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• Borden, Abby Durfee    b. January 21, 1828  d. August 4, 1892
  Murder Victim. The step-mother of Lizzie Borden, she was murdered along with her husband Andrew, in a case that has become one of the most famous in American history.
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Borden, Andrew Jackson    b. September 13, 1822  d. August 4, 1892
  Murder Victim. The father of Lizzie Borden, he was murdered, along with his wife Abby, in a case that has become one of the most famous in American history.
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Borden, Lizzie    b. July 19, 1860  d. June 1, 1927
  Alleged Murderess. At the age of 32 she was accused of the double homicide of her father and stepmother. On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby (Durfee) Borden were killed in their family home at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Although it was Mr. Borden that was the initial victim discovered...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
  Cause of death: Complications following gall bladder surgery
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Borden, Nathaniel Briggs    b. April 15, 1801  d. April 10, 1865
  US Congressman. Born in Freetown (now Fall River), Massachusetts into the Mill-owning Borden family, he himself founded the Pocasset Mill, which was located near the present day City Hall. He served two terms in the Massachusetts State Legislature before being elected to represent Massachusetts's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving two terms from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1839. He was defeated in an attempt to be elected to a third term by Congresssman Henry...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Buffinton, Charles G. 'Charlie'    b. January 14, 1861  d. September 23, 1907
  Major League Baseball Player. Played in the Major Leagues as a right-handed pitcher for 11 seasons (1882 to 1892), winning over 20 games in 7 of them. Began with the National League's Boston Red Stockings (which would eventually become the Braves), winning an astounding 48 games for them in 1884 (and striking out 417 batters). He would have lead the league that year if Charlie Radbourn had not won a still-standing record 60 wins. On September 2, 1884, in a game against the Cleveland Spiders...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Lot 3257, Pachidndron Path
   
• Buffinton, James    b. March 16, 1817  d. March 7, 1875
  US Civil War Congressman. He first served as Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855, the was elected as a member of the "Know-Nothing" party to represent Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1863 and from 1869 to 1875. (Bio by: Joseph Craven)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Davis, Robert Thompson    b. August 28, 1823  d. October 29, 1906
  US Congressman. He was a doctor practicing medicine in Maine when he moved to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1850. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1853, served in the State Senate from 1859 to 1861, and was elected Mayor of Fall River in 1873. In 1883 he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses, serving until 1889. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his medical practice and was a delegate to the Republican National...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Grant, William Thomas    b. June 27, 1876  d. August 6, 1972
  Businessman. He founded the W.T. Grant Department Store chain, which at its height included over 1,200 locations. Started in 1906 in Lynn, Massachusetts with a 25 cent ceiling on prices, it grew to a business empire after World War I. After his death, though, the empire collapse in what is to date the largest retail store bankruptcy case. William T. Grant was also an ardent philanthropist, and established the "William T. Grant Foundation", which still exists today as a philanthropic...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Greene, William Stedman    b. April 28, 1841  d. September 22, 1924
  US Congressman. He engaged in real estate and the insurance business in Fall River, Massachusetts and was mayor of Fall River in 1880 to 1881, 1886, and 1895 to 1897. In 1898, he was elected to Congress as a Republican to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Simpkins. Reelected thirteen times, he served from 1898 until his death in Fall River in 1924. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Holehouse, James    b. December 25, 1839  d. May 20, 1915
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in Company B, 7th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor his bravery at Marye's Heights, Virginia at the May 3, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville. His citation reads "With one companion voluntarily and with conspicuous daring advanced beyond his regiment, which had been broken in the assault, and halted beneath the crest. Following the example of these two men, the colors were brought to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: White Oak Avenue, Lot 3308
   
• Howe, Louie (Louis McHenry)    b. January 14, 1871  d. April 18, 1936
  The man who created President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They met in 1920, the beginning of a life long friendship. Louie Howe was the only person FDR and Eleanor shared as an intimate friend. The highly visible Howe was at the president's side for over fifteen years acting as his campaign manager, speech writer and advisor. Soon after Roosevelt assumed office, the fireside chats commenced. The brainchild of Howe, he compiled many of the speeches until his death. After a polio attack at age...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Latimer, Dr. Lewis Howard   b. September 4, 1848  d. December 11, 1928
  Highly accomplished African-American pioneering engineer in the field of electricity. Dr. Lewis Howard Latimer worked closely with inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison to help bring about the 20th century's technological revolution. Born in 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts near Boston, Latimer was the son of fugitive slaves George and Rebecca Latimer. Latimer would later fight for freedom during the Civil War, concealing the fact that he was under age so he could serve on a Union...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis    b. May 30, 1901  d. July 9, 1979
  Actress, Screenwriter. She appeared in the films, "The Swimmer (1968), "The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing" (1955), "The Uninvited" (1944), "Stage Door Canteen" (1943) and "Kismet" (1920). She wrote, "The Pleasure of His Company" (1961) and "Our Hearts Were Young And Gay" (1944). She appeared on television in "The Alcoa Hour" (1955 to 1957) and "The General Electric Guest House" (1951) and in a play, "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1946). She was the daughter of actor Otis Skinner and actress Maud...[Read More]
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
   

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