Abbott, Henry Livermore b. January 21, 1842 d. May 6, 1864 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A Harvard law student when the Civil War broke out, he joined the 4th Battalion of the Massachusetts Militia after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. However, in August 1861, at the age of 19, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was known as the "Harvard Regiment" because most of its officers were either students or graduates of Harvard. The regiment became one of the better known...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Cause of death: Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Chapel Avenue, Lot 966
Allen, Charles Herbert b. April 15, 1848 d. April 20, 1934 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1989. He also served as Massachusetts Prison Commissioner in 1897 and 1898, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the first McKinley Administation from 1898 to 1900, and as the first civil Governor of Puerto Rico from 1900 to 1902. (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dean, Benjamin b. August 14, 1824 d. April 9, 1897 US Congressman. A Democrat, he represented Massachusetts' 3rd District in the US House of Representatives for 11 months, from March 28, 1878 to March 3, 1879. Dean was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, and immigrated with his parents to Lowell, Massachusetts at age five. After attending Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. From 1852 Dean had a thriving law practice in Boston and was prominent in local political and civic affairs. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Greenhalge, Frederic Thomas b. July 19, 1842 d. March 5, 1896 US Congressman, Massachusetts Governor. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1891. Also served as Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1880, Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1885, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1894 to 1896. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Oak Path, Lot 1453
Knapp, Chauncey Langdon b. February 26, 1809 d. May 31, 1898 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 8th District in the United States House of Represenatives, serving from 1855 to 1859. Also served as Secretary of the State of Vermont from 1836 to 1841. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Locke, John b. February 14, 1764 d. March 29, 1855 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 4th and 6th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1829. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1804, Delegate to the Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention in 1820, and Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1830. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Rogers, Edith Nourse b. 1881 d. 1960 US Congresswoman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1925 until her death in 1960. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Tennyson Ave, Lot 1305
Rogers, John Jacob b. August 18, 1881 d. March 28, 1925 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 until his death in 1925. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Tennyson Ave, Lot 1305
Tsongas, Paul Efthemios b. February 14, 1941 d. January 18, 1997 US Senator from Massachusetts. Democratic Candidate for the Presidency and ran against Bill Clinton in 1992. His voice was widely imitated by such comedians as Billy Crystal and Al Franken. Cause of death: leukemia Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Woodbine Path
Wentworth, Tappan b. 1802 d. 1875 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature. (Bio by: K) Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA