The Political Graveyard: Edgecombe County, N.C.

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Edgecombe County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Edgecombe County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Rocky Mount Pineview Cemetery

Tarboro Unknown location

Tarboro Calvary Church Cemetery

Tarboro Tarboro Town Common

Near Tarboro Macnail-Hall Cemetery

Private or family graveyard
Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Elias Carr (1839-1900) — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., February 25, 1839. Farmer; Governor of North Carolina, 1893-97. Died July 22, 1900 (age 61 years, 147 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Pineview Cemetery
761 North Raleigh Street
Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Benjamin Hickman Bunn (1844-1907) — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born near Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., October 19, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1867; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1883-85; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1889-95; postmaster at Rocky Mount, N.C., 1895-97. Died near Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., August 25, 1907 (age 62 years, 310 days). Interment at Pineview Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Redmond Bunn and Mary Hickman (Bryan) Bunn; married, November 7, 1871, to Harriet Amanda Phillips; father of James Phillips Bunn.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

John Oglesby Winston Gravely (1862-1932) — also known as J. O. W. Gravely — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Franklin County, Va., February 1, 1862. Democrat. Tobacco business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1928. Died in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., March 5, 1932 (age 70 years, 33 days). Interment at Pineview Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Witcher Gravely and Nancy Oglesby (Haynes) Gravely; married, June 15, 1887, to Lula Keene; father of Lloyd Lee Gravely.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: U.S. passport application (1917)

James Phillips Bunn (1877-1958) — also known as James P. Bunn — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., April 13, 1877. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924. Died in Nash County, N.C., January 11, 1958 (age 80 years, 273 days). Interment at Pineview Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Benjamin Hickman Bunn and Harriet Amanda (Phillips) Bunn; married, July 26, 1906, to Ella Lee Moorman.
		Epitaph: "He gave himself for others."
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Thomas Jenkins Pearsall (1903-1981) — also known as Thomas J. Pearsall; Tom Pearsall — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born February 11, 1903. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956, 1964. Died, in General Hospital, Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., May 5, 1981 (age 78 years, 83 days). Interment at Pineview Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Unknown Location
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Calvary Church Cemetery
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Henry Toole Clark (1808-1874) — also known as Henry T. Clark — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C., February 7, 1808. Farmer; member of North Carolina state senate 10th District, 1850-61, 1866-67; Governor of North Carolina, 1861-62. Died in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C., April 14, 1874 (age 66 years, 66 days). Interment at Calvary Church Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Arabella (Toole) Clark; married, February 11, 1850, to Mary Weeks Parker.
		See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial

James West Clark (1779-1843) — also known as James W. Clark — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Bertie County, N.C., October 15, 1779. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1810-11; member of North Carolina state senate from Edgecombe County, 1812-14; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1815-17. Slaveowner. Died in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C., December 20, 1843 (age 64 years, 66 days). Interment at Calvary Church Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Christopher Clark and Hannah (Turer) Clark; married to Arabella Toole.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Tarboro Town Common
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known as Louis D. Wilson — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., May 12, 1789. Democrat. Notary public; justice of the peace; merchant; member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; member of North Carolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County 1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died in office 1847; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1835; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Member, Freemasons. Died, from yellow fever, while serving in the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, in Veracruz, Veracruz, August 12, 1847 (age 58 years, 92 days). Original interment at Rocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in 1904 at Tarboro Town Common.

		Relatives: Son of William Wilson and Elizabeth (Dicken) Wilson.
		Wilson County, N.C. is named for him.
		The city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — NCpedia

Macnail-Hall Cemetery
Near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853) — of Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Prince George County, Va., June, 1773. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1817-25, 1827-35 (3rd District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-25, 3rd District 1827-35); member of North Carolina state senate 15th District, 1836-37. Slaveowner. Died in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C., June 30, 1853 (age about 79 years). Interment at Macnail-Hall Cemetery.

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