Find A Grave - Grafton County

Hibbard, Henry b. June 1, 1816 d. July 28, 1872
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 3rd and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1855. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1843, and Member of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1845. (Bio by: K)
Bath Village Cemetery, Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Johnson, James Hutchins b. June 3, 1802 d. September 2, 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 4th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1849. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1835, and Member of the New Hampshire Governor's Council from 1842 to 1844. (Bio by: K)
Bath Village Cemetery, Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Livermore, Arthur b. July 29, 1766 d. July 1, 1853
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 5th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1821, and 1823 to 1825. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1794, Justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court from 1799 to 1809, and 1813 to 1816, Presidential Elector from New Hampshire in 1800, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court from 1809 to 1813, and Member of the New Hampshire...[Read More]
Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Livermore, Samuel b. May 14, 1732 d. May 18, 1803
US Congressman, US Senator, Continental Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1793. Also served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Hampshire in 1780, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court from 1782 to 1790, Delegate to the New Hampshire State Constitutional Convention in 1788, and 1791, and United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1793 to 1801.
Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Lorenz, Edward Norton b. May 23, 1917 d. April 16, 2008
Scientist. One of the founders of Chaos Theory. Lorenz studied mathematics, receiving a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth and a master's degree from Harvard before serving in the Army Air Corps as a weather forecaster during World War II. Afterwards, he earned master's and doctoral degrees in meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he became a Professor. As part of his research, he built a mathematical model of air currents in the atmosphere. His study revealed that...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Waterville Valley Cemetery, Waterville Valley, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Morey, Samuel b. October 23, 1762 d. April 17, 1843
Inventor. His family moved to Orford, New Hampshire in 1766 and he operated a successful lumbering business there and in Fairlee, Vermont. An experimenter since 1780, in 1790 he began work on a steam engine capable of propelling a boat. He exhibited his successful models several times, which were observed by Robert Fulton, who secured more extensive financial backing and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Orford Village Cemetery, Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Page, John b. May 21, 1787 d. September 8, 1865
US Senator and New Hampshire Governor. He was born and educated in Haverhill, New Hampshire and became a farmer. He served as a Haverhill Town Selectman for fourteen terms and also served as Town Clerk. He was a Lieutenant in the militia during the War of 1812, participating in the defense of New Hampshire's border with Canada. In 1813 and 1815 he carried out the duties of Assistant US Tax Assessor for New Hampshire. Page served in the state House of Representatives from 1818 to 1820, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Ladd Street Cemetery, Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Patterson, James Willis b. July 2, 1823 d. May 4, 1893
Civil War US Congressman, US Senator. He served as Professor of mathematics, astronomy, and meterology at Dartmouth College from 1854 to 1865. He was elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1863 to 1867. He was then elected as a Senator from New Hampshire to the United States Senate, serving from 1867 to 1873.
Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Pease Jr., Harl [cenotaph] b. April 10, 1917 d. October 8, 1942
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1939. He served as a Captain in the 19th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater. During a bombing mission over New Guinea on August 5, 1942 one of the engines on his B-17 bomber failed, forcing him to return to an Australian base. There, he selected an aircraft deemed unready for combat missions, but air worthy. Leaving early in the morning, he flew throughout...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Reding, John Randall b. 1805 d. 1892
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1845. Also served as Mayor of Haverhill, New Hampshire, and Member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Haverhill Cemetery, Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett b. June 18, 1874 d. May 18, 1942
US Congressman. His family moved to Lisbon, New Hampshire in 1876. Stevens graduated from Harvard Law School and became an attorney in 1899. He later moved to Landaff, where he engaged in farming. Stevens served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1909 and 1911, and 1913. In 1912 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and served one term before running unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 1914. He then served as Special Counsel for the Federal Trade...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Stevens Family Cemetery, Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Tesreau, Charles Monroe 'Jeff' b. March 5, 1888 d. September 24, 1946
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a right-handed pitcher for seven seasons (1912 to 1918) with the New York Giants. He led the National League in Earned Run Average in 1912, in Games Started in 1913 and 1914 and in Shutouts in 1914. While a rookie, he pitched a no-hitter on September 6, 1912 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He pitched for the Giants in the World Series in 1912, 1913, 1917, and he twice won more than 20 games in a season. His career record was...[Read More] (Bio by: The Wraith)
Pine Knolls Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Tilton, William b. October 27, 1834 d. March 8, 1910
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Army as a Sergeant in Company C, 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the Richmond Campaign, Virginia. His citation reads "Gallant conduct in the field." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oak Grove Cemetery, Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Turner, Charles Henry b. 1861 d. 1913
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1889 to 1891.
Wentworth Village Cemetery, Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Wheelock, Eleazar b. April 22, 1711 d. April 24, 1779
Educator. He started and founded Dartmouth College on December 13, 1769. With the help of Governor Thomas Wentworth in Province of New Hampshire, Wheelock obtain the charter for the college. Dartmouth College is the 9th oldest in the United States.
Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Whipple Jr., Thomas b. 1787 d. January 23, 1835
US Congressman. He received a medical degree from Dartmouth College in 1814 and began practice as a physician, first in Bradford, Vermont, and later in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1818 to 1820. In 1820 Whipple was elected to the US House of Representatives and served three terms, from 1821 to 1829. He then returned to the practice of medicine. According to Silas McKeen's history of Bradford, the 1823 death of Whipple's wife at...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Wentworth Village Cemetery, Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Wilcox, Leonard b. January 29, 1799 d. June 18, 1850
US Senator. He served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1838 to 1834, Justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court from 1838 to 1840, and from 1848 until his death in 1850, United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1842 to 1843, and as a Common Pleas Court Judge from 1847 to 1848. (Bio by: K)
Orford Village Cemetery, Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA

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