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Wythe County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wythe County

Index to Locations Crockett's Cove Crockett Family Cemetery Fort Chiswell Oglesby Cemetery Rural Retreat Methodist Church Cemetery Near Rural Retreat Black Lick Cemetery Wytheville East End Cemetery Wytheville St. John's Church Cemetery Wytheville St. Mary's Cemetery Crockett Family Cemetery Crockett's Cove, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Joseph M. Crockett (d. 1968) — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1937-41, 1955; chair of McDowell County Republican Party, 1945-46. Died in Crockett's Cove, Wythe County, Va., 1968. Interment at Crockett Family Cemetery. Oglesby Cemetery Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   John Williamson McGavock (1846-1934) — also known as J. W. McGavock — of Max Meadows, Wythe County, Va. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., October 25, 1846. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1922. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Struck by an automobile, and died in a hospital soon after, in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 20, 1934 (age 87 years, 146 days). Interment at Oglesby Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ephraim McGavock and Abie Jouet (Williamson) McGavock; married to Emily Maria Graham and Jane Byrd Pendleton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Methodist Church Cemetery Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia Black Lick Cemetery Near Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Nuckles Doak (1882-1933) — also known as William N. Doak — of Roanoke, Va.; Washington, D.C.; McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Va., December 12, 1882. Republican. Vice-president, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1916 (alternate), 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1924; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1930-33. Methodist. Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons; Shriners. Died of heart disease, in McLean, Fairfax County, Va., October 23, 1933 (age 50 years, 315 days). Entombed at Black Lick Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Canaro Draton Doak and Elizabeth (Dutton) Doak; married, October 15, 1908, to Emma M. Doak.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Emma M. Doak (1883-1951) — also known as Emma Marie Cricher; Mrs. W. N. Doak — of Roanoke, Va.; Washington, D.C.; McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, December 27, 1883. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1936. Female. German ancestry. Died in Virginia, November 12, 1951 (age 67 years, 320 days). Entombed at Black Lick Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, October 15, 1908, to William Nuckles Doak.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial East End Cemetery Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Robert Enoch Withers (1821-1907) — of Virginia. Born in Campbell County, Va., September 18, 1821. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1874-75; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1875-81; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1885-89. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., September 21, 1907 (age 86 years, 3 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Walter Withers and Susan Dabney (Alexander) Withers; married to Mary Virginia Royall; first cousin once removed of Thomas Withers Chinn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876-1939) — also known as E. Lee Trinkle — of Virginia. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., March 12, 1876. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate 5th District, 1916-21; Governor of Virginia, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1928. Died in Richmond, Va., November 25, 1939 (age 63 years, 258 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elbert Sevier Trinkle and Letitia Mary (Sexton) Trinkle; married 1910 to Helen Ball Sexton.   Trinkle Hall (opened 1926; renamed "Unity Hall" in 2020), at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Terry (1824-1888) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, August 14, 1824. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1871-73, 1875-77 (8th District 1871-73, 9th District 1875-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1880 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Slaveowner. Drowned while trying to ford Reed Creek, near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., September 5, 1888 (age 64 years, 22 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page William Patton Kent (1857-1936) — also known as William P. Kent — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va.; Staunton, Va.; Washington, D.C. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., March 8, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from pneumonia, in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1936 (age 78 years, 361 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Craig Kent and Elizabeth Ann Woods (Patton) Kent; married 1906 to Annie Hendron Patrick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: U.S. passport application (1918)   James Alexander Walker (1832-1901) — also known as James A. Walker — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va. Born in Augusta County, Va., August 27, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1871-72; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1877-78; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1895-99; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896 (speaker). Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Slaveowner. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., October 21, 1901 (age 69 years, 55 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Great-grandfather of Manley Caldwell Butler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Craig Kent (1828-1905) — also known as Robert C. Kent — of Wythe County, Va. Born in Virginia, November 28, 1828. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Wythe County, 1861; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1894-98. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., April 30, 1905 (age 76 years, 153 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Patton; father of William Patton Kent.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Mary Jane Barnitz (1837-1920) — also known as Mary Jane Douthat — of Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va. Born in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va., February 7, 1837. Postmaster at Christiansburg, Va., 1877. Female. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., January 9, 1920 (age 82 years, 336 days). Interment at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Henry Yost Douthat and Eliza (Baylor) Douthat; married to John Alexander Barnitz.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   Edith Wilson (1872-1961) — also known as Edith Bolling; Edith Bolling Galt — Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., October 15, 1872. First Lady of the United States, 1915-21. Female. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1961 (age 89 years, 74 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at East End Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of William Holcombe Bolling and Sarah Spears 'Sallie' (White) Bolling; married, December 18, 1915, to Woodrow Wilson; married, April 30, 1896, to Norman Galt; second great-grandniece of Thomas Jefferson; fourth great-grandniece of Richard Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph and Dabney Carr; first cousin five times removed of Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) and Martha Washington; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, John Parke Custis, Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; third cousin once removed of William Lewis Cabell, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, George Craighead Cabell and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin thrice removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, John Wayles Eppes, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell and John Gardner Coolidge; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Carter Henry Harrison II, Henry De La Warr Flood, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail St. John's Church Cemetery Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Joseph Crockett Shaffer (1880-1958) — also known as Joseph C. Shaffer — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va. Born in Virginia, January 19, 1880. Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1924-29, 1932-33; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1940 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died October 19, 1958 (age 78 years, 273 days). Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page St. Mary's Cemetery Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889) — also known as John W. Johnston — of Abingdon, Washington County, Va. Born near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., September 9, 1818. Member of Virginia state senate, 1846; state court judge in Virginia, 1866; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1870-71, 1871-83. Died in Richmond, Va., February 27, 1889 (age 70 years, 171 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Warfield Johnston (1790-1818) and Louisa Smith (Bowen) Johnston; married to Nicketti Buchanan Floyd (daughter of John Floyd; sister of John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd; aunt of James McDowell); nephew of Charles Clement Johnston and Joseph Eggleston Johnston; uncle of Henry Bowen.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Johnston-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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