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Franklin County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Louisburg Unknown location Louisburg Oaklawn Cemetery Louisburg Oakwood Cemetery Private or family graveyard Franklin County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., September 9, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of Bristoe Station, and died while a prisoner of war, at Alexandria, Va., October 13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Distant cousin *** of Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870).   Political family: Ruffin-Thomas family of North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina Oaklawn Cemetery Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Joseph Jonathan Davis (1828-1892) — also known as Joseph J. Davis — of Franklin County, N.C. Born near Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., April 13, 1828. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Franklin County, 1866-67; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1875-81. Slaveowner. Died in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., August 7, 1892 (age 64 years, 116 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Oakwood Cemetery Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Walter Bickett (1869-1921) — also known as Thomas W. Bickett — of Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., February 28, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1907-08; North Carolina state attorney general, 1909-17; Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke, and died the next day, in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 28, 1921 (age 52 years, 303 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas W. Bickett and Mary Ann (Covington) Bickett; married, November 29, 1898, to Fannie Neal Yarborough.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial

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