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Tazewell County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tazewell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Tazewell Jeffersonville Cemetery Tazewell Maplewood Cemetery Private or family graveyard Tazewell County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Rees Tate Bowen (1809-1879) — also known as Rees T. Bowen — of Tazewell County, Va. Born in Tazewell County, Va., January 10, 1809. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1863-65; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1873-75. Slaveowner. Died in Tazewell County, Va., August 29, 1879 (age 70 years, 231 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Father of Henry Bowen.   Political families: Johnston-Floyd family of Virginia; Bowen-Campbell-Johnston family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Jeffersonville Cemetery Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Henry Bowen (1841-1915) — of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va. Born near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., December 26, 1841. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1880; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1883-85, 1887-89. Died near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., April 29, 1915 (age 73 years, 124 days). Interment at Jeffersonville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rees Tate Bowen; nephew of John Warfield Johnston; cousin *** of William Bowen Campbell.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Johnston-Floyd family of Virginia; Bowen-Campbell-Johnston family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) — also known as George C. Peery — of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va. Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Va., October 28, 1873. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; vice-president, Norton Hardware Company; director of coal mining companies and a railroad; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of Virginia, 1934-38; delegate to Virginia limited constitutional convention 18th District, 1945. Southern Methodist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Richlands, Tazewell County, Va., October 14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Peery and Mary Letitia (Spotts) Peery; married, June 19, 1907, to Nancy Bane Gillespie.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Moroni O. Litz (1874-1955) — also known as M. O. Litz — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Born in Tazewell County, Va., August 13, 1874. Republican. School principal; lawyer; judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1923-36; appointed 1923; defeated, 1936. Died December 1, 1955 (age 81 years, 110 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John T. Litz and Elizabeth (Thompson) Litz; married, October 27, 1908, to Judith Effler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929 William Mitchell (1887-1968) — also known as Billy Mitchell — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Born in Richmond, Va., March 29, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; salesman; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Died October 22, 1968 (age 81 years, 207 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell; married, February 27, 1936, to Mae Holbrook.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951

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