Find A Grave - Massachusetts

Allen, Joseph b. September 2, 1749 d. September 2, 1827
US Congressman. He was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress, representing Massachusett's 10th district, and served from October 1810 to March 1811. A nephew of statesman Samuel Adams, he was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1774. Two years later he settled in Worcester and was its County Clerk from 1776 to 1810. As a delegate to the Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention in 1788, Adams defended freedom of speech with a statement that is still quoted today:...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Nathaniel M. b. April 20, 1840 d. July 7, 1900
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. At the age of 21 he enlisted in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on May 23, 1861, and was mustered in as a Private in Company B. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery on the Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 2, 1863). His citation reads "When his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Central Avenue, Lot 33
Allen, Samuel Clesson b. January 5, 1772 d. February 8, 1842
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusett's 6th and 7th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1829. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1806 to 1810, and Member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1812 to 1815, and 1831.
Center Cemetery, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Thomas b. August 29, 1813 d. April 8, 1882
US Congressman. Represented Missouri's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1881 to 1882. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Alley, John Bassett b. January 7, 1817 d. January 19, 1896
US Congressman. He was educated in the common schools and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. At age fourteen he was apprenticed for five years to a shoemaker. In 1836 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he freighted merchandise up and down the Mississippi River. Returning to Lynn, Massachusetts in 1838, he entered the shoe manufacturing business. In 1847 he established a hide and leather house business in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the first Board of Aldermen of Lynn...[Read More] (Bio by: Priscilla)
Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Larch Avenue, Lot 638
Allston, Washington b. November 5, 1779 d. July 9, 1843
Artist, Poet. After studying at Harvard, Allston was admitted to the Royal Academy in London. He practiced as a painter in Europe, where he met with great success and spent time with notable individuals like Washington Irving and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His wife died shortly after his first collection of poetry was published; a few years later, he returned to the United States and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum; it was the first exhibition...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)
Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Alvord, James Church b. April 14, 1808 d. September 27, 1839
US Congressman. Elected as a Whig to represent Massachusetts' 6th District in the US House of Representatives, he served for six months in 1839. His death came before the Congress assembled. Alvord was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. An 1827 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, he was admitted to the bar in 1830 and returned to his hometown to set up practice. He was professor pro tempore at the Cambridge Law School (1833), a member of the State House of Representatives (...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Federal Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Adelbert b. October 31, 1835 d. April 13, 1933
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, US Senator. Born in Rockland, Maine, as a youth he sailed on clipper ships. In 1856, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, Virginia and graduated fifth in his class in 1861. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in the 5th United States Regular Artillery, he was immediately sent to the battle lines in Virginia. He was badly wounded at the July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, but his heroic actions...[Read More]
Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: It
Ames, Butler b. August 22, 1871 d. November 6, 1954
US Congressman. Served as a Colonel in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1913. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. (Bio by: K)
Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Fisher b. April 9, 1758 d. July 4, 1808
US Congressman. Elected to the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts, he served from 1789 to 1797. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Oakes b. January 10, 1804 d. May 8, 1873
US Congressman. He was a successful tool manufacturer in North Easton and a member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1860. In 1863, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving until 1873. Not a candidate for renomination, he became involved in railroad construction and was instrumental in establishing the first transcontinental railroad line. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Village Cemetery, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Ames, Oliver b. February 4, 1831 d. October 22, 1895
Massachusetts Governor. The son of Congressman Oakes Ames, he attended Brown University before joining the family business. The successful Oakes factory was the primary supplier of shovels for American railroad construction and gold mining, enabling the family to become active in other businesses, with Oliver becoming an executive or director of several banks and railroads. He also served as an officer in the state militia. Turning to politics as a Republican, he was a State Senator and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Village Cemetery, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Amory, Thomas Isaac Coffin b. November 27, 1828 d. October 7, 1864
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A 1851 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was made a Captain in the 7th United States Regular Infantry at the start of the Civil War. He was subsequently promoted to Major of the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned in the Volunteer service as Colonel and commander of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the same rank, he was then appointed as Commissary of Musters for the XVIII...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Centaurea Path, Section 19, Lot 3076
Anderson, Frederick Charles b. March 24, 1842 d. October 6, 1882
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was an 18 years old resident of Raynham, Massachusetts when he enlisted in Dedham, Massachusetts on August 22, 1861. Mustered in as a Private in Company H, 18th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, he would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the2nd Battle of Weldon Railroad, Virginia on August 21, 1864. His citation (which erroneously lists his Company as "Company A") reads simply "Capture of battle flag of 27th South Carolina (C.S...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Unitarian Church Cemetery, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew, John Forrester b. November 26, 1850 d. May 30, 1895
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1893.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew, John Albion b. May 31, 1818 d. October 30, 1867
27th Massachusetts Governor. He served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1861 to 1865. A staunch supporter of the Union war effort during the Civil War, he facilitated the raising of thousands of troops for the Union, including the celebrated all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: E 040 003
Andrews, George Leonard b. August 31, 1828 d. April 4, 1899
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1851, placing 1st in his class of 42 (the class contained future Union Generals James StC. Morton, Kenner Garrard and William Whipple, as well as future Confederate...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Fir Avenue Path, Lot 1466
Angell, George Thorndike b. June 5, 1823 d. March 16, 1909
Social Reformer. He was the founder of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Appleton, Nathan b. October 1, 1779 d. July 14, 1861
Industrialist, US Congressman. He was one of the founders of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, and one of the fathers of the American Industrial Revolution. He was elected as a National Republican and as a Whig to represent Massachusetts' 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833, and from June to September, 1842.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Narcissus Path
Appleton, William b. November 16, 1786 d. February 15, 1862
US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent Massachusetts' 1st and 5th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1855, and from March to September, 1861.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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