Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Polkton Williams Cemetery
Wadesboro Eastview Cemetery
Near Wadesboro Bennett Family
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Anson County, North Carolina
Politicians buried
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Risden Tyler Bennett (1840-1913) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., June 18,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1872-74; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; superior
court judge in North Carolina, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1883-87 (at-large 1883-85,
6th District 1885-87).
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., July 21,
1913 (age 73 years, 33
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Williams
Cemetery
Polkton, Anson County, North Carolina
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Charles Henry Martin (1848-1931) —
also known as Charles H. Martin —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Polkton, Anson
County, N.C.
Born near Youngsville, Franklin
County, N.C., August
28, 1848.
School
principal; lawyer; ordained
minister; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1895-99.
Baptist.
Died in Polkton, Anson
County, N.C., April
19, 1931 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Interment at Williams Cemetery.
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Eastview
Cemetery
Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina
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Thomas Samuel Ashe (1812-1887) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Graham, Alamance
County, N.C., July 19,
1812.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1854; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1868; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1873-77; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1878-87; died in office 1887.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., February
4, 1887 (age 74 years, 200
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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James Alexander Lockhart (1850-1905) —
also known as James A. Lockhart —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., June 2,
1850.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1878; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1880; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1895-97;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1904.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
24, 1905 (age 55 years, 205
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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Leonidas Dunlap Robinson (1867-1941) —
also known as Leonidas D. Robinson —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Gulledge Township, Anson
County, N.C., April
22, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
president; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1894, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1920,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1917-21.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., November
7, 1941 (age 74 years, 199
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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Theron Lamar Caudle Jr. (1904-1969) —
also known as Theron L. Caudle —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, June 22,
1904.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1940-45.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., April 1,
1969 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Theron Lamar Caudle and Susie (Gooch) Caudle; married to Ellen
Hildreth; third cousin of Robert
Lee Gavin; third cousin once removed of Howard
Randolph Maness. |
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Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Alvin Paul Kitchin (1908-1983) —
also known as A. Paul Kitchin —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., September
13, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1957-63.
Southern
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., October
22, 1983 (age 75 years, 39
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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Erwin Avery Hightower (1914-2001) —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., July 29,
1914.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
17, 2001 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastview Cemetery.
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Bennett Family
Cemetery
Near Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina
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Robert Eugene Little (b. 1852) —
also known as R. E. Little —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Ansonville, Anson
County, N.C., November
21, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1888;
member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1888; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1889-90, 1893-94, 1913-14; chair of
Anson County Democratic Party, 1891-99.
Interment at Bennett Family Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Little and Sarah (Ledbetter) Little. |
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