The Political Graveyard: Guilford County, N.C.

		Relatives: Son of John Morehead and Obedience (Motley) Morehead; married, September 6, 1821, to Ann Lindsay; father of Corrina Mary Morehead (who married William Waigstill Avery); cousin *** of James Turner Morehead.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		The World War II Liberty ship SS John M. Morehead (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; sold 1947, scrapped 1966) was named for him.
		See also National Governors Association biography

Forest Lawn Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Edwin Bedford Jeffress (1887-1961) — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Canton, Haywood County, N.C., May 29, 1887. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; mayor of Greensboro, N.C., 1925-29; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., May 23, 1961 (age 73 years, 359 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of C. J. Jeffress and Emma (Osborn) Jeffress; married to Louise Adams.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842-1932) — of Iowa. Born near London, Madison County, Ohio, February 11, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1913-15. Died February 13, 1932 (age 90 years, 2 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Roscoe Conklin Chandley (1873-1941) — also known as Roscoe C. Chandley — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Madison County, N.C., January 3, 1873. Republican. Postmaster at Greensboro, N.C., 1922-34. Died, from a coronary occlusion and arteriosclerosis, in Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., November 27, 1941 (age 68 years, 328 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Roscoe Conkling
		Relatives: Son of Ruth (Tweed) Chandley and Mitchell A. Chandley; married to Eliza Jane Rice.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Mrs. Katherine M. Martin (1871-1934) — also known as Katherine Mavity; Mrs. W. W. Martin — of Fayette, Howard County, Mo. Born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind., November 20, 1871. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1920; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23. Female. Southern Methodist. Member, Order of the Eastern Star; Women's Christian Temperance Union. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., January 26, 1934 (age 62 years, 67 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Daughter of Milton Samuel Mavity and Eliza (Moore) Mavity; married, June 24, 1899, to William Woodrow Martin.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Green Hill Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Alfred Moore Scales (1827-1892) — also known as Alfred M. Scales — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C.; Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., November 26, 1827. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1857-59, 1875-84 (6th District 1857-59, 5th District 1875-84); general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of North Carolina, 1885-89. Slaveowner. Died February 9, 1892 (age 64 years, 75 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Alfred Moore
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography

Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) — also known as L. Richardson Preyer — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., January 11, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956; U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1961-63; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81. Presbyterian. Member, Common Cause. Died, of cancer, in Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., April 3, 2001 (age 82 years, 82 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Grandson of Lunsford Richardson.
		The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (built 1933, renamed for Preyer 1988), in Greensboro, North Carolina, is named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Robert Martin Douglas (1849-1917) — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., January 28, 1849. Republican. Secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-73; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1876; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1897-1905. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., February 8, 1917 (age 68 years, 11 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Stephen Arnold Douglas and Martha Denny (Martin) Douglas; married, June 23, 1874, to Jessie Madeleine Dick (daughter of Robert P. Dick); father of Robert Dick Douglas.
		Political family: Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Spencer Bell Adams (1860-1943) — also known as Spencer B. Adams — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., October 15, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in North Carolina, 1882-96; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1896-98; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1900, 1908; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1900; U.S. District Judge for Indian Territory, 1902-04. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died January 12, 1943 (age 82 years, 89 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of John A. Adams and Sarah Adams; married, December 19, 1884, to Lizzie L. Swift.

Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr. (1884-1967) — also known as C. Clifford Frazier — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Archdale, Randolph County, N.C., December 16, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Referee in Bankruptcy, 1917-32; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1932; candidate for chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1952. Quaker. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died August 13, 1967 (age 82 years, 240 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Cyrus Pickett Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier; brother of Robert Haines Frazier; married, June 21, 1917, to Margaret Rebecca Armstrong.
		Political family: Hyde family of Princeton, Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) — also known as Robert H. Frazier — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., January 8, 1899. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Society for International Law; Sons of the American Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., August 21, 1978 (age 79 years, 225 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Cyrus Pickett Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier; brother of Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr.; married, July 16, 1958, to Florence Hyde (daughter of Laurance Mastick Hyde).
		Political family: Hyde family of Princeton, Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		Frazier Hall, at North Carolina A. & T. State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, is named for him.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Norman Staples (1846-1920) — also known as John N. Staples — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Patrick County, Va., June 13, 1846. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1874-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876, 1880; member of North Carolina state senate 24th District, 1881; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. Episcopalian. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., December 13, 1920 (age 74 years, 183 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Second cousin once removed of Samuel Granville Staples and Waller Redd Staples.
		Political family: Staples family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

Thomas Jefferson Shaw (1861-1937) — also known as Thomas J. Shaw — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Montgomery County, N.C., March 5, 1861. Superior court judge in North Carolina 12th District, 1921. Scottish ancestry. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., November 3, 1937 (age 76 years, 243 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Philip Cornelius Shaw and Rebecca Bethune (Kelly) Shaw; married to Mary Florence Woollen.
		Epitaph: "In North Carolina's service, as Judge of Superior Court, for over 30 years."
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
2332 New Garden Road
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

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 a private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.

		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

William Hooper (1742-1790) — of North Carolina. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1742. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1777-78. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., October 14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119 days). Original interment at Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Second great-grandfather of Warren Green Hooper.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) — of Surry County, N.C. Born in Orange County, Va., March 24, 1760. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of North Carolina, 1820-21. Slaveowner. Died August 31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160 days). Original interment somewhere in Surry County, N.C.; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

		Relatives: Brother of Meshack Franklin.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial

Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born in Louisa County, Va., June 17, 1746. Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large 1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07). Slaveowner. Died near Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., April 21, 1815 (age 68 years, 308 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

		Relatives: Son of Francis Winston; father-in-law of Robert Overton Williams; father of Louis L. Winston and Fountain Winston.
		Political families: Williams family of North Carolina; Clay family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		The town of Winston, now part of the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

New Garden Friends Meeting Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Jonathan Elwood Cox (b. 1856) — also known as J. Elwood Cox — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C.; High Point, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Rich Square, Northampton County, N.C., November 1, 1856. Republican. Banker; manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1908. Quaker. Interment at New Garden Friends Meeting Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Jonathan E. Cox and Elizabeth A. (Hare) Cox; married, October 23, 1878, to Bertha E. Snow.

Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

James Robert McLean (1823-1870) — of North Carolina. Born in Enfield, Halifax County, N.C., September 21, 1823. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850-51; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., April 15, 1870 (age 46 years, 206 days). Interment at Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Presbyterian Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

James Turner Morehead (1799-1875) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, 1799. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died in 1875 (age about 76 years). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

John Adams Gilmer (1805-1868) — also known as John A. Gilmer — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born near Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., November 4, 1805. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1846-56; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1856; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1857-61; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., May 14, 1868 (age 62 years, 192 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: John Adams
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Deep River Friends Meeting Cemetery
Near Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

James Rufus Gordon (1857-1931) — also known as James R. Gordon — of Jamestown, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Jamestown, Guilford County, N.C., February 23, 1857. Physician; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County, 1905-09, 1913-14. Methodist. Member, Junior Order. Died in Guilford County, N.C., February 20, 1931 (age 73 years, 362 days). Interment at Deep River Friends Meeting Cemetery.

Oakwood Cemetery
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

James Allen Austin (1886-1954) — also known as J. Allen Austin — of High Point, Guilford County, N.C. Born in New London, Stanly County, N.C., November 6, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate developer; bank director; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County, 1921-22. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons. Died in High Point, Guilford County, N.C., January 19, 1954 (age 67 years, 74 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Jacob Daniel Austin and Mary Jane (Talley) Austin; married to Nancy Kerns.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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