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Leon County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Leon County

Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) — also known asMillard F. Caldwell, Jr. — of Milton,Santa RosaCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41;Governor ofFlorida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1948,1956,1960;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.Protestant.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;KappaSigma;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;NewcomenSociety;AmericanLegion;AmericanJudicature Society;AlphaKappa Psi;BlueKey.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,October23, 1984 (age87 years, 260days).Interment at Harwood Plantation Cemetery.

Index to Locations

  • Harwood Plantation Cemetery
  • Private or family graveyards
  • TallahasseeUnknown location
  • TallahasseeCity Cemetery
  • TallahasseeCulley's MeadowWoodMemorial Park
  • TallahasseeNegro Cemetery
  • TallahasseeOakland Cemetery
  • TallahasseeOld City Cemetery
  • TallahasseeRoselawn Cemetery
  • TallahasseeSt. John's EpiscopalCemetery


    HarwoodPlantation Cemetery
    Leon County, Florida
    Robert Raymond Reid (1789-1841) — also known asRobert R. Reid — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.;St. JohnsCounty, Fla.Born inBeaufortCounty, S.C.,September8, 1789.Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1816-19, 1827-32;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-23; circuit judge inGeorgia, 1823-25;justice ofFlorida territorial supreme court, 1832-39;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Governorof Florida Territory, 1839-41.Unitarian.Slaveowner. Died ofyellowfever. at Blackwood Plantation (now called Harwood Plantation),LeonCounty, Fla.,July 1,1841 (age51 years, 296days).Interment at Harwood Plantation Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
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     Presumably namedfor:MillardFillmore
     Relatives: Son of Millard FillmoreCaldwell and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell; married,February14, 1925, to Mary Rebecca Harwood.
     The Millard Caldwellstateoffice building (opened 1949), inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
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    Private or familygraveyards
    Leon County, Florida
    Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) — also known asLawton Chiles;"Walkin'Lawton" —of Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.,April 3,1930.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1959-67; member ofFloridastate senate, 1967-71;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1971-89;Governor ofFlorida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1996(delegation chair).Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, of aheartcondition, in theGovernor'sMansion, Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December12, 1998 (age68 years, 253days).Original interment and cenotaph atRoselawnCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at in a private orfamily graveyard.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: UncleofKayHagan.
     Lawton ChilesMiddleSchool, inMiami,Florida, isnamed forhim.  — Lawton ChilesHighSchool (opened 1999), inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
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     Richard Keith Call (1792-1862) — also known asRichard K. Call — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born near Petersburg,DinwiddieCounty, Va.,October24, 1792.Whig.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1823; U.S. SpecialDiplomatic Agent toCuba, 1829-30;Governorof Florida Territory, 1836-39, 1841-44; candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 1845.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,September14, 1862 (age69 years, 325days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
     Relatives: UncleofWilkinsonCall; great-grandfather of Mary Call Darby (who marriedThomasLeRoy Collins).
     Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary
     Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) — also known asLeRoy Collins — of Florida. Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March10, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1934-40; member ofFloridastate senate 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;Governor ofFlorida, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March12, 1991 (age82 years, 2days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
     Relatives: Sonof Marvin H. Collins and Mattie (Brandon) Collins; married,June 29,1932, to Mary Call Darby (great-granddaughter ofRichardKeith Call).
     Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
     The LeRoy Collinsstateoffice building (built 1962), inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier
     Books about Leroy Collins: Tom Wagy,GovernorLeroy Collins of Florida : Spokesman of the NewSouth — Martin A. Dyckman,Floridianof His Century: The Courage of Governor LeRoyCollins
     Thomas Lavan Baltzell (1804-1866) — also known asThomas Baltzell — ofJacksonCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 11,1804.Lawyer;memberFlorida territorial council, 1832;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Jackson County,1838-39; member ofFloridaterritorial senate, 1844-46;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1846-50, 1854-60; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1862-63;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County, 1865.About 1832, he woundedJamesD. Westcott in aduel.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January14, 1866 (age61 years, 187days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
     Relatives:Married to Harriet Seymour King; father ofGeorgeLavan Baltzell.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial


