The Political Graveyard: Bristol County, Mass.

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Bristol County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bristol County

Index to Locations Acushnet Acushnet Cemetery Berkley Berkley Common Cemetery Dighton Dighton Town Cemetery Dighton Unitarian Church Cemetery North Easton, Easton Village Cemetery Fairhaven Riverside Cemetery Fall River North Burial Ground Fall River Oak Grove Cemetery Fall River St. Patrick's Cemetery New Bedford Griffin Street Cemetery New Bedford Oak Grove Cemetery New Bedford Pine Grove Cemetery New Bedford Rural Cemetery New Bedford St. Mary's Cemetery North Attleboro Mt. Hope Cemetery Norton Norton Common Cemetery Raynham Pleasant Street Cemetery Rehoboth Burial Place Hill Taunton Church Green Taunton Mayflower Hill Cemetery Taunton Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Taunton Plain Cemetery Acushnet Cemetery Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Lemuel Williams (1747-1828) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., June 18, 1747. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1799-1805; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1806; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1806, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1823. Died in Acushnet, Bristol County, Mass., November 8, 1828 (age 81 years, 143 days). Interment at Acushnet Cemetery.   Edward Pope (1739-1818) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., February 15, 1739. Merchant; U.S. Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1808. Quaker. Died June 10, 1818 (age 79 years, 115 days). Original interment at Griffin Street Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.; reinterment at Acushnet Cemetery. Berkley Common Cemetery Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts Founded 1730 See also Findagrave page for this location. Dighton Town Cemetery Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   William Baylies (1776-1865) — of Massachusetts. Born in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., September 15, 1776. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1808-09, 1812-13, 1820-21; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1809, 1813-17, 1833-35 (9th District 1809, at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-17, 10th District 1833-35); member of Massachusetts state senate, 1825-26, 1830-31. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., September 27, 1865 (age 89 years, 12 days). Interment at Dighton Town Cemetery. Unitarian Church Cemetery Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Hodijah Baylies (1756-1843) — of Dighton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., September 17, 1756. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; iron works operator; U.S. Collector of Customs at Dighton, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1809; Bristol County Probate Judge, 1810-34. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Died in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., April 26, 1843 (age 86 years, 221 days). Interment at Unitarian Church Cemetery. Village Cemetery North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Politicians buried here:   Oliver Ames (1831-1895) — of North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., February 4, 1831. Republican. Shovel manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate; elected 1880; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1883-87; Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90. Died in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., October 22, 1895 (age 64 years, 260 days). Interment at Village Cemetery.   Louis Adams Frothingham (1871-1928) — also known as Louis A. Frothingham — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 13, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Rep. W. C. Lovering, 1897; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Eleventh Suffolk District, 1901-05; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1904-05; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1905; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1909-12; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1911; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1921-28; died in office 1928. Unitarian. Member, American Legion. Died, on board the yacht Winsone, at North Haven, Knox County, Maine, August 23, 1928 (age 57 years, 41 days). Interment at Village Cemetery.   Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., January 10, 1804. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73. He and his brother Oliver Ames, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line, completed in 1869; he was as censured by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery scandal. Died in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., May 8, 1873 (age 69 years, 118 days). Interment at Village Cemetery; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Politicians buried here:
	Warren Delano Robbins (1885-1935) — of Fairhaven, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 3, 1885. U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1928; Canada, 1933-35. Died, from pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 7, 1935 (age 49 years, 216 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
	George Warren Weymouth (1850-1910) — also known as George W. Weymouth — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Merrimac, Essex County, Mass., August 25, 1850. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1897-1901. Killed in an automobile accident near Bingham, Somerset County, Maine, September 7, 1910 (age 60 years, 13 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:

