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Wilkes County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wilkes County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Boomer Little Rock Baptist Church Cemetery Traphill Traphill Cemetery Wilkesboro Episcopal Church Cemetery Wilkesboro Mountain Park Cemetery Wilkesboro Presbyterian Cemetery Wilkesboro St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard Private or family graveyard Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Wellborn (1767-1854) — of North Carolina. Born in 1767. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1795-1811, 1818-21, 1823-24, 1828-29, 1832, 1834; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died near Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., 1854 (age about 87 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Brother-in-law of Montfort Stokes. Little Rock Baptist Church Cemetery Boomer, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Edgar Broyhill (1892-1988) — also known as J. E. Broyhill — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Boomer, Wilkes County, N.C., May 5, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; furniture manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1956 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1960, 1964, 1972; member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1948-64; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., July 1, 1988 (age 96 years, 57 days). Interment at Little Rock Baptist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Broyhill and Margaret (Parsons) Broyhill; married, June 21, 1921, to Satie Leona Hunt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Traphill Cemetery Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Tyre York (1836-1916) — of Surry County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1836. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1884. Died in 1916 (age about 80 years). Interment at Traphill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Episcopal Church Cemetery Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 16, 1875. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; private secretary to U.S. Rep. E. Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1905-08, 1921-30; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11. Died in Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., October 2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78 days). Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Ida Augusta (Holden) Cowles; married, September 6, 1916, to Louise S. Lunn; nephew of William Henry Harrison Cowles; grandson of William Woods Holden; second great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second great-grandnephew of Thomas Wynns; second cousin once removed of Charles Upson and Gad Ely Upson; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin and Ela Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Mountain Park Cemetery South Bridge Street Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Linville Bumgarner Jr. (1867-1941) — also known as Linville Bumgarner — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Millers Creek, Wilkes County, N.C., July 7, 1867. Republican. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1913-14; member of North Carolina state senate 28th District, 1915-16, 1921-22. Baptist. Died, following an attack of apoplexy, in Wilkes Hospital, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 1, 1941 (age 74 years, 117 days). Interment at Mountain Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. James L. Bumgarner and Phoebe Hincher Bumgarner; married 1889 to Bessie R. McNeil. Presbyterian Cemetery Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Henry Harrison Cowles (1840-1901) — also known as William H. H. Cowles — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin County, N.C., April 22, 1840. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1885-93. Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., December 30, 1901 (age 61 years, 252 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Henry Harrison   Relatives: Uncle of Charles Holden Cowles.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Richard Nathaniel Hackett (1866-1923) — also known as Richard N. Hackett — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., December 4, 1866. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1907-09; defeated, 1896, 1908. Died in Statesville, Iredell County, N.C., November 22, 1923 (age 56 years, 353 days). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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