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Clark County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clark County

Index to Locations Ridgefield Jefferson Davis Highway Monument Vancouver Unknown location Vancouver City Cemetery Jefferson Davis Highway Monument Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   William Augustus Blount Branch (1847-1910) — also known as William A. B. Branch — of Washington, Beaufort County, N.C. Born in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., February 26, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1891-95; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1890. Died in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., November 18, 1910 (age 63 years, 265 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, N.C.; cenotaph at Jefferson Davis Highway Monument.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence O'Bryan Branch; grandnephew of John Branch Jr..   Political family: Branch family of Enfield, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Vancouver, Clark County, Washington Politicians formerly buried here:   George Abernethy (1807-1877) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1807. Governor of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper publisher. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., March 2, 1877 (age 69 years, 146 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1883 at River View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.   Relatives: Married 1830 to Anne Pope.   Abernethy Bridge on I-205, crossing the Willamette River between Oregon City & West Linn, Oregon, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS George Abernethy (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial City Cemetery Vancouver, Clark County, Washington Politicians buried here:   Columbia Lancaster (1803-1893) — Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., August 26, 1803. Member of Michigan territorial legislature, 1837; justice of Oregon territorial supreme court, 1840; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1854. Died September 15, 1893 (age 90 years, 20 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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