Orin Fowler (1791-1852) — of Plainfield, Windham County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., July 29, 1791. Missionary; minister; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1848; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51, 2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852. Congregationalist. Died in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36 days). Interment at North Burial Ground; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Politicians buried here:
	William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) — also known as William S. Greene — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Tremont, Tazewell County, Ill., April 28, 1841. Republican. Auctioneer; real estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880; mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881; defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster at Fall River, Mass., 1881-85, 1898; general superintendent, Massachusetts state prisons, 1888-93; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District 1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., September 22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	James Buffington (1817-1875) — also known as James Buffinton — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., March 16, 1817. Republican. Mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1854-55; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1855-63, 1869-75 (2nd District 1855-63, 1st District 1869-75); died in office 1875. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., March 7, 1875 (age 57 years, 356 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	Nathaniel Briggs Borden (1801-1865) — also known as Nathaniel B. Borden — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Freetown (part now in Fall River), Bristol County, Mass., April 15, 1801. Banker; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1831, 1834, 1851, 1864; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1835-39, 1841-43; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1845-48; mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1857-58. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., April 10, 1865 (age 63 years, 360 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	Robert Thompson Davis (1823-1906) — also known as Robert T. Davis — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), August 28, 1823. Republican. Physician; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1859-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860, 1904; mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1873-74; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1883-89. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., October 29, 1906 (age 83 years, 62 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	William Johnson Bullock (1864-1920) — also known as William J. Bullock — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., January 31, 1864. Republican. Pharmacist; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1898-1903; member of Massachusetts state senate Third Bristol District, 1904-07; mayor of New Bedford, Mass., 1908-09; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1912. Died in 1920 (age about 56 years). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	Grace Hartley Howe — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936; postmaster at Fall River, Mass., 1936-51 (acting, 1936-37). Female. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	David Pierce Keefe (1855-1922) — also known as David P. Keefe — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., September 29, 1855. Republican. Traveling salesman; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Eleventh Bristol District, 1904-06. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., January 29, 1922 (age 66 years, 122 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	Spencer Borden (1872-1957) — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., September 8, 1872. Republican. Manufacturer; director, National Shawmut Bank, Fall River National Bank, Fall River Gas Works Co., Fall River Electric Light Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924 (alternate), 1928. Died January 31, 1957 (age 84 years, 145 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	John F. Kane (c.1914-2007) — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., about 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; inventor; songwriter; mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1952-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956. Died, in St. Patrick's Manor nursing home, Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., February 24, 2007 (age about 93 years). Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Kane and Ann (Mulligan) Kane; married to Mary M. Leddy.
	Francis John Fennelly (1860-1920) — also known as Francis J. Fennelly; Frank Fennelly — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., February 18, 1860. Democrat. Played for the Cincinnati and Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams, 1884-90; merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1905-06. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., August 4, 1920 (age 60 years, 168 days). Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
	Charles McCloskey — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.

Politicians formerly buried here:
	Edward Pope (1739-1818) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., February 15, 1739. Merchant; U.S. Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1808. Quaker. Died June 10, 1818 (age 79 years, 115 days). Original interment at Griffin Street Cemetery; reinterment at Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Mass.