    UnknownLocation
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    Sampson Hale Butler (1803-1848) — of South Carolina. Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.,January3, 1803.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Barnwell, 1832-36;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1839-42.Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March16, 1848 (age45 years, 73days).Interment somewhere.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
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    CityCemetery
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    James Diament Westcott Jr. (1802-1880) — also known asJames D. Westcott, Jr. — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inAlexandria,Va.,May 10,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;secretaryof Florida Territory, 1830-34; member ofFloridaterritorial House of Representatives, 1832;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,1838-39;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-49.About 1832, he was wounded in aduelwithThomasBaltzell.Slaveowner. Died in Montreal,Quebec,January19, 1880 (age77 years, 254days).Interment at City Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives:Father ofJamesD. Westcott.
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    Culley'sMeadowWood Memorial Park
    700 Timberlane Road
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) — of Hialeah, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Hoschton,JacksonCounty, Ga.,November16, 1916.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1969-87.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Lions.Died, ofheartfailure, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,October26, 2007 (age90 years, 344days).Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives:Married to Ann Stripling.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known asArt Teele — of Florida. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 14,1946.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;Republican Presidential Elector for Florida,1992;as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the CommunityRedevelopment Agency (CRA); aninvestigationof corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led tochargesthat he had accepted $135,000 inkickbacksfrom two construction companies; as a result, he wasremoved fromoffice in 2004 by Gov.JebBush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were undersurveillance, hedrove hiscar at a police detective in an attempt torun himover, and alsothreatenedto kill police officers who had been following his wife duringthe investigation;convictedin March 2005 onchargesrelated to this incident;indictedon July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy andmoneylaundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtaincontracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airportthrough a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reportsrevealed that he had put hismistresson the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and usedcocaine,and that he frequently made use of a maleprostitute.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NAACP;Freemasons.Came to theofficesof theMiami Herald newspaper, andshothimselfin the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later inthe trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park.
     Relatives:Married to Stephanie Kerr.
     See alsoWikipediaarticle —OurCampaignscandidate detail


    NegroCemetery
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905) — of Florida. Born in Virginia,1842.Republican. Member of Florida state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1871-73, 1873-76 (at-large 1871-73,1873-75, 2nd District 1875-76).Africanancestry.Died in1905(ageabout63 years).Interment at Negro Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
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    OaklandCemetery
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known asClaude Pepper — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born near Dudleyville,ChambersCounty, Ala.,September8, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;speaker,1944,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11thDistrict 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); diedin office 1989.Baptist.Member,Moose;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis;American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;SigmaUpsilon;KappaAlpha Order;UnitedWorld Federalists.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1989 (age88 years, 264days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
    Claude Pepper
     Cross-reference:ClarenceW. Meadows
     The Claude PepperFederalBuilding, inMiami,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Books about Claude Pepper: Tracy E.Danese,ClaudePepper and Ed Ball : Politics, Purpose, and Power —James C. Clark,RedPepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950Democratic Primary
     Image source: State Archives ofFlorida, Florida Memory
     Armstead Brown (1875-1951) — also known asThomas Armstead Brown — of Lafayette,ChambersCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Talbotton,TalbotCounty, Ga.,June 6,1875.Lawyer;ChambersCounty Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;general solicitor, Florida East CoastRailway,and Florida East CoastHotelCo.;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1925-46;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Kiwanis.DiedOctober29, 1951 (age76 years, 145days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Henry Clay 'Harry' Brown and Susan Agnes 'Susie' (Dowdell) Brown;married,November21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell; nephew ofJamesRender Dowdell; grandson ofJamesFerguson Dowdell; grandnephew ofWilliamCrawford Dowdell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamJames Samford; second cousin ofJosephMeriwether Terrell,WilliamHodges Samford andThomasDrake Samford.
     Political family:Candlerfamily of Georgia.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Thomas Alva Yon (1882-1971) — also known asTom A. Yon — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born near Blountstown,CalhounCounty, Fla.,March14, 1882.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1927-33.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,February16, 1971 (age88 years, 339days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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     Bonny Kaslo Roberts (1907-1999) — also known asB. K. Roberts — of Florida. Born in Sopchoppy,WakullaCounty, Fla.,February5, 1907.Lawyer;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1949-76.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,August4, 1999 (age92 years, 180days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Thomas Roberts and Florida (Morrison) Roberts; married to MaryNewman.
     The B.K. Roberts Main Classroom Building, atFlorida StateUniversityCollege of Law,Tallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     Epitaph: "Qualis vita, finis eta." / Asthe quality of life is, so the end will be.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial


    Old CityCemetery
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    Thomas Brown (1785-1867) — ofLeonCounty, Fla.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,October24, 1785.Whig.Delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,1838-39;Governor ofFlorida, 1849-53.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,August24, 1867 (age81 years, 304days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography
     Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) — also known asFred H. Davis — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,May 18,1894.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;LeonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1921-27;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1927;Floridastate attorney general, 1927-31;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1931-37;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;ReserveOfficers Association;AmericanLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks;Lions.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 20,1937 (age43 years, 33days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married,February3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers.
     Epitaph: "Lawyer -Statesman - Jurist - Soldier."
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Robert Berry Gorman (1837-1918) — also known asRobert B. Gorman — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,October29, 1837.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1888-89, 1898-1902; postmaster atTallahassee,Fla., 1893-97.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April17, 1918 (age80 years, 170days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
     Relatives: SonofWilliamP. Gorman; married1879 toFlorence Blake.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) — also known asJames T. Archer — of Florida. Born in Gillisonville,JasperCounty, S.C.,May 15,1819.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840;secretaryof state of Florida, 1845-48.Died, ofheartdisease, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 1,1859 (age40 years, 17days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Hugh Archer and Susan Matilda (Tillinghast) Archer; married toMary Brown.
     ThecityofArcher,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     John Lovick Crawford (1816-1902) — also known asJohn L. Crawford — of Florida. Born in Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.,April17, 1816.Physician;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1847; member ofFloridastate senate, 1860;secretaryof state of Florida, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January24, 1902 (age85 years, 282days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof David Crawford and Frances (Harris) Crawford; married to ElizabethWalker; father ofHenryClay Crawford.
     ThecommunityofCrawfordville,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Massachusetts,March10, 1829.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;court-martialedin 1864,chargedwithkillinga sentry,conductunbecoming an officer, andconductprejudicial to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days;witnesses against him were reported to be "rebelrefugees and deserters"; the military court found him not guiltyon all charges;LieutenantGovernor of Florida, 1870;LeonCounty Sheriff, 1873-74; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1877, 1885; postmaster atTallahassee,Fla., 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S.Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April12, 1907 (age78 years, 33days).Interment at Old City Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married to Mary Jones; married1890 toElizabeth Hunt.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial


    RoselawnCemetery
    815 W. Piedmont Dr.
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    Dorothy W. Glisson (c.1914-2001) — of Florida. Born about 1914.Secretaryof state of Florida, 1974-75.Female.Methodist.Member,Altrusa.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April10, 2001 (ageabout 87years).Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.Weldon Osborne Yeager (1922-2011) — also known asWeldon O. Yeager — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.; West Bloomfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Ocean Ridge,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.; Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Hillsboro,HighlandCounty, Ohio,July 26,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;Republican candidate forMichiganstate senate, 1958 (18th District), 1960 (18th District), 1974(primary, 8th District); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1960-62;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 18th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1964,1968,1976;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 17th District, 1969-70; defeated,1956 (Wayne County 12th District), 1966 (17th District); RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);secretary ofMichigan Republican Party, 1979; Republican Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1980(voted forRonaldReagan andGeorgeBush); candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1986; mayor of Ocean Ridge, Fla.Congregationalist.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,April30, 2011 (age88 years, 278days).Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     
     Relatives: Sonof Estella F. 'Stella' (McCall) Yeager and Carl Osborne Yeager;married to T. Ione Affholder and Beverly White.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
    Politicians formerlyburied here: Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) — also known asLawton Chiles;"Walkin'Lawton" —of Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.,April 3,1930.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1959-67; member ofFloridastate senate, 1967-71;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1971-89;Governor ofFlorida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1996(delegation chair).Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, of aheartcondition, in theGovernor'sMansion, Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December12, 1998 (age68 years, 253days).Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn Cemetery; reinterment ata private or family graveyard, Leon County,Fla.
     Relatives: UncleofKayHagan.
     Lawton ChilesMiddleSchool, inMiami,Florida, isnamed forhim.  — Lawton ChilesHighSchool (opened 1999), inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail


