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Sampson County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Sampson County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Clinton Clinton Cemetery Clinton John Sampson Cemetery Private or family graveyard Sampson County, North Carolina Politicians formerly buried here:   Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., 1769. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1794-95; member of North Carolina state senate, 1797-1802, 1812-13; Governor of North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in office 1829. Slaveowner. Died near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 26, 1829 (age about 60 years). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1984 at John Sampson Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father of Theophilus H. Holmes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Clinton Cemetery Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Marion Butler (1863-1938) — of Elliott, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., May 20, 1863. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate; elected 1890; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1932. Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Md., June 3, 1938 (age 75 years, 14 days). Interment at Clinton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wiley Butler and Romelia Butler; married, August 31, 1893, to Florence Faison.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Benjamin Franklin Grady (1831-1914) — also known as Benjamin F. Grady — of Wallace, Duplin County, N.C. Born near Sarecta, Duplin County, N.C., October 10, 1831. Democrat. College professor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1891-95. Died in Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., March 6, 1914 (age 82 years, 147 days). Interment at Clinton Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page John Edgar Fowler (1866-1930) — also known as John E. Fowler — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 8, 1866. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1895-96; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1897-99; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-06; defeated (Populist), 1892. Died in Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., July 4, 1930 (age 63 years, 299 days). Interment at Clinton Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) John Sampson Cemetery Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., 1769. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1794-95; member of North Carolina state senate, 1797-1802, 1812-13; Governor of North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in office 1829. Slaveowner. Died near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 26, 1829 (age about 60 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; reinterment in 1984 at John Sampson Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father of Theophilus H. Holmes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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