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Oxford County
Maine

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Oxford County

David Hammons (1808-1888) — of Bethel,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Cornish,YorkCounty, Maine,May 12,1808.Democrat. Member ofMainestate senate, 1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1847-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maine,1864.Died in Bethel,OxfordCounty, Maine,November7, 1888 (age80 years, 179days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

Index to Locations BethelWoodland Cemetery BrownfieldPine Grove Cemetery BuckfieldBuckfield VillageCemetery CantonPine Grove Cemetery Canton Point, CantonHillsideCemetery DixfieldGreenwood Cemetery FryeburgFryeburg Village Cemetery FryeburgPine Grove Cemetery FryeburgWiley Cemetery Durgintown, HiramWadsworthCemetery Center Lovell, LovellCenter LovellCemetery OtisfieldOak Hill Cemetery ParisUnknown location ParisHillside Cemetery ParisOld Cemetery South Paris, ParisNorway Pine GroveCemetery South Paris, ParisRiversideCemetery Kezar Falls, PorterRiversideCemetery Bryant Pond, WoodstockLakesideCemetery WoodlandCemetery Bethel, Oxford County, Maine Moses Mason Jr. (1789-1866) — of Bethel,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in New Hampshire,1789.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1833-37 (5th District 1833-35, 6thDistrict 1835-37).Died in1866(ageabout77 years).Interment at Woodland Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Isaac Spring (1793-1880) — of Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 8,1793.Tavernkeeper; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1864.Died in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,April15, 1880 (age86 years, 312days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Josiah Spring and Ann (Evans) Spring; brother ofSamuelEvans Spring; married to Susan Osgood Evans; father ofAndrewSpring; uncle of Anne Spring (who marriedJohnLynch).
		Political family:Springfamily of Brownfield and Portland, Maine.

Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: 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 atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine; cenotaph at Pine Grove Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Josiah Spring and Ann (Evans) Spring; brother ofIsaacSpring; married to Elizabeth Bangs Bean and Zilpah WadsworthBarker; father of Anne Spring (who marriedJohnLynch); uncle ofAndrewSpring.
		Political family:Springfamily of Brownfield and Portland, Maine.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Charles Henry Prince (1837-1912) — also known asCharles H. Prince — of Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine; Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 9,1837.Republican.Merchant;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1868-69; postmaster atAugusta,Ga., 1870-82; delegate to Republican National Convention fromGeorgia,1872,1876,1880;insurancebusiness;brushmanufacturer; member ofMainestate senate, 1901.Died in Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,April 3,1912 (age74 years, 330days).Interment at Buckfield Village Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married,January30, 1859, to Eunice A. Atwood.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

John Philip Swasey (1839-1928) — also known asJohn P. Swasey — of Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine,September4, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1874; member ofMainestate senate, 1875-76; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1883-84;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908-11; defeated, 1910.Universalist.Member,ZetaPsi.Died in Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 27,1928 (age88 years, 266days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Dr. Benjamin K. Swasey and Mary Davis (Perley) Swasey; married,March 4,1862, to Mary A. Thorne.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Cornelius Holland (1783-1870) — of Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Sutton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 9,1783.Democrat.Physician;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1821-22; member ofMainestate senate, 1825-26; justice of the peace;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1830-33.Died in Canton Point,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 2,1870 (age86 years, 328days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery.

Horatio Bisbee Jr. (1839-1916) — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 1,1839.Republican.U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1869-73;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1877-79, 1881, 1882-85 (1st District1877-79, 2nd District 1881, 1882-85).Died in Dixfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,March27, 1916 (age76 years, 331days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

John Winchester Dana (1808-1867) — also known asJohn W. Dana — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 21,1808.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1841-42; member ofMainestate senate, 1843;Governor ofMaine, 1844, 1847-50; defeated, 1861; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBolivia, 1854; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1854-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1864.Died, fromcholera,inArgentina,December22, 1867 (age59 years, 184days).Original intermentsomewherein Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at Fryeburg Village Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofJudahDana and Elizabeth (Ripley) Dana; married to Eliza Ann Osgood;nephew ofEleazarWheelock Ripley andJamesWheelock Ripley; first cousin ofCharlesSmith Dana; first cousin once removed ofRipleyNicholas Baylies; second cousin ofDanielPutnam Tyler; third cousin once removed ofWilliamCrowninshield Endicott; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAdams Dix andNathanielHawthorne.
		Political family:Dana-Ripleyfamily of Fryeburg, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial

Judah Dana (1772-1845) — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.,April25, 1772.Democrat.Lawyer;OxfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1805-11; probate judge in Maine,1811-22; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1834;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1836-37.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,December27, 1845 (age73 years, 246days).Interment at Fryeburg Village Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Winchester Dana and Hannah (Putnam) Dana; married1800 toElizabeth Abigail Ripley (sister ofEleazarWheelock Ripley andJamesWheelock Ripley); father of Marie Annette Dana (who marriedJosephHoward) andJohnWinchester Dana (1808-1867); uncle ofCharlesSmith Dana; grandfather of Caroline Elizabeth Howard (who marriedNathanCleaves); first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCrowninshield Endicott; second cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; third cousin twice removed ofJohnAdams Dix; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankPutnam Flint andMotleyH. Flint; fourth cousin ofNathanielHawthorne; fourth cousin once removed ofBenjaminWright Raymond.
		Political family:Dana-Ripleyfamily of Fryeburg, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

 James Wheelock Ripley (1786-1835) — also known asJames W. Ripley — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,March12, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1814-19;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1826-30.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 17,1835 (age49 years, 97days).Interment at Fryeburg Village Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Rev. Sylvanus Ripley and Abigail (Wheelock) Ripley; brother ofEleazarWheelock Ripley and Elizabeth Abigail Ripley (who marriedJudahDana); married to Abigail Osgood; uncle ofJohnWinchester Dana; granduncle ofRipleyNicholas Baylies.
		Political family:Dana-Ripleyfamily of Fryeburg, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

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Pine GroveCemetery
Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine
David R. Hastings (1823-1896) — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.BornAugust25, 1823.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884.DiedJanuary13, 1896 (age72 years, 141days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Relatives:Married to Mary J. Ellis.

