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Brooks, Noah b. October 24, 1830 d. August 16, 1903
Journalist, Editor, Author. A close friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was born and raised in Castine, Hancock County, Maine. By his own account, his childhood was a happy one. At age 17, he left Castine for Boston to further his education. At age 20, he was working for a Boston newspaper and had essays and sketches published. In 1856, he married Caroline Augusta Fellows of Salem, Massachusetts. They settled in Dixon, Illinois. That summer, he met Abraham Lincoln at a political rally in Ogle County...[Read More] (Bio by: Cindy K. Coffin)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Chamberlain, Thomas Davee b. 1841 d. August 12, 1896
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served with the 20th Maine regiment at many battles including Gettysburg. He was the brother of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Dewson, Mary b. February 18, 1874 d. October 1, 1962
Social Reformer. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1897. For 3 years she worked as a research economist for the Woman's Educational & Industrial Union of Boston, after which she became superintendent of the Massachusetts Girls' Parole Department (1900-12). In 1911, she served as secretary of the Commission on Minimum Wage Legislation for Massachusetts. She served as zone chief of the Bureau of Refugees of the American Red Cross in France, during World War I. She was then research...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
Cause of death: Stroke
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Farrell, Eileen b. February 13, 1920 d. March 23, 2002
Opera Singer. Perhaps her generation's premiere dramatic soprano, she later became a renowned exponent of jazz and blues. The child of Vaudeville parents who had traveled as "The Singing O'Farrells", she learned to sing from her mother and was raised in a variety of northeastern locations before settling in Storrs, Connecticut. After graduating from high school in 1939 she received further vocal training in New York City then was signed by the CBS Radio Chorus; Eileen was too good to be a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
McCarthy, Mary b. June 21, 1912 d. October 25, 1989
Author. She wrote the books, "The Company She Keeps" (1942), "The Oasis" (1949), "Cast A Cold Eye" (1950), "The Grove Of Academe" (1952), "A Charmed Life" (1955), "Sights And Spectacles 1932-1956" (1956), "Venice Observed" (1956), "Memoirs Of A Catholic Childhood" (1957), "The Stones Of Florence" (1959), "On The Contray" (1961), "The Group" (1962), "The Humanist In The Bathtub" (1964), "Report From Vietnam" (1967), "Hanoi" (1968), "The Writing On The Wall" (1970), "Winter Visitors" (1970), "The...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Tilden, Charles William b. May 7, 1832 d. March 12, 1914
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War first as a Captain in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Plot: Lot 184
Williams, Hezekiah b. July 28, 1798 d. October 23, 1856
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1849. Also served as a Member of the Maine State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock County, Maine, USA

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