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Daniels, Jonathan Myrick b. March 20, 1939 d. August 20, 1965
Social Reformer. A 1961 alumnus of the Virginia Military Institute (where he graduated as Valedictorian of his class), he entered Harvard University later that to study English Literature. However, he left Harvard when he was accepted into the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in 1963 he began his studies to graduate in 1966. In early 1965, Martin Luther King was asking that students and clergy come to Selma, Alabama to participate in a march to the state capital in...[Read More] (Bio by: Jon)
Monadnock View Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Dinsmoor Jr., Samuel b. May 8, 1799 d. February 28, 1869
New Hampshire Governor. A native of Keene, New Hampshire, he attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1814. After building a legal practice, he traveled south in 1819 and served as a legal assistant to the territorial governor of Arkansas, returning in 1823. In 1825, he accompanied General Lafayette while he toured New Hampshire. From 1826-30, he served as a clerk in the New Hampshire State Senate. After his father was elected governor, his political prominence increased significantly. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas J Fraser)
Washington Street Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Dinsmoor, Samuel b. July 1, 1766 d. March 15, 1835
US Politician. Served as, United States Representative from New Hampshire at-large (1811-1813), Member of New hampshire Governor's Council in 1821, State Court Judge (1823-1831) and Governor of New Hampshire (1831-1834).
Washington Street Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Edwards, Thomas McKey b. December 16, 1795 d. May 1, 1875
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1859 to 1863. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Fiske, Francis Skinner b. November 5, 1825 d. 1907
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1846 and was in legal practice at the outbreak of the Civil War. On April 30, 1861, he enlisted and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. For merit and leadership of his regiment at the Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862, he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers on March 13, 1865. After the war he resumed his law practice and wrote articles for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: GAR, Section 9, lot 8
Griffin, Simon Goodell b. August 9, 1824 d. January 14, 1902
Civil War Union Brevet Major General General. At the beginning of the Civil War he was commissioned Captain in the 2nd New Hampshire and fought at the 1st Battle of Bull Run. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th New Hampshire Regiment in 1862, he commanded an expedition to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, which resulted in a victory over the Confederate rendezvous. Commissioned Colonel of the 6th New Hampshire, he was in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, at Chantilly and at Antietam. In 1863, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Lot 542
Hale, Salma b. March 7, 1787 d. November 19, 1866
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1819. Alser served as a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1823 and as a member of the New Hampshire State Senate for the 9th District from 1824 to 1825 and from 1845 to 1846. (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Hale, Samuel Whitney b. April 2, 1823 d. October 16, 1891
US Politician. Served as, Member of the New Hampshire Governor's Council (1869-1871), Delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Hampshire in 1880 and Governor of New Hampshire from 1883 to 1885. (Bio by: K)
Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Sprague, Peleg b. 1756 d. 1800
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire at-large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1797 to 1799. Also served as a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Washington Street Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Wilson, James b. March 18, 1797 d. May 29, 1881
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1850. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature, (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Wilson, James b. August 16, 1766 d. January 4, 1839
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1809 to 1811. Also served as a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA

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