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WileyCemetery
Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine
Founded 1849
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.James Sullivan Wiley (1808-1891) — also known asJames S. Wiley — of Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft),PiscataquisCounty, Maine; Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Mercer,SomersetCounty, Maine,January22, 1808.Democrat.School teacherand principal;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 6th District, 1847-49.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,December21, 1891 (age83 years, 333days).Interment at Wiley Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William Wiley and Abigail (Hazeltine) Wiley.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

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WadsworthCemetery
Durgintown, Hiram, Oxford County, Maine
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Duxbury,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,May 6,1748.Merchant;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;AdjutantGeneral of Massachusetts, 1778;landagent; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1792;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1807 (4th District1793-95, 2nd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1805, 15th District1805-07).Died in Hiram,OxfordCounty, Maine,November12, 1829 (age81 years, 190days).Interment at Wadsworth Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married to Elizabeth Barlett; grandfather of Henry WadsworthLongfellow.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

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Center LovellCemetery
Center Lovell, Lovell, Oxford County, Maine
Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) — also known asFrederick W. Dallinger — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Center Lovell,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October2, 1871.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1894-95; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1896-99;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;defeated, 1912; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1924;AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.Episcopalian.Died in North Conway, Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.,September5, 1955 (age83 years, 338days).Interment at Center Lovell Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William W. Dallinger and Elizabeth (Kingman) Dallinger; married,August29, 1900, to Blanche Russell.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Albert John Stearns (1873-1959) — also known asAlbert J. Stearns — of Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Lovell,OxfordCounty, Maine,October9, 1873.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1920(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1940(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died in Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine,May 10,1959 (age85 years, 213days).Interment at Center Lovell Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph F. Stearns and Ellen (Russell) Stearns; married1900 to AliceMarion Wheeler; married1948 toTheresa R. Richmond.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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Oak HillCemetery
Otisfield, Oxford County, Maine
Francis Holden Aspinwall (1915-1996) — also known asFrancis H. Aspinwall — of Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1915.Conservative.Engineer;businessexecutive; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1968 (34th District), 1974 (33rdDistrict).Died in Cortlandt town,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1996 (age81 years, 161days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Breck Aspinwall and Hazel Marie (Holden) Aspinwall; married,June 22,1946, to Beverly A. Hooke; grandson ofFrancisEmanuel Shober; great-grandson ofFrancisEdwin Shober; fourth great-grandson ofDanielRoberdeau; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson,JamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr..
		Political family:Aspinwall-Shober-Roosevelt-Wheatfamily of Salisbury, North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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UnknownLocation
Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Stanley Matthews Wheeler (1884-1972) — also known asStanley M. Wheeler — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,1884.Republican. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1925-28; member ofMainestate senate 3rd District, 1929-32.Died in1972(ageabout88 years).Interment somewhere.

Politicians buriedhere:

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HillsideCemetery
Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Charles Andrews (1814-1852) — of Maine. Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,February11, 1814.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1839-43;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1842;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1851-52; died in office1852.Died in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,April30, 1852 (age38 years, 79days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.

Politicians buriedhere:

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Mary I. Mellen (1860-1919) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in May,1860.Democrat. Postmaster atParis,Maine, 1895-97.Female.DiedApril 4,1919 (age58 years, 0days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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OldCemetery
Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Virgil Delphini Parris (1807-1874) — also known asVirgil D. Parris — of Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,February18, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Maine state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1838-41 (2nd District 1838-39, 6thDistrict 1839-41).Died in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 13,1874 (age67 years, 115days).Interment at Old Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Josiah K. Parris and Experience (Lowden) Parris; married,December30, 1833, to Columbia Rawson; first cousin ofAlbionKeith Parris.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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Norway Pine GroveCemetery
South Paris, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Donald Barrows Partridge (1891-1946) — also known asDonald B. Partridge — of Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 7,1891.Republican.U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1931-33.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 5,1946 (age54 years, 363days).Interment at Norway Pine Grove Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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RiversideCemetery
South Paris, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Rufus King Goodenow (1790-1863) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Henniker,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,April24, 1790.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;OxfordCounty Clerk of Courts, 1821-37; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1837-38;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1849-51.Died in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,March24, 1863 (age72 years, 334days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Presumably namedfor:RufusKing
		Relatives: Brother ofRobertGoodenow.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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RiversideCemetery
Kezar Falls, Porter, Oxford County, Maine
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Sidney Reed Batchelder (1895-1965) — also known asSidney R. Batchelder — of Kezar Falls, Parsonfield,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,April10, 1895.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1937-41; member ofMainestate senate 1st District, 1941-49.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.DiedJune 5,1965 (age70 years, 56days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Timothy S. Batchelder and Ida B. Batchelder; married to ElizabethL. Stevens.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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LakesideCemetery
Bryant Pond, Woodstock, Oxford County, Maine
Sidney Perham (1819-1907) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Woodstock,OxfordCounty, Maine,March27, 1819.Republican. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1855; Presidential Elector forMaine,1856;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1863-69;Governor ofMaine, 1871-74; Presidential Elector for Maine,1893.DiedApril10, 1907 (age88 years, 14days).Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married1843 to AlminaJ. Hathaway.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography

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