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Alamance County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Alamance County

Index to Locations Unknown location Stony Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery BurlingtonPine Hill Cemetery Near MebaneHawfields PresbyterianChurch Cemetery UnknownLocation Alamance County, North Carolina Thomas Michael Holt (1831-1896) — also known asThomas M. Holt — ofAlamanceCounty, N.C.Born inAlamanceCounty, N.C.,July 15,1831.Cottonmanufacturer; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 24th District, 1876; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Alamance County,1883-87;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1889-91;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1891-93.DiedApril11, 1896 (age64 years, 271days).Interment somewhere. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle

John Windsor Tapscott (d. 1879) — also known asJohn Tapscott — ofAlamanceCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Alamance County, 1860;AlamanceCounty Sheriff.Died inAlamanceCounty, N.C.,July 13,1879.Interment at Stony Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Benjamin Everett Jordan (1896-1974) — also known asB. Everett Jordan — of Saxapahaw,AlamanceCounty, N.C.Born in Ramseur,RandolphCounty, N.C.,September8, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;NorthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1949-54; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1952,1956,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from North Carolina, 1954-58;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1958-73.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;Shriners;Sonsof the American Revolution;OmicronDelta Kappa.DiedMarch15, 1974 (age77 years, 188days).Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Henry Harrison Jordan and Annie Elizabeth (Sellers) Jordan;married,November29, 1924, to Katherine McLean.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Politicians buriedhere:

William Kerr Scott (1896-1958) — also known asW. Kerr Scott;"The Squire of HawRiver" —of Haw River,AlamanceCounty, N.C.Born inAlamanceCounty, N.C.,April17, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;farmer;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1952,1956(delegation vice-chair);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1954-58; died in office 1958.Member,Grange.DiedApril16, 1958 (age61 years, 364days).Interment at Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery.   Relatives:Father ofRobertWalter Scott.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier   Image source: Who's Who in UnitedStates Politics (1950)

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