Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsBraintreeBlue Hills CemeteryBraintreeLakeside CemeteryBrooklineChrist ChurchBrooklineHolyhood CemeteryBrooklineWalnut Hills CemeteryBrooklineWalnut Street CemeteryCantonCanton CemeteryCohassetUnknown locationCohassetCohasset Central CemeteryDedhamOld Village CemeteryDoverHighland CemeteryFoxboroRock Hill CemeteryMillisProspect Hill CemeteryMiltonMilton CemeteryNeedhamNeedham CemeteryNorwoodHighland CemeteryQuincyHancock CemeteryQuincyMt. Wollaston CemeteryQuincyUnited First Parish ChurchEast Walpole, WalpoleUnknownlocationWellesleyWoodlawn CemeteryWellesley Hills, WellesleyBabsonCollege GroundsWeymouthMt. Hope CemeteryWeymouthOld North Cemetery
Private or familygraveyard
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Blue HillsCemetery
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  John Joseph Moakley (1927-2001) — also known asJoe Moakley — of South Boston, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April27, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1953-63; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1964-70; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1968,1996;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1973-2001;defeated in primary, 1970; died in office 2001.Catholic.Died, ofleukemia,atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 28,2001 (age74 years, 31days).Interment at Blue Hills Cemetery.
LakesideCemetery
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | David Thayer Bunker (1836-1888) — also known asDavid T. Bunker — of Auburndale, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Charleston,PenobscotCounty, Maine,December12, 1836.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul inDemerara, 1887-88, died in office 1888.Died in Demerara, British Guiana (now Georgetown,Guyana),February7, 1888 (age51 years, 57days).Intermentsomewherein Guyana; cenotaph at Lakeside Cemetery.
ChristChurch
70 Colchester Street
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Sears (1787-1871) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1787.Merchant;realestate developer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1820; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1840; philanthropist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January14, 1871 (age83 years, 98days).Entombed at Christ Church.| |  Relatives: Sonof David Sears (1752-1816) and Ann (Winthrop) Sears; married,June 13,1809, to Miriam Clarke Mason; nephew ofThomasLindall Winthrop; great-grandfather ofAugustusPeabody Gardner andCharlesFrancis Adams; second great-grandfather ofGeorgeCabot Lodge; second great-grandnephew ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; third great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); third great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot; fourth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin ofRobertCharles Winthrop; first cousin four times removed ofJohnForbes Kerry; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesCoats Auchincloss,GordonAuchincloss andHughDudley Auchincloss; second cousin four times removed ofHughDudley Auchincloss III; third cousin once removed ofElijahLivermore Hamlin,HannibalHamlin andHenryBarrett Crosby; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesKilbourne,IsaiahKidder Stetson,CharlesSumner Hamlin andRuthBaker Pratt. | | | | Political family:Winthrop#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSearsport,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
HolyhoodCemetery
584 Heath Street
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Founded 1857
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Patrick Andrew Collins (1844-1905) — also known asPatrick A. Collins — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Fermoy, County Cork,Ireland,March12, 1844.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1868-69; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1870-71; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1876,1880,1888,1892,1904;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1883-89; U.S.Consul General inLondon, 1893-97;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1902-05; defeated, 1899; died in office 1905.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Hot Springs,BathCounty, Va.,September13, 1905 (age61 years, 185days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery; memorial monument atCommonwealthAvenue Mall, Boston, Mass.  | Maurice Joseph Tobin (1901-1953) — also known asMaurice J. Tobin — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 22,1901.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1928,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952;candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1928;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1938-45;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1945-47; defeated, 1946;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1948-53.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Moose;Foresters.Died, of aheartattack, in Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 19,1953 (age52 years, 58days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | | Hugh O'Brien (1827-1895) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inIreland,July13, 1827.Democrat.Mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1885-89; defeated, 1888.Catholic.Irishancestry.FirstIrish Catholic mayor of Boston.DiedAugust1, 1895 (age68 years, 19days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) — also known asFrederick W. Mansfield — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in East Boston, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March26, 1877.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;pharmacist;lawyer;Democratic candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917;Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;American BarAssociation;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Knightsof Columbus;Foresters;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died, in St. Elizabeth'sHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November6, 1958 (age81 years, 225days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) — also known asJoseph P. Kennedy;JoeKennedy —of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September6, 1888.Supervisor of theshipyardat Quincy, Mass.;banker;stockbroker;owner and financier ofmoviestudios in the 1920s; organized the merger that createdRadio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities andExchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1938-40.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, of complications from astroke,in Hyannis Port, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,November18, 1969 (age81 years, 73days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married,October7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); father ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy (who marriedJaquelineLee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandfather ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: RichardJ. Whalen,TheFounding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,Wealth, and Family Ambition | | | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:Ronald Kessler,TheSins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty HeFounded — Ted Schwarz,JosephP. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of anAmerican Myth |
