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Pitt County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pitt County

Index to Locations Greenville Cherry Hill Cemetery Greenville City Cemetery Grifton St. John's Episcopal Church Cherry Hill Cemetery Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Jordan Jarvis (1836-1915) — also known as Thomas J. Jarvis — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Jarvisburg, Currituck County, N.C., January 18, 1836. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost his right arm; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865, 1875; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-71; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1868; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1872; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1877-79; Governor of North Carolina, 1879-85; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1885-88; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1894-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1896. Died June 17, 1915 (age 79 years, 150 days). Interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. B. H. Jarvis and Elizabeth Jarvis; married, December 23, 1874, to Mary Woodson.   Cross-reference: Lee S. Overman   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary   Harry Skinner (1855-1929) — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1855. Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1890; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1895-99; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1902-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1908. Died in 1929 (age about 74 years). Interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Thomas Gregory Skinner.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Charles Louis Latham (1880-1960) — also known as Charles L. Latham — Born in Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., December 18, 1880. U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1909-11; Punta Arenas, 1911-15; Santos, 1915; Dundee, 1915-17; Kingston, 1917-23. Died March 10, 1960 (age 79 years, 83 days). Interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Louis Charles Latham and Lavinia Emelia (Monteiro) Latham; married, February 18, 1903, to Elizabeth Matthews; grandson of Charles Latham.   Political family: Latham family of Greenville and Plymouth, North Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1916)   Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) — also known as Robert L. Humber — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., May 30, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956; member of North Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon; United World Federalists; American Legion; Rotary; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm Bureau; National Trust for Historic Preservation. Died November 10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164 days). Interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber; married, October 16, 1929, to Lucie Berthier.   David Jordan Whichard (1862-1922) — also known as David J. Whichard — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in 1862. Democrat. Postmaster at Greenville, N.C., 1913-22. Died in 1922 (age about 60 years). Interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Fleming Whichard and Violetta Hearne (Jordan) Whichard; married to Henrietta Sutton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial City Cemetery Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Louis Charles Latham (1840-1895) — also known as Louis C. Latham — of Plymouth, Washington County, N.C.; Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Plymouth, Washington County, N.C., September 11, 1840. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1864; member of North Carolina state senate, 1870; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1881-83, 1887-89. Died in Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 16, 1895 (age 55 years, 35 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Latham and Ann Taylor (Walker) Latham; father of Charles Louis Latham.   Political family: Latham family of Greenville and Plymouth, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial St. John's Episcopal Church Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Robert Donald Wheeler Sr. (1923-1999) — of North Carolina. Born June 6, 1923. District judge in North Carolina, 1968-86. Died, of lung cancer, in Pitt County, N.C., January 9, 1999 (age 75 years, 217 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church.

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