Find A Grave - Strafford County

Barker Jr., David b. January 8, 1797 d. April 1, 1834
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1827 to 1829. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1823 to 1826.
Old Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Durell, Daniel Meserve b. July 20, 1769 d. April 28, 1841
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire as an At-Large Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1807 to 1809. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Eastman, Nehemiah b. 1782 d. 1856
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1825 to 1827. He also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Farmington Cemetery, Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Ela, Jacob Hart b. 1820 d. 1884
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the Ubited States House of Representatives, he served from 1867 to 1871. He also served as a Member of the New Hampshire Legislature.
Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Farrington, James b. October 1, 1791 d. October 29, 1859
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1837 to 1839. He also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1828 to 1831, and as Member of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1836. (Bio by: K)
Old Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Felker, Samuel Demeritt b. April 16, 1859 d. November 14, 1932
New Hampshire Governor. Born in Rochester, he served as mayor of that city before being elected to the New Hampshire legislature (1909 to 1911). Felker was elected Governor on the Democratic ticket, serving from 1913 to 1915. After his Governorship ended, he was appointed municipal judge of Rochester from 1915 to 1930. He died in Rochester. (Bio by: MayflowerPilgrim332)
Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Felker family plot
Frost, George b. April 26, 1720 d. June 21, 1796
Revolutionary War Continental Congressman. A successful merchant Sea Captain in the years prior to the Revolution, he was elected as a Delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress, serving from 1777 to 1779. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Grout, Jonathan b. July 23, 1737 d. September 8, 1807
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts’ 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1791. He was a member of the first Congressional delegation sent to the First Congress by Massachusetts after the ratification of the Constitution. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Guppey, Joshua James b. August 27, 1820 d. December 8, 1893
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. After graduating from Dartmouth in his native state of New Hampshire, he moved out west, and settled in Wisconsin. Active in politics and the military, he was made a Colonel of Wisconsin Militia and served as a County Judge. After the start of the Civil War, he was appointed and commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with whom he served until July 25, 1862, when he was promoted to Colonel and transferred to command...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Section 7, Avenue N, Lot 211
Hale, John Parker b. March 31, 1806 d. November 19, 1873
US Congressman, Civil War US Senator. A staunch opponent of slavery, he was one of the main Abolitionist political figures prior to and during the Civil War. Elected as a Democrat to represent New Hampshire as an At-Large Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in 1843, he served until 1845 when he was ousted by the New Hampshire Legislature (led by future US President Franklin Pierce) for refusing to vote for the annexation of Texas as a slave state, despite being specifically...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Hale, William b. August 6, 1765 d. November 8, 1848
US Congressman. Elected to represent two different New Hampshire Districts in the United States House of Representatives on two separate occasions. First represented the 3rd District from 1809 to 1811, then as an At-Large Delegate from 1813 to 1817. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Hall, Joshua Gilman b. November 5, 1828 d. October 31, 1898
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. Also served as Mayor of Dover, New Hampshire, in 1866, Member of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1871, Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1874, and United States District Attorney for New Hampshire from 1874 to 1879. (Bio by: K)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Hammons, Joseph b. March 3, 1787 d. March 29, 1836
US Congressman. After studying medicine in Ossipee, New Hampshire, he began a practice as a physician in Farmington in 1817. He was a Fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society and a member of the Strafford District Medical Society. In 1828 Dr. Hammons was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Jacksonian and served two terms, 1829 to 1833. He did not run for reelection in 1832 and returned to Farmington. In 1833 he was appointed Postmaster of Dover, New Hampshire, a position he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Hammons Family Cemetery (Farmington), Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Jenness, Benning Wentworth b. July 14, 1806 d. November 16, 1879
Democrat Senator from New Hampshire. He was appointed to the US Senate upon the resignation of Levi Woodbury in 1845. He served until 1846. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Jenness Family Cemetery, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Kingman, John William b. January 1, 1821 d. December 17, 1903
Civil War Union Army Officer. Served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 15th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, a nine-month enlistment regiment. He was commissioned on October 7, 1862 and was mustered out on August 13, 1863. In the interim, he led his unit in action in Louisiana, where it participated in siege and assault on Port Hudson. In that battle, the only one of its service, the 15th New Hampshire lost 30 men killed or mortally wounded. After the war, John Kingman, a...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Section 4, Avenue H, Lot 169
Lewis, Ted (Edward Morgan) b. December 25, 1872 d. May 23, 1936
Major League Baseball Player, Educator. Nicknamed "The Pitching Professor". A right-handed pitcher, he is one of only three Welsh-born major leaguers. He pitched for the National League's Boston Beaneaters from 1896 to 1900, and the American League's Boston Americans in 1901, scoring a career record of 94 wins and 64 losses. Lewis won 20 plus games in a season twice in his ML career. After retiring from baseball, he became a professor at Columbia University and later served as President of...[Read More] (Bio by: The Wraith)
Durham Cemetery, Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot: Unknown
Makem, Tommy b. November 4, 1932 d. August 1, 2007
Folk Musician. One of the leading Irish folk musicans, he was a member of the legendary "Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem" band from 1955 to 1969. In 1969 he left the Clancys to pursue a successful solo career. His records include "Four Green Fields", "Gentle Annie", "Red is the Rose", "The Rambles of Spring", "The Winds Are Singing Freedom", and "Farewell to Carlingford", and "The Bard of Armagh". (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Saint Mary New Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Martin, Noah b. July 26, 1801 d. May 28, 1863
New Hampshire Governor. Deciding on a career in medicine, he was a doctor's apprentice for three years before attending Dartmouth College medical school, from which he graduated in 1824. In addition to serving as an officer of several local, county, state and national medical societies, he was an officer and director of several banks. He was also involved in several historical and genealogical societies. In addition, Martin was an incorporator and officer of the New Hampshire Agricultural...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Melville, Charles (James Ramsbottom) b. 1828 d. January 5, 1867
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His real name was James Ramsbottom. He served as an Ordinary Seaman in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the flagship USS Hartford during action against rebel gunboats, the ram Tennessee, and Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Wounded and taken below to the surgeon when a shell burst between the two forward 9-inch guns, killing and wounding 15 men, Melville promptly returned to his gun on the deck and, although scarcely able to...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Ramsbottom Family Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Nute, Alonzo b. February 12, 1826 d. December 24, 1892
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1889 to 1891. He also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Pine Grove Cemetery, Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA

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