| | John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) — also known asFoster Furcolo — of Longmeadow,HampdenCounty, Mass.; Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 29,1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;defeated, 1946; resigned 1952;Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary);Governor ofMassachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1960,1964.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 5,1995 (age83 years, 341days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | James Ambrose Gallivan (1866-1928) — also known asJames A. Gallivan — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October22, 1866.Democrat.Newspaperreporter; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1890; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1900;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1914-28; died inoffice 1928; candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1917.Staunch opponent of alcohol prohibition. Died, fromheartdisease, in RingHospital,Arlington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April 3,1928 (age61 years, 164days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery.  | Edward Joseph King (1925-2006) — also known asEdward J. King;Ed King — of Winthrop,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 11,1925.Democrat.Governor ofMassachusetts, 1979-83; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1980.Catholic.Played profootballas a guard with the Buffalo Bisons in 1948-49, and the BaltimoreColts in 1950.Died, following brain surgery after twofalls, inLaheyClinic,Burlington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September18, 2006 (age81 years, 130days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | | William Francis Murray (1881-1918) — also known asWilliam F. Murray — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September7, 1881.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1907-08; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1910;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14 (9th District 1911-13,10th District 1913-14); resigned 1914; postmaster atBoston,Mass., 1914-18.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September21, 1918 (age37 years, 14days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | Joseph Henry O'Neil (1853-1935) — also known asJoseph H. O'Neil — of Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Fall River,BristolCounty, Mass.,March23, 1853.Democrat.Banker;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1878-82, 1884;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-95 (2nd District 1889-91,4th District 1891-93, 9th District 1893-95); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1918; candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1925.Died in1935(ageabout82 years).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | John I. Fitzgerald (d. 1966) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1948.Died in1966.Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. | | Daniel H. Coakley (b. 1865) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December10, 1865.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1892-94; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1924,1928,1932,1940;candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1925, 1929; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council 4th District, 1933-36.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Interment at Holyhood Cemetery.  | Edward P. Barry (1864-1936) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in South Boston, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November28, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1907-09;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1914-15; defeated, 1915, 1932;candidate forMassachusettsstate attorney general, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1932.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;AncientOrder of United Workmen;Orderof Heptasophs;Knightsof Columbus;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died, from aheartattack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September1, 1936 (age71 years, 278days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Washington Barry and Sarah (Shea) Barry; brother ofAliceEstella Cram. | | | | Image source: Springfield (Mass.) DailyNews, September 1, 1936 |
|  | Charles V. Dasey (1849-1913) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., June,1849.Democrat.Steamshipagent;Consulfor Netherlands inBoston,Mass., 1896-1912.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;RoyalArcanum.Died in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1913 (age63 years, 0days).Interment at Holyhood Cemetery. |
Walnut HillsCemetery
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Founded 1874
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Bacon (1860-1919) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 5,1860.Republican.Financier;U.S.Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1909-12; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I.Presbyterian.Englishancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, frominfectionfollowing surgery formastoiditis,in the New York Eye and EarInfirmary,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1919 (age58 years, 328days).Original interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut HillsCemetery. | | Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) — also known asGaspar G. Bacon — of Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 7,1886.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1920,1932(alternate),1936,1940;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1934; director, SouthernRailwayCo., Eliot SavingsBank;major in the U.S. Army during World War II.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Moose;OddFellows;ReserveOfficers Association.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,December24, 1947 (age61 years, 292days).Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery. | | William A. Mosman (1862-1948) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Chestnut Hill, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in West Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,November24, 1862.Insuranceagent;HonoraryVice-Consul for Guatemala inBoston,Mass., 1914-21;HonoraryConsul for Uruguay inBoston,Mass., 1920-48;HonoraryConsul for Guatemala inBoston,Mass., 1926-45.GermanandEnglishancestry.Died in Chestnut Hill, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October10, 1948 (age85 years, 321days).Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Anton Mosman and Adeline (Reynolds) Mosman. |
Walnut StreetCemetery
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) — also known asFrancis C. Barlow;"The BoyGeneral" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1834.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof state of New York, 1866-67;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1872-73.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, from "the grip" (influenza),in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1896 (age61 years, 84days).Interment at Walnut Street Cemetery.