Politicians buried here:
	Thomas Dawes Eliot (1808-1870) — also known as Thomas D. Eliot — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 20, 1808. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1839; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1846; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1854-55, 1859-69. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., June 14, 1870 (age 62 years, 86 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
	Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., November 17, 1788. Whig. Banker; railroad president; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1839-41; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1843-51; president, Wamsutta Cotton Mills. Quaker. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 7, 1885 (age 96 years, 82 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Leo Edward Joseph Carney (1899-1965) — also known as Leo E. J. Carney — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., November 16, 1899. Mayor of New Bedford, Mass., 1937-40. Died, in St. Lucks Hospital, New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., March 30, 1965 (age 65 years, 134 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	John Henry Clifford (1809-1876) — also known as John H. Clifford — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., January 16, 1809. Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1835; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1849-53, 1854-58; Governor of Massachusetts, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1862; president, Boston and Providence Railroad. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 2, 1876 (age 66 years, 351 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	Charles Sumner Ashley (1858-1941) — also known as Charles S. Ashley — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., September 5, 1858. Democrat. Mayor of New Bedford, Mass., 1891-92, 1897-1905, 1907, 1910-14, 1917-21, 1927-36; postmaster at New Bedford, Mass., 1894-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904 (member, Credentials Committee). Died in 1941 (age about 82 years). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	Charles Sturtevant Randall (1824-1904) — also known as Charles S. Randall — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 20, 1824. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1883; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-95 (1st District 1889-93, 13th District 1893-95); defeated (Independent Republican), 1898. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., August 17, 1904 (age 80 years, 179 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	William Wallace Crapo (1830-1926) — also known as William W. Crapo — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass., May 16, 1830. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1857; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1875-83; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1884; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 28, 1926 (age 95 years, 288 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	Walter Clifford (1849-1912) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., August 11, 1849. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of New Bedford, Mass., 1889-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892, 1900; Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1893. Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass., August 23, 1912 (age 63 years, 12 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	Antonio Zerbone (1832-1917) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Flores, Azores, August 5, 1832. Goldsmith; Vice-Consul for Portugal in New Bedford, Mass., 1883-99. Portugese ancestry. Died, from cerebral apoplexy, in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 5, 1917 (age 84 years, 153 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.
	Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) — also known as Francis R. Hart — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 16, 1868. Engineer; vice-president, Cartagena-Magdalena Railway; director, Costa Rica Northern Railway; director, Boston and Providence Railroad; director, Mayan Steamship Corporation director, Revere Sugar Refinery; Vice-Consul for Colombia in Boston, Mass., 1905-07; banker; president, United Fruit Company, 1933-38. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Antiquarian Society. Died, from a heart attack, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 18, 1938 (age 70 years, 2 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Walsh (1875-1946) — of Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 16, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives First Barnstable District, 1906; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1915-22; resigned 1922; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1922-46. Member, Eagles; Elks. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 13, 1946 (age 70 years, 28 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Joseph William Martin Jr. (1884-1968) — also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe Martin — of North Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass. Born in North Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., November 3, 1884. Republican. Newspaper reporter; insurance business; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts state senate First Bristol District, 1915-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916, 1936, 1940 (Permanent Chair; speaker), 1944 (Permanent Chair), 1948, 1952 (Permanent Chair; speaker), 1956 (Permanent Chair; speaker), 1960; Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1921; secretary of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District 1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; Grange. Died in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., March 6, 1968 (age 83 years, 124 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph William Martin and Catherine (Katon) Martin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Martin,Joseph W.,Jr.: James J. Kenneally, A Compassionate Conservative: A Political Biography of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep   Image source: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940)
	Maud F. Tweedy (1872-1962) — also known as Fannie Maude Fisher — of North Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., September 16, 1872. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928, 1932. Female. Died in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., June 5, 1962 (age 89 years, 262 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Laban Wheaton (1754-1846) — of Massachusetts. Born in Mansfield, Bristol County, Mass., March 13, 1754. Lawyer; Bristol County Judge; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1803-08, 1825; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1809-17 (9th District 1809-13, at-large 1813-15, 10th District 1815-17). Died in Norton, Bristol County, Mass., March 23, 1846 (age 92 years, 10 days). Interment at Norton Common Cemetery.
	George Leonard (1729-1819) — of Massachusetts. Born in Norton, Bristol County, Mass., July 4, 1729. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1784; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1789-91, 1795-97; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1792; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1801. Died July 26, 1819 (age 90 years, 22 days). Interment at Norton Common Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Josiah Dean (1748-1818) — of Raynham, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., March 6, 1748. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1807-09. Died in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., October 14, 1818 (age 70 years, 222 days). Interment at Pleasant Street Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Stephen Bullock (1735-1816) — of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass., October 10, 1735. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1770; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-99. Died in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass., February 2, 1816 (age 80 years, 115 days). Interment at Burial Place Hill.
	Simeon Martin — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1808-10, 1811-16. Interment at Burial Place Hill.

Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:

Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 11, 1731. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1777; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1777-90; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1790-1804. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 12, 1814 (age 83 years, 62 days). Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; statue at Church Green; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Paine and Eunice (Treat) Paine; married to Sarah Cobb; great-grandson of Robert Treat; second great-grandfather of Robert Treat Paine Jr.; second cousin of George Thacher (1754-1824); second cousin once removed of George Thacher (1790-1857); second cousin twice removed of John Condit, Eli Thacher Hoyt, Aurelius Buckingham, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland and Henry Charles Thacher; second cousin thrice removed of Silas Condit, Ira Chandler Backus, Joshua Perkins, Edward Green Bradford, Philo Beecher Buckingham, Bailey Frye Adams, Henry Sabin, Lee Randall Sanborn, Alanson B. Treat, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Thomas Chandler Thacher and David Leroy Treat; second cousin four times removed of Albert Pierson Condit, Edward Green Bradford II, James L. Sanborn and Warren Walter Rich; second cousin five times removed of Clarence Sidney Merrill, Simeon Harrison Rollinson, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Joseph Clark Baldwin III; third cousin twice removed of Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Eli Coe Birdsey, Lorenzo Burrows, Nathan Belcher, Russell Sage, Gilbert Carlton Walker, John Ransom Buck and Benjamin Baker Merrill; fourth cousin of Luther Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of David Waterman and Jonathan Brace.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Politicians buried here:

