Index to Locations AmherstWest CemeteryAmherstWildwood CemeteryChesterfieldChesterfield CenterCemeteryCummingtonDawes CemeteryNorthamptonUnknown locationNorthamptonBridge Street CemeteryNorthamptonOld CemeteryFlorence, NorthamptonPark StreetCemeteryWareAspen Grove CemeteryWilliamsburgCity Cemetery
WestCemetery
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Simeon Strong (1736-1805) — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,March 6,1736.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1791;justice ofMassachusetts state supreme court, 1801-05.Died in1805(ageabout69 years).Interment at West Cemetery. | | Ebenezer Mattoon (1755-1843) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts,1755.Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1790;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-03.Died in1843(ageabout88 years).Interment at West Cemetery. | | Edward Dickinson (1803-1874) — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,January1, 1803.Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1853-55.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 16,1874 (age71 years, 166days).Interment at West Cemetery.
WildwoodCemetery
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Bosworth Churchill (1866-1925) — also known asGeorge B. Churchill — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October24, 1866.Republican.Delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1917-18;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1925; died inoffice 1925.Died in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,July 1,1925 (age58 years, 250days).Interment at Wildwood Cemetery. | | Julius Hawley Seelye (1824-1895) — also known asJulius H. Seelye — of Massachusetts. Born in Connecticut,1824.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1875-77;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1884.Died in1895(ageabout71 years).Interment at Wildwood Cemetery. | | Ernest M. Whitcomb — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1924.Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
ChesterfieldCenter Cemetery
Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) — also known asWilliam L. Higgins — of South Coventry, Coventry,TollandCounty, Conn.Born in Chesterfield,HampshireCounty, Mass.,March 8,1867.Republican.Physician;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Coventry, 1905-08, 1917-22,1925-28; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1909-12;firstselectman of Coventry, Connecticut, 1917-32;TollandCounty Commissioner, 1921-32;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1929-33;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1936(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,November19, 1951 (age84 years, 256days).Cremated;ashes interred at Chesterfield Center Cemetery.
DawesCemetery
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) — also known asGeorge P. Shultz — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1920.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1969-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74;U.S.Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived anassassinationattempt in South America, August 1988; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1989.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in Stanford,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,February6, 2021 (age100 years,55 days).Interment at Dawes Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) — also known asJ. Proctor Clarke — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Larchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Florence (Firenze),Italy,of American parents,April23, 1856.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1stDepartment, 1905-26.Member,UnionLeague;American BarAssociation.Died, ofpneumonia,in the Murray HillHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1932 (age75 years, 264days).Interment somewhere.| |  Relatives: Sonof Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married,June 25,1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married,July 8,1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
Bridge StreetCemetery
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Caleb Strong (1745-1819) — of Massachusetts. Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,January9, 1745.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1776; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1780;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1789-96;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1800-07, 1812-16.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.DiedNovember7, 1819 (age74 years, 302days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery. | | Elijah Hunt Mills (1776-1829) — also known asElijah H. Mills — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Chesterfield,HampshireCounty, Mass.,December1, 1776.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1811-14, 1819-21;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1820-21;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27.Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 5,1829 (age52 years, 155days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Mills and Mary (Hunt) Mills; married,May 16,1802, to Sarah Hunt; married,September6, 1804, to Harriet Blake; father of Helen Sophia Mills (whomarriedCharlesPhelps Huntington); grandfather ofHerbertHenry Davis Peirce and Anna Cabot Mills Davis (who marriedHenryCabot Lodge); great-grandfather ofJosiahQuincy; second great-grandfather ofHenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot andGeorgeCabot Lodge; first cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt; second cousin once removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin thrice removed ofOliverMorgan Hungerford; second cousin five times removed ofRalphWaldo Hungerford andHaroldW. Hungerford; third cousin ofJohnStrong; third cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,JonathanIngersoll,JaredIngersoll,JosiahMeigs,SamuelStrong,JosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong,MartinKeeler,SilasWright