CantonCemetery
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Elijah Adams Morse (1841-1898) — also known asElijah A. Morse — of Canton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,May 25,1841.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1876; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1886-87; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1888;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-97 (2nd District 1889-93,12th District 1893-97).Died in Canton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 5,1898 (age57 years, 11days).Interment at Canton Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Cohasset CentralCemetery
Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) — also known asE. Sumner Mansfield — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October25, 1847.Lawyer;Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1895-1919.Episcopalian.Died in North Scituate, Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,February1, 1923 (age75 years, 99days).Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery. | | Philip Mansfield (1874-1929) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Winchester,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November8, 1874.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1901-05.Episcopalian.Died in Winchester,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November2, 1929 (age54 years, 359days).Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery.
Old VillageCemetery
Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Fred Williams (1852-1932) — also known asGeorge F. Williams — of Massachusetts. Born in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 10,1852.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1890;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1891-93;defeated, 1892; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1895, 1896, 1897; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1896,1900;U.S. Minister toGreece, 1913-14;Montenegro, 1913-14.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 11,1932 (age80 years, 1days).Interment at Old Village Cemetery. | | Fisher Ames (1758-1808) — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 9,1758.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1788;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-97 (1st District 1789-95,6th District 1795-97); member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1798-1800.Englishancestry.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1808 (age50 years, 86days).Interment at Old Village Cemetery. | | Edward Dowse (1756-1828) — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,October22, 1756.Democrat.Shipmaster;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1819-20; resigned1820.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September3, 1828 (age71 years, 317days).Interment at Old Village Cemetery. | | Frederick David Ely (1838-1921) — of Massachusetts. Born in Wrentham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September24, 1838.Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1885-87.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,August6, 1921 (age82 years, 316days).Interment at Old Village Cemetery.
HighlandCemetery
Dover, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis Williams Sargent (1915-1998) — also known asFrancis W. Sargent — of Dover,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Hamilton,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 29,1915.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1967-69;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1969-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1972(delegation chair).Died in Dover,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October21, 1998 (age83 years, 84days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Mark John Dalton (c.1915-2004) — also known asMark Dalton — Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass., about 1915.Democrat.Lawyer; lawclerk to U.S. JudgeJohnC. Mahoney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;his intelligence report from Utah Beach, Normandy, paved the way forthe D-Day invasion; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1954; aide to PresidentJohnF. Kennedy.Died, ofcoloncancer, in South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,May 2,2004 (ageabout 89years).Interment at Highland Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married1949 toBarbara Higgins. |
Rock HillCemetery
Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Bruce Barton (1886-1967) — also known as"Advertiser";"The AdvertisingKing";"The Great Repealer" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Robbins,ScottCounty, Tenn.,August5, 1886.Republican.Author;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided byFranklinRoosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republicanopponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1940,1944;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,Durstine and Osborn (BBDO)advertisingagency.Congregationalist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1967 (age80 years, 334days).Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery.
