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Robeson County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Robeson County


Index to Locations

  • Lumberton Unknown location
  • Lumberton Meadowbrook Cemetery
  • Maxton Maxton Cemetery
  • McDonald Iona Presbyterian Church


    Unknown Location
    Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Malcolm Buie Seawell (d. 1976) — also known as Malcolm B. Seawell — of North Carolina. Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell. North Carolina state attorney general, 1958-60; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1960. Died in 1976. Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell; cousin of Garland Smith Garriss; father of Buie Seawell. See Seawell family of North Carolina.


    Meadowbrook Cemetery
    Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) — also known as Angus W. McLean — of Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C. Born in Robeson County, N.C., April 20, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker), 1932; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-20; Governor of North Carolina, 1925-29. Died June 21, 1935 (age 65 years, 62 days). Interment at Meadowbrook Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Hector MacLean.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Alfred Rowland (1844-1898) — of Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1844. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1887-91. Died in 1898 (age about 54 years). Interment at Meadowbrook Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Frank Ertel Carlyle (1897-1960) — also known as F. Ertel Carlyle — of Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C. Born in Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C., April 7, 1897. Son of William W. Carlyle and Lillian O. Carlyle. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; solicitor, 9th District, 1939-48; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1949-57. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C., October 2, 1960 (age 63 years, 178 days). Interment at Meadowbrook Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 19, 1927, to Lois Godwin Caldwell.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Maxton Cemetery
    Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Gilbert Brown Patterson (1863-1922) — also known as Gilbert B. Patterson — of Maxton, Robeson County, N.C. Born near Maxton, Robeson County, N.C., May 29, 1863. Son of Gilbert Patterson and Margaret P. Patterson. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1903-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916. Died in Maxton, Robeson County, N.C., January 26, 1922 (age 58 years, 242 days). Interment at Maxton Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Iona Presbyterian Church
    McDonald, Robeson County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      James Bryan McMillan (1916-1995) — also known as James B. McMillan — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., December 19, 1916. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 1968-89. Died, of cancer, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., March 4, 1995 (age 78 years, 75 days). Interment at Iona Presbyterian Church.


     

     


     
       
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