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Index to Locations
Norfolk Unknown location
Norfolk Cedar Grove Cemetery
Norfolk Elmwood Cemetery
Norfolk Forest Lawn Cemetery
Norfolk Hebrew Cemetery
Norfolk MacArthur Memorial
Norfolk St. Mary's Cemetery
Norfolk St. Paul's Church Cemetery
Norfolk St. Paul's Churchyard
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Locations
Norfolk, Virginia
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Lester Shields Parsons Jr. (d. 2006) —
also known as Lester S. Parsons, Jr. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1953-57.
Died in 2006.
Interment somewhere.
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Lester Shields Parsons —
also known as Lester S. Parsons —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1928
(alternate), 1932,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946.
Interment somewhere.
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Moses Myers (1752-1835) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1752.
Merchant;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1820.
Jewish.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 10,
1835 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere.
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Cedar Grove
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
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William Boswell Lamb (1774-1852) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born September
8, 1774.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1810-11, 1812-13, 1814-15, 1816-17, 1823.
Died November
14, 1852 (age 78 years, 67
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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William Wilson Lamb (1803-1874) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born December
8, 1803.
Lawyer;
superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1858-63, 1866; removed 1863.
Died August
6, 1874 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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John Singleton Millson (1808-1874) —
also known as John S. Millson —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1808.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1849-61 (1st District 1849-53, 2nd
District 1853-61).
Slaveowner.
Died in 1874
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Elmwood
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
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Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) —
also known as Littleton W. Tazewell —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, December
17, 1774.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1800-01; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1824-32; Governor of
Virginia, 1834-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died May 6,
1860 (age 85 years, 141
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1866 at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Duncan Lawrence Groner (1873-1957) —
also known as D. Lawrence Groner —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
6, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1912-14, 1920,
1921; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1931-48; took
senior status 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1957 (age 83 years, 314
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Asa Biggs (1811-1878) —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
4, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1840, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1855-58; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1858-61; resigned 1861; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Confederate
District Judge, 1861-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 6,
1878 (age 67 years, 30
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Lamb (1835-1909) —
also known as "The Hero of Fort Fisher" —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
27, 1835.
Newspaper
publisher; merchant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; steamship
agent; importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Norfolk,
Va., 1876-1903; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Norfolk,
Va., 1880-1903; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1880-86; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
23, 1909 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Barton Myers (1853-1927) —
also known as Richard Barton Myers —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., March
29, 1853.
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1877-1923; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1878-1903; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1884-1907; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1886-88.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis, in Virginia
Beach, Va., December
23, 1927 (age 74 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Francis Mallory (1807-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part of Hampton,
Va.), December
12, 1807.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-39, 1840-43 (11th District
1837-39, 10th District 1840-41, 1st District 1841-43); president,
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad,
1853-59; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-55, 1857-58.
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
26, 1860 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Loyall (1789-1868) —
of Virginia.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., May 19,
1789.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1818-27; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1830-31, 1833-37 (1st District
1830-31, 1833-35, 11th District 1835-37).
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., February
24, 1868 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Edwin Bowden (1852-1908) —
also known as George E. Bowden —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 6,
1852.
Republican. U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1887-91; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 1896; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1896,
1904.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., January
22, 1908 (age 55 years, 200
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Frederick Dezendorf (1834-1894) —
also known as John F. Dezendorf —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
10, 1834.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1881-83.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., June 22,
1894 (age 59 years, 316
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Myer Myers (1793-1877) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born June 18,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; banker; Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1835-77; Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1856; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1864-77.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
8, 1877 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Carl Hugo Arnal (1851-1907) —
also known as Hugo Arnal —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Newport
News, Va.
Born in 1851.
Shipping
agent; Consul
for Venezuela in Norfolk,
Va., 1892-1902; Consul
for Colombia in Norfolk,
Va., 1893-1902; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Newport
News, Va., 1900-07; Consul
for Nicaragua in Newport
News, Va., 1901-03; Consul
for Cuba in Newport
News, Va., 1905-07.
Died October
20, 1907 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert Baldwin cyers (1883-1962) —
also known as R. Baldwin cyers —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., November
19, 1883.
Lawyer;
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Norfolk
& Newport News, Va., 1916-29; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Norfolk,
Va., 1924.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., May 5,
1962 (age 78 years, 167
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Blow Jr. (1813-1894) —
of Texas; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., May 5,
1813.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Norfolk city, 1861; colonel
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in
Virginia, 1870-86.
