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Hempstead County
Arkansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Hempstead County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards HopeMemory Gardens Cemetery HopeRosehill Gardens WashingtonOld Washington Cemetery WashingtonPresbyterian Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Hempstead County, Arkansas Edward Cross (1798-1887) — of Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.Born in Hawkins City (unknowncounty), Tenn.,November11, 1798.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1839-45.Slaveowner. Died near Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,April 6,1887 (age88 years, 146days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Cross County,Ark. is named for him.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Robert James Huber (1922-2001) — also known asRobert J. Huber — of Troy,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August29, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,Michigan Chrome andChemicalInc.;mayor ofTroy, Mich., 1959-64; member ofMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1965-70; defeated in primary, 1962;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988;U.S.Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1973-75; defeated,1974.Catholic.Member,Rotary;Elks;AmericanLegion;CatholicWar Veterans.Died, ofcancer,in BeaumontHospital,Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April23, 2001 (age78 years, 237days).Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

George Lloyd Spencer (1893-1981) — of Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.Born in Sarcoxie,JasperCounty, Mo.,March27, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1941-43; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II.Died in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,January14, 1981 (age87 years, 293days).Interment at Rosehill Gardens.

Rufus King Garland (1830-1886) — of Arkansas. Born inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,May 22,1830.Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1858-61; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1864-65;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Greenbackcandidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1880; candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1882.Died in Prescott,NevadaCounty, Ark.,December12, 1886 (age56 years, 204days).Interment at Old Washington Cemetery.

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		Relatives: Son of Rufus K. Garland andBarbara (Hill) Garland; brother ofAugustusHill Garland.
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Charles Burton Mitchel (1815-1864) — also known asCharles B. Mitchel — of Arkansas. Born in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,September19, 1815.Democrat. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1848; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1860;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1861;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died inoffice 1864.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,September20, 1864 (age49 years, 1days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.

Grandison Delaney Royston (1809-1889) — also known asGrandison D. Royston — of Arkansas. Born inCarterCounty, Tenn.,December9, 1809.Delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1836, 1877;U.S.Attorney for Arkansas, 1836, 1843-44; member of Arkansas statelegislature, 1837; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1858;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1862-64;defeated, 1863.Died in Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August14, 1889 (age79 years, 248days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.

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