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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Oxford Elmwood Cemetery
Oxford Harrisburg Cemetery
Oxford Shiloh Presbyterian
Churchyard
Private or family
graveyards
Granville County, North Carolina
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William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) —
also known as William H. P. Jenkins —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., May 3,
1830.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1860-61,
1865-67; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1881-82, 1887-88; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1901-02.
Methodist.
Fell
from his horse,
caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on the ground, and died
soon after, in Granville
County, N.C., January
24, 1908 (age 77 years, 266
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Penn (1741-1788) —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Port Royal, Caroline
County, Va., May 17,
1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1777.
Died in Granville
County, N.C., September
14, 1788 (age 47 years, 120
days).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
in 1894 at Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorial
monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Penn and Catherine (Taylor) Penn; married, July 28,
1763, to Susannah Lyne; first cousin once removed of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; second cousin once removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton, John
Overton Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk, Charles
Sumner Pendleton and Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Penn (built 1941-42 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in the Greenland
Sea, 1942) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elmwood
Cemetery
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Dennis G. Brummitt (1881-1935) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., February
7, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1908-14; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1913-24; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1915-20; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1919;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1925-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
12, 1935 (age 53 years, 339
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Brummitt and Caroline (Bradford) Brummitt;
married 1912 to Kate
Hays Fleming. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. (1894-1969) —
also known as Frank Hancock, Jr. —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., November
1, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1924; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1926-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1930-39;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940;
state court judge in North Carolina, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., January
23, 1969 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842-1895) —
also known as A. H. A. Williams —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., October
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant;
developer and president of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1883-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1891-93.
Died in Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
5, 1895 (age 52 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Augustus Washington Graham (1849-1936) —
also known as A. W. Graham —
of Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C.; Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., June 8,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880,
1912;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1885; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1895-96; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1901-06, 1909-10, 1913-14; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1909;
president, American Cotton and Grain Exchange, 1919-22.
Baptist.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., October
12, 1936 (age 87 years, 126
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin Hubbard Cozart (1839-1911) —
also known as Benjamin H. Cozart —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., March 4,
1839.
Building
contractor; member of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1883-84.
Died, from mitral aortic
regurgitation, in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., August
10, 1911 (age 72 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Harrisburg
Cemetery
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
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Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857-1935) —
also known as Henry P. Cheatham —
of North Carolina.
Born near Henderson, Granville County (now Vance
County), N.C., December
27, 1857.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1889-93;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904.
African
ancestry.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., November
29, 1935 (age 77 years, 337
days).
Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Shiloh
Presbyterian Churchyard
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
17, 1799.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1847-53; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Slaveowner.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., February
24, 1876 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Interment at Shiloh Presbyterian Churchyard.
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