Index to Locations BridgtonForest Hill CemeteryBridgtonHigh Street CemeteryBrunswickPine Grove CemeteryCape ElizabethSeaside CemeteryCumberlandUnknown locationFalmouthPine Grove CemeteryGorhamUnknown locationGorhamEastern CemeteryHarrisonHarrison Village CemeteryPortlandUnknown locationPortlandEastern CemeteryPortlandEvergreen CemeteryPortlandPine Grove CemeteryPortlandWestern CemeterySouth PortlandCalvary CemeterySouth PortlandMt. PleasantCemeteryStandishHamlin CemeteryWindhamTown CemeteryYarmouthRiverside Cemetery
Forest HillCemetery
Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) — also known asLuther F. McKinney — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio,April25, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Universalistminister;furnituremerchant;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93;candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister toColombia, 1893-96; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1907.Universalist.DiedJuly 30,1922 (age81 years, 96days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | John Henry Roes (1843-1903) — also known asJohn H. Roes — of Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Maine,September23, 1843.Republican. Postmaster atBridgton,Maine, 1891-93.Died in1903(ageabout59 years).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
High StreetCemetery
Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (1804-1882) — of Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Wells,YorkCounty, Maine,September20, 1804.Democrat. Member ofMainestate senate, 1837;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1841-43, 1849-51 (5th District1841-43, 2nd District 1849-51); member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1854.Died in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August15, 1882 (age77 years, 329days).Interment at High Street Cemetery. | | Charles Edward Gibbs (1835-1899) — also known asCharles E. Gibbs — of Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January21, 1835.Republican. Postmaster atBridgton,Maine, 1872-85.Died in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,1899(ageabout64 years).Interment at High Street Cemetery.
Pine GroveCemetery
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine
Founded 1821
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) — also known asJoshua L. Chamberlain — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brewer,PenobscotCounty, Maine,September8, 1828.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMaine, 1867-71;president,Bowdoin College;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1909-14; died inoffice 1914.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;AmericanHistorical Association.Received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action as commander of the 20th Maine, atBattle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.DiedFebruary24, 1914 (age85 years, 169days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.  | Robert Pinckney Dunlap (1794-1859) — also known asRobert P. Dunlap — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August17, 1794.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1821-22; member ofMainestate senate, 1824-28, 1830-33; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1829;Governor ofMaine, 1834-38;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1843-47;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1848-49;postmaster atBrunswick,Maine, 1853-58.Died in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October20, 1859 (age65 years, 64days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | William Griswold Barrows (1821-1886) — also known asWilliam G. Barrows — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Yarmouth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January12, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; probate judge in Maine, 1856-63;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1863-84.Died in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April 6,1886 (age65 years, 84days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December1, 1772.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19.Died in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September3, 1828 (age55 years, 277days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Charles Jervis Gilman (1824-1901) — also known asCharles J. Gilman — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February26, 1824.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1851; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1854;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1857-59; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1860.DiedFebruary5, 1901 (age76 years, 344days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Tewksbury Loring Swett (1846-1911) — also known asTewksbury L. Swett;Tewksbury L.Sweat —of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Arrowsic,SagadahocCounty, Maine,May 3,1846.Democrat.Shipbroker;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inPortland,Maine, 1880-1904;Vice-Consulfor Norway inPortland,Maine, 1908.Died, frombroncho-pneumonia,in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February28, 1911 (age64 years, 301days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Jotham Stone (1778-1823) — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine,1778.Postmaster atBrunswick,Maine, 1807-23.Died in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September1, 1823 (ageabout 45years).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Charles E. Townsend (1831-1920) — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.BornOctober27, 1831.Republican. Postmaster atBrunswick,Maine, 1884-87, 1891-96, 1900-04; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1896.DiedMay 30,1920 (age88 years, 216days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Burt Townsend and Lucy H. (Cook) Townsend; married to ViolaCoombs. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
SeasideCemetery
Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Evelina Maria Mariner (1842-1924) — also known asEvelina M. Mariner;Evelina MariaJordan —of Bowery Beach, South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April12, 1842.Postmaster atBoweryBeach, Maine, 1887-91.Female.Died in Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March 8,1924 (age81 years, 331days).Interment at Seaside Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine
Pine GroveCemetery
Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Seneca Arthur Paul (1888-1973) — also known asS. Arthur Paul — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Garland,PenobscotCounty, Maine,October5, 1888.HonoraryVice-Consul for Norway inPortland,Maine, 1935-50.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December8, 1973 (age85 years, 64days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Seneca M. Paul and Electa Jane (Stairs) Paul; married to RuthElizabeth Nichols. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
UnknownLocation
Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine
EasternCemetery
Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Donald Francis Snow (1877-1958) — also known asDonald F. Snow — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,September6, 1877.Republican.U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1929-33.Died in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February12, 1958 (age80 years, 159days).Original interment atEvergreen Cemetery,Portland, Maine; reinterment at Eastern Cemetery. | | James Mann (1822-1868) — Born in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 22,1822.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1849-50; member ofMainestate senate, 1851-53; major in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1867-68; died inoffice 1868.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,August26, 1868 (age46 years, 65days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
