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Henderson County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Henderson County

Index to Locations Flat Rock St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery Fletcher Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery Hendersonville Oakdale Cemetery Mills River Mills River Presbyterian Church Cemetery St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Christopher Gustavus Memminger (1803-1888) — also known as Christopher G. Memminger — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 9, 1803. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1836-52, 1854-60, 1876-78; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St. Michael's, 1860-62; chairman of the committee that drew up the Constitution of the Confederate States of America; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; pardoned by President Andrew Johnson, 1867. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Flat Rock, Henderson County, N.C., March 7, 1888 (age 85 years, 58 days). Interment at St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery.   Relatives: Adoptive son of Thomas Bennett; married, October 25, 1832, to Mary Wilkinson; grandfather of Lucien Memminger; great-grandfather of Robert B. Memminger.   Political family: Memminger-Bennett family of Charleston, South Carolina.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on Confederate States $5 notes in 1861-64 and $10 notes in 1861.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) — also known as Lewis W. Haskell — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Pastoria, Jefferson County, Ark., December 2, 1868. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County, 1902-06; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, as of 1929-32. Died in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., April 29, 1938 (age 69 years, 148 days). Interment at St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Langdon Cheves Haskell and Ella Coulter (Wardlaw) Haskell; married, November 7, 1906, to Alethea 'Aleta' Geddes; grandnephew of Langdon Cheves Jr.; great-grandson of Langdon Cheves; third cousin of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; third cousin thrice removed of Enoch Woodbridge and Timothy Pitkin.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry T. Farmer — of Flat Rock, Henderson County, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860. Interment at St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery. Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) — also known as George D. Hopper — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., July 13, 1889. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons. Died, from bronchopneumonia, in Brentwood Rehab Center, Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., July 11, 1969 (age 79 years, 363 days). Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins) Hopper; married, June 23, 1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8, 1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1918)   Alexander Vincent Dye (1876-1956) — of Douglas, Cochise County, Ariz. Born in Flora, Clay County, Ill., February 11, 1876. Bookkeeper; college professor; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1909-13; assistant general manager of a mining corporation, 1913-17. Died in Tryon, Polk County, N.C., June 2, 1956 (age 80 years, 112 days). Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alexander E. Dye and Mary (Hudsteth) Dye; married to Margaret Scott.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Oakdale Cemetery Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Michael Schenck (1876-1948) — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., December 12, 1876. Mayor, Hendersonville, N.C., 1907-08; solicitor, 18th District, 1913-18; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1924-34; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1934-48; appointed 1934; resigned 1948. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 5, 1948 (age 71 years, 329 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Schenck and Sallie (Ramseur) Schenck; married, November 15, 1909, to Rose Emily Few.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) — also known as Hamilton G. Ewart — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., October 23, 1849. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; mayor of Hendersonville, N.C., 1877; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1895-97, 1911-12; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91; defeated, 1890 (9th District), 1904 (10th District); circuit judge in North Carolina, 1897; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 1898-99, 1899-1900. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 28, 1918 (age 68 years, 187 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James B. Ewart and Mary Ann Ewart; married 1879 to Sarah C. Ripley.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Gaston Grant (1858-1923) — also known as John G. Grant; "Cornbread John" — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Born, in a log cabin, in Edneyville Township, Henderson County, N.C., January 1, 1858. Republican. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1889; Henderson County Sheriff, 1892-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1909-11. Died in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., June 21, 1923 (age 65 years, 171 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Colin Grant and Sarah Elizabeth (Freeman) Grant.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Brownlow Jackson (1872-1956) — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Born in Fruitland, Henderson County, N.C., August 14, 1872. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1920, 1928 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); North Carolina Republican state chair, 1928; secretary of North Carolina Republican Party, 1937. Died in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., August 22, 1956 (age 84 years, 8 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Jackson and Jane (Laughter) Jackson; married 1894 to Grace Freeman; married 1906 to Gertrude Williams; married 1933 to Lizzie May Edwins.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mills River Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mills River, Henderson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas B. Allen (1864-1941) — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Born in Mills River, Henderson County, N.C., December 8, 1864. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1913-14. Presbyterian. Died in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., December 20, 1941 (age 77 years, 12 days). Interment at Mills River Presbyterian Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Irvin Allen and Mary Jane (Carson) Allen; married 1891 to Ella Sue Jones.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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