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• Adams, Brooks    b. June 24, 1848  d. February 13, 1927
  Historian, Author. The youngest child of American Diplomat and scholar Charles Francis Adams, he spent most of his childhood in England, returning to Boston Massachusetts to attend Harvard University (where he graduated in 1870). Over the next year, he served as his father's secretary abroad then later followed in the footsteps of his forbearers by going into the law. In 1881, after receiving a substantial inheritance...[Read More] (Bio by: Catharine)
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Adams, Charles Francis    b. August 18, 1807  d. November 21, 1886
  US Congressman, US Diplomat. The son of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams and grandson of 2nd United States President John Adams, he spent much of his early life traveling with his parents in Europe. He returned in his adolescence to attend school in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating from Harvard University in 1825. He was chosen by [Read More] (Bio by: Catharine)
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Adams Jr., Charles Francis    b. May 27, 1835  d. March 20, 1915
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A member of the prominent Adams family, he was an 1856 graduate of Harvard University, and was practicing law when the Civil War started. At age 26 he volunteered for the Union Army, and was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company H, 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on December 19, 1861. He served with his company as it fought in South Carolina and in the September 1862 Antietam Campaign. Promoted to Captain and commander of Company H on October...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Old Section, Lot 337
   
• Adams III., Charles Francis   b. August 2, 1866  d. June 10, 1954
  Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served as Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, from 1896 to 1897, and as United States Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933. He was the son of Civil War General Charles F. Adams, Jr.
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Clough, Henry  b. May 13, 1874  d. September 15, 1956
  Composer. Writer of many art-songs, cycles, cantatas and large choral works with organ or orchestra accompaniments, including "The Christ of the Andes," a symphonic ode for chorus and orchestra. (Bio by: Laurie)
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• de Wolfe, Billy (William A. Jones)    b. February 18, 1907  d. March 5, 1974
  Actor.
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  GPS coordinates: 42.2575493, -70.9975586 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Talbot, Ralph    b. January 6, 1897  d. October 25, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Talbot served as a Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps. He was awarded his medal for service during World War I. His citation reads-For exceptionally meritorious service and extraordinary heroism while attached to Squadron C, 1st Marine Aviation Force, in France. 2d Lt. Talbot participated in numerous air raids into enemy territory. On 8 October 1918, while on such a raid, he was attacked by 9 enemy scouts, and in the fight that...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   

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