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Fredericksburg city
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fredericksburg city

Index to Locations Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Cemetery Fredericksburg Masonic Cemetery Fredericksburg Oak Hill Cemetery Confederate Cemetery Fredericksburg, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Elliott Muse Braxton (1823-1891) — of Virginia. Born in Mathews, Mathews County, Va., October 8, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state senate, 1852-56; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., October 2, 1891 (age 67 years, 359 days). Interment at Confederate Cemetery.   Relatives: Great-grandson of Carter Braxton.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Franklin Gaillard (1829-1864) — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Pineville, Berkeley County, S.C., April 26, 1829. Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, in Orange County, Va., May 6, 1864 (age 35 years, 10 days). Interment at Confederate Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Gaillard and Marianne Gendron (Palmer) Gaillard; married to Catherine Cordes Porcher; first cousin of Peter Charles Gaillard, Peter Gaillard Snowden and Henry Augustus Gaillard; first cousin once removed of John Gaillard; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Porcher Stoney; first cousin thrice removed of John Palmer Gaillard Jr.; second cousin of Theodore Gaillard Hunt and Peter Porcher Bonneau; fourth cousin of Francis James Porcher and William Porcher Miles.   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Fredericksburg Cemetery William Street & Washington Avenue Fredericksburg, Virginia Founded 1844 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900) — also known as Dabney H. Maury — of Virginia. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., May 21, 1822. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1886-89. His left arm was crippled by a Mexican War injury. Founder in 1868 of the Southern Historical Society. Died in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., January 11, 1900 (age 77 years, 235 days). Interment at Fredericksburg Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Minor Maury and Elizabeth (Herndon) Maury; grandnephew of James Maury; second cousin of John Walker Maury; second cousin once removed of Abram Poindexter Maury; second cousin twice removed of Fontaine Maury Maverick; second cousin thrice removed of Fontaine Maury Maverick Jr..   Political family: Maury-Maverick family of San Antonio, Texas.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   James Beverley Sener (1837-1903) — also known as James B. Sener — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., May 18, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1872; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1873-75; justice of Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1878-82. Died in Washington, D.C., November 18, 1903 (age 66 years, 184 days). Interment at Fredericksburg Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mary Ann (Raines) Sener and Joseph Ward Sener.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) — also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Lynn Winterdale — of Maryland; Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, N.J., June 11, 1888. Stenographer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16, 1919-22; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in San Salvador, 1922-24; Hong Kong, 1924-25, 1925-28; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1928-30; Chefoo, 1930-31; Amoy, 1931-33; Stockholm, as of 1938-40; Niagara Falls, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curaçao, as of 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died July 8, 1952 (age 64 years, 27 days). Interment at Fredericksburg Cemetery.   Relatives: Step-son of George L. Franklin; son of Charles Winterdale and Jenny (Jones) Winterdale; married, June 11, 1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walker Peyton Conway (1805-1884) — of Stafford County, Va. Born in Stafford County, Va., July 1, 1805. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Stafford County, 1832-33. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., March 1, 1884 (age 78 years, 244 days). Interment at Fredericksburg Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Moncure Conway and Catharine Storke (Peyton) Conway; married to Margaret Eleanor Daniel (nephew of Peter Vivian Daniel; aunt of John Moncure Daniel); second cousin twice removed of William de Bruyn=Kops; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington and Lee Marvin; third cousin twice removed of Bushrod Washington, Horace Lee Washington and Daniel French Slaughter; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel French Slaughter Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington.   Political family: Daniel #2 family of Stafford County, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Masonic Cemetery Charles Street Fredericksburg, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Robert Brooke (1751-1800) — of Spotsylvania County, Va. Born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 1751. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Spotsylvania County, 1791-94; Governor of Virginia, 1794-96; Virginia state attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800. Member, Freemasons. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., February 27, 1800 (age about 48 years). Interment at Masonic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Anne Hay (Taliaferro) Brooke and Richard Brooke; married 1786 to Mary 'Mollie' Ritchie Hoppe; grandfather of Robert Thomas Brooke; first cousin once removed of Francis Taliaferro Helm; first cousin twice removed of Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; second cousin once removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin of George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Richard Aylett Buckner; third cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner and David Shelby Walker; third cousin twice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and George Washington Thornton Beck; third cousin thrice removed of James Francis Buckner Jr., Hubbard T. Smith, Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman.   Political family: Helm family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Brooke County, W.Va. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Oak Hill Cemetery 1902 Plank Road Fredericksburg, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Charles O'Conor Goolrick (1876-1960) — also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 25, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Spotsylvania County & Fredericksburg city, 1908-09; member of Virginia state senate 13th District, 1915-23; Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1921 (voted for James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died June 4, 1960 (age 83 years, 192 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Tackett Goolrick and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick; married, May 25, 1910, to Nannie Ficklen; third great-grandson of George Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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