Pine Hill Cemetery (Dover, New Hampshire)
Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Dover, New Hampshire, and was first used as a burial ground in 1730.[1]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1730 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 43°11′9″N 70°52′13″W |
Notable interments
Following are interments of notable people:
- Daniel Meserve Durell (July 20, 1769 – April 28, 1841), U.S. congressman, elected to represent New Hampshire as an at-large delegate from 1807 to 1809[2]
- George Frost (April 26, 1720 – June 21, 1796), Revolutionary War Continental Congressman from 1777 to 1779[3]
- Jonathan Grout (July 23, 1737 – September 8, 1807), U.S. congressman elected to represent Massachusetts's 8th District, serving from 1789 to 1791[4]
- Joshua James Guppey (August 27, 1820 – December 8, 1893), Civil War Union brevet brigadier general[5]
- John Parker Hale (March 31, 1806 – November 19, 1873), U.S. congressman, Civil War U.S. senator, elected as a Democrat to represent New Hampshire as an at-large delegate to the House of Representatives in 1843-1845[6]
- William Hale (August 6, 1765 – November 8, 1848), U.S. congressman; first represented the 3rd District from 1809 to 1811, then as an at-large delegate from 1813 to 1817
- Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 – October 31, 1898), U.S. congressman representing New Hampshire's 1st District from 1879 to 1883, mayor of Dover in 1866, member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1871, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1874, and U.S. District Attorney for New Hampshire from 1874 to 1879
- John William Kingman (January 1, 1821 – December 17, 1903), Civil War Union Army officer
- Noah Martin (July 26, 1801 – May 28, 1863), New Hampshire governor
- Charles Henry Sawyer (March 30, 1840 – January 18, 1908), 41st governor of New Hampshire from 1887 to 1889
- Fred Wesley Wentworth (1864-1943), architect known for many buildings in downtown Paterson, New Jersey, and for the Lucius Varney House in Dover.[7]
- John Wentworth, Jr. (July 17, 1745 – January 10, 1787), Revolutionary War Continental Congressman[8]
References
- "Pine Hill Cemetery". A Grave Matter. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- United States House of Representatives
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Civil War High Commands
- NNDB
- Polton, Richard E. (2012), The Life and Times of Fred Wesley Wentworth: The Architect Who Shaped Paterson, NJ and Its People, Pine Hill Architectural Press, LLC, ISBN 9780813560786
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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