Find A Grave - Fall River

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
Doran, John James b. July 6, 1864 d. February 16, 1904
Spanish-American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Navy during the War with Spain as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class on board the "USS Marblehead". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the cutting of the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, on May 11, 1898. His citation reads "Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Doran set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action." His Medal was awarded to him on July 7, 1899. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Patricks Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Durfee, Joseph b. 1750 d. 1842
Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, Industrialist. He built first textile mill in Fall River, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War, Fall River, like most of South Eastern New England was under torment by the British. English troops anchored their ships at strategic spots at key waterways and would enter towns to burn and plunder at their whim. Fall River was victim to such tactics and was to be saved from them by it's own native son. Durfee, the eldest son of prominent Judge...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
North Burial Ground, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Fowler, Orin b. July 29, 1791 d. September 3, 1852
US Congressman. An 1814 graduate of Yale University, he worked as a missionary before settling in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1829. In 1831 he was named pastor of the Congregational Church, and rose to prominence in the community (even writing a history of Fall River in 1841). After a term in the Massachusetts State Senate, he was elected as a Whig to represent first Massachusetts' 9th District, then its 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1849...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
North Burial Ground, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Gastall, Tom b. June 13, 1932 d. September 20, 1956
Major League Baseball Player. He was a $40,000 bonus-baby catcher with the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 and 1956. The graduate of Boton University was killed when the small plane he was piloting crashed into Chesapeake Bay. The right-handed hitter batted .181 lifetime in 52 games with no homers and four runs batted in. (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Saint Patricks 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
Mack, Alexander b. May 17, 1834 d. September 25, 1907
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as Chief Boatswain's in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the USS Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats, and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although wounded and sent below for treatment, Mack immediately returned to his post, took charge of his gun, and as heavy enemy return fire continued to fall, performed his duties with skill and courage until he was again wounded and...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Patricks Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 11, Lot 172
Manning, James H. 'Jim' b. January 31, 1862 d. October 22, 1929
Major League Baseball Player, Manager. Played Major League baseball as an outfielder for five seasons (1884 to 1887, 1889) for the Boston Beaneaters (now the Atlanta Braves) and Detroit Wolverines of the early days of the National League, and the Kansas City Blues of the American Assocation League. He debuted for Boston in May 1884, and played fairly well with the team, hitting .241 in 89 games. After playing 84 games for Boston in the 1885 season, he was sent to the Wolverines. He played parts...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
North Burial Ground, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Medeiros, Humberto Sousa b. October 6, 1915 d. September 17, 1983
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Born in S�o Miguel, Azores, he immigrated to Fall River, Massachusetts as a youth and was ordained a priest in 1946. Medeiros was elevated to Bishop of Brownsville, Texas in 1966, Archbishop of Boston in 1970, and created Cardinal in 1973. (Bio by: T.S. Custadio)
Saint Patricks Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 16A
Nasiff, Hank b. April 20, 1962 d. September 4, 2001
Radio Personality. He was a diminutive actor who became known as "The Angry Drunken Dwarf" on shock jock Howard Stern's radio show. He began his career in the Boston dinner theater but after a pilgrimage to Stern's New York studio he quickly became a part of Stern's "Wack Pack" of oddball characters. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Seizure induced from alcohol poisoning
Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: N Row F14 [unmarked]

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