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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Wilmington National Cemetery
Wilmington Oakdale Cemetery
Wilmington St. James' Churchyard
Wilmington Third and Market Streets
Private or family
graveyard
New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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William Henry Hill (1767-1809) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Brunswick, Columbus
County, N.C., May 1,
1767.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for North Carolina, 1790; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1794; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803.
Slaveowner.
Died near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., 1809
(age about
42 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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National
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) —
also known as Joseph C. Abbott —
of New Hampshire; Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 15,
1825.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1855-61; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-71; member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1872-; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
8, 1881 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Original interment at National Cemetery; reinterment in 1887 at Valley
Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Oakdale
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Founded 1852
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) —
also known as Edward B. Dudley —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born near Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C., December
15, 1789.
Whig. Shipbuilder;
planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1814; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1829-31; Governor of
North Carolina, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington
& Weldon Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
30, 1855 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Thomas Settle (1831-1888) —
of Rockingham
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
23, 1831.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1854-59; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1866-68; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1868-71; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1871; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1876; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1877-88;
died in office 1888.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
1, 1888 (age 57 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue erected 1911 at Third and Market Streets.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;
half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; married, November
17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; third cousin of Marshall
Tate Polk); married, May 9,
1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Davis (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alton Asa Lennon (1906-1986) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., August
17, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1934-42; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1947, 1951; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1953-54; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1957-73.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died December
28, 1986 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) —
also known as Platt D. Walker —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
25, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,
1874-75; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 22,
1923 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas D. Walker and Mary Vance (Dickinson) Walker; married, June 5,
1878, to Nettie Settle Covington; married, June 8,
1910, to Alma Locke Mordecai. |
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William James Harriss (1798-1839) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
10, 1798.
Physician;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1839 (age 41 years, 90
days).
Original interment at St. James' Churchyard;
reinterment in 1860 at Oakdale Cemetery.
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James Hill Cowan (1878-1924) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
19, 1878.
Mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
11, 1924 (age 46 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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James Owen (1784-1865) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Bladen
County, N.C., December
7, 1784.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1808-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
4, 1865 (age 80 years, 271
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Thomas Settle (1865-1919) —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., March
10, 1865.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1893-97;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1912.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
20, 1919 (age 53 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942) —
also known as John D. Bellamy —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
24, 1854.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1891; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1892,
1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
25, 1942 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Oscar Grant Parsley (1806-1885) —
also known as Oscar G. Parsley —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Onslow
County, N.C., February
25, 1806.
Sawmill
owner; banker; mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., June 3,
1885 (age 79 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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John J. Fowler (1850-1915) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
19, 1850.
Mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1890.
Killed
himself, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 23,
1915 (age 64 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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William Bryant Cooper (1867-1959) —
also known as William B. Cooper —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Cool Spring, Horry
County, S.C., January
22, 1867.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1915-16; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1921-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cool Spring, Horry
County, S.C., November
9, 1959 (age 92 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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James Sprunt (1846-1924) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
June
9, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; cotton exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1884-1915.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and his foot was
amputated.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1924 (age 78 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) —
also known as M. Warley Platzek —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
27, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1932 (age 77 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) —
also known as George H. Bellamy —
of El Paso, Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
24, 1856.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Brunswick County,
1893, 1913-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12.
Injured in a fall onto
pavement, and died a few days later, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in James Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
14, 1924 (age 67 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Oscar Grant Parsley Jr. (1835-1895) —
also known as Oscar G. Parsley —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
28, 1835.
Democrat. Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Wilmington,
N.C., 1865-94; postmaster at Wilmington,
N.C., 1885-89.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
20, 1895 (age 60 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Denmark,
May
17, 1832.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Denmark in Wilmington,
N.C., 1870-95; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1871-95.
Episcopalian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., June 13,
1895 (age 63 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) —
also known as Alexander S. Heide —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Maribo, Denmark,
April
11, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1911; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1906; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1907-11.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1916 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Harriss Newman (1897-1954) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
22, 1954 (age 56 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Newman and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman; married to Rosalie
Jacobi. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Harriss (1827-1899) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 27,
1827.
Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Wilmington,
N.C., 1872-99.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
9, 1899 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
4, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
New Hanover County Democratic Party, 1910-12; member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1913-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Redmen;
Elks.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) —
also known as Cicero P. Yow —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., December
24, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 5,
1990 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow; married 1948 to Mary
Elizabeth Hardwicke. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William M. Cumming (1860-1922) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 9,
1860.
Real
estate business; notary
public; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Wilmington,
N.C., 1887-1908.
Died, from heart
disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
24, 1922 (age 61 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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William Andres Cumming (1834-1886) —
also known as William A. Cumming —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April
12, 1834.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Wilmington,
N.C., 1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
26, 1886 (age 52 years, 197
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 29,
1861.
Insurance
business; Vice-Consul
for Spain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1891-98.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, by self-inflicted
pistol
shot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1940 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married
1887 to
Kate Anderson Cameron. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Nehemiah Harriss (1865-1950) —
also known as William N. Harriss —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
4, 1865.
Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Wilmington,
N.C., 1892-97.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 21,
1950 (age 85 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Emmett Hargrove Bellamy (1891-1952) —
also known as Emmett H. Bellamy —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
12, 1891.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from New Hanover County,
1921-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
31, 1952 (age 61 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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St. James'
Churchyard
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April
20, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a
prisoner, of disease
contracted in captivity, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
20, 1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. James' Churchyard.
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Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819-1888) —
also known as Robert R. Bridgers —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., November
28, 1819.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1844-45,
1856-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
10, 1888 (age 69 years, 12
days).
Interment at St. James' Churchyard.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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William James Harriss (1798-1839) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
10, 1798.
Physician;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1839 (age 41 years, 90
days).
Original interment at St. James' Churchyard; reinterment in 1860 at
Oakdale Cemetery.
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Third and Market
Streets
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue erected
1911 at Third and Market Streets.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;
half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; married, November
17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; third cousin of Marshall
Tate Polk); married, May 9,
1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Davis (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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