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Marion County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Marion County

Index to Locations Kendrick Kendrick Memorial Gardens Ocala Evergreen Cemetery Ocala Greenwood Cemetery Ocala Greenwood Cemetery Ocala Highland Memorial Park Ocala Woodlawn Cemetery South Lake Weir South Lake Weir Cemetery Kendrick Memorial Gardens Kendrick, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   William Venroe Chappell Jr. (1922-1989) — also known as William V. Chappell, Jr.; Bill Chappell — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla. Born in Kendrick, Marion County, Fla., February 3, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, 1950-54; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1954-64, 1967-68; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1961-63; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1960; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1969-89; defeated, 1988. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 30, 1989 (age 67 years, 55 days). Interment at Kendrick Memorial Gardens.   Epitaph: "Live always to serve another / Soldier, statesman, and father / He served the nation well for 35 years."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Evergreen Cemetery Ocala, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Robert Bullock (1828-1905) — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla. Born in Granville County, N.C., December 8, 1828. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; probate judge in Florida, 1866; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1879; U.S. Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1889-93; county judge in Florida, 1903-05. Died in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., July 27, 1905 (age 76 years, 231 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Bullock and Mildred (Walker) Bullock; married, May 7, 1852, to Amanda Loretta Waterman; father of William Simeon Bullock; uncle of Julian Shakespeare Carr.   Political family: Bullock-Parrish family of Durham, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Byeram Owens (c.1816-1889) — also known as James B. Owens — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla. Born near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., about 1816. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1860; delegate to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died August 1, 1889 (age about 73 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Louise Eunice Harris (sister-in-law of Ethelbert Barksdale); grandfather of John Wellborn Martin.   Political family: Barksdale family of Virginia. Greenwood Cemetery Ocala, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   John Marshall Martin (1832-1921) — of Florida. Born in Edgefield County, S.C., March 18, 1832. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1863-64. Last survivor of the Confederate Congress. Died in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., August 10, 1921 (age 89 years, 145 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Presumably named for: John Marshall   See also Wikipedia article   William Simeon Bullock (1856-1935) — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla. Born in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., May 16, 1856. Lawyer; judge of criminal court in Florida, 1882; circuit judge in Florida; appointed 1901. Died May 28, 1935 (age 79 years, 12 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Bullock; married to Willie Alice Reddick; first cousin of Julian Shakespeare Carr.   Political family: Bullock-Parrish family of Durham, North Carolina. Greenwood Cemetery Ocala, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Peter Gaillard Snowden (1823-1889) — Born in South Carolina, March 6, 1823. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Berkeley, 1860-62. Died in Marion County, Fla., October 21, 1889 (age 66 years, 229 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lydia (Gaillard) Snowden and William Estell Snowden; great-granduncle of John Palmer Gaillard Jr.; first cousin of Peter Charles Gaillard, Franklin Gaillard and Henry Augustus Gaillard; first cousin once removed of John Gaillard; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Porcher Stoney; second cousin of Theodore Gaillard Hunt and Peter Porcher Bonneau; fourth cousin of Francis James Porcher and William Porcher Miles.   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Highland Memorial Park Ocala, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) — also known as C. Farris Bryant — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., July 26, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952, 1960 (alternate), 1968; Governor of Florida, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Jaycees; Alpha Kappa Psi; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in a hospital at Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., March 1, 2002 (age 87 years, 218 days). Interment at Highland Memorial Park.   Relatives: Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant; married, September 18, 1940, to Julia Burnett.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier Woodlawn Cemetery Ocala, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Armanis F. Knotts (1856-1937) — also known as A. F. Knotts — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind.; Inglis, Levy County, Fla.; Yankeetown, Levy County, Fla. Born in Highland County, Ohio, January 29, 1856. Republican. Porter County Surveyor, 1887-88; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1901; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1902-04; candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1926; Florida Republican state chair, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1928 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1936 (alternate). Died in Yankeetown, Levy County, Fla., October 3, 1937 (age 81 years, 247 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Thomas E. Knotts.   James Melton (1904-1961) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Ga., January 2, 1904. Republican. Professional singer; actor; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952. Died, from lobar pneumonia, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 21, 1961 (age 57 years, 109 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, June 29, 1929, to Marjorie Louise McClure.   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial South Lake Weir Cemetery South Lake Weir, Marion County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) — also known as Frederick P. Stanton — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December 22, 1814. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857. Slaveowner. Died near Ocala, Marion County, Fla., June 4, 1894 (age 79 years, 164 days). Interment at South Lake Weir Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton; brother of Richard Henry Stanton; married to Jane Lanphier.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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