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Coos County
New Hampshire

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Coos County

Index to Locations

  • GorhamEvans Cemetery
  • LancasterUnknown location
  • LancasterOld Cemetery
  • LancasterSummer Street Cemetery
  • LancasterWilder Cemetery
  • WhitefieldBurns Cemetery

    EvansCemetery
    Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire
    Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) — also known asJesse F. Libby — of Gorham,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood,OxfordCounty, Maine,February12, 1857.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;real estatebusiness; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Companyand CascadeLight andPower Company; director, president, Lancaster and JeffersonElectricLight Company; director, Gorham NationalBank;promoter, director, BerlinStreetRailway; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.Congregationalist.Member,ThetaDelta Chi;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in1936(ageabout79 years).Interment at Evans Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby; married,June 2,1879, to Eva Melissa Young; great-grandnephew ofPeterFelt; first cousin once removed ofIraSaywood Libby; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnFelt andDanielFelt; second cousin ofCharlesFreeman Libby; second cousin twice removed ofDormanFelt andDavidAlvaro Felt; third cousin once removed ofMarcellusHazen Felt; fourth cousin ofGuyA. Brackett.
     Political family:Libbyfamily of Limerick, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

    • UnknownLocation
    Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire
    William Spencer Ladd (d. 1891) — also known asWilliam S. Ladd — of New Hampshire. Democrat.Justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1870-76; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1888(member,CredentialsCommittee).DiedMay 19,1891.Interment somewhere.
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     Relatives:Father ofFletcherLadd.

    OldCemetery
    Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire
    John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853) — also known asJohn W. Weeks — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Greenland,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,March31, 1781.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNewHampshire state senate 12th District, 1826-29;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1829-33.Died in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April 3,1853 (age72 years, 3days).Interment at Old Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof John Weeks and Deborah (Brackett) Weeks; married,November17, 1805, to Martha Weeks Brackett; married,March15, 1821, to Persis de la Fayette Everett; granduncle ofJohnWingate Weeks (1860-1926); great-granduncle ofCharlesSinclair Weeks; first cousin once removed ofTimothyPickering; second cousin once removed ofDudleyLeavitt Pickman; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge andAugustusPeabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed ofJohnLee Saltonstall; second cousin five times removed ofLeverettSaltonstall,RichardSaltonstall,WilliamGurdon Saltonstall,WilliamAmory Gardner Minot andJohnLee Saltonstall Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofIsaacLibbey andEugeneHarvey Libby; third cousin thrice removed ofLlewellynLibby,WilliamF. Nason andAlvinGardner Weeks; fourth cousin ofLutherWalter Badger; fourth cousin once removed ofEleazerPomeroy andAmosTuck.
     Political family:Weeksfamily of Lancaster, New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

    Summer StreetCemetery
    Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire
    Jared Warner Williams (1796-1864) — also known asJared W. Williams — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,December22, 1796.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1830-31, 1835-36;member ofNewHampshire state senate 12th District, 1832-35;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-41;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1847-49;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1853-54; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Hampshire,1864.Died in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,September29, 1864 (age67 years, 282days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
    Sinclair WeeksCharles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) — also known asSinclair Weeks — of Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in West Newton, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 15,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I;banker;mayor ofNewton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1932,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956(speaker);MassachusettsRepublican state chair, 1936-38; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53;Treasurerof Republican National Committee, 1941-44;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;AmericanLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, in the RivercrestNursingHome, Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February7, 1972 (age78 years, 237days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Martha (Sinclair) Weeks andJohnWingate Weeks (1860-1926); married,December4, 1915, to Beatrice Lee Dowse; married,January3, 1948, to Jane (Tompkins) Rankin; married,August22, 1968, to Alice Pauline (Requa) Low; grandson ofJohnG. Sinclair; great-grandnephew ofJohnWingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin four times removed ofTimothyPickering; third cousin twice removed ofDudleyLeavitt Pickman; third cousin thrice removed ofNathanRead.
     Political family:Weeksfamily of Lancaster, New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     Cross-reference:MaxwellM. Rabb
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Image source: Eminent Americans(1954)
     
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography
     Irving Webster Drew (1845-1922) — also known asIrving W. Drew — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Colebrook,CoosCounty, N.H.,January8, 1845.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1880(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1892(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofNewHampshire state senate 1st District, 1883-84;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902, 1912;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.Died in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,April10, 1922 (age77 years, 92days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Ossian Ray (1835-1892) — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Hinesburg,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,December13, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;CoosCounty Solicitor, 1862-72; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1868-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Hampshire,1872;U.S.Attorney for New Hampshire, 1879-80;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire, 1881-85 (3rd District 1881-83,2nd District 1883-85).Died in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,January28, 1892 (age56 years, 46days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof George W. Ray and Hannah (Greene) Ray; married,March 2,1856, to Alice A. Fling; married,October16, 1872, to Sally Emery (Small) Burnside; grandfather ofOssianEdward Ray; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamGreene; second cousin once removed ofClementPhineas Kellogg; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene Jr.; third cousin once removed ofJoelBurlingame; third cousin twice removed ofAlbertCollins Greene; third cousin thrice removed ofRayGreene; fourth cousin ofAnsonBurlingame; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington Greene,AndrewClark Lippitt,HenryLippitt,WilliamMaxwell Greene,DennisonFranklin Holden andJamesMontgomery Burlingame.
     Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Henry Oakes Kent (1834-1909) — also known asHenry O. Kent — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,February7, 1834.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;banker;newspapereditor and publisher; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1870; member ofNewHampshire state senate 1st District, 1885-86; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1894, 1896.Episcopalian.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons.DiedMarch21, 1909 (age75 years, 42days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Richard Peabody Kent and Emily Mann (Oakes) Kent; married,January11, 1859, to Berenice A. Rowell.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Jacob Benton (1814-1892) — of New Hampshire. Born in Waterford,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,August19, 1814.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Hampshire,1860;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1867-71.Died in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,September29, 1892 (age78 years, 41days).Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Irving A. Hinkley (d. 1950) — of Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.Democrat.NewHampshire state attorney general, 1923-24; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1928,1936;Democratic Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1940.Died in1950.Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
    WilderCemetery
    Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire
    Wesley Powell (1915-1981) — of Hampton Falls,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October13, 1915.Republican.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Sen.StylesBridges, 1940-43, 1946-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force inWorld War II; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1950, 1972 (Republican);Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1959-63; defeated in primary, 1956, 1962.Died in Hampton Falls,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,January6, 1981 (age65 years, 85days).Interment at Wilder Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof Samuel Wesley Powell and Mary (Gosse) Powell; married1942 toBeverly Swain.
     See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

    BurnsCemetery
    Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire
    Simeon Warner — of Whitefield,CoosCounty, N.H.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNewHampshire state senate 12th District, 1842-44; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1850-52.Interment at Burns Cemetery.
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