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Lincoln County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Beattys Ford Unity Churchyard
  • Lincolnton Hollybrook Cemetery
  • Lincolnton Methodist Church Graveyard
  • Lincolnton St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
  • Near Lincolnton Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Peter Forney (1756-1834) — of North Carolina. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., April 21, 1756. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; iron manufacturer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1794-96; member of North Carolina state senate, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1813-15. Died in Lincoln County, N.C., February 1, 1834 (age 77 years, 286 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Father of Daniel Munroe Forney; grandfather of William Henry Forney. See Forney family of North Carolina.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unity Churchyard
    Beattys Ford, Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) — of Warren County, N.C.; Halifax, Halifax County, N.C. Born in Virginia, about 1782. Son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1809, 1817; North Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24; resigned 1824; Governor of North Carolina, 1824-27. Died in Iredell County, N.C., April 21, 1836 (age about 54 years). Interment at Unity Churchyard.
      Relatives: Nephew of Robert Burton; son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton; married to Sarah Jones. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography


    Hollybrook Cemetery
    Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Andrew Jonas (1876-1955) — also known as Charles A. Jonas — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., August 14, 1876. Son of Cephus Anderson Jonas and Martha Dianna (Scronce) Jonas. Republican. Lawyer; general counsel and director, Midland Oil Company; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1928, 1940, 1944; member of North Carolina state senate, 1915-19; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-29, 1935-37; member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1927-40; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1942; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1931-32; candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1938. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Modern Woodmen; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Junior Order. Died May 25, 1955 (age 78 years, 284 days). Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Cephus Anderson Jonas and Martha Dianna (Scronce) Jonas; married, August 23, 1902, to Rosa Petrie; father of Charles Raper Jonas.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) — also known as W. E. Garrison — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., March 2, 1892. Son of William L. Garrison and Docia (Clanton) Garrison. Democrat. Building contractor; real estate business; member of North Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959. Baptist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died December 2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275 days). Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Methodist Church Graveyard
    Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      William Lander (1817-1868) — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, May 8, 1817. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1852; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Methodist. Died January 8, 1868 (age 50 years, 245 days). Interment at Methodist Church Graveyard.


    St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
    Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) — Born March 8, 1786. Son of Thomas Shipp and Hannah Joyce Shipp. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons. Died May 26, 1869 (age 83 years, 79 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas Shipp and Hannah Joyce Shipp; married to Susan Marie Forney (1797-1880); father of William Marcus Shipp. See Iredell-Johnston-Cameron-Shipp family of North Carolina.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      William Alexander Graham (1839-1923) — also known as William A. Graham — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., December 26, 1839. Son of William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) and Susannah Sarah (Washington) Graham (1816-1890). Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; member of North Carolina state senate, 1874-75, 1878-79; member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1908; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1905; North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1908-23; died in office 1923. Baptist. Died December 24, 1923 (age 83 years, 363 days). Interment at Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of James Graham; son of William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) and Susannah Sarah (Washington) Graham (1816-1890); brother of John Washington Graham, Augustus Washington Graham and Susan Washington Graham (1851-1909; who married Walter Clark); married, June 9, 1864, to Julia R. Lane (1845-1909); married to Sallie Hill Clark (1864-1936). See Graham family of North Carolina.


     

     


     
       
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