Index to Locations
Sanford Unknown location
Sanford Buffalo Cemetery
Sanford Jonesboro Cemetery
Sanford Shallow Well Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina
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Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874-1947) —
also known as Frederick W. B. Coleman —
of Minnesota; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 17,
1874.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Estonia, 1922-31; Latvia, 1922-31; Lithuania, 1922-31; Denmark, 1931-33.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 2,
1947 (age 72 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Buffalo
Cemetery
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina
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Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) —
also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell —
of Moore
County, N.C.; Jonesboro (now part of Sanford), Lee
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Moore
County, N.C., October
30, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913-16, 1931
(Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913-16, 1931); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1938-45; appointed 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Order of
the Coif; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society.
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) —
also known as Edwin L. Gavin —
of Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., August
17, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1919-20; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of peritonitis,
in Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 5,
1972 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Robert Lee Gavin (1916-1981) —
also known as Robert L. Gavin —
of Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born May 22,
1916.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1957-58;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1960, 1964.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., June 11,
1981 (age 65 years, 20
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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John Walter Scott Jr. (1862-1896) —
also known as John W. Scott, Jr. —
of Sanford, Moore County (now Lee
County), N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., 1862.
Democrat. Postmaster at Sanford,
N.C., 1893-96.
Died, from erysipelas,
in Sanford, Moore County (now Lee
County), N.C., February
8, 1896 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Kate Howerton Scott (1859-1910) —
also known as Kate H. Scott; Kate J.
Howerton —
of Sanford, Moore County (now Lee
County), N.C.
Born in Virginia, 1859.
Democrat. Postmaster at Sanford,
N.C., 1896-97.
Female.
Died in Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 31,
1910 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Samuel Vance Scott (1877-1948) —
of Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., January
8, 1877.
Democrat. Postmaster at Sanford,
N.C., 1913-22, 1935 (acting, 1935).
Died in Lee
County, N.C., April
18, 1948 (age 71 years, 101
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Annie Lou Scott (1892-1978) —
also known as Annie L. Scott; Annie Louise
Smith —
of Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, July 30,
1892.
Democrat. Postmaster at Sanford,
N.C., 1935-62.
Female.
Died in Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., July 6,
1978 (age 85 years, 341
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Jonesboro
Cemetery
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina
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Daniel Bryant Buchanan (1857-1933) —
also known as Daniel B. Buchanan —
of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee
County), N.C.
Born in North Carolina, April
15, 1857.
Republican. Postmaster at Jonesboro,
N.C., 1884-85.
Died in Lee
County, N.C., October
11, 1933 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Jonesboro Cemetery.
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Shallow Well
Cemetery
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina
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Sion Hillard Buchanan (1848-1910) —
also known as Sion H. Buchanan —
of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee
County), N.C.
Born in Moore County (part now in Lee
County), N.C., September
13, 1848.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
postmaster at Jonesboro,
N.C., 1872-75, 1875-82, 1882-84, 1897-1901.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Lee
County, N.C., March
27, 1910 (age 61 years, 195
days).
Interment at Shallow Well Cemetery.
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Joseph Benjamin Buchanan (1865-1939) —
also known as Joseph B. Buchanan —
of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee
County), N.C.
Born in Moore County (part now in Lee
County), N.C., February
28, 1865.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster at Jonesboro,
N.C., 1889-93, 1901-04.
Died in Lee
County, N.C., July 23,
1939 (age 74 years, 145
days).
Interment at Shallow Well Cemetery.
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