Harrison VillageCemetery
Harrison, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Richard Stockman Cohen (1937-1998) — also known asRichard S. Cohen — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 5,1937.Mainestate attorney general, 1979-80;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1981-93.Died ofCrohn'sdisease, in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1998 (age61 years, 8days).Interment at Harrison Village Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
EasternCemetery
224 Congress Street
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1973
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Holmes (1773-1843) — of Alfred,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Kingston,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,March14, 1773.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1802-03, 1812; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1813-14;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1820-27, 1829-33; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-37;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1841-43; died in office 1843.DiedJuly 7,1843 (age70 years, 115days).Entombed at Eastern Cemetery; cenotaph atParishCemetery, Alfred, Maine. | | George Bradbury (1770-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Falmouth,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,October10, 1770.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1806-12;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,15th District 1815-17); member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1820.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November7, 1823 (age53 years, 28days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Daniel Ilsley (1740-1813) — of Falmouth,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Falmouth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 30,1740.Democrat.Distiller;delegateto Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1807-09.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 10,1813 (age72 years, 345days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | William Widgery (c.1753-1822) — of Massachusetts. Born in Devon,England,about 1753.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1787-93, 1795-97;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1794; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1806-07;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1811-13; commonpleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1813-21.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 31,1822 (ageabout 69years).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Mark Harris (1779-1843) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.,January27, 1779.Merchant;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1816;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1822-23;Mainestate treasurer, 1828, 1832-34; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1830.DiedMarch 2,1843 (age64 years, 34days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Andrew Titcomb Dole (1809-1866) — also known asAndrew T. Dole — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Maine,1809.Republican. Postmaster atPortland,Maine, 1861-65.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August6, 1866 (ageabout 57years).Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
EvergreenCemetery
Stevens Avenue
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1992
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) — also known asThomas B. Reed;"Reed the LionHearted" —of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October18, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1868-69; member ofMainestate senate, 1870;Mainestate attorney general, 1870-72;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1877-99 (1st District 1877-83,at-large 1883-85, 1st District 1885-99); resigned 1899;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1889-91, 1895-99; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1896.DiedDecember7, 1902 (age63 years, 50days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Nathan Clifford (1803-1881) — of Newfield,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Rumney,GraftonCounty, N.H.,August18, 1803.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1830;Mainestate attorney general, 1834-37;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (2nd District 1839-41, 3rdDistrict 1841-43);U.S.Attorney General, 1846-48; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1848-49;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1858-81; died in office 1881.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died in Cornish,YorkCounty, Maine,July 25,1881 (age77 years, 341days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October16, 1806.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46,1853-54;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Maine, 1848, 1852;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.Member,OddFellows.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September8, 1869 (age62 years, 327days).Original interment atWestern Cemetery;reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:WilliamPitt | | | | Relatives: Son ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Ruth (Green) Fessenden;half-brother ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden andJosephPalmer Fessenden; married,April23, 1832, to Ellen Maria Deering; father ofJamesDeering Fessenden,FrancisFessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War);uncle ofJoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden; granduncle ofCharlesMilton Fessenden; third cousin ofWilliamFessenden Allen; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminFessenden,JohnMilton Fessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; fourth cousin ofIra A.Locke,WalterFessenden andSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofBennetBicknell,IraEdgar Locke,HenryNichols Blake andSethGrosvenor Heacock. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Pitt Fessenden:Robert J. Cook,CivilWar Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save theAmerican Republic | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) — also known asGeorge F. Shepley — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,January1, 1819.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1862;Governor ofLouisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1868;Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit, 1869-78; died inoffice 1878.Episcopalian.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 20,1878 (age59 years, 200days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Albion Keith Parris (1788-1857) — also known asAlbion K. Parris — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Hebron,OxfordCounty, Maine,January19, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1813-14; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1814-15;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1815-18 (20th District1815-17, 7th District 1817-18); resigned 1818;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1818-20;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; probate judge inMaine, 1820-21;Governor ofMaine, 1822-27; defeated, 1854;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1827-28; resigned 1828;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1828-36; resigned 1836;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1852.Died suddenly, ofhearttrouble, in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February11, 1857 (age69 years, 23days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Ether Shepley (1789-1877) — of Saco,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November2, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1819;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1820;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1820-33;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1833-36;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1836-48;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1848-55.