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Lincoln County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Beattys Ford Unity Churchyard Lincolnton Hollybrook Cemetery Lincolnton Methodist Church Graveyard Lincolnton Old White Cemetery Lincolnton St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery Near Lincolnton Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery Private or family graveyard Lincoln County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Peter Forney (1756-1834) — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., April 21, 1756. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; iron manufacturer; member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1794-97; member of North Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1800-02; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1813-15. Slaveowner. Died in Lincoln County, N.C., February 1, 1834 (age 77 years, 286 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Father of Daniel Munroe Forney; grandfather of William Henry Forney.   Political family: Forney family of Lincoln County, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unity Churchyard Beattys Ford, Lincoln County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) — of Warren County, N.C.; Halifax, Halifax County, N.C. Born in Virginia, about 1782. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1809, 1817; North Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24; resigned 1824; Governor of North Carolina, 1824-27. Slaveowner. Died in Iredell County, N.C., April 21, 1836 (age about 54 years). Interment at Unity Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton; married to Sarah Jones; nephew of Robert Burton.   Political family: Williams family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography Hollybrook Cemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Charles Andrew Jonas (1876-1955) — also known as Charles A. Jonas — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., August 14, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; general counsel and director, Midland Oil Company; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1932, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1940, 1944; member of North Carolina state senate 30th District, 1915-18; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-30, 1935-38; member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1927-40; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1942; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1931-32; candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1938. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Modern Woodmen; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Junior Order. Died May 25, 1955 (age 78 years, 284 days). Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Cephus Anderson Jonas and Martha Dianna (Scronce) Jonas; married, August 23, 1902, to Rosa Petrie; father of Charles Raper Jonas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) — also known as W. E. Garrison — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., March 2, 1892. Democrat. Building contractor; real estate business; member of North Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959. Baptist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died December 2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275 days). Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William L. Garrison and Docia (Clanton) Garrison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Methodist Church Graveyard Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Lander (1817-1868) — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, May 8, 1817. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1852-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Methodist. Died January 8, 1868 (age 50 years, 245 days). Interment at Methodist Church Graveyard. Old White Cemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Michael Hoke (1810-1844) — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, May 2, 1810. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1834-41. Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., September 9, 1844 (age 34 years, 130 days). Interment at Old White Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke (1778-1844) and Barbara (Quickel) Hoke; brother of John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888); married, May 8, 1833, to Frances Burton; uncle of William Alexander Hoke; grandfather of Michael Hoke Smith.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   William Alexander Hoke (1851-1925) — also known as William A. Hoke; Alex Hoke — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., October 25, 1851. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1889-90; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1891-1904; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1905-21. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., September 13, 1925 (age 73 years, 323 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke and Catharine Wilson (Alexander) Hoke; married, December 16, 1897, to Mary 'Mamie' McBee; nephew of Michael Hoke; first cousin once removed of Michael Hoke Smith.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) — of Mecklenburg County, N.C.; Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., March, 1797. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51. Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., February 15, 1857 (age 59 years, 0 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Lee Alexander and Elizabeth (Henderson) Alexander; married to Elvira Catherine Wilson.   Alexander County, N.C. is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888) — also known as John F. Hoke — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., May 30, 1820. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1850-55 (46th District 1850-53, 47th District 1854-55); member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1860, 1865-66. Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., October 27, 1888 (age 68 years, 150 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke (1778-1844) and Barbara (Quickel) Hoke; brother of Michael Hoke; married to Catherine W. Alexander; father of William Alexander Hoke; granduncle of Michael Hoke Smith.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born March 8, 1786. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1824, 1826-27, 1828-30; member of North Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1834. Died May 26, 1869 (age 83 years, 79 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Shipp and Hannah Joyce Shipp; married to Susan Marie Forney; father of William Marcus Shipp.   Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery Near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Alexander Graham (1839-1923) — also known as William A. Graham — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., December 26, 1839. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; member of North Carolina state senate 37th District, 1874-75, 1879-80; member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1908; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1905-06; North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1908-23; died in office 1923. Baptist. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 24, 1923 (age 83 years, 363 days). Interment at Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) and Susannah Sarah (Washington) Graham; brother of John Washington Graham, Augustus Washington Graham and Susan Washington Graham (who married Walter Clark); married, June 9, 1864, to Julia R. Lane; married to Sallie Hill Clark; nephew of James Graham.   Political family: Graham family of Hillsborough, North Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article

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