Index to Locations West Arlington, ArlingtonWestArlington CemeteryBenningtonUnknown locationBenningtonBennington CenterCemeteryBenningtonBennington VillageCemeteryBenningtonOld Bennington CemeteryBenningtonOld First ChurchGraveyardBenningtonPark Lawn CemeteryBenningtonVillage CemeteryDorsetMaple Hill CemeteryManchesterUnknown locationManchesterDellwood CemeteryShaftsburyCenter ShaftsburyCemeteryShaftsburyShaftsbury CenterCemeterySunderlandIra Allen Cemetery
West ArlingtonCemetery
West Arlington, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Herbert T. Eaton (1851-1916) — of West Arlington, Arlington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Arlington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,August10, 1851.Republican.Merchant;marble andgranite dealer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Arlington, 1888.Methodist.DiedAugust12, 1916 (age65 years, 2days).Interment at West Arlington Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
Bennington CenterCemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Hiland Hall (1795-1885) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 20,1795.Republican.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1827;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1833-43;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1846-50; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Vermont,1856;Governorof Vermont, 1858-60.Died in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,December18, 1885 (age90 years, 151days).Interment at Bennington Center Cemetery.
BenningtonVillage Cemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) — also known asThomas J. Tiffany;"HenryFullerton" —of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Pittsford,RutlandCounty, Vt.,March 6,1834.Republican. Postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he wasconfrontedby a postal inspector about ashortagein the post office accounts, hefled,alsotaking$2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October, 1885, he wasarrestednear Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "HenryFullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where hepleadguilty to federalcharges,and wassentencedto five years'imprisonment.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,June 26,1906 (age72 years, 112days).Interment at Bennington Village Cemetery.
Old BenningtonCemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Moses Robinson (1741-1813) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Hardwick,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March26, 1741.Democrat.Justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1778-80, 1782-84, 1785-88;Governor ofVermont, 1789-90;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1791-96; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1802.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,May 26,1813 (age72 years, 61days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery. | | Jonathan Robinson (1756-1819) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Hardwick,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August11, 1756.Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1789; state court judge inVermont, 1795;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1801-06;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1807-15; Presidential Elector for Vermont,1816(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins).DiedNovember3, 1819 (age63 years, 84days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery. | | John Griffith McCullough (1835-1915) — also known asJohn G. McCullough — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Newark,New CastleCounty, Del.,September16, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 5th District, 1862-63;Californiastate attorney general, 1863-67; member ofVermontstate senate, 1898;Governor ofVermont, 1902-04.Congregationalist.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1915 (age79 years, 255days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery. | | John Staniford Robinson (1804-1860) — also known asJohn S. Robinson — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,November10, 1804.Democrat.Governor ofVermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVermont,1860.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April25, 1860 (age55 years, 167days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery. | | Orsamus Cook Merrill (1775-1865) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 18,1775.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher;lawyer;postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Vermont, 1817-20 (at-large 1817-19, 1stDistrict 1819-20);delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; probate judgein Vermont, 1822-23;BenningtonCounty State's Attorney, 1823-25; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1824-27; member ofVermontstate senate, 1836; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1839.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,April12, 1865 (age89 years, 298days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Merrill and Jerusha (Seymour) Merrill; brother ofTimothyMerrill; married,August18, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Robinson (daughter ofJonathanRobinson); uncle ofFarrandFassett Merrill; fourth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofJasonKellogg; second cousin once removed ofAaronKellogg,SilasDewey Kellogg andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitt Kellogg andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCollins Kellogg andHenryTheodore Kellogg; second cousin four times removed ofIreneEllis Murphy; third cousin ofCharlesKellogg (1773-1842) andDanielFiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,ThomasSeymour,MosesSeymour,LutherWalter Badger,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,GreeneCarrier Bronson,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,JohnRussell Kellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg andCharlesKellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed ofOrlandoKellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg,StephenWright Kellogg,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ArthurTappan Kellogg,SelahMerrill,RowlandCase Kellogg,ArthurBurnham Woodford andBenjaminBaker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLucius Case,FrankBillings Kellogg,ClementPhineas Kellogg,FrankFiske Bostwick,EdwardRussell Kellogg,EdwardStanley Kellogg,FranklinWarren Kellogg andDonaldBarr Chidsey; fourth cousin ofDanielChapin,AbelMerrill,GaylordGriswold,JeremiahMason,StephenDaniel Tilden,MorrisWoodruff,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),ElishaPhelps,HenrySeymour,OliverOwen Forward,DanielUpson,WalterForward andChaunceyForward; fourth cousin once removed ofEbenezerHuntington,HezekiahCase,JosephChurchill Strong,CalvinFrisbie,AmaziahBrainard,DeGrasseMaltby,SamuelClement Fessenden,HenryTaintor,SilasWright Jr.,JohnAdams Dix,MarshallChapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,DavidLowrey Seymour,JohnArnold Rockwell,OrigenStorrs Seymour,DanielRose Tilden,GeorgeCatlin Woodruff,NormanA. Phelps,ThomasHenry Seymour,LewisBartholomew Woodruff,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,JohnSmith Phelps,GeorgeSeymour,RussellSage,HowkinBulkley Beardslee,McNeilSeymour,AlansonPike,AyresPhillips Merrill andLucretiaGarfield; also fourth cousin once removed ofHenryWilliam Seymour. | | | | Political family:Merrill#1 family of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jonas Fay (1737-1818) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Hardwick,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January28, 1737.Justiceof Vermont state supreme court, 1781-83.Died in Old Bennington, Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,March 6,1818 (age81 years, 37days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Ruth (Child) Fay and Stephen Fay; married to Sarah Fassett andLydia (Warner) Safford. