The Political Graveyard: Cheshire County, N.H.

Cheshire County
New Hampshire

Cheshire County information:

Population: 73,825 (2000); 70,121 (1990)
Land area 707 square miles.
County seat: Keene
Cheshire County official web site.
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Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Cheshire County
Politicians who were born in Cheshire County
Politicians who lived in Cheshire County
Politicians who died in Cheshire County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cheshire County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Cheshire County

(not intended to be complete)

Sheldon L. Barker (County Commissioner)

Politicians who were born in Cheshire County

No city given: Amasa T. Winch c.1843
Alstead: Ezra Kidder 1781 Titus Brown 1786 Salma Hale 1787 Arba Kidder 1808
Chesterfield: Alpheus F. Snow 1818 Harlan F. Stone 1872
Dublin: J. Fred Parker 1856
Hinsdale: William Babcock 1785 Jacob Estey 1814
Jaffrey: Oliver Lyman Spaulding 1833
Keene: John Dickson 1783 Thomas M. Edwards 1795 Francis Beattie Brewer 1820 George E. Adams 1840 William H. Parker 1847 George H. Bridgman 1853 Fred H. Babbitt 1859 Philip H. Faulkner 1883 Bernard A. Streeter c.1937 Heather Wilson 1960
Marlborough: Rufus Smith Frost 1826 Andrew Coolidge Stone 1839
Nelson: David Alvaro Felt 1820 James Scollay Taft 1844 A. B. Kittredge 1861
Packersfield (now Nelson): John Felt 1798 Dorman Felt 1810
Rindge: Amasa Norcross 1824
Sullivan: Charles C. Comstock 1818 Marcellus H. Felt 1845
Walpole: Davis Carpenter 1799
Westmoreland: John Milton Goodenow 1782 Martin Butterfield 1790 Nathaniel S. Benton 1792 Alanson Skinner 1794 Avery Skinner 1796 Goldsmith Fox Bailey 1823 Clinton Babbitt 1831
Winchester: Henry Ashley 1778 Marshall Jewell 1825 Louis B. Goodall 1851
See also N.H. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Cheshire County

