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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Cary Hillcrest Cemetery
Fuquay-Varina Wake Chapel Memorial
Gardens
Raleigh Unknown location
Raleigh City Cemetery
Raleigh Montlawn Memorial Park
Raleigh Mt. Hope Cemetery
Raleigh Nash Square
Raleigh Oakwood Cemetery
Raleigh Union Square
Private or family
graveyard
Wake County, North Carolina
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David Stone (1770-1818) —
of Bertie
County, N.C.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., February
17, 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1801; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1801-07, 1813-14; Governor of
North Carolina, 1808-10.
Slaveowner.
Died October
7, 1818 (age 48 years, 232
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Hillcrest
Cemetery
Cary, Wake County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Lucie Reavis Royall (1867-1959) —
also known as Lucie Virginia Reavis; Lucie V.
Reavis —
of Cary, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., May 12,
1867.
Republican. Postmaster at Cary,
N.C., 1900-14.
Female.
Died, from renal
failure and diabetes,
in Duke University Hospital,
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
18, 1959 (age 91 years, 251
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of George James Reavis and Martha Hayes (Debnam) Reavis;
married, June 1,
1919, to Valerius Addison Royall. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Inspired Word of God /
Jesus Christ, My Salvation." |
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memorial |
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Wake Chapel
Memorial Gardens
Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Lynton Yates Ballentine (1899-1964) —
also known as Lynton Y. Ballentine;
"Stag" —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Varina, Wake
County, N.C., April 6,
1899.
Democrat. Dairy farmer; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948;
North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1949-64; died in office
1964.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., July 19,
1964 (age 65 years, 104
days).
Interment at Wake Chapel Memorial Gardens.
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Unknown
Location
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tyrrell
County, N.C., July 4,
1828.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of
Gettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 17,
1863 (age 35 years, 13
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.
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City
Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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William Henry Haywood Jr. (1801-1852) —
also known as William H. Haywood, Jr. —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
23, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1831, 1834-36; U.S.
Attorney for North Carolina, 1840-43; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1843-46; resigned 1846.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
7, 1852 (age 50 years, 350
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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John Sitgreaves (1757-1802) —
of North Carolina.
Born in England,
1757.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1784; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1784; U.S.
Attorney for North Carolina, 1790; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1790-94, 1797-1801; U.S.
District Judge for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of
North Carolina, 1794-97; U.S.
District Judge for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of
North Carolina, 1801-02; died in office 1802.
Died in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., March 4,
1802 (age about 44
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Romulus Mitchell Saunders (1791-1867) —
also known as Romulus M. Saunders —
of Milton, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born near Milton, Caswell
County, N.C., March 3,
1791.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1815-19,
1850-52; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1821-27, 1841-45 (9th
District 1821-27, 8th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-45); North
Carolina state attorney general, 1828-34; state court judge in
North Carolina, 1835-40, 1852-56; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1840; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1846-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., April
21, 1867 (age 76 years, 49
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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William Dallas Polk Haywood (1810-1894) —
also known as William Dallas Haywood —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., 1810.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1857-58, 1867-68.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 1,
1894 (age about 84
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Charles Manly (1795-1871) —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., May 13,
1795.
Whig. Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1849-51.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 1,
1871 (age 75 years, 353
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Sion Hart Rogers (1825-1874) —
also known as Sion H. Rogers —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1825.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1853-55,
1871-73; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1863-68.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1874
(age about
49 years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1808.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1839-45 (1st District
1839-43, 9th District 1843-45).
Slaveowner.
Died in 1884
(age about
76 years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) —
also known as Lawrence O'B. Branch —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., November
28, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1855-61; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Washington
County, Md., September
17, 1862 (age 41 years, 293
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Richard Hines (d. 1851) —
of Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1824; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1825-27;
defeated, 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
20, 1851.
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Absalom Tatom (1742-1802) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1742.
Republican. Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-96; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1797.
Slaveowner.
Died December
20, 1802 (age about 60
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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William White (1762-1811) —
of Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in 1762.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lenoir County, 1792-95; member of
North
Carolina state senate from Lenoir County, 1795-96, 1798; secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1798-1810.
Died in 1811
(age about
49 years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Joel Lane (c.1740-1795) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., about 1740.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1770; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1782-94; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1788, 1789.
Provided the site for Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
Died March
29, 1795 (age about 55
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1969 at City Cemetery.
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Montlawn Memorial
Park
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Melville Broughton (1888-1949) —
also known as J. Melville Broughton —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
17, 1888.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for North Carolina; Governor of
North Carolina, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1948-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1949 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at Montlawn Memorial Park.
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Mt. Hope
Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) —
also known as Clarence E. Lightner —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 8,
2002 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Nash
Square
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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(or had) monuments here: |
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Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 18,
1862.
Democrat. North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.
Methodist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Nash
Square.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
Founded 1869
| Politicians buried
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Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 18,
1862.
Democrat. North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.
Methodist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Nash
Square.
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George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) —
also known as George E. Badger —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April
17, 1795.
Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1816; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1820-25; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1846-55; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 11,
1866 (age 71 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830-1892) —
also known as A. S. Merrimon —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
15, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860-61; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; solicitor, 8th Judicial District, 1861-65;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1866-67; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1872; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1873-79; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1883-89; defeated, 1868; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-92; died in
office 1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
14, 1892 (age 62 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) —
also known as Josiah W. Bailey —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., September
14, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 4th North Carolina District, 1913-21; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1931-46; died in office 1946;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
15, 1946 (age 73 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jesse Alexander Helms (1921-2008) —
also known as Jesse Helms —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., October
18, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Young
Americans for Freedom; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, in a nursing
home at Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 4,
2008 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) —
of Northampton
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
9, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1842; Governor of
North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861-62.
Presbyterian.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Walter Clark (1846-1924) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., August
19, 1846.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1885-89; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-1902; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-24; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1912.
Methodist.
Died in Wake
County, N.C., May 20,
1924 (age 77 years, 275
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Basil Charles Manly (1839-1882) —
also known as Basil C. Manly —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 9,
1839.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1875-82; died in office 1882.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 15,
1882 (age 43 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Daniel Gould Fowle (1831-1891) —
also known as Daniel G. Fowle —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., March 3,
1831.
Lawyer;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Died April 7,
1891 (age 60 years, 35
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70; postmaster at Raleigh,
N.C., 1873-81.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) —
also known as David L. Swain —
of Buncombe
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
4, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1824-30; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1830-32; Governor of
North Carolina, 1832-35; president,
University of North Carolina, 1835-68.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., August
27, 1868 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jonathan Worth (1802-1869) —
of Randolph
County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., November
18, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1862-65; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865-68.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., September
5, 1869 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Henry Separk (1830-1875) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., June 25,
1830.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1875; died in office 1875.
Died August
30, 1875 (age 45 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Union
Square.
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J. S. Wynne (d. 1934) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1909-11.
Died in 1934.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Daniel Killian Moore (1906-1986) —
also known as Dan K. Moore —
of Canton, Haywood
County, N.C.
Born April 2,
1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1965-69.
Died September
7, 1986 (age 80 years, 158
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812-1889) —
also known as William N. H. Smith —
of Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., September
24, 1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840, 1858,
1868; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1859-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1878-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
14, 1889 (age 77 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Edwin Godwin Reade (1812-1894) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Mt. Tirzah, Person
County, N.C., November
13, 1812.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1855-57; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1865-79.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
18, 1894 (age 81 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Horn Battle (1802-1879) —
also known as William H. Battle —
of Franklin
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., 1802.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons from Franklin County, 1833-34; delegate
to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1840; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1848, 1852-67; law
professor.
Died in 1879
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) —
also known as John H. Bryan —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., November
4, 1798.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1825-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 19,
1870 (age 71 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
also known as William R. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad;
district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Nichols (1834-1917) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born near Eagle Rock, Wake
County, N.C., November
14, 1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Raleigh,
N.C., 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1887-89;
defeated, 1888.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., September
22, 1917 (age 82 years, 312
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Winder Russell Harris (1888-1973) —
also known as Winder R. Harris —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
3, 1888.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1941-44.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., February
24, 1973 (age 84 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Charles Fuller (1832-1901) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
27, 1832.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
20, 1901 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) —
also known as James Y. Joyner —
of La Grange, Lenoir
County, N.C.; Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., August
7, 1862.
School
teacher and principal; Lenoir
County Superintendent of Schools, 1882-83; lawyer; college
professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1902-19; one of
the organizers of the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association, 1922.
Baptist.
Died in Lenoir
County, N.C., January
24, 1954 (age 91 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joyner and Sarah Ann 'Sallie' (Wooten) Joyner; married 1887 to Effie
Harper Rouse. |
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memorial |
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Reviews, January 1922 |
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Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) —
also known as Kemp P. Battle —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., December
19, 1831.
Lawyer;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, Chatham
Railroad
during the Civil War; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1866-68; president,
University of North Carolina, 1876-91; historian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., February
4, 1919 (age 87 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April
24, 1837.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866; newspaper
editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Ivey Goodman Riddick (1861-1920) —
also known as Ivey G. Riddick —
of Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in Wake
County, N.C., December
3, 1861.
Physician;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Franklin County,
1903-04.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
1, 1920 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Willie Goodman Riddick and Annie Ivey (Jones) Riddick; married 1888 to Annie
Dunn. |
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memorial |
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Paul Fletcher Faison (1882-1967) —
also known as Paul F. Faison —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Philippines;
Canton (Guangzhou), China;
Tientsin, China;
Tokyo, Japan.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
15, 1882.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1918-19.
Died in Tokyo, Japan,
November
18, 1967 (age 85 years, 3
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Union
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Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) —
also known as Zebulon B. Vance —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., May 13,
1830.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1858-61; colonel
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
North Carolina, 1862-65, 1877-79; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1879-94; died in office 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1894 (age 63 years, 336
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.; statue at Union Square.
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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at
Union Square.
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