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Anson County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anson County

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 here:   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Williams Cemetery Polkton, Anson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Great-grandson of Nathaniel Macon.   Political families: Hawkins-Green-Macon family of Warrenton, North Carolina; Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia; Alston-Macon-Hawkins family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Eastview Cemetery Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Father-in-law of James Alexander Lockhart; nephew of John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802); grandson of Samuel Ashe; cousin *** of John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857) and William Shepperd Ashe; cousin four different ways of George Davis, Alfred Moore Waddell and Horatio Davis; second cousin thrice removed of William Henry Hill.   Political families: Polk family; Ashe-Polk family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son-in-law of Thomas Samuel Ashe; third cousin twice removed of William Jefferson Clinton.   Political family: Clinton family of Wadesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   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.   Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.   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.   Relatives: Son of Alvin Paul Kitchin (1873-1923) and Carrie Virginia (Lawrence) Kitchin; married to Dora Bennett Little; nephew of William Walton Kitchin and Claude Kitchin; grandson of William Hodges Kitchin; first cousin four times removed of Archibald Hunter Arrington; second cousin thrice removed of Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams; fourth cousin of William Terrell Kitchens, Wade Hampton Kitchens and Claude Steward Kitchens.   Political family: Kitchin-Kitchens family of Scotland Neck, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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. Bennett Family Cemetery Near Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of William Little and Sarah (Ledbetter) Little.

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