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Mecklenburg County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mecklenburg County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Boydton Presbyterian Cemetery Chase City Woodland Cemetery Private or family graveyards Mecklenburg County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Osborne Goode (1798-1859) — also known as William O. Goode — of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va. Born in Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Va., September 16, 1798. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1822, 1824-32, 1839-40, 1845-46, 1852; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1841-43, 1853-59; defeated, 1832; died in office 1859; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850. Slaveowner. Died in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va., July 3, 1859 (age 60 years, 290 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Goode (1756-1822) — of Virginia. Born in Chesterfield County, Va., March 21, 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1778-85; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801. Slaveowner. Died in Mecklenburg County, Va., November 14, 1822 (age 66 years, 238 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Presbyterian Cemetery Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Francis Goode (1825-1905) — also known as Thomas F. Goode — of Mecklenburg County, Va. Born in 1825. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Mecklenburg County, 1861. Died in 1905 (age about 80 years). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. Woodland Cemetery Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Henry Jeffreys (1871-1938) — also known as William H. Jeffreys — of Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Va. Born in 1871. Member of Virginia state senate, 1916-31 (25th District 1916-23, 7th District 1924-31); mayor of Chase City, Va. Died in 1938 (age about 67 years). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of R. L. Jeffreys.   R. L. Jeffreys (d. 1924) — of Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Va.; Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912 (alternate), 1920. Died in 1924. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of William Henry Jeffreys.

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