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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Gates County

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    Gates County, North Carolina


    Private or family graveyard
    Gates County, North Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      John Jacob Gatling (1843-1927) — also known as John J. Gatling — of Gates County, N.C. Born in Gates County, N.C., January 18, 1843. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County, 1879-84; member of North Carolina state senate 1st District, 1893-94. Died, from bronchitis and endocarditis, in Gates County, N.C., February 21, 1927 (age 84 years, 34 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Son of Riddick Gatling and Edith (Goodman) Gatling; brother of Riddick Gatling Jr.; married, November 10, 1870, to Emily Gertrude Willey; father of Riddick Waverly Gatling; uncle of Gladstone Daughtry Gatling.
      Political family: Gatling family of Gates County, North Carolina.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Gatesville Cemetery
    Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Philip Pittman Godwin Sr. (c.1924-2001) — also known as Philip P. Godwin, Sr. — of Gatesville, Gates County, N.C. Born about 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-72; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1971-72; member of North Carolina state senate, 1973. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, in the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va., December 12, 2001 (age about 77 years). Interment at Gatesville Cemetery.
      William P. Roberts (1841-1910) — of Gates County, N.C. Born in Gatesville, Gates County, N.C., July 11, 1841. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County, 1876-78; North Carolina state auditor, 1881-89. Died in Norfolk, Va., March 27, 1910 (age 68 years, 259 days). Interment at Gatesville Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Gladstone Daughtry Gatling (1880-1954) — also known as G. D. Gatling — of Roduco, Gates County, N.C.; Gates, Gates County, N.C. Born in Gates County, N.C., April 27, 1880. Democrat. Postmaster; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County, 1913-16. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, in Gates, Gates County, N.C., July 8, 1954 (age 74 years, 72 days). Interment at Gatesville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Riddick Gatling Jr. and Penina 'Nina' (Willey) Gatling; married, November 7, 1914, to Lillian Gertrude Baxter Harrill; nephew of John Jacob Gatling; grandson of Riddick Gatling; first cousin of Riddick Waverly Gatling.
      Political family: Gatling family of Gates County, North Carolina.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Riddick Waverly Gatling (1871-1958) — also known as R. W. Gatling — of Gates, Gates County, N.C. Born in Gates County, N.C., October 4, 1871. Democrat. Farmer; Gates County Treasurer, 1898-1914; banker; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County, 1919-22; postmaster. Episcopalian. Suffered a fall at home, and died eight days later, from heart disease, in Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, Hertford County, N.C., September 28, 1958 (age 86 years, 359 days). Interment at Gatesville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Emily Gertrude (Willey) Gatling and John Jacob Gatling; married to Nancy Darden Langston; nephew of Riddick Gatling Jr.; grandson of Riddick Gatling; first cousin of Gladstone Daughtry Gatling.
      Political family: Gatling family of Gates County, North Carolina.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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