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Wythe County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wythe County


Index to Locations

  • Crockett's Cove Crockett Family Cemetery
  • Rural Retreat Methodist Church Cemetery
  • Wytheville East End Cemetery
  • Wytheville St. John's Church Cemetery
  • Wytheville St. Mary's Cemetery


    Crockett Family Cemetery
    Crockett's Cove, Wythe County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph M. Crockett (d. 1968) — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1937-41, 1955; chair of McDowell County Republican Party, 1945-46. Died in Crockett's Cove, Wythe County, Va., 1968. Interment at Crockett Family Cemetery.


    Methodist Church Cemetery
    Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      William Nuckles Doak (1882-1933) — also known as William N. Doak — of Roanoke, Va.; McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Va., December 12, 1882. Son of Canaro Draton Doak and Elizabeth (Dutton) Doak. Republican. Vice-president, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1916 (alternate), 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1924; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1930-33. Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons; Shriners. Died of heart disease, in McLean, Fairfax County, Va., October 23, 1933 (age 50 years, 315 days). Interment at Methodist Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, October 15, 1908, to Emma Marie Cricher.
      See also NNDB dossier


    East End Cemetery
    Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Enoch Withers (1821-1907) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1821. Lieutenant Governor of Virginia; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1875-81. Died in 1907 (age about 86 years). Interment at East End Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Thomas Withers Chinn.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876-1939) — also known as E. Lee Trinkle — of Virginia. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., March 12, 1876. Democrat. Governor of Virginia, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1928. Died in Richmond, Va., November 25, 1939 (age 63 years, 258 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      William Terry (1824-1888) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, August 14, 1824. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1871-73, 1875-77 (8th District 1871-73, 9th District 1875-77). Drowned while trying to ford Reed Creek, near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., September 5, 1888 (age 64 years, 22 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Alexander Walker (1832-1901) — also known as James A. Walker — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va. Born in Augusta County, Va., August 27, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1871-72; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1877-78; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1895-99; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., October 21, 1901 (age 69 years, 55 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.
      Relatives: Great-grandfather of Manley Caldwell Butler.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. John's Church Cemetery
    Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Crockett Shaffer (1880-1958) — also known as Joseph C. Shaffer — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va. Born in Virginia, January 19, 1880. Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1924-29, 1932-33; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1940. Died October 19, 1958 (age 78 years, 273 days). Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. Mary's Cemetery
    Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889) — of Virginia. Born near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., September 9, 1818. Member of Virginia state senate, 1846; state court judge in Virginia, 1866; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1870-71, 1871-83. Died February 27, 1889 (age 70 years, 171 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of Charles Clement Johnston and Joseph Eggleston Johnston; uncle of Henry Bowen. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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