| |  William Lester Avery (1853-1925) — also known asWilliam L. Avery — of Lee,BerkshireCounty, Mass.; Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.; Miles City,CusterCounty, Mont.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1853.Shipmaster;expressagent; U.S. Consul inBelize City, 1898-1921.Died in1925(ageabout72 years).Interment atClearwaterMunicipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.  | Louis Duncan Bailly-Blanchard (1851-1905) — also known asDuncan Bailly-Blanchard — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September14, 1851.Steamship agent;ConsularAgent for France inBoston,Mass., 1896-1900;Vice-Consulfor France inBoston,Mass., 1900-05.Died in Paris,France,December8, 1905 (age54 years, 85days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Theodore Bailly-Blanchard, Jr. and Jeanne Eliza (Field)Bailly-Blanchard; brother ofArthurBailly-Blanchard. | | | | Image source: Boston Daily Globe,December 9, 1905 |
| | Zenas Doane Bassett (1786-1864) — also known asZ. D. Bassett — of Hyannis, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Hyannis, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,October14, 1786.Republican.Sea captain; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1856.DiedDecember30, 1864 (age78 years, 77days).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) — also known asCharles A. Boutelle — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Damariscotta,LincolnCounty, Maine,February9, 1839.Republican.Shipmaster; served in the Union Navy during theCivil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1876,1888(delegation chair);U.S.Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4thDistrict 1885-1901); resigned 1901.Died in Waverly, Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,May 21,1901 (age62 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. | | Robert Couch (1817-1896) — of Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.BornJune 28,1817.Sea captain;mayorof Newburyport, Mass., 1870, 1881.DiedMay 17,1896 (age78 years, 324days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.| | Relatives:Married to Catherine Stanwood. |
| | Stephen Cross (1731-1809) — of Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass., October,1731.Shipbuilder;U.S.Collector of Customs at Newburyport, Mass., Massachusetts,1789-92; postmaster atNewburyport,Mass., 1807-09.Died in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.,March30, 1809 (age77 years, 0days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Newburyport, Mass.  | Charles Curran Dasey (1883-1966) — also known asCharles C. Dasey — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April19, 1883.Steamship agent;Consulfor Netherlands inBoston,Mass., 1912-13.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 6,1966 (age83 years, 48days).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass. |  | Charles V. Dasey (1849-1913) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., June,1849.Democrat.Steamship agent;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 atHolyhoodCemetery, Brookline, Mass. | | | Samuel Davis (1774-1831) — of Massachusetts. Born in Bath, Lincoln County (nowSagadahocCounty), Maine,1774.Shipowner;banker;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1803, 1808-12;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.Died in Bath, Lincoln County (nowSagadahocCounty), Maine,April20, 1831 (ageabout 56years).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.  | Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) — also known asThomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September15, 1887.Republican.Engineer;president and chief engineer, NewburghShip Yards; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1928,1940;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks;Grange;Moose;Veterans ofForeign Wars;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Redmen;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October6, 1972 (age85 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inGermany,about 1850.Banker;commissionmerchant;steamship agent;Vice-Consulfor Argentina inBoston,Mass., 1882-88;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inBoston,Mass., 1883-1907;Consulfor Germany inBoston,Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, AmericanSugarRefining Company.Germanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | 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 atOldVillage Cemetery, Dedham, Mass. | | Jonathan P. Edwards (b. 1854) — of Dennis,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Dennisport, Dennis,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,May 7,1854.Republican.Vessel agent; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Second Barnstable District,1905-06.Burial location unknown. | | William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) — also known asW. T. A. Fitzgerald — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December19, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1904;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1900; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1910; candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1925;SuffolkCounty Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer CooperativeBank;director, Cooperative CentralBank;director, Boston-NantasketSteamboat Co.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald; married,November21, 1900, to Ellen T. Butler. |
| | George W. Gardner (1834-1911) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,1834.Republican.Grain elevatorbusiness;miller;banker;vice-president, Cleveland and BuffaloSteamship Line;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90.DiedDecember18, 1911 (ageabout 77years).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter)Gardner. |
| | John Hardy (b. 1834) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inEngland,May11, 1834.Naturalized U.S. citizen;steamship agent; U.S. Consular AgentinAzua, 1885-1911.Burial location unknown.  | Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) — also known asFrancis R. Hart — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,January16, 1868.Engineer;vice-president, Cartagena-MagdalenaRailway;director, Costa Rica NorthernRailway;director, Boston and ProvidenceRailroad;director, MayanSteamship Corporation director, RevereSugarRefinery;Vice-Consulfor Colombia inBoston,Mass., 1905-07;banker;president, UnitedFruitCompany, 1933-38.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died, from aheartattack, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January18, 1938 (age70 years, 2days).Interment atRuralCemetery, New Bedford, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mandell Hart and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart; married,June 4,1896, to Helen Bronson Hobbey. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 19,1938 |
| | | Mark Langdon Hill (1772-1842) — of Phippsburg,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born in Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine,June 30,1772.Merchant;shipbuilder; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1797, 1808, 1810, 1813-14; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1804, 1815-17; common pleas court judge inMassachusetts, 1810;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1819-21;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-23.Died in Phippsburg,SagadahocCounty, Maine,November26, 1842 (age70 years, 149days).Interment atCongregationalChurchyard, Phippsburg Center, Phippsburg, Maine. | | 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.Steamship agent;Vice-Consulfor Mexico inBoston,Mass., 1897-1904.Died in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 7,1939 (age78 years, 296days).Interment atMiltonCemetery, Milton, Mass. | | Joseph Iasigi (1800-1877) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir,Türkiye),August20, 1800.Merchant;shipowner;Consulfor Turkey inBoston,Mass., 1864-77.Armenianancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 22,1877 (age76 years, 275days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) — also known asJ. Winthrop Jones — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,February14, 1817.Democrat.Schoolteacher;merchant;shipbuilder; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaine,1860;lumberbusiness.Died, frompneumonia,in Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,September19, 1887 (age70 years, 217days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 theshipyard at 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 atHolyhoodCemetery, Brookline, Mass.| | 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 |
