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Wayne County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wayne County

Index to Locations Goldsboro Willowdale Cemetery Mt. Olive Maplewood Cemetery Willowdale Cemetery Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) — also known as Kenneth C. Royall — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., July 24, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., May 25, 1971 (age 76 years, 305 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Margaret Best Royall (born c.1895); father of Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr..   Political family: Royall family of Durham and Goldsboro, North Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article   Curtis Hooks Brogden (1816-1901) — also known as Curtis H. Brogden — of Wayne County, N.C. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., November 6, 1816. Farmer; justice of the peace; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1839-51; member of North Carolina state senate, 1852-57, 1868; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1868; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1873-74; Governor of North Carolina, 1874-77; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1877-79. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., January 5, 1901 (age 84 years, 60 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Pierce Brogden (1790-1854) and Amy (Beard) Brogden (1800-1880); uncle of Willis James Brogden (1877-1935).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Theophilus Dortch (1824-1889) — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born near Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., August 23, 1824. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1852-60; Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876, 1880 (Convention Vice-President); member of North Carolina state senate, 1879-85. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., November 21, 1889 (age 65 years, 90 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   George Ezekial Hood (1875-1960) — also known as George E. Hood — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born near Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., January 25, 1875. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1901; mayor of Goldsboro, N.C., 1901-07; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1915-19. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., March 8, 1960 (age 85 years, 43 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) — also known as Albert L. Cox — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 1, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940, 1944, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   Margaret Best Royall — also known as Mrs. Kenneth Royall — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944 (alternate), 1948. Female. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971); mother of Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr..   Political family: Royall family of Durham and Goldsboro, North Carolina. Maplewood Cemetery Mt. Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Council Simmons Wooten (1840-1930) — also known as Council S. Wooten — of Lenoir County, N.C. Born in Lenoir County, N.C., November 12, 1840. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Lenoir County, 1895-96. Died in Mt. Olive, Wayne County, N.C., April 3, 1930 (age 89 years, 142 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Council Simmons Wooten (1804-1872) and Eliza (Isler) Wooten (1804-1869); married, September 2, 1879, to Cora Wooten (1858-1884).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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