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Bristol County
Rhode Island
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Bristol County
Index to Locations Prince's HillCemetery Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
|  Mary B. Peck (1873-1958) — of Barrington,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in1873.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromRhode Island,1924,1928.Female.DiedOctober13, 1958 (ageabout 85years).Interment at Prince's Hill Cemetery.
Bristol TownCommon Bristol, Bristol County,
Colt StatePark Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
De Wolf FamilyCemetery Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
East BurialGround Wood Street Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island See alsoFindagravepage for this location. Juniper HillCemetery Sherry Avenue Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island Founded 1877 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| William Bradford (1729-1808) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Plympton,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,November4, 1729.Physician;lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1764-65;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802;Speakerof the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93;DeputyGovernor of Rhode Island, 1775-78;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.Slaveowner. Died in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,July 6,1808 (age78 years, 245days).Original interment atBristol Town Common;reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| James De Wolf (1764-1837) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,March18, 1764.Democrat.Slavetrader; built an earlycottonmill;manufacturer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1800;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December21, 1837 (age73 years, 278days).Original interment atDe Wolf FamilyCemetery; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808) — of Rhode Island. Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,September9, 1755.Member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1789-90;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1790-96;U.S.District Judge for Rhode Island, 1796-1801;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1801-02.Died in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,September17, 1808 (age53 years, 8days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,June 6,1796.LieutenantGovernor of Rhode Island, 1853-54;Governor ofRhode Island, 1853-54.Died, ofBright'sdisease, in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,April12, 1859 (age62 years, 310days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Byron Diman (1795-1865) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,August5, 1795.Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839;LieutenantGovernor of Rhode Island, 1840-42, 1843-46;Governor ofRhode Island, 1846-47; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Rhode Island,1856.Died, of apoplexy (stroke),in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,August1, 1865 (age69 years, 361days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899) — also known asJ. Russell Bullock — of Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.; Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,September6, 1815.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1844-46;U.S.Collector of Customs at Bristol, R.I., Rhode Island, 1849-53;member ofRhodeIsland state senate, 1859-60;LieutenantGovernor of Rhode Island, 1860-61;justice ofRhode Island state supreme court, 1862-64;U.S.District Judge for Rhode Island, 1865-69; resigned 1869.Died, ofheartdisease, in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,May 7,1899 (age83 years, 243days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| George Finney Usher (1792-1877) — also known asGeorge F. Usher — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,October22, 1792.U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inCape Hatien, 1842-46;Port-au-Prince, 1849-53; Haitian Consul in New York City,1859-67.Died in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,August16, 1877 (age84 years, 298days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,May 9,1809.Democrat.Banker;cottonmanufacturer; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1850; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Rhode Island,1860;major in the Union Army during the Civil War.Shotand wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during theCivilWar battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, inMansion HouseHospital,Alexandria,Va.,December23, 1862 (age53 years, 228days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
| Algernon Sidney De Wolf (1822-1879) — also known asAlgernon S. De Wolf — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,October11, 1822.U.S.Collector of Customs at Bristol, R.I., Rhode Island, 1875-79;died in office 1879.Suffered aheartattack and died, in the vestibule of the ParkTheatre,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1879 (age57 years, 13days).Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
NorthCemetery Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
UnknownLocation Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island KickemuitCemetery Serpentine Road Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
SouthCemetery Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
| Sidney Dean (1818-1901) — of Thompson,WindhamCounty, Conn.; Warren,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November16, 1818.Minister;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1854-55;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59;newspapereditor; member ofRhodeIsland state senate, 1870-71.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October29, 1901 (age82 years, 347days).Interment at South Cemetery.
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