| | Gjert Lootz (1837-1919) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Bergen,Norway,July10, 1837.Naturalized U.S. citizen;shipowner;commissionmerchant;Consulfor Netherlands inBoston,Mass., 1868-77, 1888-92;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inBoston,Mass., 1868-1904;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inBoston,Mass., 1877;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inBoston,Mass., 1884-99.Lutheran.Norwegianancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 7,1919 (age81 years, 240days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Sir William Phips (1651-1695) — Born in Nequasset (now Woolwich),SagadahocCounty, Maine,February2,1651.Shipbuilder; hunter of sunken treasure;ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.Died inFebruary18,1695 (age44 years,16 days).Burial location unknown. | | Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,1779.Shipowner;importerand exporter; investor and stockholder incotton andwoolenmills andrailroads;financier;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1820.DiedNovember4, 1846 (ageabout 67years).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof William Pickman and Eliza (Leavitt) Pickman; married,September6, 1810, to Catherine Saunders (sister-in-law ofLeverettSaltonstall (1783-1845)); grandnephew ofTimothyPickering; first cousin ofBenjaminPickman Jr.; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminToppan Pickman; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeBailey Loring; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgePeabody Wetmore; first cousin four times removed ofMaudeAlice Keteltas Wetmore; second cousin once removed ofBenjaminGoodhue andJohnWingate Weeks (1781-1853); second cousin twice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge andAugustusPeabody Gardner; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed ofLeverettSaltonstall (1892-1979),RichardSaltonstall,WilliamGurdon Saltonstall,JohnLee Saltonstall Jr. andWilliamAmory Gardner Minot; second cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,WilliamLawrence Saltonstall andJohnForbes Kerry; third cousin once removed ofJohnWingate Weeks (1860-1926); third cousin twice removed ofCharlesSinclair Weeks; fourth cousin ofJohnAlbion Andrew; fourth cousin once removed ofLutherWalter Badger,IsaacLibbey,JohnForrester Andrew andHenryHersey Andrew. | | | | Political family:Andrewfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | David Pingree (1795-1863) — also known as"Merchant Prince ofSalem" —of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Georgetown,EssexCounty, Mass.,December31, 1795.Shipowner;merchant;cotton millpresident;lumberbusiness;banker;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1851-52.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,March31, 1863 (age67 years, 90days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.  | Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) — of Ohio. Born in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,May 1,1753.Ship captain; major in Continental Army during theRevolutionary War;secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1788-98;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801;planter.Diedonboard ship at sea in theGulf ofMexico,June 3,1820 (age67 years, 33days).Interment atGloucesterPlantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.  | Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874-1932) — also known asWilfred H. Schoff — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Lower Merion Township,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Newtonville, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November27, 1874.Lecturer;HonoraryConsul for Bolivia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1898-1929;HonoraryConsul for Peru inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1898-1921;Vice-Consulfor Panama inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1904-22; secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic DeeperWaterways Association; secretary of the PhiladelphiaCommercial Museum.Killed whenhit by acar in Mt. Holly,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,September14, 1932 (age57 years, 292days); his body was not identified until almost three weeks later.Original interment atBrotherhood Cemetery, Hainesport, N.J.; reinterment in 1932 atWestminsterCemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederic Schoff and Hannah (Kent) Schoff; married,June 20,1900, to Ethelwyn McGeorge. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Courier-Post (Camden,N.J.), October 3, 1932 |
| | James Warren Sever (1797-1871) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.BornJuly 1,1797.Merchant marineship captain;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1853, 1856.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.DiedJanuary16, 1871 (age73 years, 199days).Burial location unknown. | | Stephen Smith (1739-1806) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,1739.Privateer;merchant;lumber millowner; served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;U.S.Collector of Customs at Machias, Maine, Maine, 1789-1806; died inoffice 1806.Died in Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine,September29, 1806 (ageabout 67years).Burial location unknown. | | William Wheelwright (1798-1873) — Born in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.,March18, 1798.Ship captain; U.S. Consul inGuayaquil, 1825-28; builtrailroadsin South America; organized the PacificSteamship NavigationCompany; created the firsttelegraphlines in South America.Died in London,England,September26, 1873 (age75 years, 192days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass. | | Henry Melville Whitney (1839-1923) — also known asHenry M. Whitney — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Conway,FranklinCounty, Mass.,October22, 1839.Democrat.Steamship business; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1905; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January25, 1923 (age83 years, 95days).Burial location unknown. | | James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878) — also known asJames S. Whitney — of Conway,FranklinCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in South Deerfield, Deerfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,May 19,1811.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1851, 1854; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1856,1860;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1860-61;steamship business; member ofMassachusettsstate senate First Norfolk District, 1872.Englishancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October24, 1878 (age67 years, 158days).Burial location unknown. | | John Randolph Wilder (1816-1879) — also known asJ. R. Wilder — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March18, 1816.Cottonexporter;shipbroker;Vice-Consulfor Russia inSavannah,Ga., 1846-77.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November1, 1879 (age63 years, 228days).Burial location unknown. | | David Woodcock (1785-1835) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,1785.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atIthaca,N.Y., 1809-21; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, TompkinsCounty 1826); president, CayugaSteamboat Company;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).Died in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1835 (ageabout 50years).Interment atIthacaCity Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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