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Caswell County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Caswell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Locust Hill Unknown location Yanceyville Baptist Cemetery Yanceyville City Cemetery Yanceyville Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery Yanceyville Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery Private or family graveyard Caswell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Bedford Brown (1795-1870) — of Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Caswell County, N.C., June 6, 1795. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1815-17, 1823; member of North Carolina state senate, 1828-29, 1842, 1858-60; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1829-40; resigned 1840; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860. Slaveowner. Died in Caswell County, N.C., December 6, 1870 (age 75 years, 183 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Locust Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Williams (1740-1804) — of Orange County, N.C.; Caswell County, N.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., July 7, 1740. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1778-80; member of North Carolina state senate, 1782, 1793-94. Died in Caswell County, N.C., December, 1804 (age 64 years, 0 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Brother of Nathaniel Williams Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; grandfather of Christopher Harris Williams; second great-grandfather of John Sharp Williams; first cousin of John Williams of Montpelier, Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson.   Political family: Williams family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Baptist Cemetery Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Kerr (1782-1842) — of Virginia. Born near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., August 4, 1782. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1813-15, 1815-17 (14th District 1813-15, 15th District 1815-17). Slaveowner. Died September 29, 1842 (age 60 years, 56 days). Interment at Baptist Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of John Kerr Jr.; granduncle of John Hosea Kerr; first cousin by marriage of Thomas Settle (1789-1857); first cousin of Bartlett Yancey; first cousin once removed of Thomas Settle (1831-1888); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Settle (1865-1919).   Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page City Cemetery Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Kerr Jr. (1811-1879) — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Va., February 10, 1811. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1853-55; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1858. Slaveowner. Died September 5, 1879 (age 68 years, 207 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Kerr.   Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Hettie Elizabeth Gunn (1893-1958) — also known as Elizabeth Gunn; Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert; Elizabeth Tolbert — of Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C.; Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born in South Carolina, March 27, 1893. Republican. School teacher; postmaster at Greenwood, S.C., 1924-30. Female. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., December 18, 1958 (age 65 years, 266 days). Interment at Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Laura Josephine (Crisp) Tolbert and George Whitfield Tolbert; married, December 29, 1938, to John Henry Gunn (first cousin of John Oliver Gunn); grandniece of John Robert Tolbert; first cousin once removed of Robert Red Tolbert and Joseph Warren Tolbert.   Political family: Tolbert family of Greenwood, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) — also known as J. O. Gunn — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Pelham, Caswell County, N.C., December 27, 1892. Democrat. Farmer; automobile dealer; banker; Caswell County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67; secretary, Royal Hosiery Mills. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Rotary; Junior Order. Died, in Memorial Hospital, Danville, Va., February 18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53 days). Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Griffin Gunn and Nannie Elizabeth (Rudd) Gunn; married to Annie Warner Newman; first cousin of John Henry Gunn (who married Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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