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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
New Bern Cedar Grove Cemetery
New Bern Episcopal Cemetery
New Bern Greenwood Cemetery
New Bern National Cemetery
New Bern New Bern Cemetery
New Bern Pembroke Plantation
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Craven County, North Carolina
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Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802) —
of Craven
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., March
25, 1758.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1783-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
North Carolina, 1792-95; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1798-1801 (10th District
1798-99, at-large 1799-1801); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1801.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in in a duel with
John
Stanly, his opponent and successor in Congress, and died in New
Bern, Craven
County, N.C., September
6, 1802 (age 44 years, 165
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. (1796-1850) —
also known as Richard D. Spaight, Jr. —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., 1796.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1823-25; Governor of
North Carolina, 1835-36.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., November
2, 1850 (age about 54
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Cedar Grove
Cemetery
bounded by Queen, George, Cypress, Howard & Metcalf Streets
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1972
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Furnifold McLendel Simmons (1854-1940) —
also known as Furnifold M. Simmons; F. M.
Simmons —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Jones
County, N.C., January
20, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1887-89; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th North Carolina District,
1893-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1901-31; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916,
1928;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April
30, 1940 (age 86 years, 101
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Graham Arthur Barden (1896-1967) —
also known as Graham A. Barden —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Turkey Township, Sampson
County, N.C., September
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Craven
County Judge, 1920-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1935-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
29, 1967 (age 70 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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William Gaston (1778-1844) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., September
19, 1778.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,
4th District 1815-17).
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
23, 1844 (age 65 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Mitchell Brinson (1870-1922) —
also known as Samuel M. Brinson —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., March
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1919-22; died in
office 1922.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April
13, 1922 (age 52 years, 24
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) —
also known as Charles L. Abernethy —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., March
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
23, 1955 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Randolph Thomas (1861-1931) —
also known as Charles R. Thomas —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C.
Born in Beaufort, Carteret
County, N.C., August
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887; Craven
County Attorney, 1890-96; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1899-1911;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 8,
1931 (age 69 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Biddle Shepard (1808-1843) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., December
5, 1808.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1831-32; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1837-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., October
25, 1843 (age 34 years, 324
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Randolph Thomas (1827-1891) —
also known as Charles R. Thomas —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1827.
Republican. Secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1864-65; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1871-75.
Died in 1891
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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William Henry Washington (1813-1860) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1813.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1841-43; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1860
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Richard Spaight Donnell (1820-1867) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., September
20, 1820.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1847-49; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., June 3,
1867 (age 46 years, 256
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Paul M. Cox (1914-2001) —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Newport
News, Va., July 14,
1914.
Mayor
of New Bern, N.C., 1982.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Died October
31, 2001 (age 87 years, 109
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Alfred Decatur Ward (b. 1859) —
also known as A. D. Ward —
of Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born near Rosehill, Duplin
County, N.C., December
25, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Kenansville, N.C., 1888-92; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Duplin County,
1893-94; member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1913-16.
Baptist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; American Bar
Association.
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robinson Ward and Keziah Jane (Johnson) Ward; married, October
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Donald Weaver Basnight (1880-1920) —
also known as Don W. Basnight —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born April
24, 1880.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Carolina, 1912.
Died in Craven
County, N.C., February
28, 1920 (age 39 years, 310
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Patrick Murphy Pearsall (c.1859-1923) —
of Jones
County, N.C.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Taylor's Bridge, Sampson
County, N.C., about 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
20, 1923 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Episcopal
Cemetery
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
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John Stanly (1774-1834) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 9,
1774.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1798-99, 1812-15, 1818-19, 1823-26; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1801-03, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
2, 1834 (age 60 years, 115
days).
Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
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James Edward O'Hara (1844-1905) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1844.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-69; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1883-87;
defeated, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died of a stroke,
September
15, 1905 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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National
Cemetery
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
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David Heaton (1823-1870) —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, March
10, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster at Middletown,
Ohio, 1849-52; member of Ohio
state senate, 1855; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1859-63 (23rd District 1859-60, 4th District
1861-63); delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1868-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 25,
1870 (age 47 years, 107
days).
Interment at National Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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New Bern
Cemetery
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Jones
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August
8, 1740.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North
Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery.
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