Appleton, John Francis b. August 29, 1838 d. August 31, 1870 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He began his service in the Union Army on November 15, 1861, when he was commissioned as Captain, and mustered in as commander of Company H, 12th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He served in that duty until June 25, 1863, when he was commissioned as a Colonel of Volunteers, and assigned to command the 81st United States Colored Troops. He then led them for over a year, before resigning on July 29, 1864. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 75
Boutelle, Charles Addison b. February 9, 1839 d. May 21, 1901 US Congressman. He served as an officer in the Union Navy during the Civil War, being mustered in as a acting Master on April 5, 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant on May 24, 1864, he participated in the capture of Mobile Bay, Alabama, and commanding Union Naval forces in Mississippi Sound before being honorably discharged on January 11, 1866. He was elected as a Republican Representative from Maine to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1901. He was first an At-Large...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 1114
Brady, Alfred James b. October 25, 1910 d. October 12, 1937 Criminal. He achieved "Public Enemy Number #1" status by the Federal Bureau of Investigations during the 1930s. He wwas shot and killed in Bangor, Maine by FBI agents while he was buying ammunition, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in an unmarked grave when his body went unclaimed. His grave is now marked. Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Public Grounds, Lot 2119
Carr, Francis b. December 6, 1751 d. October 6, 1821 US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Maine's 17th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1812 to 1813. Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Carr, James [cenotaph] b. September 9, 1777 d. August 24, 1818 US Congressman. The son of Congressman Francis Carr, he began his political career as secretary to the United States consul at Algiers in Northern Africa. From 1806 to 1811 he served as a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. He was elected as a Federalist to represent Massachusetts' 17th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1815 to 1817. While traveling with his family on a steamboat on the Ohio River, he drowned when he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Chaplin, Daniel b. January 22, 1820 d. August 20, 1864 Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He entered the Union Army on May 28, 1861, when he was commissioned as Captain and commander of Company F, 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Major of the regiment on September 14, 1861, he served in that duty until July 11, 1862. On that day he was commissioned as Colonel, and was transferred to command the 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry. On December 19, 1862 the unit's designation was changed to the 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and Colonel...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 890
Fahey, Myrna b. March 12, 1933 d. May 6, 1973 Actress. Born in Carmel, Maine, she was a cheerleader in high school and a runner-up in the 1952 "Miss Maine" contest. She arrived in Hollywood in 1955, chaperoned by two family friends at her parents' insistence, and studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse while landing uncredited bits in such films as "I Died a Thousand Times" (1955) and "Jeanne Eagels" (1957) and venturing into television. Her best big-screen role was as Madeline Usher in Roger Corman's Poe adaptation "House of Usher" (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cause of death: Cancer Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Gould, Arthur Robinson b. March 16, 1857 d. July 24, 1946 US Senator. He was elected as a Republican Senator from Maine to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Bert M. Fernald. He served from 1926 to 1931. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Hamlin, Charles b. September 13, 1837 d. May 15, 1911 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. The son of 15th United States Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, he was commissioned as Major of the 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry on July 11, 1862. He served with his regiment through the winter of 1862 to 1863 (and through the re-designation of his unit to the 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery), then was transferred to the United States Army Adjutant General Department on April 26, 1863. He served first in this capacity as the Assistant Adjutant...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Riverlawn Section, Lot 3
Hamlin, Cyrus b. April 26, 1839 d. August 28, 1867 Civil War Union Brigadier General. Son of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, brother of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Hamlin. Entered Civil War military service in April 1862, when he joined the staff of Gen. John C. Fremont as an aide-de-camp. An early advocate of enlisting African-Americans into the Union Army, he was appointed Colonel and commander of the 80th United States Colored Troops in February 1863 (a regiment which did not complete its organization until September 1863). He led his...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Riverlawn Section, Lot 3
Hamlin, Hannibal b. August 27, 1809 d. July 4, 1891 15th United States Vice-President, VP during the Civil War, US Congressman, US Senator, 25th Maine Governor. Represented Maine's 6th District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. Elected as a Senator from Maine to the United States Senate on three different occasions, serving from 1848 to 1857, then from 1857 to 1861, and finally from 1869 to 1881. Served as Governor of Maine in 1857, but resigned to take his seat in the US Senate for his second term. Elected as the 15th...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Riverlawn Section, Lot 3
Haskell, Robert N. b. August 24, 1903 d. December 3, 1987 Maine Governor. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1925 and became an engineer with the Bangor Hydro Electric Company. A Republican, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1946 and served one term. In 1946 he won election to the Maine Senate and served six terms, including holding the positions of Majority Leader and Senate President. In January, 1959 Governor Edmund Muskie resigned so he could be sworn into the US Senate seat he won in 1958. As President of the Maine...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Parkhurst, Frederic Hale b. November 5, 1864 d. January 31, 1921 Governor of Maine. He graduated from Washington, DC's Columbian Law School (now George Washington University) in 1887 and became an attorney in Bangor. Parkhurst soon abandoned the law for a business career, and became a successful manufacturer and retailer of leather goods in partnership with his father. A Republican, he served on the Bangor City Council from 1893 to 1894 and was Council President in 1894. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1895 to 1896 and 1899 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Lot Number: 885CG
Peirce, Waldo b. December 17, 1884 d. March 8, 1970 Artist. Known as the "American Renoir". Many of his paintings are housed in Museums in New York, Paris and London. Served in the French Army during World War I, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Befriended author Ernest Hemmingway after the war, and traveled Europe with him. (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Plaisted, Harris Merrill b. November 2, 1828 d. January 31, 1898 Civil War Union Brevet Major General, US Congressman, Maine Governor. Served in the Civil War fist as Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel and commander of the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on February 21, 1865, and Major General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". Represented Maine's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1877, and being elected to fill the vacancy...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 1024
Roberts, Charles Wentworth b. October 22, 1828 d. March 23, 1898 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Old Town, Main, he was a prominent local lumber merchant when he answered to the call for volunteers at the start of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army as a Lieutenant Colonel of 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry, which was the first unit from Maine to enter the war. In 1862, he was promoted Colonel in command of the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment and while leading his men at the Second Battle of Bull Run, he had his horse shot out from under...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 423