Prospect HillCemetery
Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Christian Archibald Herter (1895-1966) — also known asChristian A. Herter — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Millis,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Paris,Franceof American parents,March28, 1895.Republican. Personal assistant to U.S. Secretary of CommerceHerbertHoover, 1921-24; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1931-43;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1939-43;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1932,1940,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1956(delegation chair);U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1943-53;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1953-57; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1956;U.S.Secretary of State, 1959-61.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1961.DiedDecember30, 1966 (age71 years, 277days).Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
MiltonCemetery
211 Centre Street
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Founded 1672
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Anthony Burke (1910-1983) — also known asJames A. Burke — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March30, 1910.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1937-43; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1959-79 (13th District1959-63, 11th District 1963-79); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1960,1964.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October13, 1983 (age73 years, 197days).Interment at Milton Cemetery.  | Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November29, 1811.Lawyer;abolitionist;orator;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Died, fromheartdisease, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February2, 1884 (age72 years, 65days).Interment at Milton Cemetery; statue erected 1915 atBostonPublic Garden, Boston, Mass. | | John Murray Forbes (1813-1898) — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Bordeaux,France,February23, 1813.Republican. President, Michigan CentralRailroad,1846-55; president, Chicago, Burlington & QuincyRailroad;Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1860;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1876,1880,1884.Scottishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October12, 1898 (age85 years, 231days).Interment at Milton Cemetery. | | Frederick Oakes Houghton (1860-1939) — also known asFrederick O. Houghton — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 15,1860.Steamshipagent;Vice-Consulfor Mexico inBoston,Mass., 1897-1904.Died in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 7,1939 (age78 years, 296days).Interment at Milton Cemetery. | | William P. Homans Jr. (c.1922-1997) — of Massachusetts. Born in Canton,NorfolkCounty, Mass., about 1922.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1963-65.Persuaded Massachusetts' high court to strike down the death penalty. Died at anursinghome in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February7, 1997 (ageabout 75years).Interment at Milton Cemetery.
NeedhamCemetery
Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Henry Carter (1864-1955) — also known asWilliam H. Carter — of Needham Heights, Needham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Needham Heights, Needham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 15,1864.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1906; member ofMassachusettsRepublican State Committee, 1907-08;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1915-19.Died in Needham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April23, 1955 (age90 years, 312days).Interment at Needham Cemetery.
HighlandCemetery
Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) — also known asFrank G. Allen — of Norwood,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,October6, 1874.Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith,leatherandwoolmanufacturers; director ofbanks andinsurancefirms; trustee of NorwoodHospital;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1918-19; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Norfolk District, 1921-24;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1925-29;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Massachusetts,1932.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;UnionLeague.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October9, 1950 (age76 years, 3days).Interment at Highland Cemetery.
