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Knox County
Maine

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Knox County

James Crosby Hobbs (1879-1942) — also known asJ. Crosby Hobbs — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Hope,KnoxCounty, Maine,September24, 1879.Democrat.KnoxCounty Commissioner, 1907-12; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1908,1936;KnoxCounty Sheriff.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound,February18, 1942 (age62 years, 147days).Interment somewhere.

Index to Locations

  • CamdenUnknown location
  • CamdenMountain View Cemetery
  • HopeHope Cemetery
  • RocklandAchorn Cemetery
  • ThomastonElm Grove Cemetery
  • ThomastonThomaston VillageCemetery


    UnknownLocations
    Camden, Knox County, Maine
    William Pennell Snow (1907-1986) — also known asWilliam P. Snow — of Maine. Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,July 23,1907.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inStockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador toBurma, 1959;Paraguay, 1961-67.Died in Rockport,KnoxCounty, Maine,1986(ageabout78 years).Interment somewhere.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: SonofDonaldFrancis Snow and Christine Lennox (Pennell) Snow; married toEthel Lee Millard (daughter ofCharlesDunsmore Millard).
     Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
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     Relatives: Sonof James Philbrick Hobbs and Nancy Maria (Miller) Hobbs; married,October8, 1910, to Annie Stewart Johnson.


    Mountain ViewCemetery
    Camden, Knox County, Maine
    Joseph Hall (1793-1859) — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Methuen,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 26,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;merchant;postmaster atCamden,Maine, 1830-33;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1833-37 (6th District 1833-35, 4thDistrict 1835-37); candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1849.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December31, 1859 (age66 years, 188days).Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof Farnham Hall and Sally (Bailey) Hall; married,March17, 1816, to Mary Howe (daughter ofNathanHowe).
     Political family:Howe #1family of Massachusetts.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Ephraim Knight Smart (1813-1872) — of Belfast,WaldoCounty, Maine.Born in Searsport,WaldoCounty, Maine,September3, 1813.Democrat. Member ofMainestate senate, 1841;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1847-49, 1851-53;U.S.Collector of Customs at Belfast, Maine, Maine, 1854; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1858.Died in Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine,September29, 1872 (age59 years, 26days).Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Ephraim Knight Smart (1788-1831) and Mary Hoyt (Cass) Smart;married to Sarah Robinson Thayer and Rebecca KingsburyThayer.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial


    HopeCemetery
    Hope, Knox County, Maine
    Joseph Dane (1778-1858) — of Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,October25, 1778.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1820-23; member of Mainestate legislature, 1820.Died in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,May 1,1858 (age79 years, 188days).Interment at Hope Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage


    AchornCemetery
    Old County Road
    Rockland, Knox County, Maine
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.William Titcomb Cobb (1857-1937) — also known asWilliam T. Cobb — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,July 23,1857.Republican.Limemanufacturing business;shipbuilder;president and receiver, BathIron Works;member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1889;Governor ofMaine, 1905-09;delegateto Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County,1933.Universalist.Died in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,July 24,1937 (age80 years, 1days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof Francis Cobb and Martha J. (Chandler) Cobb; married,June 14,1882, to Lucy C. Banks.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Obadiah Gardner (1852-1938) — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born near Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,September13, 1852.Democrat.Farmer;lumberbusiness; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1908;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maine,1912;delegateto Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County,1933.Universalist.Member,Grange;OddFellows.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 24,1938 (age85 years, 314days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof John Gardner and Mary (Stevens) Gardner; married,November28, 1875, to Corinna A. Sherer.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Charles Edgar Littlefield (1851-1915) — also known asCharles E. Littlefield — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lebanon,YorkCounty, Maine,June 21,1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1885-88;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1887-88;Mainestate attorney general, 1889-92; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1892,1896(speaker);U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1899-1908; defeated(People's), 1898; resigned 1908.Died, from anembolismten days after surgery, in the Post-GraduateHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1915 (age63 years, 315days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Hobbs Littlefield and Mary (Stevens) Littlefield;married,February18, 1878, to Clara Ayer; third cousin twice removed ofNathanielSwett Littlefield.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Nathan Allen Farwell (1812-1893) — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Unity,WaldoCounty, Maine,February24, 1812.Republican. Member ofMainestate senate, 1853-54, 1861-62; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1860, 1863-64; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1864;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1864-65.Died in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,December9, 1893 (age81 years, 288days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
     Relatives:Cousin *** ofOwenLovejoy.
     Political family:Lovejoy-Farwellfamily of Rockland, Maine.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Edward Carleton Moran Jr. (1894-1967) — also known asEdward C. Moran, Jr.;CarlMoran —of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,December29, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1924,1936;candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1928, 1930;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1933-37; member, U.S.Maritime Commission, 1937-40.Congregationalist.Member,Grange;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,July 12,1967 (age72 years, 195days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
     Relatives: SonofEdwardCarleton Moran and Susie (Bunker) Moran.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
     William Henry Fogler (1837-1902) — also known asWilliam H. Fogler — of Belfast,WaldoCounty, Maine; Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Lincolnville,WaldoCounty, Maine,August10, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Belfast, Maine, 1885;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1898-1902; appointed 1898; died inoffice 1902.Died in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,February18, 1902 (age64 years, 192days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married to Harriett Anna Kingsbury.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     H. G. Berry (1824-1863) — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.BornAugust27, 1824.Democrat.Mayorof Rockland, Maine, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War.Killedin battle at Chancellorville,SpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 3,1863 (age38 years, 249days).Interment at Achorn Cemetery.

    Elm GroveCemetery
    Thomaston, Knox County, Maine
    John Ruggles (1789-1874) — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Westborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October8, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1823-31;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1825-29, 1831; statecourt judge in Maine, 1831-34;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1835-41.Died in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,June 20,1874 (age84 years, 255days).Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Nottingham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,July 2,1802.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1831-36;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office1838.Killedin aduel byRepresentativeWilliamJ. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February24, 1838 (age35 years, 237days).Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
     Relatives:Brother ofJosephCilley; nephew ofBradburyCilley.
     Political family:Cilleyfamily of Nottingham, New Hampshire.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier


    Thomaston VillageCemetery
    Thomaston, Knox County, Maine
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 25,1750.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged hisintestines,and died three days later ofperitonitis,in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,October21, 1806 (age56 years, 88days).Interment at Thomaston Village Cemetery.
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     Knox counties inIll.,Ind.,Ky.,Maine,Mo.,Neb.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him.
     ThecityofKnoxville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed forhim.
     See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Edward Robinson (1796-1857) — of Maine. Born in Cushing,KnoxCounty, Maine,November25, 1796.Merchant;banker;shipbuilder;member ofMainestate senate, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1838-39; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1842, 1843, 1844.Died in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,February19, 1857 (age60 years, 86days).Interment at Thomaston Village Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof William Robinson and Catharine (Packard) Robinson; married1823 to JoannaA. Parsons; married1828 to NancyJames Fales; married1846 toPenelope G. Fales.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial


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