Find A Grave - Penobscot County

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
Barrows, Lewis Orin b. June 7, 1893 d. January 30, 1967
Maine Governor. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1916 and became a pharmacist in Newport. A member of the Maine National Guard, he served in the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment's Band during the Villa Expedition on the Mexican border prior to World War I. A Republican, he served in several local offices, including Newport Town Treasurer and member of the Maine State Republican Committee. In 1926 he won a seat on Maine's Governor's Council, serving from 1927 to 1933. From 1935 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Riverside Cemetery, Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
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
Brewster, Ralph Owen b. February 22, 1888 d. December 25, 1961
US Congressman, US Senator, Maine Governor. He served as Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929. He was elected as a Republican to represent Maine's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1941. Finally, he was elected as a Republican Senator from Maine to the United States Senate, serving from 1941 to 1952.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Butman, Samuel b. 1788 d. October 9, 1864
US Congressman. He moved to Dixmont, Maine (then part of Massachusetts) in 1804 and became a prominent farmer, merchant and businessman, with interests including a flour mill. During the War of 1812 he raised a company which he commanded with the rank of Captain, and he maintained his militia membership, later attaining the rank of Colonel. In 1819 and 1820 he was a Delegate to the constitutional convention that created the state of Maine. Butman served in the Maine House of Representatives in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Butman Cemetery, Plymouth, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
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
Davis, Daniel Franklin b. September 12, 1843 d. January 9, 1897
Governor of Maine. In 1863 he joined the 1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, serving until the end of the war in 1865. After the war he completed his education at Maine's East Corinth Academy and Kent's Hill Seminary, teaching school to pay his tuition and continuing to teach after his graduation. Davis then studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1869, and began a practice in East Corinth. He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1870, and to the Maine Senate in 1874...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Corinthian Cemetery, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Plot: Div. 12 Lot 2
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
Gordon, Gary Ivan b. August 30, 1960 d. October 3, 1993
Somalia Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Master Sergeant with the United States Army Rangers and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993. One of two of the first Snipers in history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (the other being his comrade in Somalia Sergeant Randall David Shughart), his citation reads "Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call...[Read More]
Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, 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
Hersey, Samuel Freeman b. April 12, 1812 d. February 3, 1875
US Congressman. Represented ME's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1875. Died in office. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Plot: Corporation Grounds, Lot 16
Jameson, Charles Davis b. February 24, 1827 d. November 6, 1862
Civil War Union Brigadier General. In 1860, he was a Maine delegate to the Charleston National Democrat convention and at the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed Colonel in command of the 2nd Maine Regiment. He led his regiment at Bull Run and with his command protected the Union Army in its retreat to Centreville. For his services he was promoted Brigadier General in September, 1861. He participated in the Seven Days' fight at Richmond, Virginia and after the Battle of Fair Oaks, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Stillwater, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Knowles, Abiather J. b. March 15, 1830 d. February 11, 1905
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Private in Company D, 2nd Maine Infantry for action on July 21, 1861 at Bull Run, Virginia. His citation reads "Removed the dead and wounded under heavy fire." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Hill Crest Cemetery, Lagrange, Penobscot County, Maine, USA

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