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January15, 1877 (age87 years, 74days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Neal Dow (1804-1897) — also known as"Napoleon of Temperance";"Father of Prohibition";"Grand Old Man inthe Temperance Cause" —of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March20, 1804.Tanningbusiness;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1851, 1855; defeated (Democratic), 1888;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1858-59; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1868;Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880.Quaker.During the Civil War was captured by Confederate forces, imprisoned,and eventually exchanged for Confederate Gen.WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee, who was a Union prisoner.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October2, 1897 (age93 years, 196days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | William Lebaron Putnam (1835-1918) — also known asWilliam L. Putnam — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine,May 26,1835.Democrat.Mayorof Portland, Maine, 1869-70; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1888;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1892-1917.DiedFebruary5, 1918 (age82 years, 255days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839-1927) — also known asWilliam W. Thomas, Jr. — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August26, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;brought Swedish colonists to northern Maine, 1870, founding communityof New Sweden; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1873-75;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1874-75; member ofMainestate senate, 1879; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maine,1880;U.S. Minister toSweden, 1883-85, 1889-94, 1898-1905.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in1927(ageabout87 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Scott Wilson (1870-1942) — of Woodfords, Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Falmouth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January11, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;Mainestate attorney general, 1913-14;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1918-25;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1925-29; resigned 1929;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1929-40.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October22, 1942 (age72 years, 284days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in East Bridgewater,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,March 9,1776.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1809-11, 1817-21 (7th District1809-11, 2nd District 1817-21); member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1815-16;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-22; resigned 1822;common pleas court judge in Maine, 1822-41;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1841-48; resigned 1848.Died in East Bridgewater,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,August1, 1866 (age90 years, 145days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Henry Bradstreet Cleaves (1840-1912) — also known asHenry B. Cleaves — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February6, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1876-77;Mainestate attorney general, 1880-84;Governor ofMaine, 1893-97.DiedJune 22,1912 (age72 years, 137days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | William Pitt Preble (1783-1857) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in York Village, York,YorkCounty, Maine,November27, 1783.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1814-20;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1820-28; resigned 1828; U.S. MinistertoNetherlands, 1830-31.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October11, 1857 (age73 years, 318days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | John Appleton (1815-1864) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,February11, 1815.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBolivia, 1848-49;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1860-61.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August22, 1864 (age49 years, 193days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married1840 to SusanLovering Dodge; nephew ofJamesAppleton andNathanDane Appleton; first cousin once removed ofNathanAppleton,WilliamAppleton,ElijahLivermore Hamlin andHannibalHamlin; first cousin thrice removed ofRandolphAppleton Kidder; second cousin ofJohnAppleton (1804-1891),JanePierce,CharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; second cousin once removed ofFrancisHenry Appleton andIsaiahKidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed ofArthurTaggard Appleton andClarenceCutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards,LeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; third cousin ofEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight andHenryWaggaman Edwards; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanHunt; fourth cousin ofThomasPassmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAppleton (1758-1829),ThomasAppleton,LeonardWhite,JedediahSabin,CharlesRobert Sherman,TheodoreDavenport,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,RobertOdiorne Treadwell andGeorgePickering Bemis. | | | | Political families:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine;Appleton#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Appleton#2 family of New Hampshire;Appleton#3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Wells (1801-1868) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.,August15, 1801.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-40; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1840;justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1847-54; resigned 1854;Governor ofMaine, 1856-57.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 15,1868 (age66 years, 335days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Joseph Howard (1800-1877) — of Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,March14, 1800.Democrat.Lawyer;YorkCounty Attorney;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1837-41;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1848-55;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1860; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1864, 1865; law partner ofSewallC. Strout, 1855-64, andNathanCleaves, 1864-77.Died in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,December10, 1877 (age77 years, 271days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Edward Fox (1815-1881) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 9,1815.Lawyer;justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1862-63; resigned 1863;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1866-81; died in office 1881.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December14, 1881 (age66 years, 188days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Charles Wesley Walton (1819-1900) — also known asCharles W. Walton — of Deering, Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Mexico,OxfordCounty, Maine,December9, 1819.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1861-62;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1862-97.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January24, 1900 (age80 years, 46days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) — also known asCarroll L. Beedy — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Phillips,FranklinCounty, Maine,August3, 1880.Republican.Lawyer;CumberlandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi;DeltaSigma Rho;Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis;Moose.Died inWashington,D.C.,September30, 1947 (age67 years, 58days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Robert S. Hale (1889-1976) — also known asRobert Hale — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November29, 1889.Republican.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1923-30;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,November30, 1976 (age87 years, 1days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | William Wirt Virgin (1823-1893) — of Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Rumford,OxfordCounty, Maine,September18, 1823.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMainestate senate, 1865-66;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1872-93; died in office 1893.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January23, 1893 (age69 years, 127days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:WilliamWirt | | | | Relatives: Son of Peter Chandler Virginand Sarah 'Sally' (Keyes) Virgin; married1851 to SarahHall Cole. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Maine StateArchives/Maine Historical Society |