Episcopalian.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., May 2,
1894 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Duncan Robertson (1800-1887) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in England,
July
25, 1800.
Vice-Consul
for Spain in Norfolk,
Va., 1853-77; Consul
for Belgium in Norfolk,
Va., 1870-77.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 23,
1887 (age 86 years, 363
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Nathaniel P. Burruss (1844-1905) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
17, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Norfolk,
Va., 1865-77, 1900-01; his bank failed in 1897.
While buying tickets at a railway
office, he fell,
suffered a severe hip injury, and was hospitalized; this was two
hours before his daughter's scheduled wedding, on September 9, 1905;
the wedding venue was hastily changed to his bedside; died less than
30 days later, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., October
6, 1905 (age 60 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Antonio Gastaver (1851-1929) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Spain,
March
14, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Charleston,
S.C., 1900-07; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Charleston,
S.C., 1903-07.
Spanish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
5, 1929 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Edward James Rudgard Wigg Jr. (1888-1960) —
also known as E. J. Rudgard Wigg —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born January
7, 1888.
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1926-48.
Died January
2, 1960 (age 71 years, 360
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward James Rugard Wigg and Clara Helena (Saunders) Wigg; married
to Eloise Simmons. |
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memorial |
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Forest Lawn
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
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William Fred Duckworth (1899-1972) —
also known as W. Fred Duckworth —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C., June 20,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plant manager for Ford Motor
Company, 1933-42; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1950-62.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, while walking on Major Avenue, Norfolk,
Va., March 4,
1972 (age 72 years, 258
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Gertrude Summers. |
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Joseph Thomas Deal (1860-1942) —
also known as Joseph T. Deal —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born near Surry, Surry
County, Va., November
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lumber
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1908;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Norfolk city, 1910-11; member of Virginia
state senate 31st District, 1920-21; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1921-29; defeated,
1912; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 7,
1942 (age 81 years, 108
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Joshua Pretlow Darden (1903-1986) —
also known as J. Pretlow Darden —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Virginia, October
20, 1903.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1949-50.
Died October
26, 1986 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Paul Winfred Kear (1887-1965) —
also known as Paul W. Kear —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
2, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., November
2, 1965 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Menalcus Lankford (1883-1937) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born near Franklin, Southampton
County, Va., March
14, 1883.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1929-33; defeated,
1920, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died December
27, 1937 (age 54 years, 288
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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John William Eggleston (1886-1976) —
also known as John W. Eggleston —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., June 18,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1932-35; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1935-40; appointed 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Robert Taylor Thorp (1850-1938) —
of Mecklenburg
County, Va.; Norfolk,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born near Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., March
12, 1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99.
Died November
26, 1938 (age 88 years, 259
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Arthur Cameron Humphreys (1861-1943) —
also known as Arthur C. Humphreys —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
3, 1861.
Vice-Consul
for Spain in Norfolk,
Va., 1890-98, 1901-35; Consular
Agent for Italy in Norfolk,
Va., 1891-95; Vice-Consul
for Mexico in Norfolk,
Va., 1901-03; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Ecuador in Norfolk,
Va., 1935.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1943 (age 82 years, 76
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Harry Kear Wolcott (1868-1925) —
also known as Harry K. Wolcott —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Ohio, October
20, 1868.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Maryland, July 8,
1925 (age 56 years, 261
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Hebrew
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
MacArthur
Memorial
Norfolk, Virginia
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
26, 1880.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in
the U.S. Army during World War II; received the Medal
of Honor for his defense of the Philippines in 1942; repeatedly
disavowed any intention of becoming a candidate for any public
office, but his supporters persisted in putting his name forward; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1956.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from primary
biliary cirrhosis (an auto-immune disorder), in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1964 (age 84 years, 70
days).
Entombed at MacArthur Memorial; statue at United
States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
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William Albin Young (1860-1928) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., May 17,
1860.
Democrat. Merchant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1897-98, 1899-1900;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1910-12.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
12, 1928 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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St. Paul's Church
Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
St. Paul's
Churchyard
Norfolk, Virginia
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George Abyvon (d. 1781) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1754-55, 1767-68, 1771-72, 1774-75, 1779-80.
Died in 1781.
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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Thomas Newton Jr. (1768-1847) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1768.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1801-30, 1831-33 (at-large 1801-07,
20th District 1807-15, 21st District 1815-21, 1st District 1821-30,
1831-33).
Died in 1847
(age about
79 years).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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