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Bailey, Jeremiah b. May 1, 1773 d. July 6, 1853
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1835 to 1837. He was defeated in 1836. He also served as Presidential Elector from Massachusetts in 1808, Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1811 to 1814, and as a Probate Judge from 1816 to 1820, and 1820 to 1834. (Bio by: K)
Evergreen Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Bowman, Thomas b. May 25, 1848 d. December 1, 1917
US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1893. Also served as the Mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1882. (Bio by: K)
Pine Grove Cemetery, Dresden Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Brown, Dr. Benjamin b. September 23, 1756 d. September 17, 1831
US Congressman. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a surgeon on the American frigate Boston. After the war, he was member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1809, 1811 and 1812. In 1815, he was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress, serving until 1817. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of medicine and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1819. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Waldoboro Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Clark, Atherton W. b. April 6, 1826 d. April 13, 1882
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served in the famed 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry under the well-known figures Adelbert Ames, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Ellis Spear. A pre-War Colonel in the Maine militia, he was instrumental on the recruitment of the 20th Maine's Company E, whom he was commissioned Captain and commander. He led his unit until May 20, 1863 when he was made an acting Field and Staff officer of the regiment. At the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, he played a prominent part...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Waldoboro Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane b. May 31, 1893 d. 1986
Prolific poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She is best remembered as an author of children's books, most notably "The Cat That Went To Heaven," which won the prestigious Newbery Medal for Children's literature and has been in continuous print for the past 75 years. Over 80 of her children's books have been published, including "Away Goes Sally," "Five Bushel Farm," "The White Horse," and "Trudy and the Tree House." She married Henry Beston (1888-1968), who was also a writer. They...[Read More] (Bio by: Buddy from Budd Lake)
Beston-Coatsworth Family Cemetery, Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Plot: Family plot
Cook, Orchard b. 1763 d. 1819
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 16th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1805 to 1811. He also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Evergreen Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Farley, Ephraim Wilder b. August 29, 1817 d. April 3, 1880
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855. He was defeated in 1854. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1843, and 1851 to 1853, and Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine in 1860. (Bio by: K)
Farley Cemetery, Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Flye, Edwin b. 1817 d. 1886
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1877. Also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Maine in 1868. (Bio by: K)
Pine Knoll Cemetery, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
French, Ezra Bartlett b. 1810 d. 1880
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1859 to 1861. (Bio by: K)
Hillside-Norris Cemetery, Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Hall, James Abram d. June 10, 1893
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War first as Captain and commander of Battery B, 2nd Maine Light Artillery. then as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 1st Battalion Maine Light Artillery, then finally as Colonel and commander of the 2nd United States Voluinteer Infantry. At the July 1863 Battle of Gettybsurg, he was in command of the 2nd Maine Battery when it was positioned by General John F. Reynolds only moments before General Reynolds was killed in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Hillside-Norris Cemetery, Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Hornberger, H. Richard b. February 1, 1924 d. November 4, 1997
Author. Wrote the novel "M*A*S*H" under the pseudonym of "Richard Hooker." He served in the United States Army as a surgeon in a mobile army surgical hospital unit during the Korean War. His book was adapted into a 1970 motion picture, and into a highly sucessful television series. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Hillside Cemetery, Bremen, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Kavanagh, Edward b. April 27, 1795 d. January 22, 1844
US Congressman, US Diplomat, Maine Governor. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1835. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1826, United States Charge d'Affaires to Portugal from 1835 to 1841, Member of Maine State Senate in 1842, and Governor of Maine fom 1843 until his death in 1844.
Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Lee, Silas b. July 3, 1760 d. March 1, 1814
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1799 to 1801. He also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1793, and as a State Court Judge in 1805. (Bio by: K)
Evergreen Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Marble, Sebastian Streeter b. March 1, 1817 d. May 10, 1902
Governor of Maine. He attended Waterville Academy, studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1843, and began a practice in Waldoboro. From 1862 to 1863 he served as a federal Deputy Collector of Customs for the district that included Waldoboro, and he was Collector from 1864 to 1867. From 1870 to 1878 Marble was Maine's US Marshal. In 1882 he was elected as a Republican to the first of three terms in the Maine Senate. In 1887 Governor [Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Rural Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
McCrate, John Dennis b. October 1, 1802 d. September 11, 1879
US Congressman. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College, Bowdoin, Maine and studied law. After passing the bar he practiced law in Wiscasset and Damariscotta, Maine. In 1831 he decided to enter the political arena and was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. On the national scene, he was elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He returned to his law practice in Wiscasset until 1852 when he moved to Sutton, Massachusetts and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He remained in Sutton until his...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Ancient Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Payne, Frederick George b. July 24, 1904 d. June 15, 1978
Republican politician from Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1949-1953 and in the US Senate from 1953-1959. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
German Protestant Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Perkins, Frances (Fannie Coralie) b. April 10, 1880 d. May 14, 1965
First female United States Cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933-1945. She was instrumental in drafting nearly all of the New Deal labor legislation.
Glidden Cemetery, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Reed, Isaac b. August 22, 1809 d. September 19, 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1852 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Maine State Senate in 1839, Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1842, and Candidate for Governor of Maine in 1854. (Bio by: K)
Waldoboro Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Sewall, Samuel [cenotaph] b. December 11, 1757 d. June 8, 1814
US Congressman. He attended the common schools of Boston and graduated from Harvard College in 1776. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and set up a practice in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After making the decision to enter politics, he was first elected to Massachusetts' house of representatives in 1784 and 1788 to 1796. He was elected to the 4th US Congress, as a Federalist, when Benjamin Goodhue resigned and served until his own resignation in 1800. He gave strong support to...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Ancient Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Smith, Samuel Emerson b. March 12, 1788 d. March 4, 1860
Governor of Maine. He was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated from Harvard University in 1808, and became an attorney in Wicasset, Maine, then part of Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1819, and after Maine attained statehood he served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1820 to 1821. In 1821 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the district that included Wicasset, and after a judicial reorganization he was appointed to its successor...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Evergreen Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA

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