HancockCemetery
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | George Washington Adams (1801-1829) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Berlin,Germany,April12, 1801.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1826-27.En route to New York City aboard theBenjamin Franklin, heapparentlykilledhimself by jumping from the ship anddrowning,inLongIsland Sound,June 9,1829 (age28 years, 58days). His body washed ashore a few days later.Interment at Hancock Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as"His Rotundity";"The Duke ofBraintree";"American Cato";"OldSink and Swim";"The Colossus ofIndependence";"Father of the AmericanNavy" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass., October 19, 1735 o.s. (October30, 1735).Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1781-88;Great Britain, 1785-88;VicePresident of the United States, 1789-97;Presidentof the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1826 (age90 years, 247days).Original interment at Hancock Cemetery; reinterment in 1828 atUnited First Parish Church; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married,October25, 1764, toAbigailQuincy Smith (aunt ofWilliamCranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith) andJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) (who marriedLouisaCatherine Johnson); grandfather ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofArthurChapin; first cousin six times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; second cousin ofSamuelAdams; second cousin once removed ofJosephAllen; second cousin twice removed ofJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass andEmersonRichard Boyles; third cousin ofThomasCogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofDayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,CalebStetson,OakesAmes,OliverAmes Jr.,BenjaminW. Waite,AlfredElisha Ames,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,JosephWashburn Yates,AugustusBrown Reed Sprague,FranklinFairbanks,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,ErskineMason Phelps,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,ArthurNewton Holden,JohnAlden Thayer,IrvingHall Chase,IsaiahKidder Stetson andGilesRussell Taggart. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Adams counties inIdaho,Iowa,Miss.,Neb.,Ohio,Pa.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountAdams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Adams (built 1941-42 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theCoralSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnAdams Harper—JohnA. Cameron—JohnA. Dix—JohnAdams Fisher—JohnA. Taintor—JohnA. Gilmer—JohnA. Perkins—JohnAdams Hyman—JohnA. Damon—John A.Lee—JohnAdams Aiken—JohnA. Sanders—JohnA. Kingsbury—JohnAdams Hurson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,JohnAdams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis,ThePassionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of JohnAdams — David McCullough,JohnAdams — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — JamesGrant,JohnAdams : Party of One — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
|  | John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as"Old Man Eloquent";"TheAccidental President";"The MassachusettsMadman" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 11,1767.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1794-97;Prussia, 1797-1801;Russia, 1809-14;Great Britain, 1815-17; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1802;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808;U.S.Secretary of State, 1817-25;Presidentof the United States, 1825-29;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office1848; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1834.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Suffered astrokewhile speaking on the floor of the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later inthe Speaker'soffice,U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,February23, 1848 (age80 years, 227days).Original interment at Hancock Cemetery; reinterment atUnited First Parish Church; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofJohnAdams andAbigailAdams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith); married,July 26,1797, toLouisaCatherine Johnson (daughter ofJoshuaJohnson; sister-in-law ofJohnPope; niece ofThomasJohnson); father ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin ofWilliamCranch; second cousin once removed ofSamuelAdams; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed ofArthurChapin; second cousin five times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; third cousin ofJosephAllen; third cousin once removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy,ThomasCogswell (1799-1868) andJohnMilton Thayer; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; fourth cousin ofJeremiahMason,JosiahQuincy Jr.,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer,BaileyFrye Adams andSamuelMiller Quincy. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnSmith —ThurlowWeed | | | | Adams counties inIll. andInd. arenamed for him. | | | | MountQuincy Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —MountQuincy Adams, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHoonah-AngoonCensus Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Q. A. Vale—JohnQ. A. Brackett—JohnQ. A. Shelden—J.Q. A. Reber | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C.Nagel,JohnQuincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — LynnHudson Parsons,JohnQuincy Adams — Robert V. Remini,JohnQuincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan,Mr.Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's ExtraordinaryPost-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Abigail Adams (1744-1818) — also known asAbigail Quincy Smith — Born in Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass., November 11, 1744 o.s. (November22, 1744).SecondLady of the United States, 1789-97;First Ladyof the United States, 1797-1801.Female.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1818 (age73 years, 340days).Original interment at Hancock Cemetery; reinterment in 1828 atUnited First Parish Church.