| | George Emerson Bird (1847-1926) — also known asGeorge E. Bird — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Yarmouth,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September1, 1847.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1886-90; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1893-95; candidate formayorof Portland, Maine, 1895 (Democratic), 1896;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1908-18; appointed 1908.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedJanuary19, 1926 (age78 years, 140days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) — of Maine. Born in Brentwood,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,November23, 1806.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1831; member ofMainestate senate, 1833;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1833-39 (2nd District 1833-35, 8thDistrict 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39); early promoter and financialbacker of theelectrictelegraph.Died in Deering (now part of Portland),CumberlandCounty, Maine,October14, 1876 (age69 years, 326days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; re-entombed atEvergreen Cemetery. | | Thomas Hawes Haskell (1842-1900) — also known asThomas H. Haskell — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in New Gloucester,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 18,1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1884-1900; died in office 1900.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September24, 1900 (age58 years, 129days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Haskell and Betty (Hawes) Haskell; married to ElizabethParsons Whitman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Asher Crosby Hinds (1863-1919) — also known asAsher C. Hinds — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Benton,KennebecCounty, Maine,February6, 1863.Republican.U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1911-17.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 1,1919 (age56 years, 84days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Clarence Hale (1848-1934) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Turner,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April15, 1848.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1883-86;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1902-22; took senior status 1922;senior judge, 1922-34.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April 9,1934 (age85 years, 359days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) — also known asJames P. Baxter — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March23, 1831.Republican.Author;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1893-96, 1904-05.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 8,1921 (age90 years, 46days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Henry Clay Peabody (1838-1911) — also known asHenry C. Peabody — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gilead,OxfordCounty, Maine,April14, 1838.Lawyer;probate judge in Maine, 1880-1900;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1900-11; died in office 1911.Member,Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March29, 1911 (age72 years, 349days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Enoch Foster (1839-1913) — of Bethel,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Newry,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 10,1839.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1884-98.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November15, 1913 (age74 years, 189days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Joseph White Symonds (1840-1918) — also known asJoseph W. Symonds — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Raymond,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September2, 1840.Lawyer;superior court judge in Maine, 1872;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1878-84; resigned 1884.Died in New Hampshire,September28, 1918 (age78 years, 26days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | John Jasiel Perry (1811-1897) — also known asJohn J. Perry — of Oxford,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in New Hampshire,1811.Republican. Member of Maine state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1855-57, 1859-61.Died in1897(ageabout86 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Josiah Hayden Drummond (1827-1902) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Winslow,KennebecCounty, Maine,August30, 1827.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1857-58, 1869;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1858; member ofMainestate senate, 1859-60;Mainestate attorney general, 1860-63; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1864,1884.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October25, 1902 (age75 years, 56days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | John Lynch (1825-1892) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine;Washington,D.C.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February19, 1825.Republican.Newspapermanager; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1862-64;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1865-73;brick and claytile manufacturer.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 21,1892 (age67 years, 153days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Obed Hall (1757-1828) — of New Hampshire. Born in Raynham,BristolCounty, Mass.,December23, 1757.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1801-02; common pleascourt judge in New Hampshire, 1800;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13.Slaveowner. Died in Bartlett,CarrollCounty, N.H.,April 1,1828 (age70 years, 100days).Original interment atGarlandRidge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H.; reintermentat Evergreen Cemetery. | | James Theodore Marriner (1892-1937) — also known asJ. Theodore Marriner;TedMarriner —Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 17,1892.U.S. Consul General inBeirut, 1935-37, died in office 1937.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Shotandkilled byMejardich Karayan, an Armenian who thought he had been denied a U.S.visa, in Beirut, Syria (nowLebanon),October12, 1937 (age45 years, 148days). The killer was sentenced to death and hanged soon after.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Joseph Cobham Noyes (1798-1868) — of Eastport,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Maine,1798.Whig.Merchant;member of Maine state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1837-39.Died in1868(ageabout70 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (1818-1898) — also known asLorenzo D. M. Sweat — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Parsonfield,YorkCounty, Maine,May 26,1818.