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Appleton, John b. February 11, 1815 d. August 23, 1864
US Congressman, Diplomat. Represented Maine's 2nd District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1853. Served as United States Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia from 1848 to 1849, and United States Minister to Russia from 1860 to 1861. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Beedy, Carroll Lynwood b. August 3, 1880 d. August 30, 1947
US Congressman. Represented Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1935. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Chisholm, Hugh b. May 2, 1847 d. July 8, 1912
Businessman. Founded in 1898 the International Paper Company with William A. Russell. Today the company has grown into the world's leading manufacturing of paper and printed materials. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Clapp, Asa William Henry b. March 6, 1805 d. March 22, 1891
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Cleaves, Henry Bradstreet b. February 6, 1840 d. June 22, 1912
Governor of Maine. In 1862 he enlisted for the Civil War as a Private in Company B, 23rd Maine Volunteer Infantry. He reenlisted in a new regiment after his enlistment expired, and had attained the rank of First Lieutenant by the end of the war. After the war he studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1868, and established a practice in Portland, Maine. He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1876 to 1877. From 1877 to 1879 Cleaves was Portland's City Solicitor. from 1880...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: 403, Sec U
Clifford, Nathan b. August 18, 1803 d. July 25, 1881
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Diplomat, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Represented first ME's 2nd District, then the 3rd District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1843. Appointed as US Attorney General in the administration of President James K. Polk, serving from 1846 to 1848. Appointed as US Minister to Mexico in 1848, and negotiated the treaty which made California part of the United States. Served in this post from 1848 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Curtis, John Bacon b. October 10, 1827 d. June 13, 1897
Businessman and Inventor. He began manufacturing chewing gum out of sap from spruce trees in 1848, and became wealthy after it became popular with the public. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Curtis, Oakley Chester b. March 29, 1865 d. February 22, 1924
Governor of Maine. He was educated in Portland and went into business, rising to President of Maine's Randall-McAllister Company, a major retail coal dealer. He was also involved in banking, serving on the Board of Directors of the Casco National Bank and the Portland Trust, Merchants Trust, and United States Trust Companies. A Democrat, in 1901 he was elected to a term on Portland's Board of Aldermen. From 1903 to 1905 he served in the Maine House of Representatives. In 1904 he was elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Dow, Neal b. March 20, 1804 d. October 2, 1897
Civil War Union Brigadier General. An avowed Quaker, he nonetheless decided to take up arms for the Union (and was subsequently ousted from the Society of Friends for it). Served as Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1851 and 1855. Offered his services after the First Bull Run Campaign, and was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry. An accident forced him to miss the Union capture of New Orleans (where his regiment fought under junior officers). Promoted to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: Section O, Lot 71
Fessenden, Francis b. March 18, 1839 d. January 2, 1906
Civil War Union Major General. Entered Civil War service by being commissioned directly into the Regular Army as a Captain in the 19th United States Regular Infantry (which was a new regiment raised specifically for the War). Served with his regiment in Tennessee, and was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. In September 1862 he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 25th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He led his unit, then a brigade, in the defenses of Washington, DC, seeing no action until...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: Section Q, Lot 337
Fessenden, James Deering b. September 28, 1833 d. November 18, 1882
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Entered the Union Army as Captain and commander of Company D, 2nd United States Sharpshooters on November 2, 1861. Served with his regiment in the Northern Virginia area until he was promoted to Colonel and aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. David Hunter in July 1862. While serving in this post in South Carolina he was involved with Colonel Thomas W. Higginson in the recruitment of the first African-American Union regiment (their efforts were later terminated by...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 120
Fessenden, William Pitt b. October 16, 1806 d. September 8, 1869
Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Senator, US Congressman. One of the most powerful Republican members of the United States Congress during the Civil War, and a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln. Represented ME's 4th District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. Elected to represent Maine in the US Senate in 1853 to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the Maine State Legislature to fill the seat. Served in the Senate from 1853 to 1864, then from...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 114
Gerry, Elbridge b. December 6, 1813 d. April 10, 1886
US Congressman. Represented ME's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851. He was the grandson of Declaration of Independence Signer and 5th United States Vice-President Elbridge Gerry. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Goddard, Charles William b. November 26, 1879 d. January 11, 1951
Playwright. Best known for the motion picture serial "The Perils of Pauline." Co-authored (plays) "The Ghost Breaker," "The Misleading Lady," and "Miss Information." (Bio by: Laurie)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Hale, Robert b. November 29, 1889 d. November 30, 1976
US Congressman. Served in France during World War I as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Represented ME's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to 1959. His cousin was Maine US Senator Frederick Hale. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Hall, Obed b. December 23, 1757 d. April 1, 1828
US Congressman. Represented New Hampshire as an at-large delegate in the House of Representatives, serving from 1811 to 1813. Originally interred in Garland Ridge Cemetery in Bartlett, New Hampshire, he was re-interred in Evergreen. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Hinds, Asher Crosby b. February 6, 1863 d. May 1, 1919
US Congressman. Represented ME's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1917. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Lynch, John b. February 19, 1825 d. July 21, 1892
US Congressman. Represented Maine's 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1865 to 1873. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Mattocks, Charles Porter b. October 11, 1840 d. May 16, 1910
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry, eventually rising to Colonel and commander of the regiment. While a Major, he was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Sailors Creek, Virginia on April 6, 1865. His citation reads "Displayed extraordinary gallantry in leading a charge of his regiment which resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners and a stand of colors". His Medal was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Plot: Section R, Lot 845
Melcher, Holman Staples b. 1841 d. 1905
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served as a company commander with the 20th Maine Infantry during the defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and by some accounts may have been responsible for the initiation of the famous bayonet charge. He was brevetted to the rank of Major by the end of the war, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Later he became a successful wholesale grocer in Portland, and served two terms as Mayor of Portland. (Bio by: Mandy G.)
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

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