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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Durham Duke University Chapel
Durham Durham County Courthouse
Grounds
Durham Durham Hebrew Cemetery
Durham Maplewood Cemetery
Durham Woodlawn Memorial Park
Mangum Township Mt. Tabor Church
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Durham County, North Carolina
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Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) —
also known as Willie P. Mangum —
of Red Mountain, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Orange County (part now in Durham
County), N.C., May 10,
1792.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1818-19; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1820; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1823-26; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1831-36, 1840-53; received 11
electoral votes for President, 1836.
Slaveowner.
Died in Red Mountain, Durham
County, N.C., September
7, 1861 (age 69 years, 120
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Duke University
Chapel
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
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James Terry Sanford (1917-1998) —
also known as Terry Sanford —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Laurinburg, Scotland
County, N.C., August
20, 1917.
Democrat. FBI
agent; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1961-65; president
of Duke University, 1969-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1972,
1976;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1986-93; defeated, 1992.
Methodist.
Died, of cancer,
in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., April
18, 1998 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Entombed at Duke University Chapel.
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James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco
Company, which monopolized the tobacco
industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke University Chapel.
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Durham County
Courthouse Grounds
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
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Malbourne Addison Angier (1820-1900) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Orange County (part now in Durham
County), N.C., November
30, 1820.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1890-93.
Methodist.
Died in Durham
County, N.C., December
30, 1900 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery; memorial
monument at Durham County Courthouse Grounds.
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Durham Hebrew
Cemetery
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
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Emanuel Joshua Evans (1907-1997) —
also known as Emanuel J. Evans; E. J. Evans;
"Mutt" —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 2,
1907.
Democrat. President, United Department
Stores; chairman, Cape Fear Feed
Products; director, Wachovia Bank;
trustee, Watts Hospital;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1951-63.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Died February
8, 1997 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at Durham Hebrew Cemetery.
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Maplewood
Cemetery
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
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Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1915.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Chancellor
of Southampton College.
Hit by a car
while rollerblading,
and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
29, 1995 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Entombed at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Doctor Claiborne Parrish (1807-1883) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., May 28,
1807.
Whig. Farmer; merchant;
postmaster;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1877-80, 1881-82, 1883; died in office 1883.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1883
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Willis James Brogden (1877-1935) —
also known as W. J. Brogden —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born near Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., October
18, 1877.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1911-15; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1926-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died October
29, 1935 (age 58 years, 11
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Isaac Newton Link (1849-1895) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in 1849.
Mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1880-81, 1894-95; died in office 1895.
Suffered a likely heart
attack and died, while waiting in a carriage at the train
station, Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
26, 1895 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Malbourne Addison Angier (1820-1900) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Orange County (part now in Durham
County), N.C., November
30, 1820.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1890-93.
Methodist.
Died in Durham
County, N.C., December
30, 1900 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery; memorial monument at Durham County Courthouse Grounds.
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Harry E. Rodenhizer Jr. (1927-2007) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
20, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; owner and
operator, Pizza Palace restaurant,
1978-2004; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1979-81, 1991-93.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
10, 2007 (age 79 years, 294
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) —
also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham" tobacco;
founder of the Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery
Mills; involved in railroads,
utilities,
and banking;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1888,
1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1900.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
29, 1924 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Edward Carney Hackney (1856-1903) —
also known as Edward C. Hackney —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., May 30,
1856.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1882-83.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., March
10, 1903 (age 46 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Charles Buchanan Markham (1926-2010) —
also known as Charles Markham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
15, 1926.
Lawyer;
law
professor; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1981-85.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in Britthaven Nursing
& Rehabilitation Center, Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., March
22, 2010 (age 83 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) —
also known as Daniel K. Edwards; Dan
Edwards —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., February
17, 1914.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Civitan;
American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent
Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 17,
2001 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards; married, December
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Jacob Elmer Long (1880-1955) —
also known as J. Elmer Long —
of Graham, Alamance
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C., July 31,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Rep. Charles
M. Stedman; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County,
1911-14; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1917-22; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1925-29; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944.
Presbyterian;
later Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Lions; Sphinx.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., April
28, 1955 (age 74 years, 271
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr. (1919-1999) —
also known as Kenneth C. Royall, Jr.; "Lank";
"Bear" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warsaw, Duplin
County, N.C., 1919.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1967-72; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1973-92.
Episcopalian.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., June 5,
1999 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) —
also known as Mary Reamey Thomas; Mrs. W. P.
Few —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Martinsville,
Va., 1885.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1944-54; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Female.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot and English
ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
12, 1971 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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John C. Angier (1857-1911) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in 1857.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Carolina, 1908.
Died October
27, 1911 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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William Gibbons Bramham (1875-1947) —
also known as William G. Bramham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1928,
1932;
North
Carolina Republican state chair, 1925.
Died July 8,
1947 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Russell Newton Barringer (1903-1996) —
also known as Russell N. Barringer —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., March 1,
1903.
Republican. Lumber
business; furniture
business; bank
director; member of North
Carolina Republican State Executive Committee, 1932-72; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
treasurer
of North Carolina Republican Party, 1966-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Hillcrest Convalescent
Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
15, 1996 (age 92 years, 320
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Woodlawn Memorial
Park
2107 Liberty Street
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
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Sumter C. Brawley (1878-1961) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Mooresville, Iredell
County, N.C., April 8,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Durham County,
1913-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1924,
1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died June 22,
1961 (age 83 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Mt. Tabor Church
Cemetery
Mangum Township, Durham County, North Carolina
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William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) —
also known as William B. Umstead —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Mangum Township, Durham
County, N.C., May 13,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1933-39; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1945; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease and congestive
heart failure, while also suffering from bronchopneumonia,
in Watts Hospital,
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
7, 1954 (age 59 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery.
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John Wesley Umstead (1844-1926) —
also known as John W. Umstead —
of Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., March 5,
1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North
Carolina state legislature, 1900.
Died in Durham
County, N.C., May 10,
1926 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery.
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