Albert G. Godfrey (1855-1922) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., August 25, 1855. Republican. Real estate broker; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1904-05. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., November 13, 1922 (age 67 years, 80 days). Interment at Mayflower Hill Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Marcus Morton (1784-1864) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Freetown, Bristol County, Mass., December 19, 1784. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1817-21; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1824-25; Governor of Massachusetts, 1825, 1840-41, 1843-44; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1825-40. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., February 6, 1864 (age 79 years, 49 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	Marcus Morton (1819-1891) — of Andover, Essex County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., April 8, 1819. Lawyer; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1858; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1858-69; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1869-90; resigned 1890; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1882-90. Died in Andover, Essex County, Mass., February 10, 1891 (age 71 years, 308 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	William Croad Lovering (1835-1910) — also known as William C. Lovering — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., February 25, 1835. Republican. Cotton manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1897-1910 (12th District 1897-1903, 14th District 1903-10); died in office 1910. Died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1910 (age 74 years, 344 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Frances Lovering (who married Charles Francis Adams).   Political family: Adams #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Louis A. Frothingham   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
	Henry Williams (1805-1887) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., November 30, 1805. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1834; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1836-37; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1839-41, 1843-45 (10th District 1839-41, 9th District 1843-45). Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., May 8, 1887 (age 81 years, 159 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) — also known as Edmund H. Bennett — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Manchester, Bennington County, Vt., April 6, 1824. Lawyer; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858-63; mayor of Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law professor. Episcopalian. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Milo Lyman Bennett and Abigail (Hatch) Bennett; married 1853 to Sally Crocker (daughter of Samuel Leonard Crocker).   Political family: Crocker #2 family of Taunton and Boston, Massachusetts.   Epitaph: "Greatly Beloved." / "He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) — also known as Darius N. Couch — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Putnam County, N.Y., July 23, 1822. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; naturalist; merchant; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1865; U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1866-67. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., February 12, 1897 (age 74 years, 204 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	Francis Sanford Babbitt (1843-1917) — also known as Francis S. Babbitt — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., December 22, 1843. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1882-83; mayor of Taunton, Mass., 1891-93; defeated (Democratic), 1889. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., August 22, 1917 (age 73 years, 243 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	Samuel Leonard Crocker (1804-1883) — also known as Samuel L. Crocker — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., March 31, 1804. Whig. Member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1849; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1853-55; president, Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company, 1862-83. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 10, 1883 (age 78 years, 316 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	George Henry Babbitt (1819-1893) — also known as George H. Babbitt — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born June 14, 1819. Mayor of Taunton, Mass., 1874-76. Died November 23, 1893 (age 74 years, 162 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
	Abraham Briggs (1823-1887) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born March 24, 1823. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1865. Died March 4, 1887 (age 63 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:
	Francis Baylies (1783-1852) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., October 16, 1783. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1821-27 (10th District 1821-25, 12th District 1825-27); member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1827-32, 1835; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1832. Member, Freemasons. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., October 28, 1852 (age 69 years, 12 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.
	David Cobb (1748-1830) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Gouldsboro, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., September 14, 1748. Physician; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1784-96; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1789-93; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1789-93; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1793-95; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1809-10. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., April 17, 1830 (age 81 years, 215 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.
	James Leonard Hodges (1790-1846) — also known as James L. Hodges — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., April 24, 1790. Postmaster at Taunton, Mass., 1810-26; lawyer; banker; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1823-24; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1827-33. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., March 8, 1846 (age 55 years, 318 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.
	Nicholas Tillinghast (1767-1818) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., January 24, 1767. Postmaster at Taunton, Mass., 1797-1803; Federalist candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1804, 1806. Died April 24, 1818 (age 51 years, 90 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.
	James Hodges (1765-1810) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., December 3, 1765. Postmaster at Taunton, Mass., 1804-10. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., October 10, 1810 (age 44 years, 311 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.
	Nicholas Tillinghast (1726-1797) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 26, 1726. Merchant; postmaster at Taunton, Mass., 1792-95. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., February 26, 1797 (age 70 years, 276 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery.

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