No city given: Barbara Richardson
Alstead: James H. Bingham - Benjamin H. Bragg - Charles H. Cooke - John F. Dickey - Thomas Dinsmore - Ansel Glover - Ezra Kidder - Fred J. Marvin - Donald W. Moore - John W. Prentiss - Amos Shepard
Chesterfield: Murray Davis - Wakefield Dort - Phineas Handerson - Levi Jackson - Frederick B. Pierce - Harold E. Randall - Nathan Wild - E. James Winslow
Dublin: Henry D. Allison - Arthur T. Appleton - Vinton Chapin - Thomas Fisk - Bruce Keough - Henry B. Learned - George B. Leighton - Richard Peloquin - Joseph Petrone - Charles R. Thomas
East Sullivan, Sullivan: David Alvaro Felt - Mary Ruberga - Gardner C. Turner
Fitzwilliam: John J. Allen, Jr. - Levi Chamberlain - Clarence M. Damon - W. E. Emerson - Julius H. Firmin - George F. Miller - Pauline H. Miller - John M. Parker - Nahum Parker
Gilsum: Herbert E. Adams - John S. Collins - Roy E. Forbes - George W. Hammond - Pauline I. Hanson - Carlos D. Wilson
Harrisville: Bernard F. Bemis - John N. Clark - Lawrence W. Rathbun
Hinsdale: Charles J. Amidon - Frederick Boyden - William Haile - Lemuel F. Liscom - Abbie H. Robertson - Clifford D. Stearns
Jaffrey: Roger B. Adams - Albert Annette - Guy H. Cutter - George H. Duncan - John Felt - Levi Fisk - Walter L. Goodnow - Charles J. Mills - Charles Morris Mills - Asa Parker - James B. Perry - Charles L. Rich - Jason C. Sawyer
Keene:
- Lived in Keene, 1750-1799: Josiah Richardson
- Lived in Keene, 1800-1849: Benaiah Cooke - Henry Cooledge - Francis Gardner - Salma Hale - Phineas Handerson - Arba Kidder - Daniel Newcomb - John Prentice - Lockhart Willard - John Wood
- Lived in Keene, 1850-1899: Joseph R. Beal - George H. Bridgman - Levi Chamberlain - William P. Chamberlain - Thomas M. Edwards - John H. Elliott - Bertram Ellis - Frederic A. Faulkner - Edward Gustine - Samuel W. Hale - Charles H. Hersey - Arba Kidder - Horatio Kimball - Fred A. Parker - Royal H. Porter - Daniel W. Rugg - James Scollay Taft - Clement J. Woodward - Don H. Woodward
- Lived in Keene, 1900-1949: John T. Abbott - Ben O. Aldrich - Charles S. Aldrich - John E. Allen - Fred P. Amidon, Jr. - Henry C. Arwe - Sheldon L. Barker - James H. Batchelder - Russell F. Batchelor - Leo B. Beauregard - Frank J. Bennett - James F. Cady - Francis P. Callahan - Edward J. Carr - Arthur Cummings - Lucy J. Dickinson - Frank M. Dinsmoor - Wakefield Dort - John M. Duffy - Lawrence C. Ellery - Bertram Ellis - James M. Erwin - James C. Farmer - Frederic A. Faulkner - Philip H. Faulkner - George H. Follansbee - Sidney S. Frissell - Charles Galeshedd - Wilder E. Gates - George H. Gauthier - Bernard Gilbo - Waldo Giovannangeli - John R. Goodnow - Roger W. Goodnow - Windsor H. Goodnow - Albert S. Heaton - Cowling Hilton - Frank Huntress - George F. Knowlton - Harry C. Lichman - Clifford W. Martin - Arthur Olson - Laurence M. Pickett - Michael Plaut - Carl D. Roche - Joseph A. Ryan - Harry C. Shaw - C. Gale Shedd - Robert A. Smith - Marquis O. Spaulding - Clarence E. Stickney - Edward C. Sullivan - James Scollay Taft - Andrew E. Towne - George F. T. Trask - E. James Winslow
- Lived in Keene, 1950-1999: Kenneth P. Colby - Francis A. Dostilio - Francis F. Faulkner - George R. Hanna - Katherine Hanna - Jane Lane - Margaret Lynch - Robert L. Mallat, Jr. - Richard Peloquin - Laurence M. Pickett - Patricia Russell - Hugh F. Waling
- Lived in Keene, 2000-2008: Tom Eaton
Marlborough: James Batcheller - George G. Davis - Levi A. Fuller - Benjamin G. Hall - Charles B. Knight - Omer A. Rivers - Leon E. Wiswall
Marlow: James Burnap - Amos F. Fiske - Roxie A. Forbes - Allen Griffin - Fred G. Huntley - Albert W. Phelps
Nelson: Sheldon L. Barker - Thaddeus W. Barker - John R. Bradshaw - Milan Harris - Neil Tolman
Packersfield (now Nelson): Josiah Robbins
Richmond: Stephen A. Bullock - Leason Martin
Rindge: Charles W. Fletcher - Enoch Hale - Seth Payson - Harris H. Rice - Ezra S. Stearns - George A. Whitney - Abby L. Wilder - Joshua Wilder
Roxbury: Edward E. Baker
Stoddard: William F. Lane - Jacob Taylor
Surry: Robert M. Crain - George K. Harvey - Francis Holbrook
Swanzey: Elijah Belding - Ralph A. Blake - Homer S. Bradley - Elijah Carpenter - Edward J. Hanna - Benjamin Read - Gerald A. Rust - Elisha Whitcomb - Allen C. Wilcox
Troy: Don W. Randall - Franklin Ripley
Walpole: Amasa Allen - John Bellows - Josiah Bellows - Thomas C. Drew - Thomas N. Hastings - Henry A. Hitchcock - George Huntington - Stephen Johnson - Harold T. Killeen - William H. Kiniry - Gustavus Lucke - Harold O. Pierce - John W. Prentiss - E. Everett Rhodes - Frederick Vose - Roger Vose
Westmoreland: George Aldrich - Tileston A. Barker - Oscar W. Billings - Charles F. Brooks - Joseph Buffum, Jr. - Forrest W. Hall - T. Hoskins - Alfred E. Lawrence - Jotham Lord, Jr. - Ezra Pierce - William J. Reed
Winchester: Henry Abbott - Ellery Albee - Samuel Ashlay - Asahel H. Bennett - George F. Brown - Winfred C. Burbank - Frederick H. Ingham - Luman R. Nelson - Jared Perkins - Orrin Perkins - George W. Pierce
See also N.H. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Cheshire County

