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Brunswick County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Brunswick County

Index to Locations Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery Alberta Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery Brunswick Gholson Family Cemetery Lawrenceville Claiborne Family Cemetery Lawrenceville Lawrenceville Cemetery Lawrenceville Oakwood Cemetery Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery Brunswick County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thaddeus Franklin Daniel (1900-1942) — also known as T. Franklin Daniel — of Lynchburg, Va. Born in Brunswick County, Va., February 25, 1900. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Lynchburg city, 1934-42; died in office 1942. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha. Shot and killed, along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, by Warren Guy Myers, in his office, in Lynchburg, Va., June 30, 1942 (age 42 years, 125 days). Myers was judged to be insane, committed to the Southwestern State Hospital, and died in 1963. Interment at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lee Andrew Daniel and Susan (Pritchett) Daniel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Virginia House History Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery Alberta, Brunswick County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Joseph Washington Bland (1912-1991) — also known as J. W. Bland — of Alberta, Brunswick County, Va. Born in Crewe, Nottoway County, Va., October 8, 1912. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1948-53. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Ruritan. Died March 16, 1991 (age 78 years, 159 days). Interment at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.   Epitaph: "Educator, Legislator."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Gholson Family Cemetery Brunswick, Brunswick County, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Thomas Gholson Jr. (d. 1816) — of Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va. Born in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1806-09; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1808, 1809-16 (17th District 1808, 1809-15, 18th District 1815-16); died in office 1816; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Died from war wounds, in Brunswick County, Va., July 4, 1816. Interment at Gholson Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Uncle and father-in-law of Thomas Saunders Gholson; uncle of James Herbert Gholson; second cousin of Richard Dickerson Gholson.   Political family: Gholson family of Virginia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Claiborne Family Cemetery Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) — of Brunswick County, Va. Born in Brunswick County, Va., February 1, 1749. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1783-88; Brunswick County Sheriff, 1789-92; member of Virginia state senate, 1790-92; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1793-99, 1801-05 (8th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-05). Slaveowner. Died in Brunswick County, Va., 1812 (age about 63 years). Interment at Claiborne Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Augustine Claiborne and Hannah (Ravenscroft) Claiborne; married, January 19, 1772, to Mary Clayton; father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856); first cousin once removed of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; first cousin twice removed of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; first cousin five times removed of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. and Corinne Claiborne Boggs; first cousin six times removed of Claiborne de Borda Pell, Barbara Boggs Sigmund and Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Andrew Fuller Fox.   Political family: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Lawrenceville Cemetery Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Robert Turnbull (1850-1920) — of Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va., January 11, 1850. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Brunswick County Clerk, 1885-93; member of Virginia state senate, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1896, 1904; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention from Brunswick County, 1901-02; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1910-13. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1920 (age about 70 years). Interment at Lawrenceville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Randolph Turnbull and Elizabeth (Harrison) Turnbull; married, December 17, 1874, to Mary L. Harrison.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Oakwood Cemetery Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (1907-1995) — also known as Albert S. Harrison, Jr. — of Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Born near Alberta, Brunswick County, Va., January 11, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; Brunswick County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; director and general counsel, Farmers and Merchants Bank; member of Virginia state senate 7th District, 1948-58; Virginia state attorney general, 1958-62; Governor of Virginia, 1962-66. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died January 23, 1995 (age 88 years, 12 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Albertis S. Harrison and Lizzie (Goodrich) Harrison; married, May 8, 1930, to Lacey Virginia Barkley.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier

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