Find A Grave - Orange County

Baxter, Portus b. 1806 d. 1868
Vermont Congressman. Advocate for Civil War military members, nicknamed "The Soldier's Friend." Attended local schools. Attended Norwich Military Academy and University of Vermont. Moved to Derby Line, 1828. Successful merchant and farmer. Married Ellen Jannette Harris (died 1882), judge's daughter and relative of Senator Justin Morrill of Strafford, 1832. Orleans County Assistant Judge, 1846-47. Investor in Connecticut River-Passumpsic Railroad. Investor in businesses in Stanstead...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Bayley, Jacob b. July 19, 1726 d. March 1, 1815
Revolutionary War General. He moved to Hampstead, New Hampshire, and was a Captain with the British in the French and Indian War, later receiving promotion to Colonel. He settled in Newbury, Vermont in 1764 and was one of the founders of the town, serving as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace. In 1776 he was named to Vermont's Council of Safety and appointed Brigadier General of the Vermont Militia. That year he began work on the famed Bayley-Hazen Military Road to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Buck, Daniel b. November 9, 1753 d. August 16, 1816
US Congressman. Vermont House Speaker. Father of US Congressman Daniel Azro Ashley Buck. Served as soldier in Revolution, rising to rank of sergeant, fighting at White Plains, and losing an arm at Battle of Bennington. Relocated to Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, town founded largely by residents of Hebron. Studied law, admitted to bar, commenced practice, 1783. Orange County prosecuting attorney, 1783-85. Clerk, Orange County Court, 1783-84. Moved to Norwich, Windsor County, 1785...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Old Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Chandler, Albert Brown b. August 20, 1840 d. February 3, 1923
Corporate executive. During the Civil War Chandler worked as a War Department telegraph operator. He developed ciphers for transmitting secret communications, and was confidential telegrapher for President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. After the war Chandler remained with the Army and was in charge of completing cables for operation of Transatlantic telegraph service, and for service between the US and Cuba. In 1875 he became General Manager of the Atlantic and Pacific...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
South View Cemetery, Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Chase, Dudley b. December 30, 1771 d. February 23, 1846
US Senator. He was elected as a Democratic Republican from Vermont to the United States Senate, serving from 1813 to 1817. The next decade he was again elected to the United States Senate, this time as an Anti-Jacksonian, serving from 1825 to 1831. He was the uncle of Presidential Cabinet Secretary Salmon P. Chase, and of Vermont Congressman Dudley Chase Denison.
Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Farnham, Roswell b. July 23, 1827 d. January 5, 1903
Vermont Governor. He was admitted to the bar in 1857, became a member of the State Senate the following year, and was Vermont State Attorney from 1859 to 1862. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the 1st Vermont Regiment and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. When the 12th Vermont Volunteer Regiment was formed, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in command and served with distinction until discharged in 1863. Farnham was a member of the Republican State Committee (1865 to 1868)...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Upper Plain Cemetery, Bradford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Hebard, William b. November 29, 1800 d. October 20, 1875
US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Vermont State House of Representatives in 1835, Member of the Vermont State Senate in 1836, State Court Judge in 1838, Justice of Vermont State Supreme Court in 1842, and Delegate to Vermont State Constitutional Convention in 1857. (Bio by: K)
Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Keyes, Frances Parkinson Wheeler b. July 21, 1885 d. July 3, 1970
Author, hostess, editor. Widow of US Senator and Governor of New Hampshire, Henry Wilder Keyes. Editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine and National History Magazine. Her many books include, "Honor Bright" (1936), "Also The Hills" (1943), "The River Road" (1945), "Came A Cavalier" (1947), "Dinner At Antoine's (1948), "Joy Street" (1950) and "The Heritage" (1968).
Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Keyes, Henry Wilder b. May 23, 1863 d. June 19, 1938
New Hampshire Governor, US Senator. Served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919, and United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1919 to 1937. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895, and 1915 to 1917, and Member of the New Hampshire State Senate from 1903 to 1905. (Bio by: K)
Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Morgan, Justin b. February 28, 1747 d. March 22, 1798
Vermont school teacher who brought the stallion, Figure...later known as Justin Morgan...to Vermont. Figure was the progenitor of the Morgan breed of horses, America's first breed of horse.
Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Morgan, Justin 'Figure' b. 1789 d. 1821
Figure, a stallion later known as Justin Morgan, was brought to Vermont by a school teacher named Justin Morgan. Figure was the progenitor of the Morgan breed of horses, America's first breed of horse.
Justin Morgan Burial Site, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Morrill, Justin Smith b. April 14, 1810 d. December 28, 1898
US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1867. Also served as a United States Senator from 1867 until his death in 1898. (Bio by: K)
Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Niles, Nathaniel b. April 4, 1740 d. October 31, 1828
US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1791 to 1795. Also served as a Member of the Vermont State Legislature.
West Fairlee Center Cemetery, West Fairlee Center, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Paine, Elijah b. January 21, 1757 d. April 28, 1842
US Senator. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. An 1781 graduate of Harvard University, he served as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1791 to 1795. He was then elected as a Federalist Senator from Vermont to the United States Senate, serving from 1895 until his resignation in 1801. He was the father of Vermont Governor Charles Paine.
West Hill Cemetery, Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Peck, Cassius b. March 3, 1842 d. July 12, 1913
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F, 1st United States Sharpshooters. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Blackburn's Ford, Virginia on September 19, 1862. His citation reads "Took command of such soldiers as he could get and attacked and captured a Confederate battery of 4 guns. Also, while on a reconnaissance, overtook and captured a Confederate soldier". His Medal was issued on October 12, 1892. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 7
Wilson, James b. March 15, 1763 d. March 26, 1855
Pioneering Cartographer. He was a farmer until his early 30s, when he moved to Bradford. In the late 1790s Wilson observed a pair of rare English globes at Dartmouth College and resolved to make his own. Studying geography and map making on his own, he produced two wooden balls, covered them with paper, and drew geographical and astronomical representations by hand in pen, creating the first pair of terrestrial and celestial globes made in America. Determining that these were too heavy to be...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Upper Plain Cemetery, Bradford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Wilson, Stanley Calef b. September 10, 1879 d. October 5, 1967
Vermont Governor. He graduated from Tufts College in 1901 and studied law while serving as Deputy Clerk of the Washington County Court and Reporter for the Vermont House of Representatives. A Republican, Wilson served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1915 to 1917 and was Judge of the Washington County Court from 1917 to 1923. In 1925 he returned to the Vermont House, holding office until 1927 and serving as Speaker. He was a Vermont Senator from 1927 to 1929, and Lieutenant...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Worcester, Dean Conant b. October 1, 1866 d. May 2, 1924
Scientist and Scholar. He was born in Thetford, Vermont, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1889. Worcester was a member of the 1887 Steere expedition to the Philippines, and remained at the University of Michigan as a botanist and zoologist throughout the 1890s. Following the Spanish-American War, in 1899 he was appointed to the first Philippine Commission. From 1901 to 1913 Worcester served as Secretary of the Interior for the territorial government. One of the first...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, North Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Plot: R26-10

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