Find A Grave - Essex County

Cushing, Caleb b. January 17, 1800 d. January 2, 1879
Congressman. Elected to the Massachusetts state senate and reelected in 1846, 1850 and 1857. Traveled in Europe during 1829-30 and learned to speak Spanish and French. Elected Whig Representative in Congress in 1834, serving four consecutive terms. He favored states' rights and opposed abolition. Served as Commissioner to China 1843-44 and negotiated the Treaty of Wang Hiya. Commissioned by President Polk a brigadier general during the Mexican War after he raised a volunteer regiment. He did...[Read More] (Bio by: Antonio de la Cova)
Highland Cemetery, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Cutler, Manasseh b. May 13, 1742 d. July 28, 1823
US Congressman. A 1765 graduate of Yale College, he taught school in Dedham, Massachusetts, for a short time and engaged in the whaling business at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. After stuying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1767 but did not practice. He then studied theology, and was licensed to preach in 1770. Ordained a Congregational minister, during the Revolution he was appointed chaplain of Colonel Francis' regiment in 1776, and of General Titcomb's brigade in 1778. That same year, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dalton, Tristram b. May 28, 1738 d. May 30, 1817
US Senator. Served in the Massachusetts Legislature just after the Revolutionary War, and was twice elected to the Continental Congress, but did not attend. He was then elected as one of the first Senators from Massachusetts to the United States Senate, serving from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1791. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Pauls Episcopal Churchyard, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dane, Nathan b. December 29, 1752 d. February 15, 1835
US Continental Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1778, opened a law practice in Beverly, Massachusetts and was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1782 to 1785. In 1785, he was elected a member of the Second Continental Congress, serving until 1788. He served in the State Senate in 1790, 1791 and 1794 to 1797. He was judge of the court of common pleas for Essex County in 1794 and commissioner to codify the laws of Massachusetts in 1795. Dane County, Wisconsin was named in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Central Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Davis, Timothy b. 1821 d. 1888
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1859. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature.
Oak Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
DeFranzo, Arthur Fredrick b. March 20, 1919 d. June 11, 1944
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the 1st Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Vaubadon, France, on June 10, 1944. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty. As scouts were advancing across an open field, the enemy suddenly opened fire with several machineguns and hit 1 of the men. S/Sgt...[Read More]
Riverside Cemetery, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
DeSalvo, Albert b. September 3, 1931 d. November 26, 1973
Serial Killer. Known as the "Boston Strangler" for at least 11 murders of women around the Boston area. He often tied a bow from the strangling cord around the woman's neck as a "signature." He was also called "The Measuring Man" and "The Green Man" by the media for his numerous rapes, said to number almost 300 women. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to a plumber, Frank DeSalvo and his wife, Charlotte, into a family of six children. His father regularly beat his wife and children, and would...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Stabbed to death by inmates
Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dexter, Timothy b. February 22, 1748 d. October 26, 1806
Businessman, Author, Eccentric. His autobiography, "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones" (1802), is one of the most curious documents of 18th Century America. In it he boasted of how he got rich through such seemingly improbable schemes as selling coal to Newcastle, exporting Bibles to India and wool mittens to the West Indies. He also complained about the clergy, politicians, and especially his wife. The first edition faithfully reproduced his semi-literate writing style, including a bizarre...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dubus II., Andre b. August 11, 1936 d. February 24, 1999
Author. Arguably a better writer than his now more famous son of the same name, he was a writer of short stories and essays. He was a 2-time Guggenheim Fellow and awarded a Macarthur Fellowship in 1988. Among his many works was the highly acclaimed Pulitzer Prize runner-up "Broken Vessels" (1992) and the National Book Critics Circle finalist "Dancing After Hours" (1997). His writing often drew on his experiences, in the blue collar town of Haverhill, including his confinement to a wheelchair...[Read More] (Bio by: Dave Goudsward)
Greenwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Duncan, James H. b. December 5, 1793 d. February 8, 1869
US Congressman. In 1849 he was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving two terms until 1853. He was also a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, 1857, and served in the State Senate from 1828 to 1831. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dunham Jr., Thomas Harrison b. July 30, 1840 d. November 1, 1925
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A salesman prior to the war, he enlisted June 3, 1861, as a Corporal in the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He rose through the ranks during his service, eventually being commissioned Colonel and commander of the unit in July 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was awarded the brevet rank of Brigadier General, US Volunteers. He mustered out July 14, 1865. During the war he was wounded twice: once at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dustin, Hannah b. December 23, 1657 d. 1736
Folk Figure. Born Hannah Emerson, she married Thomas Dustin and with him had ten children. Toward the end of King William's War, on March 15, 1697, less than a week after the birth of their ninth child, Martha, the family farmstead was raided by Abnaki who captured Hannah, her aunt, Mary Neff, and the infant girl while the rest of the family fled to the nearby garrison and safety. The Abnaki captors smashed the infant to death against a tree before marching the two women for fifteen days to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Pentucket Cemetery*, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
*This location is unconfirmed or in dispute.
