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Surry County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Surry County

Index to Locations Unknown location Dobson Dobson Town Cemetery Mt. Airy Unknown location Mt. Airy Oakdale Cemetery Near Mt. Airy Edwards-Franklin House Grounds Pinnacle Pinnacle Baptist Church Cemetery Near Rockford Dobson Family Cemetery Unknown Location Surry County, North Carolina Politicians formerly buried here:   Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) — of Surry County, N.C. Born in Orange County, Va., March 24, 1760. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of North Carolina, 1820-21. Slaveowner. Died August 31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.   Relatives: Brother of Meshack Franklin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Dobson Town Cemetery Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) — also known as Alonzo D. Folger; Lon Folger — of Dobson, Surry County, N.C.; Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C. Born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., July 9, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1937-41; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1937; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Injured in an automobile accident, and died later that day, in Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., April 30, 1941 (age 52 years, 295 days). Interment at Dobson Town Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Wilson Folger and Ada Dillard (Robertson) Folger; brother of John Hamlin Folger; married to Gertrude Marie Reece; uncle of Fred Folger; first cousin of Worth Barnard Folger (who married Helen Newell Saunders); first cousin once removed of Alonzo Mendonhall Folger and Alfred Robert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Franklin.   Political family: Folger family of Dobson and Mt. Airy, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Worth Barnard Folger (1917-1998) — also known as Worth B. Folger — of Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., January 6, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956. Died in DeKalb County, Ga., January 16, 1998 (age 81 years, 10 days). Interment at Dobson Town Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Folger and Mabel Waugh (Llewellyn) Folger; married 1942 to Helen Newell Saunders; first cousin of John Hamlin Folger and Alonzo Dillard Folger; first cousin once removed of Alonzo Mendonhall Folger, Alfred Robert Newton Folger and Fred Folger; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Franklin.   Political family: Folger family of Dobson and Mt. Airy, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Mt. Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Henry Harrison Llewellyn (d. 1969) — of North Carolina. Recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1940. Died October 24, 1969. Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Brother of Clement Manly Llewellyn. Oakdale Cemetery Mt. Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963) — also known as John H. Folger — of Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C.; Danbury, Stokes County, N.C. Born in Rockford, Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Mt. Airy, N.C., 1908-12; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of North Carolina state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940, 1944 (alternate); U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1941-49. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Junior Order. Died in Clemmons, Forsyth County, N.C., July 19, 1963 (age 82 years, 213 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Wilson Folger and Ada Dillard (Robertson) Folger; brother of Alonzo Dillard Folger; married, November 5, 1899, to Maude Lanetta Douglas; father of Fred Folger; first cousin of Worth Barnard Folger (who married Helen Newell Saunders); first cousin once removed of Alonzo Mendonhall Folger and Alfred Robert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Franklin.   Political family: Folger family of Dobson and Mt. Airy, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Morehead Brower (1845-1913) — also known as John M. Brower — of Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw County, Okla. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 19, 1845. Republican. Merchant; tobacco grower; member of North Carolina state senate, 1876-78; postmaster at Mt. Airy, N.C., 1882-85; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98. Died in Paris, Lamar County, Tex., August 5, 1913 (age 68 years, 17 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Fred Folger (1900-1959) — of Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C. Born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., September 12, 1900. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 23rd District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959; resigned 1959. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; American Bar Association. Died in Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., June 25, 1959 (age 58 years, 286 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Hamlin Folger and Maude Lanetta (Douglas) Folger; married to Mary Mills Fawcett; nephew of Alonzo Dillard Folger; first cousin once removed of Worth Barnard Folger; first cousin twice removed of Alonzo Mendonhall Folger and Alfred Robert Newton Folger; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin Franklin.   Political family: Folger family of Dobson and Mt. Airy, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Edwards-Franklin House Grounds Near Mt. Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Meshack Franklin (1772-1839) — of North Carolina. Born in Surry County, N.C., 1772. Republican. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1800-01; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1807-15 (12th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 12th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15); member of North Carolina state senate, 1828-29, 1838. Slaveowner. Died in Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1839 (age about 67 years). Interment at Edwards-Franklin House Grounds.   Relatives: Brother of Jesse Franklin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Pinnacle Baptist Church Cemetery Pinnacle, Surry County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Ralph James Scott (1905-1983) — of Danbury, Stokes County, N.C. Born near Pinnacle, Surry County, N.C., October 15, 1905. Democrat. Chair of Stokes County Democratic Party, 1935; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1936-37; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1957-67. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died in Danbury, Stokes County, N.C., August 5, 1983 (age 77 years, 294 days). Interment at Pinnacle Baptist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Martin Scott and Daisy (Cook) Scott; married, November 30, 1929, to Verna Viola Denny.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Dobson Family Cemetery Near Rockford, Surry County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Polk Dobson (1793-1846) — also known as William P. Dobson — of Surry County, N.C. Born in Stokes County, N.C., 1793. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 1836, 1842 (Surry County 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 43rd District 1836, 1842). Died in Rockford, Surry County, N.C., 1846 (age about 53 years). Interment at Dobson Family Cemetery.   The town of Dobson, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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