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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Calvary Episcopal
Church Cemetery
Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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![George D. Hopper](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/041/07.52.jpg) |
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.
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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. |
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memorial |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander E. Dye and Mary (Hudsteth) Dye; married to Margaret
Scott. |
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memorial |
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Oakdale
Cemetery
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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memorial |
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Mills River
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Mills River, Henderson County, North Carolina
Politicians buried
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Irvin Allen and Mary Jane (Carson) Allen; married 1891 to Ella
Sue Jones. |
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memorial |
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