|
Index to Locations
Petersburg Unknown location
Petersburg Blandford Cemetery
Petersburg Old Blandford Cemetery
Petersburg St. Joseph's Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Petersburg, Virginia
Blandford
Cemetery
Petersburg, Virginia
Founded 1702
| Politicians buried
here: |
| | 
William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) —
also known as W. Hodges Mann —
of Nottoway
County, Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 30,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Nottoway
County Judge, 1870-92; member of Virginia
state senate 28th District, 1904-09; Governor of
Virginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Presbyterian.
He was the last
Confederate veteran to serve as Governor of Virginia.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
12, 1927 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
 |
William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil
engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &
Petersburg Railroad;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president,
Norfolk and Western Railroad;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) —
also known as William E. Cameron —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., November
29, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1872;
mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1876-82; Governor of
Virginia, 1882-86; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Petersburg city,
1901-02.
In 1869, he was injured in a duel
with Robert
William Hughes.
Died in Louisa
County, Va., January
26, 1927 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) —
also known as Patrick H. Drewry —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 29th District, 1912-21; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
21, 1947 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909) —
also known as Francis R. Lassiter —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., February
18, 1866.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1900-03, 1907-09; died
in office 1909.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Elks Home, Bedford, Bedford
County, Va., October
31, 1909 (age 43 years, 255
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) —
also known as Francis E. Rives —
of Littleton, Sussex
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Democrat. Planter; railroad
builder; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-31; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.
Slaveowner.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1861 (age 69 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) —
also known as James H. Gholson —
of Virginia.
Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick
County, Va., 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judge
in Virginia, 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brunswick
County, Va., July 2,
1848 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) —
also known as Charles F. Collier —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., September
27, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1852; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in Petersburg,
Va., June 29,
1899 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Edward Carrington Venable (1853-1908) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1853.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died in 1908
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
William Robertson McKenney (1851-1916) —
also known as William R. McKenney —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., December
2, 1851.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1895-97.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 64 years, 32
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Thomas Saunders Gholson (1810-1868) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick
County, Va., December
9, 1810.
State court judge in Virginia, 1859-63; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
12, 1868 (age 58 years, 3
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890-1953) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., August
11, 1890.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1946-50.
Died June 22,
1953 (age 62 years, 315
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
 |
Richard McIlwaine (1834-1913) —
of Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 20,
1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; chaplain;
minister;
college
professor; president,
Hampton-Sydney College, 1883-1904; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Prince Edward
County, 1901-02.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
9, 1913 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
William Baird McIlwaine (1854-1930) —
also known as William B. McIlwaine —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., October
4, 1854.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Petersburg city, 1891-92; member of
Virginia
state senate from Petersburg city & Dinwiddie County, 1893-1905.
Died August
11, 1930 (age 75 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of Robert Dunn McIlwaine and Lucy Atkinson (Pryor) McIlwaine; married
to Jane Maury Pegram and Sarah Joseph Claiborne; nephew of Richard
McIlwaine. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Stith Bolling (1835-1916) —
of Lunenburg
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., February
28, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; tobacco
business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Lunenburg County, 1869-73;
postmaster at Petersburg,
Va., 1882-85, 1889-1913; candidate for mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, from bronchitis
and nephritis,
in Petersburg,
Va., November
1, 1916 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
James Boisseau (1822-1872) —
of Dinwiddie
County, Va.
Born in 1822.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Dinwiddie County, 1861;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in 1872
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
Thomas Branch (1802-1888) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
23, 1802.
Merchant;
banker;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Petersburg city, 1861.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
15, 1888 (age 85 years, 328
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
| |
John Thompson Wyatt (1896-1981) —
also known as J. Thompson Wyatt —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born June 3,
1896.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1932.
Died April
25, 1981 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
|
Old Blandford
Cemetery
Petersburg, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Richard Kidder Meade (1803-1862) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born near Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., July 29,
1803.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died April
20, 1862 (age 58 years, 265
days).
Interment at Old Blandford Cemetery.
|
St. Joseph's
Cemetery
Petersburg, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
James Dennis Brady (1843-1900) —
also known as James D. Brady —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., April 3,
1843.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Virginia
District, 1879, 1891; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1885-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Died in Petersburg,
Va., November
30, 1900 (age 57 years, 241
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)