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofNathanCleaves; member ofMainestate senate, 1862;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864,1866; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1872;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maine, 1872-76.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 26,1898 (age80 years, 61days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | George Melville Seiders (1844-1915) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Union,KnoxCounty, Maine,January15, 1844.Mainestate attorney general, 1901-04.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 26,1915 (age71 years, 131days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Elbridge Gerry (1813-1886) — of Waterford,OxfordCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Waterford,OxfordCounty, Maine,December6, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;OxfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1842-45; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1846;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1849-51.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April10, 1886 (age72 years, 125days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Asa William Henry Clapp (1805-1891) — of Maine. Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March 6,1805.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1847-49.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March22, 1891 (age86 years, 16days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Charles Augustus Strout (1863-1935) — also known asCharles A. Strout — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 12,1863.Republican.Mayorof Portland, Maine, 1910.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December1, 1935 (age72 years, 142days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Holman Staples Melcher (d. 1905) — also known asHolman S. Melcher — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Republican.Mayorof Portland, Maine, 1889-91.Died in1905.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Melvin Porter Frank (1841-1918) — also known asMelvin P. Frank — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gray,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December26, 1841.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1890; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaine,1904(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1908.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January2, 1918 (age76 years, 7days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Jacob McLellan — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Republican.Mayorof Portland, Maine, 1863-65, 1868-69.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March18, 1839.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; suffereda battlefield injury which resulted in alegamputation;lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1876-77.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January2, 1906 (age66 years, 290days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) — also known asCharles F. Libby — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine,January31, 1844.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member ofMainestate senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, PortlandStreetRailway; also involved withsteamshipcompanies.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 3,1915 (age71 years, 123days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | | James Ellingwood Marrett (1854-1922) — also known asJames E. Marrett — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Cumberland Center, Cumberland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Cumberland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April 7,1854.Lumberbusiness;Consulfor Uruguay inPortland,Maine, 1892-1908, 1915-22.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February8, 1922 (age67 years, 307days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Louise Otis (Small) Marrett and Orlando Melville Marrett; married1881 toSarah Jane Potter. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Andrew Spring (1819-1876) — of Buenos Aires,Argentina;Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 21,1819.Consulfor Argentina inPortland,Maine, 1869-72;Consulfor Uruguay inPortland,Maine, 1871-76.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 14,1876 (age57 years, 54days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Stephen Richmond Small (1837-1903) — also known asStephen R. Small — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gray,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February19, 1837.Banker;Consulfor Argentina inPortland,Maine, 1884-1902.Died, frompneumoniaandchronicnephritis, in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March10, 1903 (age66 years, 19days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Clark H. Barker (c.1840-1905) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born about 1840. Republican. Postmaster atPortland,Maine, 1884-85, 1900-05.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January21, 1905 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Samuel Evans Spring (1812-1884) — also known asSamuel E. Spring — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 15,1812.Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inPortland,Maine, 1876-77;Consulfor Argentina inPortland,Maine, 1876-82.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August8, 1884 (age72 years, 85days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery; cenotaph atPineGrove Cemetery, Brownfield, Maine. | | Clarence W. Small (1865-1938) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December21, 1865.Consulfor Argentina inPortland,Maine, 1903-05;Vice-Consulfor Argentina inPortland,Maine, 1906-19.DiedMay 29,1938 (age72 years, 159days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Joseph Palmer Fessenden (1831-1909) — also known asJoseph P. Fessenden — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September27, 1831.Republican.Physician;postmaster atLewiston,Maine, 1861-70.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,March26, 1909 (age77 years, 180days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | James Deering Fessenden (1833-1882) — also known asJames D. Fessenden — Born in Westbrook,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September28, 1833.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1872-74.Member,LoyalLegion.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November18, 1882 (age49 years, 51days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Nathan Cleaves (1835-1892) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January9, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner at different times ofL.D. M. Sweat andJosephHoward;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1891; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maine,1892(delegation chair).Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September5, 1892 (age57 years, 240days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Edward Everett Philbrook (1861-1930) — also known asEdward E. Philbrook — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,February5, 1861.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1920;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1922-30; died inoffice 1930.Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January4, 1930 (age68 years, 333days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Donald Francis Snow (1877-1958) — also known asDonald F. Snow — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,September6, 1877.Republican.U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1929-33.Died in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February12, 1958 (age80 years, 159days).Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery; reinterment atEastern Cemetery, Gorham, Maine.