Easty, Mary [cenotaph] d. September 22, 1692
Convicted of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. There are twenty benches in the memorial, one for each of the victims actively put to death (not counting those who died in prison).
Cause of death: Hanged
Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Emilio, Luis Fenellosa b. December 22, 1844 d. September 16, 1918
Civil War Union Army Officer, Historian. He served as a Captain of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, whose charge on Battery Wagner outside Charleston, South Carolina, is depicted in the movie, "Glory." He served with the regiment throughout the war, joining May 22, 1863, and mustering out March 27, 1865. After the devastating repulse at Fort Wagner left all of the unit's ranking officers, including Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, dead or wounded, Captain Emilio emerged as the 54th...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Endicott, William Crowninshield b. November 19, 1826 d. May 6, 1900
Presidential Cabinet Sectretery. He was appointed as United States Secretary of War by President Grover Cleveland during his first administration, serving from 1885 to 1889. He was later President of Peabody Academy of Science and the Peabody Education Fund, and served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court. (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Falls, Benjamin Franklin b. July 1, 1824 d. May 12, 1864
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Color Sergeant of Company A, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during his regiment's attack and repulse of elements of Pickett's Charge on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863). Citation reads simply "Capture of flag". His Medal was posthumously issued on December 1, 1864, due to the fact he had subsequently been killed in action. He was one of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section W, Soldiers Lot 8, Row 1
Fellows, John Foster b. January 8, 1815 d. July 6, 1887
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel and commander the 17th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. On February 1, 1864, at New Bern, North Carolina, unaware a supporting regiment had withdrawn, he and his regiment were overrun at Batchelder's Creek by superior Confederate forces in an attack ordered by Major General George Pickett. Fellows, eight other officers and eighty-three men of the 17th Massachusetts were captured. Fellows was later exchanged and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Seaview Avenue at Crocus Path
Flint, Rev. Timothy b. July 11, 1780 d. August 16, 1840
Western historian, author, editor, Methodist clergyman. In the years before the U.S.-Mexican War he became a popular chronicler of western expansion into the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. He graduated from Harvard College in 1800 and was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, in 1802. Struggling with a fragile health, he moved his family to the Ohio Valley hoping a change of scene and climate would reinvigorate him. This began an intinerant life throughout the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Anemone Path
Foster, Ann b. 1617 d. December 3, 1692
Convicted in Salem Witch Trials. A careful reading of the trial transcripts reveals that Ann resisted confessing to the 'crimes' she was accused of having committed, despite being "put to the question" (i.e., tortured) multiple times over a period of days. However, her resolve broke when her daughter Mary Lacey, similarly accused of witchcraft, accused her own mother of the crime in order to save herself. The transcripts reveal the anguish of a mother attempting to shield her (undeserving)...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael Smith)
Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Foster, Gideon b. February 24, 1749 d. November 1, 1845
Revolutionary War militia officer/Minuteman. He lived in South Danvers, now the city of Peabody. He was captain of the Danvers Alarm List which answered the call to arms on the morning of April 19, 1775, and marched toward Lexington and Concord. The British retreat became a running fight which the Danvers men joined at Menotomy, now Cambridge. Enraged and harried British soldiers engaged the Americans in hand-to-hand fighting and no quarter was given. Seven Danvers men under Foster's command...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

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