Alstead: Ezra Kidder 1847
Dublin: George Harvey 1928
Fitzwilliam: Nahum Parker 1839
Jaffrey: John Felt 1887
Keene: Samuel Dinsmoor 1835 Thomas M. Edwards 1875 Arba Kidder 1878 John T. Abbott 1914 Philip H. Faulkner 1959 Sheldon L. Barker 1986
Nelson: Josiah Robbins 1850
Surry: George K. Harvey 1898
Walpole: Stephen R. Bradley 1830 Roger Vose 1841
Westmoreland: Joseph Buffum, Jr. 1874
Winchester: Joseph Weeks 1845

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cheshire County

Fitzwilliam Town Cemetery
Jaffrey Conant Cemetery
Keene Unknown location
Keene Greenlawn Cemetery
Keene Washington Street Cemetery
Keene Woodland Cemetery
Keene Woodlawn Cemetery
Surry Village Cemetery
Walpole Village Cemetery
Westmoreland North Cemetery
Westmoreland South Village Cemetery

Town Cemetery
Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Nahum Parker (1760-1839) — of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Mass., March 4, 1760. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1794-1804, 1806-07; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1804-05; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1807-10; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1807-13; circuit justice in New Hampshire, 1813-16; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1828; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1828-29. Died in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, N.H., November 12, 1839. Interment at Town Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Conant Cemetery
Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Alfred Beard Kittredge (1861-1911) — also known as A. B. Kittredge — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., March 28, 1861. Republican. Member of South Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-92; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1901-09. Died May 4, 1911. Interment at Conant Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Unknown Location
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Philip H. Faulkner (1883-1959) — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 30, 1883. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1916. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 30, 1959. Interment somewhere.

Greenlawn Cemetery
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Whitney Hale (1823-1891) — also known as Samuel W. Hale — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., April 2, 1823. Republican. Member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1869-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880; Governor of New Hampshire, 1883-85. Died October 16, 1891. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Sheldon Livermore Barker (1900-1986) — also known as Sheldon L. Barker — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H.; Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., 1900. Cheshire County Commissioner; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Nelson, 1948. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., 1986. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.

Washington Street Cemetery
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Dinsmoor (1766-1835) — of New Hampshire. Born in Windham, Rockingham County, N.H., July 1, 1766. Father of Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.. U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1821; state court judge in New Hampshire, 1823-31; Governor of New Hampshire, 1831-34. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., March 15, 1835. Interment at Washington Street Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Peleg Sprague (1756-1800) — of New Hampshire. Born in Massachusetts, 1756. Member of New Hampshire state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1797-99. Died in 1800. Interment at Washington Street Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Woodland Cemetery
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

James Wilson (1797-1881) — of New Hampshire. Born in New Hampshire, 1797. Son of James Wilson (1766-1839). Member of New Hampshire state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1847-50. Died in 1881. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Wilson (1766-1839) — of New Hampshire. Born in New Hampshire, 1766. Father of James Wilson (1797-1881). Member of New Hampshire state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 5th District, 1809-11. Died in 1839. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Salma Hale (1787-1866) — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Alstead, Cheshire County, N.H., March 7, 1787. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1817-19; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1823, 1828, 1844; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1824-25, 1845-46. Died in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., November 19, 1866. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Woodlawn Cemetery
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Thomas McKey Edwards (1795-1875) — also known as Thomas M. Edwards — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., December 16, 1795. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1834-39; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1859-63. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 1, 1875. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Village Cemetery
Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

George K. Harvey (1829-1898) — of Surry, Cheshire County, N.H. Born February 18, 1829. Member of New Hampshire state senate 13th District, 1883-84. Died in Surry, Cheshire County, N.H., February 19, 1898. Interment at Village Cemetery.

Village Cemetery
Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Roger Vose (1763-1841) — of Walpole, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., February 24, 1763. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1809-11, 1812-13; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1818-20. Died in Walpole, Cheshire County, N.H., October 26, 1841. Interment at Village Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

North Cemetery
Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

George Aldrich — of Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1804; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1805-09. Interment at North Cemetery.

South Village Cemetery
Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Buffum, Jr. (1784-1874) — of Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., September 23, 1784. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1818-19; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 4th District, 1819-21; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1825. Died in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., February 24, 1874. Interment at South Village Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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