Pine GroveCemetery
672 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Woodbury H. Polleys (1817-1885) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December17, 1817.Shipcaptain; U.S. Consul inBarbados, as of 1880; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inSan Juan de los Remedios, as of 1884.Died bysuicide,in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November11, 1885 (age67 years, 329days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
WesternCemetery
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Sterling,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October11, 1764.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1818-20;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1820-34.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December31, 1840 (age76 years, 81days).Interment at Western Cemetery. | | Nicholas Emery (1776-1861) — of Parsonfield,YorkCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September4, 1776.Lawyer;justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1834-41.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August24, 1861 (age84 years, 354days).Interment at Western Cemetery. | | Stephen Longfellow (1775-1849) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 23,1775.Lawyer;member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1814;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1823-25; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1826.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August2, 1849 (age74 years, 40days).Interment at Western Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October16, 1806.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46,1853-54;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Maine, 1848, 1852;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.Member,OddFellows.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September8, 1869 (age62 years, 327days).Original interment at Western Cemetery; reinterment atEvergreen Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:WilliamPitt | | | | Relatives: Son ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Ruth (Green) Fessenden;half-brother ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden andJosephPalmer Fessenden; married,April23, 1832, to Ellen Maria Deering; father ofJamesDeering Fessenden,FrancisFessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War);uncle ofJoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden; granduncle ofCharlesMilton Fessenden; third cousin ofWilliamFessenden Allen; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminFessenden,JohnMilton Fessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; fourth cousin ofIra A.Locke,WalterFessenden andSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofBennetBicknell,IraEdgar Locke,HenryNichols Blake andSethGrosvenor Heacock. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Pitt Fessenden:Robert J. Cook,CivilWar Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save theAmerican Republic | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
CalvaryCemetery
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John Henry Dooley (1869-1939) — also known asJohn H. Dooley — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,December20, 1869.Democrat.Printer;treasurerof Maine Democratic Party, 1928;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1930-33;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1933-39; died inoffice 1939.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Kiwanis;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December15, 1939 (age69 years, 360days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Dooley and Catherine (McHugh) Dooley; married,June 23,1891, to Honora 'Hannah' Cassidy. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portland Evening Express,December 15, 1939 |
| | | Thomas Henry Flaherty (1866-1940) — also known asThomas H. Flaherty — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April20, 1866.Insurancebusiness;Consulfor Cuba inPortland,Maine, 1905-08.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September21, 1940 (age74 years, 154days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Patrick Flaherty and Anna (Manning) Flaherty; married to ElizabethCragin. |
| | Ernest de Beaufort Le Prohon (1855-1928) — also known asErnest Le Prohon — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Maine, March,1855.Commissionmerchant;ConsularAgent for France inPortland,Maine, 1887-1928;HonoraryVice-Consul for Spain inPortland,Maine, 1894-98.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September22, 1928 (age73 years, 0days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Mt. PleasantCemetery
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles E. West (b. 1871) — of South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October20, 1871.Republican.Mayorof South Portland, Maine, 1914-18.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles L. West and Pamelia (Simmons) West; married,July 19,1899, to Elizabeth Loring. |
HamlinCemetery
Standish, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Simon Moulton Hamlin (1866-1939) — also known asSimon M. Hamlin — of Standish,CumberlandCounty, Maine; South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Standish,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August10, 1866.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;mayorof South Portland, Maine, 1933-34;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1935-37; defeated, 1936;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1936.Universalist.Member,Freemasons;Lions.Died in South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 27,1939 (age72 years, 351days).Interment at Hamlin Cemetery.
TownCemetery
Windham, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Anderson (1792-1853) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Windham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,July 30,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate senate, 1823;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1825-33;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1833-37;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1833, 1842;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1837-41, 1843-48.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August21, 1853 (age61 years, 22days).Interment at Town Cemetery.
RiversideCemetery
Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Howard Davies — of Yarmouth,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Republican. Member ofMainestate senate 2nd District, 1919-20.Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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