Mt. WollastonCemetery
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Josiah Quincy (1859-1919) — of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October15, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1887-88, 1890-91; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1888;MassachusettsDemocratic state chair, 1891-92, 1906; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1892;U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1893;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1896-1900; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1901;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; candidateforMassachusettsstate attorney general, 1917.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September8, 1919 (age59 years, 328days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Phillips Quincy and Helen Frances 'Fanny' (Huntington)Quincy; married,February17, 1900, to Ellen Francs Krebs; married,November1, 1905, to Mary Honey (daughter ofSamuelRobertson Honey); nephew ofSamuelMiller Quincy; grandson ofCharlesPhelps Huntington andJosiahQuincy Jr.; great-grandson ofJosiahQuincy (1772-1864) andElijahHunt Mills; first cousin four times removed ofJonathanHunt; first cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofHenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesEdward Phelps,WilliamAmory Gardner Minot andGeorgeCabot Lodge; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelSewall; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrong,JedediahHuntington,AbigailAdams,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,AbelHuntington andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political family:Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1902 |
 | Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) — also known as"C.F.A.";"A Whig of the OldSchool" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August18, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1831; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1835-40; Free Soil candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1848; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1856(ConventionVice-President;speaker);U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1859-61; U.S.Minister toGreat Britain, 1861-68; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1876.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November21, 1886 (age79 years, 95days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andLouisaAdams; brother ofGeorgeWashington Adams; married,September3, 1829, to Abigail Brown Brooks (sister-in-law ofEdwardEverett; niece ofBenjaminGorham; granddaughter ofNathanielGorham); father ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; nephew of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith); grandson ofJohnAdams,JoshuaJohnson andAbigailAdams; grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); grandnephew ofThomasJohnson; great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCranch; second cousin ofBradleyTyler Johnson; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams; third cousin once removed ofJosephAllen andEdwardM. Chapin; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy,ThomasCogswell (1799-1868) andArthurChapin; fourth cousin ofJohnMilton Thayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,JosiahQuincy Jr.,GeorgeBailey Loring,WilliamVincent Wells andThomasCogswell (1841-1904). | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Image source: Humanities magazine,December 2011 |
| | Josiah Quincy Jr. (1802-1882) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1802.Mayorof Boston, Mass., 1845-49; Independent candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1856.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,November2, 1882 (age80 years, 289days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.  | Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) — also known as"Deacon";"UncleCharlie" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,August2, 1866.Republican.Lawyer;banker;mayor ofQuincy, Mass., 1897-99;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1936(speaker).Unitarian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 10,1954 (age87 years, 312days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) and Frances (Crowninshield) Adams;married,April 3,1899, to Frances Lovering (daughter ofWilliamCroad Lovering); nephew ofBrooksAdams; grandson ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); grandnephew ofGeorgeWashington Adams; great-grandson ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848),BenjaminWilliams Crowninshield,LouisaAdams andDavidSears; great-grandnephew ofJacobCrowninshield andBenjaminGorham; second great-grandson ofJohnAdams,NathanielGorham,JoshuaJohnson,AbigailAdams andJonathanMason; second great-grandnephew ofThomasJohnson andThomasLindall Winthrop; fifth great-grandnephew ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; sixth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin once removed ofWilliamEverett andThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin twice removed ofNathanielSilsbee Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCranch andRobertCharles Winthrop; second cousin ofAugustusPeabody Gardner; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCrowninshield Endicott,FrancisHenry Appleton,LeverettSaltonstall,RichardSaltonstall andGeorgeCabot Lodge; second cousin twice removed ofBradleyTyler Johnson,WilliamAmory Gardner Minot andWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed ofSamuelAdams; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephAllen; fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardM. Chapin andJohnForbes Kerry. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Samuel Miller Quincy (1832-1887) — of Louisiana. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 13,1832.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1865.Died in Keene,CheshireCounty, N.H.,March24, 1887 (age54 years, 284days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery. | | John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) — of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September22, 1833.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1866, 1869; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1879; Straight OutDemocratic candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1872; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1873.