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New Kent County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in New Kent County

Index to Locations Eltham Plantation Private or family graveyards Putneys Mill St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard Eltham Plantation New Kent County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) — of Williamsburg, Va. Born in New Kent County, Va., March 18, 1764. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1787-89, 1819-21; member of Virginia state senate, 1794-1805; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1805-13, 1815-19, 1821-29 (at-large 1805-07, 12th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 12th District 1811-13, 13th District 1815-19, 8th District 1821-29). Slaveowner. Died, after a fall from his horse, in New Kent County, Va., February 26, 1841 (age 76 years, 345 days). Interment at Eltham Plantation.   Relatives: Son of Burwell Bassett (1734-1793) and Anna Marie (Dandridge) Bassett; brother of Frances Bassett (who married Tobias Lear); married to Ann Claiborne; nephew of Martha Dandridge Custis (who married George Washington); first cousin of John Parke Custis, Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin once removed of John Scott Harrison (1804-1878); first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and John Scott Harrison (1844-1926); first cousin thrice removed of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and Russell Benjamin Harrison; first cousin four times removed of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); second cousin once removed of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin four times removed of Edith Wilson and William Welby Beverley; third cousin of George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; third cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph, Thomas Marshall, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and James Keith Marshall; third cousin twice removed of Peter Myndert Dox, Edmund Randolph, Carter Henry Harrison and John Breckinridge Castleman; third cousin thrice removed of Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, Carter Henry Harrison II, Richard Evelyn Byrd and Harry Bartow Hawes.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Washington family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Private or family graveyard New Kent County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Letitia Tyler (1790-1842) — also known as Letitia Christian — Born in New Kent County, Va., November 12, 1790. Second Lady of the United States, 1841; First Lady of the United States, 1841-42; died in office 1842. Female. Died, following a stroke, in the White House, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1842 (age 51 years, 302 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert Christian and Mary (Browne) Christian; married, March 29, 1813, to John Tyler (1790-1862) (son of John Tyler (1747-1813)); great-grandmother of Adele Goodwyn McNeel.   Political family: Tyler family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard Putneys Mill, New Kent County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   James Matthew Bowcock (b. 1884) — also known as James M. Bowcock — Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., November 9, 1884. U.S. Vice Consul in Hanover, 1908-11; Berne, 1914-15; Leghorn, 1915-16; Cairo, 1916; Rome, 1916-21; Munich, as of 1926-32. Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of John William Bowcock and Alice (Willis) Bowcock.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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