Greenbrier County
West Virginia
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Greenbrier County
West Virginia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greenbrier County
Index to Locations
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Brack L. Campbell (1912-2002) —
of Rupert, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.; Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Dawson, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., March 26,
1912.
Son of John L. Campbell and Lillie D. (Woollard) Campbell.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1949-52.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Moose; Lions.
Died July 26,
2002 (age 90 years, 122
days).
Interment at At the End of the Trail Cemetery.
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Henry Mason Mathews (1834-1884) —
of Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born March 29,
1834.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1866; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1873-77; Governor of
West Virginia, 1877-81.
Died April 28,
1884 (age 50 years, 30
days).
Interment at Old Stone Church Cemetery.
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Edgar Parks Rucker (1861-1908) —
also known as Edgar P. Rucker —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born December
23, 1861.
Son of William Parks Rucker and Margaret Rucker.
Republican. West
Virginia state attorney general, 1897-1901.
Died April 21,
1908 (age 46 years, 120
days).
Interment at Old Stone Church Cemetery.
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Gory Hogg (1873-1963) —
of Harvey, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., June 29,
1873.
Son of Walter Harden Hogg (c.1838-1917) and Elizabeth (McGuffin)
Hogg.
Democrat. Physician;
president, Greenbrier Valley Bank;
director, New River Banking and
Trust Co.; director, Scotia Coal &
Coke Co.; director, South Side Coal
Co.; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1915-18; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1936-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in 1963
(age about
90 years).
Entombed at Rosewood Cemetery.
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Samuel Price (1805-1884) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., July 28,
1805.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-36, 1847-50, 1852; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1864-65; delegate to
West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1876-77.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
25, 1884 (age 78 years, 212
days).
Interment at Stuart Burying Ground.
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Thomas Bolling Robertson (1779-1828) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
27, 1779.
Democrat. Secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1807-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1812-18; Governor of
Louisiana, 1820-24; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1825.
Episcopalian.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), October
5, 1828 (age 49 years, 221
days).
Interment at Copeland Hill Cemetery.
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