The Political Graveyard: Shenandoah County, Va.

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Shenandoah County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Shenandoah County

Index to Locations

Edinburg Cedarwood Cemetery

Mt. Jackson Mt. Jackson Cemetery

Woodstock Unknown location

Woodstock Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery

Cedarwood Cemetery
Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Harrison Holt Riddleberger (1844-1890) — also known as Harrison H. Riddleberger — of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Virginia, 1844. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1883-89. Died in 1890 (age about 46 years). Interment at Cedarwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Mt. Jackson Cemetery
Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Burgess Nelson (1890-1966) — of Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Va., July 24, 1890. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate, 1942-46; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1948. Lutheran. Died March 3, 1966 (age 75 years, 222 days). Interment at Mt. Jackson Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Unknown Location
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:
	James Williams Riddleberger (1904-1982) — also known as James W. Riddleberger — of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Washington, D.C., September 21, 1904. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1953-57; Greece, 1958-59; Austria, 1962-67. Died in 1982 (age about 77 years). Interment somewhere.

Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
127 East High Street
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Green Berry Samuels (1806-1859) — of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Shenandoah County, Va., February 1, 1806. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1839-41; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; circuit judge in Virginia, 1850; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1852. Died in Richmond, Va., January 5, 1859 (age 52 years, 338 days). Interment at Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.

		Relatives: First cousin of Isaac Samuels Pennybacker; married to Maria Coffman (1812-1844); uncle of Benjamin M. Samuels; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Pennybacker Douglass; third cousin once removed of Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker; distant cousin of William Bradley Umstead. See Pennybacker-Umstead-Samuels-Anderson family of Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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