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• Adams, George Everett    b. June 18, 1840  d. October 5, 1917
  US Congressman. He served in the Civil War as a Private in the 1st Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery. He was elected to represent Illinois' 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1891.
  Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• Bass, Perkins   b. October 6, 1912  d. October 25, 2011
  US Congressman. A member of the Republican Party, he served New Hampshire's 2nd District in the US House of Representatives from 1955 until 1963. The son of former New Hampshire governor Robert Perkins Bass, he attended Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School (the latter from where he received his degree in 1938). Bass followed his father into a career of politics, as he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1939 to 1943 and 1947 to 1949). During World War II, he served with...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• Bass, Robert Perkins    b. September 1, 1873  d. July 29, 1960
  New Hampshire Governor. Born in Chicago, he was Governor from 1911 to 1913. A graduate of Harvard College, he was a New Hampshire state representative from 1905 to 1909 and a state senator from 1909 to 1910. After his retirement, he worked on several commissions in New Hamphsire and died at Peterborough. (Bio by: MayflowerPilgrim332)
  Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
  Plot: Bass family plot
   
• Clarke, Frank Gay    b. 1850  d. 1901
  US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1901. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• MacDowell, Edward   b. December 18, 1860  d. January 23, 1908
  Composer and Pianist. He was the first American composer of classical music to win international recognition. MacDowell is chiefly remembered for his evocative piano miniatures, collected in the suites "Woodland Sketches" (1896), "Sea Pieces" (1898), "Fireside Tales" (1902), and "New England Idylls" (1902). The Piano Concerto No. 2 (1889) and the "Indian Suite" (1892) for orchestra are regarded as his finest large-scale works. MacDowell was not an innovator, and his style was too firmly rooted...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• Peterson Jr., Walter Rutherford   b. September 19, 1922  d. June 1, 2011
  New Hampshire Governor. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the state of New Hampshire's governor from 1969 until 1973. He was educated at William & Mary and the University of New Hampshire before his studies yielded to his service with the US Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon returning home, he attained his BA from Dartmouth College and following graduation worked as a special education teacher. In 1948 along with his father and brother, he founded The Peterson...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• Smith, Samuel  b. November 11, 1765  d. April 25, 1842
  US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1815.
  Village Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
   
• Steele, John Hardy    b. January 4, 1789  d. July 4, 1865
  New Hampshire Governor. Born In Salisbury, North Carolina, he was Governor of New Hampshire from 1844 to 1846. He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1829. He was responsible for starting the first power loom in Peterborough, New Hampshire, becoming a prominent cloth manufacturer and mechanic. He started his own cotton mill, Union Manufacturing Company, and served as its superintendent from 1824 to 1845. He was a freemason and died in Peterborough. (Bio by: MayflowerPilgrim332)
  Village Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
  Plot: Steele family plot
   

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