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Howard Blackmer (1902-1951) — also known asSamuel H. Blackmer — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,March 2,1902.Municipal judge in Vermont, 1929-32; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1933-35;BenningtonCounty State's Attorney, 1935-37; executive clerk (personalcounsel) to Gov.GeorgeD. Aiken, 1937-38; superior court judge in Vermont, 1938-49;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1949-51; died in office 1951.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Rotary;ZetaPsi;DeltaSigma Rho.Died, of aheartattack, in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,December25, 1951 (age49 years, 298days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Huling Blackmer and Fanny Laura (Abbott) Blackmer; married,July18, 1925, to Katrina Roosevelt Schuyler. |
| | George Mordaunt Hawks (1878-1956) — also known asGeorge M. Hawks — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,March21, 1878.Republican.Real estatebusiness; member ofVermontstate senate from Bennington County; elected 1952.Congregationalist.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,March27, 1956 (age78 years, 6days).Interment at Old Bennington Cemetery.
Old First ChurchGraveyard
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
Park LawnCemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) — also known asFrank E. Howe;"Ginger" —of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Heath,FranklinCounty, Mass.,October2, 1870.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1909;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1923-33.Episcopalian.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 20,1956 (age85 years, 292days).Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery.
VillageCemetery
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838) — also known asIsaac Ticknor — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February8, 1754.Member of Vermont state legislature, 1781;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1791-95;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1796-97, 1815-21;Governor ofVermont, 1797-1807, 1808-09.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,December11, 1838 (age84 years, 306days).Interment at Village Cemetery.
Maple HillCemetery
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1772
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UnknownLocation
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Flournoy Montgomery (1878-1954) — of Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,September20, 1878.Democrat. President, John Wildi EvaporatedMilk Co.,1914-25; chairman, InternationalMilk Co.,1925-33; U.S. Minister toHungary, 1933-41.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,November7, 1954 (age76 years, 48days).Interment somewhere.
DellwoodCemetery
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Richard Skinner (1778-1833) — of Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 30,1778.Democrat.Lawyer;BenningtonCounty State's Attorney, 1801-13; probate judge in Vermont,1805-13;U.S.Representative from Vermont at-large, 1813-15;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1815-16;chiefjustice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1823-28; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1818;Speaker ofthe Vermont State House of Representatives, 1818;Governor ofVermont, 1820-23.Injured when hefell fromahorse-drawncarriage, and died soon after, in Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,May 23,1833 (age54 years, 358days).Interment at Dellwood Cemetery. | | Ahiman Louis Miner (1804-1886) — of Vermont. Born in Vermont,1804.Member of Vermont state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1851-53.Died in1886(ageabout82 years).Interment at Dellwood Cemetery.
Center ShaftsburyCemetery
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1765
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Jonas Galusha (1753-1834) — of Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,February11, 1753.Farmer;innkeeper;BenningtonCounty Sheriff, 1781-87; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1793-98, 1801-05;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1807-08; Presidential Elector forVermont,1808(voted forJamesMadison andJohnLangdon);Governor ofVermont, 1809-13, 1815-20; Presidential Elector for Vermont,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Vermont,1824(voted forJohnQuincy Adams andJohnC. Calhoun); Presidential Elector for Vermont,1828(voted forJohnQuincy Adams andRichardRush).Died in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,September24, 1834 (age81 years, 225days).Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery. | | | Herbert Augustus Hulet (1861-1935) — also known asHerbert A. Hulet — of Arlington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 19,1861.Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1915; member ofVermontstate senate from Bennington County, 1923.Baptist.Died in Arlington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,October4, 1935 (age74 years, 77days).Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Lucina C. (Sampson) Hulet and Hopkins Hulet; married to Mary Ellen'Nellie' Sampson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Merle Bottum (1849-1921) — also known asHenry M. Bottum — of Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,January18, 1849.Republican.Farmer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Shaftsbury, 1888.Baptist.Died in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,March17, 1921 (age72 years, 58days).Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Norman Bottum and Helen Louisa (Ranney) Bottum; married to FideliaE. Dunlap. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Shaftsbury CenterCemetery
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont
Ira AllenCemetery
Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont
Founded 1786
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Albert Pettibone Bowen (1857-1929) — also known asAlbert P. Bowen — of Sunderland,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Sunderland,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 16,1857.Democrat.Farmer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Sunderland, 1890, 1910.Died in Sunderland,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,September12, 1929 (age72 years, 58days).Interment at Ira Allen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Lyman M. Bowen and Harriet (Bentley) Bowen; married to Emma E.Warner. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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