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Caldwell County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Caldwell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Happy Valley Chapel of Rest Cemetery Lenoir Unknown location Lenoir Bellview Cemetery Lenoir Blue Ridge Memorial Park Lenoir Elkville Cemetery Lenoir Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery Patterson Harpers Chapel Cemetery Private or family graveyard Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Lenoir (1751-1839) — Born in Brunswick County, Va., May 8, 1751. School teacher; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95; delegate to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789. French Huguenot ancestry. Slaveowner. Died May 6, 1839 (age 87 years, 363 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Lenoir and Mourning (Crawley) Lenoir; father of William Ballard Lenoir.   Political family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lenoir County, N.C. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Chapel of Rest Cemetery Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1889) — of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, N.C. Born in Exmouth, Devon, England, May 15, 1815. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for North Carolina state auditor, 1872. Died in Wilkes County, N.C., December 1, 1889 (age 74 years, 200 days). Interment at Chapel of Rest Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, April 1, 1849, to Louisa Bryan. Unknown Location Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938) — also known as William C. Newland; Will Newland — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Marion, McDowell County, N.C., October 8, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1881-82; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1887-88, 1901-02; resigned 1902; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1889-90, 1903-04; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1904; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912, 1928. Methodist. Died November 18, 1938 (age 78 years, 41 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Dr. Joseph Columbus Newland and Laura Melissa (Conley) Newland; married to Jessie Hendry.   The town of Newland, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail Bellview Cemetery Finley Avenue Northwest Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Earl Henry Tate (1903-1990) — also known as Earl H. Tate — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Spencer, Rowan County, N.C., September 19, 1903. Pharmacist; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1937-61. Died October 2, 1990 (age 87 years, 13 days). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Wallace Tate and Emma (Lasiter) Tate; married to Katherine Haynes and Martha Mason.   Thomas Marony Newland (1876-1916) — also known as Thomas M. Newland — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in McDowell County, N.C., October 14, 1876. Lawyer; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1908-09; resigned 1909. Episcopalian. Died in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., August 12, 1916 (age 39 years, 303 days). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Allen Newland and Mary Tom (Haliburton) Newland; married 1913 to Mary Wilcox.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Washington Finley Harper (1834-1921) — also known as George W. F. Harper — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Fairfield Plantation, Wilkes County (now Caldwell County), N.C., July 7, 1834. Democrat. Merchant; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1872-73, 1886-87; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1888. Presbyterian. Died March 16, 1921 (age 86 years, 252 days). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Presumably named for: George Washington   Relatives: Son of James Harper and Caroline (Finley) Harper; married 1859 to Ella A. Rankin.   James Lee Nelson (1852-1936) — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Caldwell County, N.C., June 28, 1852. School teacher; merchant; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1889-90; resigned 1890. Methodist. Died in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., December 3, 1936 (age 84 years, 158 days). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John M. Nelson and Elizabeth (Pendley) Nelson; married to Emily Adelia Scroggs.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lawrence Wakefield (1854-1940) — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., November 7, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1892-93; member of North Carolina state senate 33rd District, 1913-14. Died December 6, 1940 (age 86 years, 29 days). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert R. Wakefield and Louisa R. (Ballew) Wakefield.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jesse Albert Crisp (1853-1906) — also known as Pat Crisp — of Caldwell County, N.C. Born near Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., 1853. Merchant; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1888-89, 1904-05. Died in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., 1906 (age about 53 years). Interment at Bellview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John N. Crisp and Allie (Greene) Crisp; married, December 21, 1891, to Ella Jane Cannon. Blue Ridge Memorial Park Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Colly Farthing (1913-1967) — also known as James C. Farthing; Jim Farthing — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., January 12, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor, 16th Solicitorial District, 1947-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948, 1956; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1957-67; Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1967; died in office 1967. Methodist. Member, Lions. Died December 6, 1967 (age 54 years, 328 days). Interment at Blue Ridge Memorial Park.   Fate James Beal (1909-1978) — also known as Fate J. Beal — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., June 17, 1909. Lawyer; Republican candidate for North Carolina state senate, 1946; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1950; county judge in North Carolina, 1960-67; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1967-71. Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died September 3, 1978 (age 69 years, 78 days). Interment at Blue Ridge Memorial Park.   Relatives: Father of Beverly T. Beal. Elkville Cemetery Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Horton Bower (1850-1910) — of North Carolina. Born near Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., June 6, 1850. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1893-95. Died in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., May 11, 1910 (age 59 years, 339 days). Interment at Elkville Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Edmund Dean Crisp (1850-1925) — also known as E. D. Crisp — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Caldwell County, N.C., November 5, 1850. Democrat. Baptist minister; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1913-14. Baptist. Died December 13, 1925 (age 75 years, 38 days). Interment at Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery. Harpers Chapel Cemetery Patterson, Caldwell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Clarence Harper (1819-1890) — also known as James C. Harper — of Patterson, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Cumberland County, Pa., December 6, 1819. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1865; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died January 8, 1890 (age 70 years, 33 days). Interment at Harpers Chapel Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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