncle of Robert Odiorne Treadwell and Amasa Junius Parker Jr.; second great-granduncle of Parker Corning and Edwin Corning; third great-granduncle of Erastus Corning II and Edwin Corning Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Green Dearborn. Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The World War II Liberty ship SS John Langdon (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; sold and renamed Tblisi; scrapped 1977) was originally named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial |
| | Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., 1739. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1778; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-83, 1786-91; member of New Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85. Member, Freemasons. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., January 13, 1805 (age about 65 years). Interment at North Cemetery. |
| | Clement Storer (1760-1830) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kennebunk, York County, Maine, September 20, 1760.U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1807-09; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1810; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1817-19. Died November 21, 1830 (age 70 years, 62 days). Interment at North Cemetery. |
| | Hunking Penhallow (1766-1826) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in 1766. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1821-22. Died September 24, 1826 (age about 60 years). Interment at North Cemetery. Relatives: Son of John Penhallow and Sarah (Wentworth) Penhallow; married to Harriet (Pearce) Scott. |
Proprietors' Burying Ground
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Pierse Long (1739-1789) — of New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., 1739. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1785-86; delegate to New Hampshire convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., April 13, 1789 (age about 49 years). Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground. |
| | Samuel Cushman (1783-1851) — of New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., June 8, 1783. Democrat. Lawyer; Rockingham County Treasurer, 1823-28; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1829-30; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1835-39. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., May 20, 1851 (age 67 years, 346 days). Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground. |
| | Nathaniel Appleton Haven (1762-1831) — of New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., July 19, 1762.U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 4th District, 1809-11. Slaveowner. Died March 13, 1831 (age 68 years, 237 days). Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground. |
| | Daniel Marcy (1809-1893) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 7, 1809. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1854; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1856-58, 1871-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1863-65. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 3, 1893 (age 83 years, 361 days). Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground. |
| | Alva Herman Morrill (1848-1922) — also known as Alva H. Morrill — of Stanfordville, Dutchess County, N.Y.; New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H.; Newton, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Grafton, Grafton County, N.H., June 7, 1848.Minister;school principal; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 28th District, 1892; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1906, 1908; Prohibition candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1912.Christian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Odd Fellows. Died in 1922(age about 74 years). Interment at Proprietors' Burying Ground. |
St. John's Church Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | James Sheafe (1755-1829) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 16, 1755. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-90; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1791-93, 1799-1800 (Rockingham County 1791-93, 1st District 1799-1800); member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1799; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1799-1801; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1801-02; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1816. Slaveowner. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., December 5, 1829 (age 74 years, 19 days). Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery. |
Union Cemetery
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Thomas Passmore Treadwell (1805-1878) — also known as Thomas P. Treadwell — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., 1805. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1842-43; secretary of state of New Hampshire, 1843-46, 1847-50. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., 1878(age about 73 years). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
Rye Central Cemetery
Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | John Wilkes Parsons (1778-1849) — also known as John W. Parsons — of Rye, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Rye, Rockingham County, N.H., December 12, 1778.Physician; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1826-29. Died in Rye, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1849 (age 70 years, 280 days). Interment at Rye Central Cemetery. |
| | Thomas Jefferson Parsons (1804-1890) — also known as Thomas J. Parsons — of Rye, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Rye, Rockingham County, N.H., January 4, 1804. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1835-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1840. Died March 4, 1890 (age 86 years, 59 days). Interment at Rye Central Cemetery. |
East Cemetery
Rye Beach, Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) — also known as Alvan T. Fuller — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 27, 1878. Republican. Automobile dealer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,1932;U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932.Baptist. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons;Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died April 30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62 days).Cremated; ashes interred at East Cemetery. |
Old Parish Cemetery
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Silas Betton (1768-1822) — of Salem, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., August 26, 1768. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1797-99, 1810-11; member of New Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1800-03; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 1st District 1805-07). Died in Salem, Rockingham County, N.H., January 22, 1822 (age 53 years, 149 days). Interment at Old Parish Cemetery. |
Pine Grove Cemetery
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Old Cemetery
South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Old Congregational Cemetery
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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| | Josiah Bartlett Jr. (1768-1838) — of Stratham, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., August 29, 1768. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1809-11, 1824-25; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Died in Stratham, Rockingham County, N.H., April 16, 1838 (age 69 years, 230 days). Interment at Old Congregational Cemetery. |
Stratham Cemetery
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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