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Roanoke city
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Roanoke city

Index to Locations Roanoke Bellmont Cemetery Roanoke Buena Vista Plantation Roanoke Evergreen Burial Park Roanoke Evergreen Cemetery Roanoke Fair View Cemetery Bellmont Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Fleming (1729-1795) — of Staunton, Va.; Botetourt County, Va. Born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, February 19, 1729. Physician; Governor of Virginia, 1781; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Botetourt County, 1788. Scottish ancestry. Died August 5, 1795 (age 66 years, 167 days). Interment at Bellmont Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Leonard Fleming and Dorthea Fleming; married 1763 to Anne Christian (sister of William Christian).   Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Buena Vista Plantation Roanoke, Virginia Politicians formerly buried here:   George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887) — also known as George P. Tayloe — of Roanoke County, Va. Born October 16, 1804. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Roanoke County, 1861. Episcopalian. Died April 18, 1887 (age 82 years, 184 days). Original interment at Buena Vista Plantation; reinterment at Fair View Cemetery. Evergreen Burial Park Roanoke, Virginia Politicians buried here:   James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) — also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. — of Roanoke, Va.; Richmond, Va. Born in Charlottesville, Va., June 15, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of Virginia, 1958-62; Associate Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died in office 1986. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Eagles; Moose; American Bar Association; Delta Theta Pi; United Commercial Travelers; Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Kappa Psi. Died in Richmond, Va., April 14, 1986 (age 87 years, 303 days). Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.   Relatives: Son of James Lindsay Almond and Eddie Nicholas (Burgess) Almond; married, August 15, 1925, to Josephine Katherine Minter.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) — also known as Carter L. Burgess — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., December 31, 1916. Insurance agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa, informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69. Episcopalian. Died, following two strokes, at Pheasant Ridge Nursing Home, Roanoke, Va., August 18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230 days). Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   James Pleasant Woods (1868-1948) — also known as James P. Woods — of Roanoke, Va. Born near Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va., February 4, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Roanoke, Va., 1898-1900; U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920. Died in Roanoke, Va., July 7, 1948 (age 80 years, 154 days). Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Evergreen Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Posey Green Lester (1850-1929) — of Virginia. Born near Floyd, Floyd County, Va., March 12, 1850. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1889-93. Died February 9, 1929 (age 78 years, 334 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Fair View Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897) — of Virginia. Born in Patrick Court House (now Stuart), Patrick County, Va., February 24, 1826. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1853-54; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1870-82. Died in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va., August 20, 1897 (age 71 years, 177 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Samuel Granville Staples; cousin by marriage of William Ballard Preston; second cousin once removed of John Norman Staples.   Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) — also known as Clifton A. Woodrum — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., April 27, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in 1950 (age about 63 years). Interment at Fair View Cemetery.   Relatives: Grandfather of Clifton Alexander Woodrum III.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Harris Hoge (1860-1947) — also known as S. Harris Hoge — of Patrick County, Va.; Roanoke, Va. Born April 6, 1860. Republican. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Patrick County, 1885-87; postmaster at Roanoke, Va., 1898-1906, 1927-33 (acting, 1927-29); candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1924 (alternate); candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1925. Died March 21, 1947 (age 86 years, 349 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Howe Hoge and Ann Hawes (DeJarnette) Hoge; brother of John Hampton Hoge; first cousin of James Hoge Tyler.   Political family: Hoge family of Virginia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) — also known as Robert H. Angell — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Franklin County, Va., January 25, 1868. Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement); president, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank; president, Home Furniture Co.; director, New Hotel Corporation; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1928, 1932; Virginia Republican state chair, 1931. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis. Died in Roanoke, Va., November 12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Marshall J. Angell and Emma J. Angell; married 1897 to Mary Jane Barlow.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887) — also known as George P. Tayloe — of Roanoke County, Va. Born October 16, 1804. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Roanoke County, 1861. Episcopalian. Died April 18, 1887 (age 82 years, 184 days). Original interment at Buena Vista Plantation; reinterment at Fair View Cemetery.   Samuel Granville Staples (1821-1895) — also known as Samuel G. Staples — of Patrick County, Va. Born in 1821. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Patrick County, 1861. Died in 1895 (age about 74 years). Interment at Fair View Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Waller Redd Staples; second cousin once removed of John Norman Staples.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..

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