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Hanover County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hanover County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Ashland Bear Island Cemetery Hanover Blenheim Winston Cemetery Montpelier Church of Our Savior Cemetery Taylorsville Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery Private or family graveyards Hanover County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Henry Roane (1787-1845) — also known as William H. Roane — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, September 17, 1787. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-15; U.S. Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1815-17; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1837-41. Slaveowner. Died in Tree Hill, Henrico County, Va., May 11, 1845 (age 57 years, 236 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Grandson of Patrick Henry.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888) — also known as Williams C. Wickham — of Henrico County, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., September 21, 1820. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1849; member of Virginia state senate, 1859, 1883-88; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Henrico County, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Died in Richmond, Va., July 23, 1888 (age 67 years, 306 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Image source: Huntington Through Seventy-Five Years (1947)   Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) — Born in Hanover County, Va., January 28, 1729. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1755-61, 1766-75. Died in Hanover County, Va., November, 1780 (age 51 years, 0 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of George Nicholas and Elizabeth (Carter) Nicholas; married to Anne Cary; father of Elizabeth Nicholas (who married Edmund Jenings Randolph), George Nicholas (1753-1799), Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; grandfather of Peyton Randolph and Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); great-grandfather of Peter Myndert Dox and Edmund Randolph; great-granduncle of Thomas Marshall and James Keith Marshall; second great-grandfather of Edmund Randolph Cocke and Harry Bartow Hawes; third great-grandfather of Francis Beverley Biddle; first cousin of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin once removed of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin twice removed of John Scott Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); first cousin four times removed of Connally Findlay Trigg, Russell Benjamin Harrison, Carter Henry Harrison II, Richard Evelyn Byrd and William Welby Beverley; first cousin five times removed of Harry Flood Byrd and William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin six times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; second cousin once removed of Burwell Bassett.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Politicians formerly buried here:   William Campbell (1745-1781) — Born in Augusta County, Va., 1745. Justice of the peace; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1781. Died in Hanover County, Va., August 22, 1781 (age about 36 years). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1823 at Aspenvale Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Henry (sister of Patrick Henry; who later married William Russell); father of Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis Smith Preston); grandfather of William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandfather of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Bear Island Cemetery Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Hardin Burnley (1761-1809) — Born in Orange County, Va., March 19, 1761. Governor of Virginia, 1799. Died in Hanover County, Va., March 11, 1809 (age 47 years, 357 days). Interment at Bear Island Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Zachariah Burnley; married to Elizabeth Overton.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Blenheim Winston Cemetery Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Philip Bickerton Winston (1845-1901) — also known as Philip B. Winston — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Hanover County, Va., August 12, 1845. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888, 1892; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1891-93. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 1, 1901 (age 55 years, 323 days). Interment at Blenheim Winston Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Overton Winston and Sarah Ann (Gregory) Winston; married 1876 to Katharine Deborah Stevens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Church of Our Savior Cemetery Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Marshall Ambler (1813-1896) — also known as William M. Ambler — of Louisa County, Va. Born July 25, 1813. Lawyer; member of Virginia state senate, 1845; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Louisa County, 1861. Died in Louisa County, Va., August 25, 1896 (age 83 years, 31 days). Interment at Church of Our Savior Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Col. John Ambler and Catherine (Bush) Norton Ambler; married, June 20, 1855, to Martha Elizabeth Coleman; second cousin of Thomas Marshall.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Owen Bradford Pickett (1930-2010) — also known as Owen B. Pickett — of Virginia Beach, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., August 31, 1930. Democrat. Lawyer; accountant; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1972-86; Virginia Democratic state chair, 1980-82; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996, 2000. Member, American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Virginia Beach, Va., October 27, 2010 (age 80 years, 57 days). Interment at Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery.   The Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customs House (built 1852; given current name 2001), in Norfolk, Virginia, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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