Biographies

Lt. Allen was born on May 20, 1838 in Salem, MA to John Fiske Allen, a horticulturalist known for his work with grapes, and Lucy Pickering Dodge. His mother died of consumption (tuberculosis) in Richmond, VA in 1840. In 1842 his father married Mary Hodges Cleveland. Lt. Allen had three sisters and one brother: Lucy, George Cleveland, Marion Cleveland, and Elizabeth Cleveland. The oldest two died in infancy. From 1859-1861 Pickering Dodge Allen went on a world tour as many you

Augustine Forester was born in Salem, MA on August 16, 1841 to Joseph and Mercy (Ropes) Webb. Joseph and Mercy were both born in Salem on March 30, 1802. Augustine was the youngest of their six children. His father died in Penang, Malaysia during a voyage in 1846 when Augustine was only five. His unmarried aunt Eliza moved in with them and helped his mother raise the children. Augustine helped support his family as an express messenger for the Salem banks. He enlisted as a Se

"Farewell! my fond and loving wife, Farewell! my children near and dear: My Savior call's me from this life, To join in Heaven the angels there: And Oh! on Canaan's happy shore, May we all meet to part no more."

Micah was born in Marlborough, MA on March 31, 1735 to Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Goodale) Harthan. He was the third of their four children born in Marlborough. He was a veteran of both the Seven Years War and the American Revolution. Like many others in central Massachusetts he marched to the relief of Fort William Henry in 1757. He served again twenty years later, marching on the alarm at Bennington in August of 1777. On November 26, 1761 Micah married Sarah Jones. Both of the

Simeon was born in Mansfield, MA on August 27, 1775 to Ephraim Jr. and Mercy (Tiffany) Grover. He was the fifth of their eight children. On October 11, 1798 he married Sally Paine of Foxborough, MA in nearby Sharon, MA. Their intentions were published on September 5, 1798 in Mansfield, and they were granted a certificate on September 28. Simeon was a farmer and coffin maker. He and Sally had six children. I wasn’t able to find any military service for Captain Grover, though h

Mary was born in Mendon, MA on June 22, 1699. She was one of the ten children of Rev. Grindall Rawson and his wife, Susanna (Wilson) Rawson. Rev. Rawson came to Mendon from Boston to be the second town minister in 1680. In 1724 she married Rev. Joseph Dorr who had taken over the ministry of Mendon in 1716, a year after the death of Rev. Rawson. They had five children together, four daughters and one son, and all but one daughter would outlive their parents. Her husband passed

Moses was born to Moses and Mary (Pierce) Harrington on November 8, 1759. Though his birth was recorded in Grafton, MA the church record states he was born in Watertown, MA. He was their second child and second son. In 1776 aged only 17 Moses served during the Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer’s Company in Col. Nicholas Dike’s Regiment. They were stationed at Dorchester Heights, and he was given an allowance for the two days it would take him to walk hom

Rev. Clark was born in Cambridge, MA to Rev. Jonas and Elizabeth Clark. Rev. Jonas Clark was the Ruling Elder of the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay. Rev. Thomas Clark He graduated from Harvard in 1670 and moved to Chelmsford soon after to assist Reverend John Fiske. During King Philip’s War he served as a chaplain of the local army for seven weeks and was paid 6 Pounds for his services. In 1677/8 he was asked to become the Minister in Chelmsford. He was ordained in 1679.

Colonel Seth Bannister (1739-1819) Veteran of the American Revolution Mason

Ralph and Mary Bowker South Hopedale Cemetery Hopedale, MA

Mr. Edward Johnson (1785-1827) "Of joys departed, / Never to return how painful the remembrance.”

Mr. Jonathan Lawrence (1706-1773) “As time doth fly, our death draws nigh"

Captain Joseph Edward Kimball 1st Massachusetts Infantry 37th US Colored Regiment 116th US Colored Regiment US Civil War

This is the grave of Edward Carter (1697-1742) in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground. He was a silk dyer and scourer who ran a shop on Cambridge Street near Lynne Street in the West End of Boston. The epitaph takes up the majority of his gravestone and is put higher than his name. Quiet is a bit ironic, since this is one of the loudest and most visited parts of Boston. “Farewell Vain World I have Enough Of The And Now I’m Careles what thou Say of me What Fault thou See in me Tak

Daniel and Johanna Sullivan St. Patrick's Cemetery Fall River, MA

Mistress Katharine Upham (1721-1774) Brookfield Cemetery Brookfield, MA

In Memory of CHARLES PRATT MARSTON An Infant Son of John Marston Esqr. and Mrs. Elizath. Marston of Boston. He died Octr. 20th 1775 aged 9 Months. While British Forces held his native Town.

Mrs. Susanna Houghton (1781-1818) Old Burying Ground Berlin, MA

Lt. Edward Wallace Wellington (1840-1880) 25th Massachusetts Infantry 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry US Civil War

William Henry Dexter was born in Charlton, MA on January 11, 1823 to John Bradford and Lucinda (McIntire) Dexter. His wife, Eliza Adeline Foss, was born in Winthrop, ME on August 3, 1824. Her parents were Phineas and Dorothy (Junkins) Foss. The couple was married around 1850 according to the Census records. They had one child, a daughter named Carrie E. She died of dysentery in 1852 at the age of four months. Mr. Dexter was a flour and grain merchant for the first half of his