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Nash County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nash County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Nashville Forest Hill Cemetery Rocky Mount Drake Family Cemetery Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Memorial Park Private or family graveyard Nash County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Archibald Hunter Arrington (1809-1872) — of North Carolina. Born near Nashville, Nash County, N.C., November 13, 1809. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 8th District 1843-45); delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Slaveowner. Died near Nashville, Nash County, N.C., July 20, 1872 (age 62 years, 250 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of John Arrington and Elizabeth Ann (Nicholson) Arrington; uncle of Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams; first cousin thrice removed of William Walton Kitchin and Claude Kitchin; first cousin four times removed of Alvin Paul Kitchin.   Political family: Kitchin-Kitchens family of Scotland Neck, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Forest Hill Cemetery Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Harold Dunbar Cooley (1897-1974) — also known as Harold D. Cooley — of Nashville, Nash County, N.C. Born in Nashville, Nash County, N.C., July 26, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Junior Order; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Died of emphysema in Wilson, Wilson County, N.C., January 15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Roger A. Pryor Cooley and Hattie (Davis) Cooley; married 1923 to Madeline Matilda Strickland.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Drake Family Cemetery Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Hodges Drake (1767-1859) — of Nashville, Nash County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County (part now in Nash County), N.C., January 29, 1767. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1792-96; member of North Carolina state senate, 1800, 1805. Member, Freemasons. Died in Auburn, Lee County, Ala., December 11, 1859 (age 92 years, 316 days). Interment at Drake Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Drake and Hartwell (Hodges) Drake; married, May 29, 1794, to Frances Williams; grandfather of Caroline Elizabeth Drake (who married William James Samford); great-grandfather of William Hodges Samford and Thomas Drake Samford.   Political family: Candler family of Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Rocky Mount Memorial Park 4454 Dortches Boulevard Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians formerly buried here:   Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known as Louis D. Wilson — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., May 12, 1789. Democrat. Notary public; justice of the peace; merchant; member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; member of North Carolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County 1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died in office 1847; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1835; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Member, Freemasons. Died, from yellow fever, while serving in the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, in Veracruz, Veracruz, August 12, 1847 (age 58 years, 92 days). Original interment at Rocky Mount Memorial Park; reinterment in 1904 at Tarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of William Wilson and Elizabeth (Dicken) Wilson.   Wilson County, N.C. is named for him.   The city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — NCpedia

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