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Lee County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lee County

Index to Locations Unknown location Private or family graveyards Blackwater Robinette Family Cemetery Ewing Richmond Cemetery Jonesville Hill Cemetery Unknown Location Lee County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) — of Lee County, Va. Born in Augusta County, Va., 1767. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1799-1800. Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well; in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; the basket broke, and he fell to his death, or perhaps drowned, in Lee County, Va., 1800 (age about 33 years). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Simon Cockrell and Mary Magdalene (Vardeman) Cockrell; married to Barthenia Chadwell; uncle by marriage of Jeremiah Weldon South; uncle of Elisha Logan Cockrell, Harrison Cockrill, Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell and Francis Marion Cockrell; granduncle of John T. Crisp and Ewing Cockrell; great-granduncle of Egbert Railey Cockrell and James Harris Baldwin.   Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Private or family graveyard Lee County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Campbell Slemp (1839-1907) — of Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va. Born in Virginia, 1839. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1903-07; died in office 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1904. Died in 1907 (age about 68 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Father of Campbell Bascom Slemp.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Robinette Family Cemetery Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Lloyd Mileham Robinette (1881-1951) — also known as Lloyd M. Robinette — of Jonesville, Lee County, Va. Born in Blackwater, Lee County, Va., March 26, 1881. Member of Virginia state senate 16th District, 1932-51. Died November 2, 1951 (age 70 years, 221 days). Interment at Robinette Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel R. Robinette and Narcissus (Lindsey) Robinette.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Richmond Cemetery Ewing, Lee County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899-1980) — also known as Thomas B. Fugate — of Lee County, Va. Born near Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tenn., April 10, 1899. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1944 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); delegate to Virginia limited constitutional convention 16th District, 1945; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1949-53. Member, Farm Bureau. Died in Ewing, Lee County, Va., September 22, 1980 (age 81 years, 165 days). Interment at Richmond Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Hill Cemetery Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore (1837-1900) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1837. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1877-79. Died in 1900 (age about 63 years). Interment at Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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