    St. John'sEpiscopal Cemetery
    Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Waddy Thompson Jr. (1798-1868) — of South Carolina. Born in Pickens,PickensCounty, S.C.,January8, 1798.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1826;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1835-41; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1842-44.Slaveowner. DiedNovember23, 1868 (age70 years, 320days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial
     William Dunnington Bloxham (1835-1911) — also known asWilliam D. Bloxham — of Florida. Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,July 9,1835.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1860; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Florida,1868;secretaryof state of Florida, 1877-80;Governor ofFlorida, 1881-85, 1897-1901; defeated, 1872.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March15, 1911 (age75 years, 249days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married,November28, 1856, to Mary C. Davis.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
     David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known asDavid S. Walker — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,May 2,1815.Lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1852;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1860-65;Governor ofFlorida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge inFlorida, 1878-91.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 20,1891 (age76 years, 79days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives: SonofDavidWalker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister ofAugustusA. Alston; niece ofWillisAlston); father of Courtney Walker (who marriedRobertSpratt Cockrell) andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; nephew ofGeorgeWalker; uncle ofJamesDavid Walker; first cousin twice removed ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington,JohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin ofHowellCobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,HowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,ClementF. Dorsey andAndrewJackson Cobb; fourth cousin ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andThomasWalker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck.
     Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     The David S. WalkerLibrary,inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
     James Bryan Whitfield (1860-1948) — also known asJames B. Whitfield — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inWayneCounty, N.C.,November8, 1860.LeonCounty Judge, 1889;Floridastate treasurer, 1897-1900;Floridastate attorney general, 1903-04;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1904-43; appointed 1904;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1905, 1909.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,August20, 1948 (age87 years, 286days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Richard Allen Whitfield and Mary Whitfield (Croom) Whitfield;married,November25, 1886, to Leila Nash; married,June 12,1901, to Margaret Hayward Randolph; nephew ofNathanBryan Whitfield (1835-1914); grandson ofJamesBryan Whitfield (1809-1841); grandnephew ofNathanBryan Whitfield (1799-1868); great-grandson ofBryanWhitfield; first cousin thrice removed ofNeedhamBryan andHardyBryan; second cousin twice removed ofLovardBryan; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephHunter Bryan andHenryHunter Bryan; fourth cousin once removed ofAuburnBascomb Bryan.
     Political family:Bryan-Whitfieldfamily of North Carolina.
     The J. B. WhitfieldBuilding(built 1913 as the Supreme Court and Railroad Commission Building;later renamed and occupied by the Public Service Commission;demolished in the late 1970s), in the Capital Complex ofTallahassee,Florida, wasnamed forhim.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     William Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) — also known asWilliam H. Brockenbrough — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Virginia,February23, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1838-40; member ofFloridastate senate, 1840-44;U.S.Representative from Florida at-large, 1846-47.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January28, 1850 (age37 years, 339days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives:Nephew ofWilliamBrockenbrough; first cousin ofJohnWhite Brockenbrough.
     Political family:Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Robert Spratt Cockrell (1866-1957) — also known asRobert S. Cockrell — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Livingston,SumterCounty, Ala.,January22, 1866.Lawyer;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1902-17.Member,PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 23,1957 (age91 years, 152days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Augustus William Cockrell and Susan Pettigrew (Spratt) Cockrell;married,October28, 1903, to Courtney Walker (daughter ofDavidShelby Walker); second cousin once removed of Sidney EarlCockrell (who marriedLilaCockrell).
     Political family:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Alfred Moore Gatlin (1790-1841) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April20, 1790.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1823-25.Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,February23, 1841 (age50 years, 309days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Presumably namedfor:AlfredMoore
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     David Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known asDavid S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLeonCounty, Fla.,October10, 1846.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1875, 1878-79; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1883;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member ofFloridastate senate, 1887.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December6, 1889 (age43 years, 57days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives: SonofDavidShelby Walker and Philoclea Edgeworth 'Florida' (Alston) Walker;grandson ofDavidWalker; grandnephew ofGeorgeWalker; first cousin ofJamesDavid Walker; first cousin thrice removed ofHowellLewis; second cousin twice removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington,JohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin four times removed ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin once removed ofHowellCobb (1772-1818); third cousin twice removed ofRobertBrooke andBushrodWashington; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison andClementF. Dorsey; fourth cousin ofHowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer andAndrewJackson Cobb.
     Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Robert Benjamin Hilton (1821-1894) — of Florida. Born in Virginia,1821.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; state courtjudge in Florida, 1867.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January10, 1894 (ageabout 72years).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. Frederick William Baldwin (1885-1934) — also known asFrederick W. Baldwin — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Ansonia,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August1, 1885.U.S. Vice Consul inFlorence, 1920-25;Lausanne, 1925-28; U.S. Consul inLausanne, 1928-32.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 7,1934 (age48 years, 310days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof William Wilberforce Baldwin and Ruby White (Colburn) Baldwin;brother of Cornelia Thayer Baldwin (who marriedArthurBliss Lane); married to Margaret Gamble.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Thomas Jefferson Appleyard (1850-1931) — also known asT. J. Appleyard — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inRichmond,Va.,August19, 1850.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(alternate),1924.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January4, 1931 (age80 years, 138days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
     Presumably namedfor:ThomasJefferson
     Relatives: Married to Sarah ElizabethKennedy; married1930 to KatieAmelia Loyd.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial


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