Index to Locations Unknown locationPrivate or family graveyardsAlexandriaMcNutt Hill CemeteryForest HillButters CemeteryPinevilleAlexandria NationalCemeteryPinevilleCenter SquarePinevilleGreenwood Memorial ParkPinevilleMt. Olivet EpiscopalCemeteryPinevilleRapides Cemetery
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Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  James Madison Wells (1808-1899) — also known asJ. Madison Wells — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,January8, 1808.Governorof Louisiana;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1876-79.Catholic.Died in Lecompte,RapidesParish, La.,February28, 1899 (age91 years, 51days).Interment somewhere.
Private or familygraveyard
Rapides Parish,
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,July 1,1784.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1830; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1840;Louisianastate treasurer, 1840;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845;Governor ofLouisiana, 1850-53.DiedJanuary21, 1856 (age71 years, 204days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatCenter Square, Pineville, La.
McNutt HillCemetery
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
ButtersCemetery
Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) — also known asClyde C. Holloway — of Forest Hill,RapidesParish, La.Born in Lecompte,RapidesParish, La.,November28, 1943.Republican.U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1987-93; defeated,1980 (8th District), 1985 (8th District), 1992 (6th District), 1994(7th District), 1996 (5th District), 2002 (5th District); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Louisiana,1988;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1991; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Louisiana, 2003; member ofLouisianapublic service commission 4th District, 2009-16; died in office2016.Died in Forest Hill,RapidesParish, La.,October16, 2016 (age72 years, 323days).Interment at Butters Cemetery.
AlexandriaNational Cemetery
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Gillis William Long (1923-1985) — also known asGillis W. Long — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Winnfield,WinnParish, La.,May 4,1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;died in office 1985; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1964.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;OmicronDelta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Lions.Died inWashington,D.C.,January20, 1985 (age61 years, 261days).Interment at Alexandria National Cemetery.
CenterSquare
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,July 1,1784.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1830; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1840;Louisianastate treasurer, 1840;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845;Governor ofLouisiana, 1850-53.DiedJanuary21, 1856 (age71 years, 204days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Rapides Parish, La.; reinterment at Center Square.
GreenwoodMemorial Park
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Cleveland Dear (1888-1950) — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Sugartown,BeauregardParish, La.,August22, 1888.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1933-37.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died in Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,December30, 1950 (age62 years, 130days).Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park. | | George Shannon Long (1883-1958) — also known asGeorge S. Long — of Oklahoma; Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.; Pineville,RapidesParish, La.Born in alogcabin, Tunica,WinnParish, La.,September11, 1883.Democrat.Dentist;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1920-22; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Louisiana,1948;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died inoffice 1958.Member,Freemasons.Died in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March22, 1958 (age74 years, 192days).Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park. | | Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002) — of Louisiana. Born in Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,July 19,1926.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;writer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1959-63.Died in Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,January12, 2002 (age75 years, 177days).Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mt. OlivetEpiscopal Cemetery
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) — also known asJohn H. Overton — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Marksville,AvoyellesParish, La.,September17, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;chief counsel defendingHueyLong during his 1929 impeachment trial;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1936.Member,SigmaNu;PhiKappa Phi;Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;American BarAssociation;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 14,1948 (age72 years, 240days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery. | | Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) — of Louisiana. Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April10, 1804.Democrat.Planter;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1848; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1856;Governor ofLouisiana, 1860-64;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861.Presbyterian.At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisianaordered hisarrestas aConfederateleader; hefledto Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba.Pardonedby PresidentAndrewJohnson.Died near Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,June 25,1876 (age72 years, 76days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery.
RapidesCemetery
Hardtner and Main Streets
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known asJosiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November24, 1784.Democrat. Member ofOrleansterritorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,1812;U.S.Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.Slaveowner. Killed by anexplosionon thesteamboatLioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana,May 19,1833 (age48 years, 176days).Interment at Rapides Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Randolph Thornton (1846-1917) — also known asJohn R. Thornton — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born inIbervilleParish, La.,August25, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; statecourt judge in Louisiana, 1878-80;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1910-15.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in1917(ageabout70 years).Interment at Rapides Cemetery. | | Henry Boyce (1797-1873) — of Louisiana. Born in Londonderry, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),1797.Lawyer;planter;circuit judge in Louisiana, 1834-39;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849-61;resigned 1861; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1865.Died in Boyce,RapidesParish, La.,March 1,1873 (ageabout 75years).Interment at Rapides Cemetery. | | Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868) — of North Carolina. Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C.,May 23,1797.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1823-24, 1827-30;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1833-41.Slaveowner. Died in Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,September23, 1868 (age71 years, 123days).Interment at Rapides Cemetery. | | Isaac Thomas (1784-1859) — Born in Sevierville,SevierCounty, Tenn.,November4, 1784.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-17; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1823.Slaveowner. Died in Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,February2, 1859 (age74 years, 90days).Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
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