Bass, Robert Perkins b. September 1, 1873 d. July 29, 1960 New Hampshire Governor. Born in Chicago, he was Governor from 1911 to 1913. A graduate of Harvard College, he was a New Hampshire state representative from 1905 to 1909 and a state senator from 1909 to 1910. After his retirement, he worked on several commissions in New Hamphsire and died at Peterborough. (Bio by: MayflowerPilgrim332) Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA Plot: Bass family plot
Beal, Royal b. June 2, 1899 d. May 20, 1969 Actor. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, he was best remembered for his role as Brigadier General Gordon on the TV series, "The Phil Silvers Show". His other television credits include "Goodyear Television Playhouse", "Kraft Television Theatre", "The Philco Television Playhouse", "Route 66" and "I Spy". For feature films, he appeared in "Boomerang!" (1947), "Lost Boundaries" (1949), "Death Of A Salesman" (1951), "The Joe Louis Story" (1953) and "Anatomy Of A Murder" (1959). He died at age 69 in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Timothy Robertson Cemetery, Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Bean, Benning Moulton b. January 9, 1782 d. February 6, 1866 US Politician. Served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives (1815-1823 and 1827), Member of New Hampshire State Senate (1824-1827 and 1831-1832), Member of New Hampshire Governor's Council in 1829, and United States Representative at-large from New Jersey (1833-1837). (Bio by: K) Bean Cemetery, Moultonborough, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
Beattie, Alexander M. b. July 29, 1828 d. March 7, 1907 Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company F, 3rd Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 5, 1864. His citation reads "Removed, under a hot fire, a wounded member of his command to a place of safety". His Medal was issued on April 25, 1894. (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Bell, Charles Henry b. November 18, 1823 d. November 11, 1893 US Senator, New Hampshire Governor. After a long career in the New Hampshire State Legislature, he was elected as a Republican Senator to the United States Senate, serving from March 13, 1879, to June 18, 1879 (his brief term was spurred by a vacancy in the seat, which he held until a successor, Senator Henry William Blair, was elected). He was elected Governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1881 to 1883. He came from a...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Bell, James b. November 13, 1804 d. May 26, 1857 US Senator. The son of Samuel Bell, the 14th Governor of New Hampshire, he was born in Francestown, Hillsborough County. He received an excellent education, attending the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and the Litchfield Law School in Connecticut before being admitted to the bar in 1825. Returning to his home state, he had a successful practice in Gilmanton and, after 1831, in Exeter. In 1846 he closed his law office and moved to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Bell, John b. July 20, 1765 d. March 23, 1836 Governor of New Hampshire 1828-1829. Elected as State Representative from Londonerry (1799-1800), before moving to Chester. Also elected State Senator (1803-1804) and Councillor (1817-1823). Served as High Sheriff of Rockingham County (1823-1828). An Adams Democrat, he defeated incumbent Governor Benjamin Pierce, father of the 14th U.S. president Franklin Pierce, in 1828. However, as an incumbent, he lost to Benjamin Pierce in the next election for Governor in 1829. Also elected as New...[Read More] (Bio by: Bruce) Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Bell, Louis b. December 6, 1864 d. June 14, 1923 Scientist, Inventor. A pioneer in the field of electricty, he designed and installed the first Three Phase generators in industrial plants in America. Editor of The Electrical World, Professor of Physics, Purdue University, and a Chief Engineer, General Electric Company. A leading lecturer on the field of electricty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John Hopkins and Harvard Universities. A Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. President Illuminating Engineering Society. Vice...[Read More] (Bio by: Bruce) Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Bell, Louis b. March 8, 1837 d. January 16, 1865 Civil War Union Army Officer. Mortally wounded during the Union attack on the Confederate Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865, he died of his wound from a Confederate sharpshooter the day after the battle. During the attack, he commanded the Third Brigade, Second Division, XXIV Army Corps. An account was written in September 1865, by John Bell Bouton, claiming Colonel Louis Bell was awarded a Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers rank by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton per order of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bruce) Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Plot: Samuel Bell Family Plot
Bell, Samuel Newell b. March 25, 1829 d. February 8, 1889 US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced the practice of law in Meredith, New Hampshire. In 1871, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress, served until 1873 and was again elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, serving 1875 to 1877. Not a candidate for reelection, he resumed legal practice and served as vice president of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Valley Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA Plot: Lot 1173
Bell, Samuel b. February 9, 1770 d. December 22, 1850 New Hampshire Governor. Served as the Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1804 to 1807, New Hampshire State Attorney General from 1806 to 1807, Member of the New Hampshire State Senate for the 7th District from 1807 to 1809, Justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court from 1816 to 1819, and United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835. (Bio by: K) Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Benton, Jacob b. August 19, 1814 d. September 29, 1892 US Congressman. He attended the Lyndon and the Randolph Academies in Vermont and graduated from Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vermont. He taught school for several years before he moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire where he was admitted to the bar and established a law practice. In 1853 he made the decision to enter politics and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the 1854 to 1856 session. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd) Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Berry, Nathaniel Springer b. September 1, 1796 d. April 27, 1894 New Hampshire Governor. Born in Bath, Maine, he was Governor of New Hampshire from 1861 to 1863 and elected on the Republican ticket. Prior to being Governor, he served in the State House of Representatives in 1828, 1833 to 1834, and in 1837. He served in the State Senate from 1835 to 1836. Governor Berry was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He died in Bristol. (Bio by: MayflowerPilgrim332) Homeland Cemetery, Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Betton, Silas b. August 26, 1768 d. January 22, 1822 US Congressman. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 1st Distict and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1807. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799, and 1810 to 1811, and Member of the New Hampshire State Senate for the 3rd District from 1800 to 1803. (Bio by: K) Salem Center Burying Ground, Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Blair, Henry William b. December 6, 1834 d. March 14, 1920 US Congressman, US Senator. Served as a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 1st and 3rd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1879, and 1893 to 1895. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1866, Member of the New Hampshire State Senate from 1867 to 1868, and United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1879 to 1891. (Bio by: K) Blair Cemetery, Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Blaisdell, Daniel b. January 22, 1762 d. January 10, 1833 US Congressman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and in the United States Army during the War of 1812. Elected to represent New Hampshire's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1809 to 1811. Also served as a Member of the New Hampshire Governor's Council from 1803 to 1808, Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799, 1812 to 1813, and 1824 to 1825, Member of the New Hampshire State Senate for the...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Wells Cemetery, Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Blanchard, Jonathan d. July 16, 1788 Continental Congressman. He was educated in local schools and became a surveyor, mapmaker, farmer and attorney. He was a Delegate to New Hampshire's Provincial Congress in 1775 and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives when it was created in 1776. He was appointed state Attorney General in 1777, and was a member of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety from 1777 to 1778. Blanchard was elected to the Continental Congress in 1783, but did not attend. In 1784 he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Old Dunstable Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Blood, Robert Oscar b. November 10, 1887 d. August 3, 1975 New Hampshire Governor. Blood served as a Colonel in the United States Army during World War I. He later served as a Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1935, Member of the New Hampshire State Senate from 1937 to 1940, Governor of New Hampshire from 1941 to 1945, and as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Hampshire in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and again in 1960. (Bio by: K) Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Blunt, Asa Peabody b. October 19, 1826 d. October 4, 1889 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 12th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services". (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA Plot: Section 30, Lot 1322