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Appomattox County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Appomattox County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Appomattox Unknown location Appomattox Appomattox Court House Green Appomattox Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery Private or family graveyards Appomattox County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Stanhope Bocock (1815-1891) — also known as Thomas S. Bocock — of Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va. Born in Buckingham County (part now in Appomattox County), Va., May 18, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1842-44, 1877-79 (Buckingham County 1842-44, Appomattox County 1877-79); Appomattox County Prosecuting Attorney, 1845-46; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1847-61 (4th District 1847-53, 5th District 1853-61); Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Speaker of the House in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880. Slaveowner. Died in Appomattox County, Va., August 5, 1891 (age 76 years, 79 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of John Thomas Bocock and Mary (Flood) Bocock; brother of Willis Bocock; married to Sarah Flood and Annie Faulkner.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Willis Bocock — of Virginia. Virginia state attorney general, 1850. Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Brother of Thomas Stanhope Bocock.   Joel Walker Flood (1839-1916) — also known as Joel W. Flood — of Appomattox County, Va. Born in Appomattox County, Va., January 9, 1839. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Appomattox County, 1873-77. Died in Appomattox County, Va., October 29, 1916 (age 77 years, 294 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Henry de la Warr Flood and Mary Elizabeth (Trent) Flood; married to Eleanor William 'Ella' Faulkner, Jennie C. Pleasant and Sallie Whiteman Delk; father of Eleanor Bolling Flood (who married Richard Evelyn Byrd), Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; grandfather of Harry Flood Byrd; great-grandfather of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin once removed of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of John Robertson; second cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell; third cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison II and Earle Cabell; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Edith Wilson; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.   Political family: Byrd-Flood family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Courtney Franklin (1858-1948) — also known as W. C. Franklin — of Pamplin City, Appomattox County, Va. Born August 19, 1858. Republican. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Appomattox County, 1883, 1885-87; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1920. Died October 8, 1948 (age 90 years, 50 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia Appomattox Court House Green Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Henry De La Warr Flood (1865-1921) — also known as Henry D. Flood — of Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va. Born in Appomattox County, Va., September 2, 1865. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Appomattox County, 1887-91; member of Virginia state senate, 1891-1903; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention from Campbell & Appomattox counties, 1901-02; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1901-21; died in office 1921; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker), 1916, 1920. Died in Washington, D.C., December 8, 1921 (age 56 years, 97 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Appomattox Court House Green.   Relatives: Son of Joel Walker Flood and Eleanor William 'Ella' (Faulkner) Flood; half-brother of Joel West Flood; brother of Eleanor Bolling Flood (who married Richard Evelyn Byrd); uncle of Harry Flood Byrd; granduncle of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of John Robertson; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II and Earle Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of Edith Wilson.   Political family: Byrd-Flood family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joel West Flood (1894-1964) — of Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va. Born near Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va., August 2, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1932-33; state court judge in Virginia, 1940-64. Died in Richmond, Va., April 27, 1964 (age 69 years, 269 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Appomattox Court House Green.   Relatives: Son of Joel Walker Flood and Sallie Whiteman (Delk) Flood; half-brother of Eleanor Bolling Flood (who married Richard Evelyn Byrd) and Henry De La Warr Flood; married to Dorothy Foster Evans; half-uncle of Harry Flood Byrd; granduncle of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of John Robertson; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II and Earle Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of Edith Wilson.   Political family: Byrd-Flood family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Watkins Moorman Abbitt (1908-1998) — also known as Watkins M. Abbitt — of Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va. Born in Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va., May 21, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; Appomattox County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1944; delegate to Virginia limited constitutional convention 11th District, 1945; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1948-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1964, 1972; Virginia Democratic state chair, 1964-70. Baptist. Member, Ruritan; Lions; Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi; American Forestry Association. Died, of leukemia, at Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg, Va., July 13, 1998 (age 90 years, 53 days). Interment at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Francis Abbitt and Otway C. (Moorman) Abbitt; married, March 20, 1937, to Corinne Hancock; father of Watkins Moorman Abbitt Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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