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Index to Locations
Apopka Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery
Orlando Conway Cemetery
Orlando Greenwood Cemetery
Winter Park Glen Haven Memorial
Park
Winter Park Palm Cemetery
Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery
Apopka, Orange County, Florida
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John Horting Land (1920-2014) —
also known as John H. Land —
of Apopka, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
5, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Apopka, Fla., 1950-67, 1971-2014; defeated, 2014.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Sertoma;
Toastmasters;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Longest serving mayor in Florida.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., November
22, 2014 (age 94 years, 17
days).
Interment at Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery.
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Conway
Cemetery
Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Greenwood
Cemetery
Orlando, Orange County, Florida
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Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) —
also known as Charles O. Andrews —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes
County, Fla., March 7,
1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1910-11; circuit judge in
Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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James B. Parramore (1840-1902) —
also known as J. B. Parramore;
"Buck" —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
20, 1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1896-1902; died in office 1902.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., February
6, 1902 (age 62 years, 17
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John Moses Cheney (1859-1922) —
also known as John M. Cheney —
of Florida.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
6, 1859.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1900, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1902-12; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1920.
Died June 2,
1922 (age 63 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John Letcher Bryan (1848-1898) —
also known as J. L. Bryan —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born December
27, 1848.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1883-85; resigned 1885.
Died December
23, 1898 (age 49 years, 361
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Francis Wayles Eppes (1801-1881) —
also known as Francis W. Eppes —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., September
20, 1801.
Cotton
planter;
justice of the peace; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1841-44, 1856-57, 1866.
Died May 30,
1881 (age 79 years, 252
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Wayles Eppes and Maria (Jefferson) Eppes; married, November
18, 1822, to Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph; married 1837 to Susan
Margaret (Ware) Crouch (daughter of Nicholas
Ware); nephew of Martha
Jefferson Randolph; grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; first cousin once removed of Dabney
Carr, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; first cousin twice removed of Beverley
Randolph and John
Gardner Coolidge; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Edith
Wilson; third cousin of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr. and Richard
Walker Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of William
Welby Beverley; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Randolph and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jones Hardeman, Bailey
Hardeman, William
Lewis Cabell, Fitzhugh
Lee, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall and William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Mason
family of Virginia; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Beardall Jr. (1890-1984) —
also known as William Beardall; Billy
Beardall —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born May 5,
1890.
Lawyer;
abstract
and title business; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1940-52.
Died in 1984
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Beardall and Florence (Bonsar) Beardall; married 1922 to Shadie
Livingston Hamer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Willis Lucullus Palmer (1854-1912) —
also known as W. L. Palmer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born December
13, 1854.
Lawyer;
president,
Hamilton College; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1891-93.
Died October
30, 1912 (age 57 years, 322
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Alexander Palmer and Emily Geary (Cotton) Palmer; married to
Martha Bayne McAlister. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Russell O'Neal (1864-1946) —
also known as W. R. O'Neal —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in 1864.
Republican. Postmaster at Orlando,
Fla., 1898-1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1912, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1916,
1928,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916, 1926.
Died January
23, 1946 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Cassius Aurelius Boone (1850-1917) —
also known as Cassius A. Boone —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in North Carolina, February
2, 1850.
Hardware
and furniture
business; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1882-83.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., December
11, 1917 (age 67 years, 312
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Braxton Beacham (1864-1924) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
12, 1864.
Real
estate developer; movie
theater owner; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1906-07.
Died September
24, 1924 (age 60 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Verner Wilson Estes (1886-1953) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, March 7,
1886.
Physician;
owner of a chain of drug stores;
mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1934-37.
Died in Orange
County, Fla., August
20, 1953 (age 67 years, 166
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Glen Haven
Memorial Park
2300 Temple Drive
Winter Park, Orange County, Florida
Founded 1949
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Longmont, Boulder
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., July 20,
1979 (age 88 years, 237
days).
Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August
4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Palm
Cemetery
1005 North New York Avenue / 301 West Webster
Winter Park, Orange County, Florida
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) —
also known as Edward J. Gurney —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
12, 1914.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th
District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972
(speaker).
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., May 14,
1996 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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Paula Hawkins (1927-2009) —
also known as Paula Fickes; "The Battling Maitland
Housewife" —
of Maitland, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
24, 1927.
Republican. Model;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1968-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.
Female.
Mormon.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., December
3, 2009 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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James Brailey Odham (1919-1996) —
also known as Brailey Odham —
of Sanford, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
6, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; automobile
dealer; oil
distributor; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; builder;
real
estate broker.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 76 years, 290
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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Henry Stedman Chubb Jr. (1880-1908) —
also known as Stedman Chubb —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 23,
1880.
Mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1908; died in office 1908.
Died, from heart
failure, in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., October
2, 1908 (age 28 years, 71
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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Henry Stedman Chubb (1858-1918) —
also known as Henry S. Chubb —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.; Princeton, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March
24, 1858.
Republican. Orange
grower; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1890-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
register U.S. Land Office, Gainesville, Fla.; Florida
Republican state chair, 1908; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1912.
Died in Princeton, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
6, 1918 (age 59 years, 288
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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John Fletcher Huddleston (1892-1966) —
also known as John F. Huddleston —
Born July 19,
1892.
U.S. Vice Consul in Milan, as of 1924-26; U.S. Consul in Milan, as of 1929; Funchal, as of 1932; Curaçao, as of 1943.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., April, 1966
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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Charles Joseph Mitchell (1927-1997) —
also known as Charles J. Mitchell —
of Kinston, Lenoir
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born March
11, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1960,
1964;
candidate for North
Carolina state treasurer, 1964.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., May 27,
1997 (age 70 years, 77
days).
Interment at Palm Cemetery.
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