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Moore County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Moore County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Aberdeen Old Bethesda Cemetery
  • Aberdeen Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Carthage Unknown location
  • Glendon Glendon Christian Church Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Moore County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Benjamin Williams (1751-1814) — of Moore County, N.C. Born in Johnston County, N.C., January 1, 1751. Farmer; member of North Carolina house of commons; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1793-95; Governor of North Carolina, 1799-1802, 1807-08. Died July 20, 1814 (age 63 years, 200 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography


    Old Bethesda Cemetery
    Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) — also known as Walter H. Page — of Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Cary, Wake County, N.C., August 15, 1855. Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page. Editor, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1896-99; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-18. Died in Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., December 21, 1918 (age 63 years, 128 days). Interment at Old Bethesda Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page; married 1880 to Alice Wilson; brother of Robert Newton Page.
      Robert Newton Page (1859-1933) — also known as Robert N. Page — of Aberdeen, Moore County, N.C.; Biscoe, Montgomery County, N.C.; Southern Pines, Moore County, N.C. Born in Cary, Wake County, N.C., October 26, 1859. Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page. Democrat. Lumber business; treasurer, Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Co., 1890-1902; president, Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Southern Pines N.C.; vice president, Page Trust Co., Aberdeen, N.C.; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1901-02; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1903-17. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in Aberdeen, Moore County, N.C., October 3, 1933 (age 73 years, 342 days). Interment at Old Bethesda Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page; brother of Walter Hines Page; married, June 20, 1888, to Flora Shaw.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Presbyterian Cemetery
    Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Lauchlin Bethune (1785-1874) — of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C. Born near Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., April 15, 1785. Member of North Carolina state senate from Cumberland County, 1817-18, 1822-25, 1827; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1831-33. Died October 10, 1874 (age 89 years, 178 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) — also known as William J. Adams — of Carthage, Moore County, N.C. Born in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., January 27, 1860. Son of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1908-21; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney ailment, in the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1934 (age 74 years, 113 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married to Florence Wall.


    Glendon Christian Church Cemetery
    Glendon, Moore County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Garland Smith Garriss (1908-1968) — also known as Garland S. Garriss — of Troy, Montgomery County, N.C. Born in Margarettsville, Northampton County, N.C., February 23, 1908. Son of Walter Garriss and Mamie (Smith) Garriss. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate, 1947-48, 1959-60, 1964-65. Methodist. Member, Rotary; American Legion. Died, of pneumonia and colon cancer, in Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., July 21, 1968 (age 60 years, 149 days). Interment at Glendon Christian Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Malcolm Buie Seawell. See Seawell family of North Carolina.


     

     


     
       
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