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Index to Locations
Charlotte Unknown location
Charlotte Elmwood Cemetery
Charlotte Evergreen Cemetery
Charlotte Pinewood Cemetery
Charlotte Settler's Cemetery
Charlotte Sharon Memorial Park
Unknown
Location
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Elmwood
Cemetery
700 West Sixth Street
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Founded 1853
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Johnston (1817-1896) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born March 5,
1817.
Delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1875-78, 1884-87.
Died May 20,
1896 (age 79 years, 76
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Cameron A. Morrison (1869-1953) —
also known as Cameron Morrison —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., October
5, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Rockingham, N.C., 1893; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1900; candidate for Presidential Elector
for North Carolina; Governor of
North Carolina, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1928; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Died in Quebec City, Quebec,
August
20, 1953 (age 83 years, 319
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Clement Dowd (1832-1898) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Richland Creek, Moore
County, N.C., August
27, 1832.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1869-71; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1881-85.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., April
15, 1898 (age 65 years, 231
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) —
also known as Ben E. Douglas —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Scotts Crossroad, Iredell
County, N.C., September
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fur merchant;
mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1956.
Died in 1982
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Haywood Bobbitt (1900-1992) —
also known as William H. Bobbitt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
18, 1900.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina 14th District, 1939-54; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-69; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1969-74.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Civitan.
Died September
27, 1992 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Kingville, Richland
County, S.C., August
21, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; died
in office 1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died January
27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married,
December
10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne. |
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William Marcus Shipp (1819-1890) —
also known as William M. Shipp —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., November
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1870-73; defeated, 1872;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1881-90.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 29,
1890 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Motley Morehead (1866-1923) —
also known as John M. Morehead —
of Spray (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 20,
1866.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1909-11; North
Carolina Republican state chair, 1910-16; member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-22; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1920.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
13, 1923 (age 57 years, 146
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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David Ezekiel Henderson (1879-1968) —
also known as David E. Henderson —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Scalybark, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Deppe, Onslow
County, N.C., September
3, 1879.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1945-48; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1948-49; resigned 1949.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Redmen;
Woodmen
of the World; Kiwanis.
Died July 25,
1968 (age 88 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Sydenham Benoni Alexander (1840-1921) —
also known as Sydenham B. Alexander —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
8, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1879, 1883-87, 1901; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1891-95.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 14,
1921 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Calvin Josiah Cowles (1821-1907) —
also known as C. J. Cowles —
of Elkville, Wilkes
County, N.C.; Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C., January
6, 1821.
Republican. Merchant;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1868.
Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., April 1,
1907 (age 86 years, 85
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Oscar Stuart Heizer (1869-1956) —
also known as Oscar S. Heizer —
Born in Kossuth
County, Iowa, February
2, 1869.
Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, as of 1914; U.S. Consul in Trebizond, as of 1916-17; Baghdad, as of 1919; Constantinople, as of 1921; Jerusalem, as of 1924-27; Algiers, as of 1929-32.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., August
1, 1956 (age 87 years, 181
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of David Blair Heizer and Sarah Louisa (Peet) Heizer; married 1896 to Ida
Wright; married to Sadie Crowder Allison. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Walker Osborne (1811-1869) —
Born December
25, 1811.
Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1850; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861.
Died August
11, 1869 (age 57 years, 229
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Foust Bason (1840-1907) —
also known as George F. Bason —
of Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Melville, Alamance
County, N.C., May 20,
1840.
Member of North
Carolina state senate 38th District, 1885-86.
Died in Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., May 1,
1907 (age 66 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Gladys Avery Tillett (1892-1984) —
also known as Gladys Calhoun Avery; Mrs. Charles W.
Tillett, Jr. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March
19, 1892.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1932,
1940,
1956
(alternate); Assistant Chair, 1944;
speaker, 1944;
Vice-Chair, 1948.
Female.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September
21, 1984 (age 92 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Alphonso Calhoun Avery and Sara Love (Thomas) Avery;
married, July 21,
1917, to Charles
Walter Tillett Jr.. |
| | | Epitaph: "She tried with all her
vitality to make her world more just and more compassionate. She
loved her family and her friendships, and loved the adventure of her
endeavors." |
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memorial |
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Andrew Baxter Springs (1819-1886) —
of Fort Mill, York District (now York
County), S.C.
Born in Fort Mill, York District (now York
County), S.C., October
21, 1819.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from York, 1860-62.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1886 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Laura (Springs) Springs and John Springs; married to Julia
Blandina Baxter. |
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memorial |
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Jesse Vernon Hasty (1858-1913) —
also known as Jesse V. Hasty —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., 1858.
Republican. Postmaster at Monroe,
N.C., 1875-76, 1881-83.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
30, 1913 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jefferson Davis Helms (1865-1934) —
also known as Jefferson D. Helms —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., 1865.
Democrat. Postmaster at Monroe,
N.C., 1894-98.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 19,
1934 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Nancy Hasty Sweiger (1860-1942) —
also known as Nancy V. Hasty —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born April
30, 1860.
Republican. Postmaster at Monroe,
N.C., 1883-84.
Female.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 4,
1942 (age 82 years, 35
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles Walter Tillett Jr. (1888-1952) —
also known as Charles W. Tillett, Jr. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Mangum, Richmond
County, N.C., February
6, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1928
(alternate), 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Major proponent of the United Nations.
While suffering from depression, he jumped
from the eighth floor of an office
building, and fell to
his death, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
23, 1952 (age 64 years, 321
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Julia McGehee Alexander (d. 1957) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1940.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died February
23, 1957.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Evergreen
Cemetery
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Hamilton Chamberlain Jones (1884-1957) —
also known as Hamilton C. Jones —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September
26, 1884.
Democrat. State court judge in North Carolina, 1913; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1925; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1947-53.
Died August
10, 1957 (age 72 years, 318
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Pinewood
Cemetery
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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John T. Williams —
Physician;
U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1898-1906.
African
ancestry.
Interment at Pinewood Cemetery.
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Settler's
Cemetery
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808) —
of Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Concord, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 5,
1756.
Physician;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1797; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1803-05 (10th District
1803-05, at-large 1805); Governor of
North Carolina, 1805-07.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March 7,
1808 (age 52 years, 2
days).
Interment at Settler's Cemetery.
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William Allison Owens (1833-1864) —
also known as William A. Owens —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born September
19, 1833.
Mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Shot and
wounded at the Civil
War battle of Snicker's Gap, and died the next day, July 19,
1864 (age 30 years, 304
days).
Interment at Settler's Cemetery.
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William Davidson (1778-1857) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
12, 1778.
Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1813, 1815-19, 1825, 1827-30; postmaster
at Charlotte,
N.C., 1814-15; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September
16, 1857 (age 79 years, 4
days).
Interment at Settler's Cemetery.
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Greene Washington Caldwell (1806-1864) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., April
13, 1806.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1841-43; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1849.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 10,
1864 (age 58 years, 88
days).
Interment at Settler's Cemetery.
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Sharon Memorial
Park
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Orson Nevin Ritzman (1889-1974) —
also known as Orson N. Ritzman —
of West Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Strausstown, Berks
County, Pa., March
14, 1889.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
12, 1974 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Sharon Memorial Park.
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