Jr. andWilliamDean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofStephenHiram Keeler,GeorgeSeymour,JosephPomeroy Root,WilliamChapman Williston,HerschelHarrison Hatch,JethroAyers Hatch,JohnHill Walbridge,AlfredClark Chapin andHenryE. Walbridge; third cousin thrice removed ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge,JuliusLevi Strong,CharlesHale,TimothyE. Griswold,HiramAugustus Huse,MauriceLauchlin Wright,DanielParrish Witter,FrankBillings Kellogg,HenryWard Beecher,GeorgeWilliston Nash andEdwardStanley Kellogg; fourth cousin ofMartinChittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,HenryMeigs,CharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,JonathanBrace,JedediahSabin,ChittendenLyon,JohnWillard,ChesterAckley,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,LamanIngersoll,HenryMeigs Jr.,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnForsyth Jr.,ColinMacrae Ingersoll,EliThayer,JohnMilton Thayer andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | | | Political families:Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts;Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Morris#1 family of Bronx, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Chapman Bates (1779-1845) — also known asIsaac C. Bates — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Granville,HampdenCounty, Mass.,January23, 1779.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1808-09;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1827-35; WhigPresidential Elector for Massachusetts,1836;delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839(Temporary Chair; Convention Vice-President; speaker; member,Committee to Notify Nominees); Whig Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1840;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; died in office 1845.Died inWashington,D.C.,March16, 1845 (age66 years, 52days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery. | | Eli Porter Ashmun (1770-1819) — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Blandford,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 24,1770.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1803; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1808;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1816-18; resigned 1818.Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 10,1819 (age48 years, 320days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery. | | Charles Delano (1820-1883) — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in New Braintree,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 24,1820.Republican.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1859-63 (at-large 1859-61,10th District 1861-63).Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,January23, 1883 (age62 years, 213days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery. | | Osmyn Baker (1800-1875) — of Massachusetts. Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 18,1800.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1840-45.Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,February9, 1875 (age74 years, 267days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery. | | Charles Phelps Huntington (1802-1868) — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 24,1802.Lawyer;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; superiorcourt judge in Massachusetts, 1855-59;banker.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January30, 1868 (age65 years, 251days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dan Huntington and Elizabeth Whiting (Phelps) Huntington; marriedto Helen Sophia Mills (daughter ofElijahHunt Mills); grandfather ofJosiahQuincy; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCharlesEdward Phelps; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofJosephLyman Huntington; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,AbelHuntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,CollinsDwight Huntington andGeorgeMilo Huntington; third cousin thrice removed ofNoahPhelps andWaightstillAvery; fourth cousin ofWilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,ElishaMills Huntington andHenryTitus Backus; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter,PeterBuell Porter,SilasWright Jr.,MarshallChapin,WilliamDean Kellogg,WilliamClark Huntington,EverettChamberlin Benton andFredDouglas Fisher. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Theodore Fiske Dwight (1863-1952) — also known asTheodore F. Dwight — of Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,September19, 1863.Republican.Insuranceandrealestate business; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Fourth Hampden District, 1905.Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,July 12,1952 (age88 years, 297days).Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery.
OldCemetery
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | William Lyman (1755-1811) — of Massachusetts. Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,December7, 1755.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1787; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1789;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (2nd District 1793-95,4th District 1795-97); U.S. Consul inLondon, 1804-11, died in office 1811.Died in Cheltenham,England,September22, 1811 (age55 years, 289days).Interment atGloucesterCathedral, Gloucester, England; cenotaph at Old Cemetery.
Park StreetCemetery
Florence, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Aspen GroveCemetery
Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Abbot Stevens (1816-1892) — also known asCharles A. Stevens — of Ware,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,August9, 1816.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1853; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1864;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1875.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1892 (age75 years, 242days).Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.
CityCemetery
Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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