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Bradbury, James Ware b. June 10, 1802 d. January 6, 1901
Founder of the first normal school in New England, at Effingham, New Hampshire, 1829; United States Senator from Maine, 1847-1853; president of the Maine Historical Society, 1867-1887.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Burleigh, Edwin Chick b. November 27, 1843 d. June 16, 1916
Governor of Maine, 1889-1892; United States Representative from Maine, 1897-1911; United States Senator from Maine, 1913-1916.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Connor, Selden b. January 25, 1839 d. July 9, 1917
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Maine Governor. When the Civil War began he enlisted in the 1st regiment of Vermont Volunteers and was commissioned a Major. In August 1861, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Maine Regiment and took part in the peninsular campaign. By 1863, he was in temporary command of the 77th New York Regiment after the Battle of Antietam, participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg and at Gettysburg. In January 1864, he was appointed Colonel in command of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Cross, Burton Melvin b. November 15, 1902 d. October 22, 1998
Maine Governor. Served as the Governor of Maine from 1952 to 1955, as well as in the Maine State Legislature.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Goodwin, John Noble b. October 18, 1824 d. April 29, 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1863. Also served as a Member of the Maine State Senate in 1854, Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court in 1863, Governor of Arizona Territory from 1863 to 1866, and Delegate to the United States Congress from Arizona Territory from 1865 to 1867. (Bio by: K)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Hill, John Fremont b. October 29, 1855 d. March 16, 1912
Governor of Maine. He attended the Maine Medical School at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, earned his medical degree in 1877, and completed his residency at New York's Long Island College Hospital. Hill soon abandoned medicine as a career and established himself in business with the Vickery and Hill Publishing Company, a successful venture that grew to include offices throughout the United States. He was also active in several other ventures, including railroads, gas and electric utilities, banks...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Kimball, Sumner Increase b. September 2, 1834 d. June 20, 1923
Organizer of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Sumner Increase Kimball left his hometown of Sanford, Maine, to enter Bowdoin College at age 16. As a lawyer, in 1871 he was appointed chief of the Treasury Department's Revenue Marine Division. His investigations into shipwrecks along the Atlantic coast led to a reorganization of lifesaving methods. After the Civil War, the Revenue Marine, and the executive branch agencies generally, came under intense Congressional scrutiny. Economy was the name of...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul Auger)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Plot: Division 1, Lot 13
Milliken, Carl Elias b. July 13, 1877 d. May 1, 1961
Governor of Maine. He graduated from Bates College in 1897, received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1899, and settled in Island Falls, where he became active in the lumber business. A Republican, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1904, and in 1908 he was elected to the Maine Senate. From 1913 to 1915 he was President of the Senate. In 1916 Milliken was elected Governor as the nominee of the Progressives and Republicans, who decided to run a fusion candidate...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Morrill, Anson Peaslee b. June 10, 1803 d. July 4, 1887
Governor of Maine, 1855-1856; United States Representative from Maine, 1861-1863; president of the Maine Central Railroad, 1866; brother of polititian Lot M. Morrill.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Morrill, Lot Myrick b. May 3, 1813 d. January 10, 1883
Governor of Maine, 1858-1861; United States Senator from Maine, 1861-1869; member of the Peace Convention in Washington, D. C., 1861; again United States Senator from Maine, 1869-1876; Secretary of the Treasury under President Grant, 1876-1877; Collector of Customs in Portland, Maine, 1877-1883; brother of politician Anson P. Morrill.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Severance, Luther b. October 26, 1797 d. January 25, 1855
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1847. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1829, and Member of the Maine State Senate in 1835. (Bio by: K)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Williams, Seth b. March 22, 1822 d. March 22, 1866
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Augusta, Maine, he graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, in 1842 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. He served as an aide-de-camp to Major General Robert Patterson and for his actions during the Mexican-American War, was promoted a Captain. At the start of the Civil War, he was named as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Department of the Ohio and was promoted to Major. In 1862, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and was named...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA

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