Find A Grave - Augusta

Blaine, James Gillespie b. January 31, 1830 d. January 27, 1893
US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, he was raised in the western part of the state and was schooled at Washington College. After graduation, he taught school and attended law school; entering the newspaper business in Maine, he edited the Kennebec Journal in 1854 and established himself as a political power. Through his newspaper he successfully urged Maine voters to abandon the Whigs and adopt the infant Republican party, for...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Bradbury, James Ware b. June 10, 1802 d. January 6, 1901
Founder of the first normal school in New England, at Effingham, New Hampshire, 1829; United States Senator from Maine, 1847-1853; president of the Maine Historical Society, 1867-1887.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Burleigh, Edwin Chick b. November 27, 1843 d. June 16, 1916
Governor of Maine, 1889-1892; United States Representative from Maine, 1897-1911; United States Senator from Maine, 1913-1916.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Chandler, John b. February 1, 1762 d. September 25, 1841
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Maine's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1805 to 1809. Also served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1820 to 1829, and Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1803.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Connor, Selden b. January 25, 1839 d. July 9, 1917
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Maine Governor. When the Civil War began he enlisted in the 1st regiment of Vermont Volunteers and was commissioned a Major. In August 1861, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Maine Regiment and took part in the peninsular campaign. By 1863, he was in temporary command of the 77th New York Regiment after the Battle of Antietam, participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg and at Gettysburg. In January 1864, he was appointed Colonel in command of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Cross, Burton Melvin b. November 15, 1902 d. October 22, 1998
Maine Governor. Served as the Governor of Maine from 1952 to 1955, as well as in the Maine State Legislature.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Cushman, Joshua b. April 11, 1761 d. January 27, 1834
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1819 to 1821, and Maine as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1825. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, and Member of the Maine State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
State of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Goodwin, John Noble b. October 18, 1824 d. April 29, 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1863. Also served as a Member of the Maine State Senate in 1854, Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court in 1863, Governor of Arizona Territory from 1863 to 1866, and Delegate to the United States Congress from Arizona Territory from 1865 to 1867. (Bio by: K)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Herrick, Ronald Lee b. June 15, 1931 d. December 27, 2010
Medical Pioneer. He was the donor in the world's first successful organ transplant. Raised on a family farm in Rutland, Massachusetts, he served in the US Army and was a freshman at Worcester State Teacher's College in 1954 when he made the decision to donate one of his kidneys to his twin brother Richard who was terminally ill with chronic nephritis. After testing to determine that the brothers were indeed identical twins, the surgery was performed by Dr. Joseph Murray, who received the 1990...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Hill, John Fremont b. October 29, 1855 d. March 16, 1912
Governor of Maine. He attended the Maine Medical School at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, earned his medical degree in 1877, and completed his residency at New York's Long Island College Hospital. Hill soon abandoned medicine as a career and established himself in business with the Vickery and Hill Publishing Company, a successful venture that grew to include offices throughout the United States. He was also active in several other ventures, including railroads, gas and electric utilities, banks...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Kimball, Sumner Increase b. September 2, 1834 d. June 20, 1923
Organizer of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Sumner Increase Kimball left his hometown of Sanford, Maine, to enter Bowdoin College at age 16. As a lawyer, in 1871 he was appointed chief of the Treasury Department's Revenue Marine Division. His investigations into shipwrecks along the Atlantic coast led to a reorganization of lifesaving methods. After the Civil War, the Revenue Marine, and the executive branch agencies generally, came under intense Congressional scrutiny. Economy was the name of...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul Auger)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Plot: Division 1, Lot 13
Lincoln, Enoch b. December 28, 1788 d. October 8, 1829
US Congressman, Maine Governor. Elected to represent Massachusetts 7th District from 1818 to 1821, and Maine's 5th District and as At-Large from 1821 to 1826 in the United States House of Representatives. Also served as the Governor of Maine from 1827 to 1829. (Bio by: K)
State Park, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Milliken, Carl Elias b. July 13, 1877 d. May 1, 1961
Governor of Maine. He graduated from Bates College in 1897, received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1899, and settled in Island Falls, where he became active in the lumber business. A Republican, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1904, and in 1908 he was elected to the Maine Senate. From 1913 to 1915 he was President of the Senate. In 1916 Milliken was elected Governor as the nominee of the Progressives and Republicans, who decided to run a fusion candidate...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Morrill, Anson Peaslee b. June 10, 1803 d. July 4, 1887
Governor of Maine, 1855-1856; United States Representative from Maine, 1861-1863; president of the Maine Central Railroad, 1866; brother of polititian Lot M. Morrill.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Morrill, Lot Myrick b. May 3, 1813 d. January 10, 1883
Governor of Maine, 1858-1861; United States Senator from Maine, 1861-1869; member of the Peace Convention in Washington, D. C., 1861; again United States Senator from Maine, 1869-1876; Secretary of the Treasury under President Grant, 1876-1877; Collector of Customs in Portland, Maine, 1877-1883; brother of politician Anson P. Morrill.
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Ottmann, Abigail b. July 17, 1887 d. February 17, 1966
Actress. discovered in 1910 by Playwright Augustus Thomas while she worked as a court stenographer, she burst upon Broadway to become one of its biggest and brightest stars. She was featured in dozens of feature articles including NewYork Times, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar Magazine. (Bio by: Laurie)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Severance, Luther b. October 26, 1797 d. January 25, 1855
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1847. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1829, and Member of the Maine State Senate in 1835. (Bio by: K)
Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Vose, Richard Hampton b. November 8, 1803 d. January 19, 1864
Governor of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, became an attorney, and practiced in Worcester, Massachusetts before settling in Augusta, Maine. Vose practiced law in Augusta and served as a Judge Advocate in the Maine Militia. A Democrat, he served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835 and 1838 to 1839. Vose served in the Maine Senate from 1840 to 1841. He was President of the Senate in January, 1841 when Governor John Fairfield resigned with one day left in his...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Williams, Joseph Hartwell b. June 2, 1814 d. July 19, 1896
Governor of Maine. The son of US Senator Reuel Williams, he graduated from Harvard University in 1834, studied at Nathan Dane's law school, and became an attorney in Augusta. Originally a Democrat, he broke with the party because he opposed slavery and joined the Republican...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Williams Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Williams, Reuel b. June 2, 1783 d. July 25, 1862
Democrat Senator from Maine. He served in the US Senate from 1837-1843. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Williams Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA

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