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,August14, 1894 (age60 years, 326days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams;brother ofBrooksAdams; married,April29, 1861, to Fanny Cadwalader Crowninshield (granddaughter ofBenjaminWilliams Crowninshield); father ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); nephew ofGeorgeWashington Adams; grandson ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andLouisaAdams; grandnephew ofBenjaminGorham; granduncle ofThomasBoylston Adams; great-grandson ofJohnAdams,NathanielGorham,JoshuaJohnson andAbigailAdams; great-grandnephew ofThomasJohnson; first cousin ofWilliamEverett; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCranch,LeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed ofBradleyTyler Johnson; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams; third cousin twice removed ofJosephAllen; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy andThomasCogswell; fourth cousin ofEdwardM. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnMilton Thayer andArthurChapin. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Appleton#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Brooks Adams (1848-1927) — also known asPeter Chardon Brooks Adams — of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 24,1848.Lawyer;author;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; candidatefor Massachusetts legislative seat.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February13, 1927 (age78 years, 234days).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams;brother ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894); married,September7, 1889, to Evelyn Davis (daughter of Admiral Charles HenryDavis; sister-in-law ofHenryCabot Lodge); nephew ofGeorgeWashington Adams; uncle ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); grandson ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andLouisaAdams; grandnephew ofBenjaminGorham; granduncle ofThomasBoylston Adams; great-grandson ofJohnAdams,NathanielGorham,JoshuaJohnson andAbigailAdams; great-grandnephew ofThomasJohnson; first cousin ofWilliamEverett; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCranch,LeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed ofBradleyTyler Johnson; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams; third cousin twice removed ofJosephAllen; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy andThomasCogswell; fourth cousin ofEdwardM. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnMilton Thayer andArthurChapin. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Daniel O'Sullivan (c.1921-2000) — also known asDanno O'Sullivan — of Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., about 1921.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1953-60.Died, in Quincy Rehabilitation andNursingCenter, Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October6, 2000 (ageabout 79years).Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.
United FirstParish Church
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as"His Rotundity";"The Duke ofBraintree";"American Cato";"OldSink and Swim";"The Colossus ofIndependence";"Father of the AmericanNavy" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass., October 19, 1735 o.s. (October30, 1735).Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1781-88;Great Britain, 1785-88;VicePresident of the United States, 1789-97;Presidentof the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1826 (age90 years, 247days).Original interment atHancock Cemetery;reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church; memorial monumentatConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married,October25, 1764, toAbigailQuincy Smith (aunt ofWilliamCranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith) andJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) (who marriedLouisaCatherine Johnson); grandfather ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofArthurChapin; first cousin six times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; second cousin ofSamuelAdams; second cousin once removed ofJosephAllen; second cousin twice removed ofJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass andEmersonRichard Boyles; third cousin ofThomasCogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofDayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,CalebStetson,OakesAmes,OliverAmes Jr.,BenjaminW. Waite,AlfredElisha Ames,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,JosephWashburn Yates,AugustusBrown Reed Sprague,FranklinFairbanks,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,ErskineMason Phelps,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,ArthurNewton Holden,JohnAlden Thayer,IrvingHall Chase,IsaiahKidder Stetson andGilesRussell Taggart. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Adams counties inIdaho,Iowa,Miss.,Neb.,Ohio,Pa.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountAdams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Adams (built 1941-42 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theCoralSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnAdams Harper—JohnA. Cameron—JohnA. Dix—JohnAdams Fisher—JohnA. Taintor—JohnA. Gilmer—JohnA. Perkins—JohnAdams Hyman—JohnA. Damon—John A.Lee—JohnAdams Aiken—JohnA. Sanders—JohnA. Kingsbury—JohnAdams Hurson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,JohnAdams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis,ThePassionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of JohnAdams — David McCullough,JohnAdams — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — JamesGrant,JohnAdams : Party of One — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as"Old Man Eloquent";"TheAccidental President";"The MassachusettsMadman" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 11,1767.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1794-97;Prussia, 1797-1801;Russia, 1809-14;Great Britain, 1815-17; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1802;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808;U.S.Secretary of State, 1817-25;Presidentof the United States, 1825-29;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office1848; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1834.