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Adams, Abigail b. November 22, 1744 d. October 28, 1818
Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of 2nd United States President John Adams, and the mother of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams. Born in Waymouth, Massachusetts, on her mother's side she was descended from early prestigious leaders of the colony; her father was a Congregational minister. An avid reader, she formed an immediate bond with...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, Brooks b. June 24, 1848 d. February 13, 1927
Historian, Author. The youngest child of American Diplomat and scholar Charles Francis Adams, he spent most of his childhood in England, returning to Boston Massachusetts to attend Harvard University (where he graduated in 1870). Over the next year, he served as his father's secretary abroad then later followed in the footsteps of his forbearers by going into the law. In 1881, after receiving a substantial inheritance...[Read More] (Bio by: Catharine)
Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, Charles Francis b. August 18, 1807 d. November 21, 1886
US Congressman, US Diplomat. The son of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams and grandson of 2nd United States President John Adams, he spent much of his early life traveling with his parents in Europe. He returned in his adolescence to attend school in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating from Harvard University in 1825. He was chosen by [Read More] (Bio by: Catharine)
Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams Jr., Charles Francis b. May 27, 1835 d. March 20, 1915
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A member of the prominent Adams family, he was an 1856 graduate of Harvard University, and was practicing law when the Civil War started. At age 26 he volunteered for the Union Army, and was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company H, 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on December 19, 1861. He served with his company as it fought in South Carolina and in the September 1862 Antietam Campaign. Promoted to Captain and commander of Company H on October...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Old Section, Lot 337
Adams III., Charles Francis b. August 2, 1866 d. June 10, 1954
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, he was the great-great-grandson of President John Adams and son of President John Quincy Adams. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1892, practiced law for a while and served as the Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, (1896-97). In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed him the 44th Secretary of the US Navy. While in office, he promoted public understanding of the Navy's indispensable role in international affairs, plus worked to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, John Quincy b. July 11, 1767 d. February 23, 1848
6th United States President, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Congressman. The son of 2nd United States President John Adams, he was born less than 75 feet from the birthplace house of his father in Braintree, Massachusetts. As a youth he was extremely fearful for the life of his father who had signed his name to the Declaration of Independence thusly committing an act of treason against England, an offense punishable by...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Stroke
Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Basement crypt
Adams, John [original burial site] b. October 30, 1735 d. July 4, 1826
2nd United States President, first United States Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Revolutionary War Patriot. Born the first of two sons to John and Susanna Boylston Adams, he was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of Quincy, MA), where his father was a Puritan farmer, a lieutenant in the militia, a town selectman (town councilman), and a descendant of the first settlers who had arrived in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, John b. October 30, 1735 d. July 4, 1826
2nd United States President, first United States Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Revolutionary War Patriot. Born the first of two sons to John and Susanna Boylston Adams, he was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of Quincy, MA), where his father was a Puritan farmer, a lieutenant in the militia, a town selectman (town councilman), and a descendant of the first settlers who had arrived in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Basement crypt
Adams, John Quincy [original burial site] b. July 11, 1767 d. February 23, 1848
6th United States President, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Congressman. The son of 2nd United States President John Adams, he was born less than 75 feet from the birthplace house of his father in Braintree, Massachusetts. As a youth he was extremely fearful for the life of his father who had signed his name to the Declaration of Independence thusly committing an act of treason against England, an offense punishable by...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Stroke
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, Louisa Catherine b. February 12, 1775 d. May 5, 1852
Presidential First Lady. The wife of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams, she was born in London, England to an American father. She was education in a French convent school, met John Quincy Adams while he was a diplomat serving in England and were married three years later at a ceremony in London (her new father-in-law, John Adams, had just...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Frank G. b. October 6, 1874 d. October 9, 1950
Massachusetts Governor. Served as the Governor of Massachusetts from 1929 to 1931. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1921 to 1922, and 1923 to 1924, and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1925 to 1928. (Bio by: K)
Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Fisher b. April 9, 1758 d. July 4, 1808
US Congressman. Elected to the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts, he served from 1789 to 1797. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Bacon, Robert b. July 5, 1860 d. May 29, 1919
Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Diplomat. A Harvard University graduate, in 1905 he left the JP Morgan firm to become Assistant Secretary of State. He held this position until he was appointed Secretary of State by President Theodore Roosevelt, serving from January 27, 1909 to March 5, 1909. In 1909 President William Howard Taft appointed him Ambassador to France. Upon returning to the United States in 1912 he journeyed to South America on behalf of the Carnegie Endowment. In 1914 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Barlow, Francis Channing b. October 19, 1834 d. January 11, 1896
Civil War Union Major General. One of a relatively handful of Union General officers who, despite a complete lack of military training and background, turned out to be outstanding Generals. Trained as a lawyer (and graduating first in his class at Harvard in 1855), he enlisted as a Private in the 12th New York State Militia regiment at the start of the Civil War, and was eventually advanced to Lieutenant. His unit served in the First Bull Run Campaign and was mustered out in August 1861. When...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Walnut Street Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Barnes III., John Andrew b. April 16, 1945 d. November 12, 1967
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Barnes distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while engaged in combat against hostile forces. Pfc. Barnes was serving as a grenadier when his unit was attacked by a North Vietnamese force, estimated to be a battalion. Upon seeing the crew of a machine gun team killed, Pfc. Barnes, without hesitation, dashed through...[Read More]
Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Barton, Bruce b. August 5, 1886 d. July 5, 1967
US Congressman. Elected to represent the 17 district of New York in the US House of Representatives, he served from 1937 to 1941. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Bates, James L. b. August 11, 1820 d. November 11, 1875
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, he was a merchant in the leather trade when he enlisted in the Union Army at the start of the Civil War. Commissioned a Captain of Company H, 12th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and he was promoted Major on August 6, 1862. After the 12th Massachusetts loss it's Colonel at the Battle of Antietam, Bates was promoted to Colonel on September 19, 1862. As commander of the 12th Massachusetts, he led his corps at the Battle...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Highland Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Billings, John Davis b. December 13, 1842 d. August 28, 1933
Civil War Union Army soldier, Historian. He wrote two historical books, "The History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of the Light Artillery in the War of the Rebellion, Formerly of the Third Corps, and afterwards of Hancock's Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862-1865" (1881), and "Hardtack and Coffee, The Unwritten Story of Army Life" (1887), that were based upon his experiences in the Civil War. Born in Canton, Massachusetts, a few miles outside Boston, he was trained as a mechanic in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Blakeslee, Erastus b. September 2, 1838 d. July 12, 1908
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant conduct at Ashland, Va., June 1, 1864". After the war he became a prominent Congregational clergyman. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Rock Avenue, Lot 172 1/2
Boyden, Uriah Atherton b. February 17, 1804 d. October 17, 1879
Scientist. Uriah Atherton Boyden was a Boston inventor and mechanical engineer, and the brother of Seth Boyden. He designed a water turbine that became known as the Boyden turbine. His will left about a quarter of a million dollars to a suitable astronomical institution that would build an observatory on a mountain for the better atmospheric seeing conditions than those available at lower altitudes. His heirs challenged the will, but it was found valid. In 1887, Edward Charles Pickering...[Read More] (Bio by: Deborah A Smith)
Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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