Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsOxfordElmwood CemeteryOxfordHarrisburg CemeteryOxfordShiloh PresbyterianChurchyard Private or familygraveyards Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | 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. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | 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.| |  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. | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
ElmwoodCemetery Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | 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.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Jefferson Brummitt and Caroline (Bradford) Brummitt;married1912 to KateHays Fleming. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | 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.
HarrisburgCemetery Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | 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.
ShilohPresbyterian Churchyard Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | 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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