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Granville County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Granville County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

OxfordElmwood Cemetery

OxfordHarrisburg Cemetery

OxfordShiloh PresbyterianChurchyard

Private or familygraveyards
Granville County, North Carolina

William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) — also known asWilliam H. P. Jenkins — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,May 3,1830.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1860-61,1865-67; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofNorthCarolina state senate 21st District, 1881-82, 1887-88; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Granville County,1901-02.Methodist.Fellfrom hishorse,caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on the ground, and diedsoon after, inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,January24, 1908 (age77 years, 266days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

John Penn (1741-1788) — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Port Royal,CarolineCounty, Va.,May 17,1741.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1777.Died inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,September14, 1788 (age47 years, 120days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1894 atGuilfordCourthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorialmonument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.

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Politicians formerlyburied here:

	Relatives: Sonof Moses Penn and Catherine (Taylor) Penn; married,July 28,1763, to Susannah Lyne; first cousin once removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; second cousin once removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,PhilipClayton Pendleton,ZacharyTaylor,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,CharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin once removed ofWilliamByrd III; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd.
		Political family:Pendleton#1 family of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		The World War IILibertyshipSS John Penn (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theGreenlandSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim.
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ElmwoodCemetery
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina

Dennis G. Brummitt (1881-1935) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,February7, 1881.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofGranville County Democratic Party, 1908-14; member ofNorthCarolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1913-24; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Granville County,1915-20;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1919;Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1921;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1925-35; died in office 1935.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January12, 1935 (age53 years, 339days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Thomas Jefferson Brummitt and Caroline (Bradford) Brummitt;married1912 to KateHays Fleming.
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Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. (1894-1969) — also known asFrank Hancock, Jr. — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born in Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,November1, 1894.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofGranville County Democratic Party, 1924; Democratic PresidentialElector for North Carolina,1925;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1926-28; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1928-30;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1930-39; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1938; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1940;state court judge in North Carolina, 1950.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;KappaAlpha Order;Rotary.Died in Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,January23, 1969 (age74 years, 83days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Franklin Wills Hancock and Lizzie (Hobgood) Hancock; married1917 to LucyOsborn Landis; father ofFranklinWills Hancock III.
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Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842-1895) — also known asA. H. A. Williams — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Louisburg,FranklinCounty, N.C.,October22, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;farmer;merchant;developer and president of the Oxford & HendersonRailroad;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Granville County,1883-86;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1891-93.Died in Chase City,MecklenburgCounty, Va.,September5, 1895 (age52 years, 318days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Henry Guston Williams and Elizabeth Nicholson (Arrington)Williams; married,July 25,1871, to Susan Alice Bryan; nephew ofArchibaldHunter Arrington; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamWalton Kitchin andClaudeKitchin; second cousin thrice removed ofAlvinPaul Kitchin.
		Political family:Kitchin-Kitchensfamily of Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
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Augustus Washington Graham (1849-1936) — also known asA. W. Graham — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.; Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born in Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,June 8,1849.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1880,1912;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1885; superior court judge in NorthCarolina, 1895-96; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Granville County,1901-06, 1909-10, 1913-14;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1909;president, American Cotton and Grain Exchange, 1919-22.Baptist.Died in Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,October12, 1936 (age87 years, 126days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofWilliamAlexander Graham (1804-1875) and Susannah Sarah (Washington)Graham; brother ofJohnWashington Graham,WilliamAlexander Graham (1839-1923) and Susan Washington Graham (whomarriedWalterClark); married,November21, 1876, to Lucy Ann Horner; nephew ofJamesGraham.
		Political family:Graham #1family of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Benjamin Hubbard Cozart (1839-1911) — also known asBenjamin H. Cozart — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.; Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,March 4,1839.Buildingcontractor; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 21st District, 1883-84.Died, frommitral aorticregurgitation, in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,August10, 1911 (age72 years, 159days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Allen W. Cozart and Sarah 'Sallie' (Rogers) Cozart; married,March 2,1864, to Rebecca Frances Rogers; married1887 to LeilaJeffreys Thorpe; third cousin once removed ofWilliamBradley Umstead.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

HarrisburgCemetery
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina

Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857-1935) — also known asHenry P. Cheatham — of North Carolina. Born near Henderson, Granville County (nowVanceCounty), N.C.,December27, 1857.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1889-93;delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1904.Africanancestry.Died in Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,November29, 1935 (age77 years, 337days).Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery.

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ShilohPresbyterian Churchyard
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina

Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) — of North Carolina. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,October17, 1799.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1847-53;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62.Slaveowner. Died in Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,February24, 1876 (age76 years, 130days).Interment at Shiloh Presbyterian Churchyard.

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	Relatives:Nephew ofAbrahamBedford Venable.
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