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Suffered astrokewhile speaking on the floor of the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later inthe Speaker'soffice,U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,February23, 1848 (age80 years, 227days).Original interment atHancock Cemetery;reinterment at United First Parish Church; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofJohnAdams andAbigailAdams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith); married,July 26,1797, toLouisaCatherine Johnson (daughter ofJoshuaJohnson; sister-in-law ofJohnPope; niece ofThomasJohnson); father ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin ofWilliamCranch; second cousin once removed ofSamuelAdams; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed ofArthurChapin; second cousin five times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; third cousin ofJosephAllen; third cousin once removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy,ThomasCogswell (1799-1868) andJohnMilton Thayer; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; fourth cousin ofJeremiahMason,JosiahQuincy Jr.,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer,BaileyFrye Adams andSamuelMiller Quincy. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnSmith —ThurlowWeed | | | | Adams counties inIll. andInd. arenamed for him. | | | | MountQuincy Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —MountQuincy Adams, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHoonah-AngoonCensus Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Q. A. Vale—JohnQ. A. Brackett—JohnQ. A. Shelden—J.Q. A. Reber | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C.Nagel,JohnQuincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — LynnHudson Parsons,JohnQuincy Adams — Robert V. Remini,JohnQuincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan,Mr.Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's ExtraordinaryPost-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Abigail Adams (1744-1818) — also known asAbigail Quincy Smith — Born in Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass., November 11, 1744 o.s. (November22, 1744).SecondLady of the United States, 1789-97;First Ladyof the United States, 1797-1801.Female.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1818 (age73 years, 340days).Original interment atHancock Cemetery;reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church. | | Louisa Adams (1775-1852) — also known asLouisa Catherine Johnson — Born in London,England,February12, 1775.FirstLady of the United States, 1825-29.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 15,1852 (age77 years, 93days).Entombed at United First Parish Church.
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East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis William Bird — also known asFrancis W. Bird — of East Walpole, Walpole,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1856,1864(alternate),1868;Liberal Republican candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1876.Interment somewhere. | | Anna Child Bird (b. 1856) — also known asAnna J. Child;Mrs. Charles SumnerBird —of East Walpole, Walpole,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January12, 1856.Republican. Chair, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1917-19;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Massachusetts, 1924.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Interment somewhere.
WoodlawnCemetery
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. (1920-1999) — also known asW. Arthur Garrity, Jr. — of Massachusetts. Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 20,1920.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1961-66;U.S.District Judge for Massachusetts, 1966-85.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation.Ordered the desegregation of Boston schools in 1974. Died, ofcancer,in Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September16, 1999 (age79 years, 88days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | William Russell Langdon (1891-1963) — also known asWilliam R. Langdon — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir,Türkiye),of American parents,July 31,1891.Interpreter;U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, 1916-22; U.S. Consul inAntung, 1922-24;Tsinan, as of 1926;Mukden, as of 1927, as of 1938;Dairen, as of 1929-32; U.S. Consul General inSeoul, as of 1947.Died in Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 18,1963 (age71 years, 352days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Noah Allen Plympton (1841-1911) — also known asNoah A. Plympton — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September7, 1841.Watchmaker;jeweler;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1880;MassachusettsDemocratic state chair, 1884;insurancebusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Ninth Norfolk District, 1905.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.DiedSeptember9, 1911 (age70 years, 2days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Babson CollegeGrounds
Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) — also known asRoger W. Babson;"The Seer of WellesleyHills" —of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 6,1875.Statistician;economist;Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1940.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanEconomic Association.Authorof many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929stock market crash;founderof Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; WebberCollege (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.Died in Mountain Lake,PolkCounty, Fla.,March 5,1967 (age91 years, 242days).Interment at Babson College Grounds. |
Mt. HopeCemetery
Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Wallace Sampson (1841-1924) — also known asWilliam W. Sampson — of Malden,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Turner,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Turner,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September12, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmasteratMalden,Mass., 1890-99.Member,Freemasons.Died in Middleboro,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,February23, 1924 (age82 years, 164days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Old NorthCemetery
Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Raymond Percival Palmer (1895-1959) — also known asRaymond P. Palmer — of Braintree,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in East Bridgewater,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,December27, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1939-43, 1947-50; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1940;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.Congregationalist.DiedMarch28, 1959 (age63 years, 91days).Interment at Old North Cemetery.
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