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Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
FirstPresbyterian Churchyard
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) — ofGuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,July 4,1796.Whig.Lawyer;railroadpromoter; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1841-45;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62.Died in Alum Springs,GreenbrierCounty, W.Va.,August27, 1866 (age70 years, 54days).Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard.
Forest LawnCemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edwin Bedford Jeffress (1887-1961) — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Canton,HaywoodCounty, N.C.,May 29,1887.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;mayorof Greensboro, N.C., 1925-29; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1931-33.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.,May 23,1961 (age73 years, 359days).Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof C. J. Jeffress and Emma (Osborn) Jeffress; married to LouiseAdams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842-1932) — of Iowa. Born near London,MadisonCounty, Ohio,February11, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1913-15.DiedFebruary13, 1932 (age90 years, 2days).Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. | | Robert Dick Douglas (1875-1960) — also known asRobert D. Douglas — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April 7,1875.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from North Carolina,1904;postmaster atGreensboro,N.C., 1906-16.Catholic.Died in High Point,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January1, 1960 (age84 years, 269days).Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. | | Roscoe Conklin Chandley (1873-1941) — also known asRoscoe C. Chandley — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inMadisonCounty, N.C.,January3, 1873.Republican. Postmaster atGreensboro,N.C., 1922-34.Died, from acoronaryocclusion andarteriosclerosis,in Wesley LongHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,November27, 1941 (age68 years, 328days).Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. | | Mrs. Katherine M. Martin (1871-1934) — also known asKatherine Mavity;Mrs. W. W.Martin —of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born in Paoli,OrangeCounty, Ind.,November20, 1871.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1920;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.Female.SouthernMethodist. Member,Order of theEastern Star;Women'sChristian Temperance Union.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January26, 1934 (age62 years, 67days).Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Green HillCemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alfred Moore Scales (1827-1892) — also known asAlfred M. Scales — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.;RockinghamCounty, N.C.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,November26, 1827.Democrat.Lawyer;member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1857-59, 1875-84 (6thDistrict 1857-59, 5th District 1875-84); general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1885-89.Slaveowner. DiedFebruary9, 1892 (age64 years, 75days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) — also known asL. Richardson Preyer — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January11, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,1961-63; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1964;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.Presbyterian.Member,CommonCause.Died, ofcancer,in Moses Cone MemorialHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April 3,2001 (age82 years, 82days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Martin Douglas (1849-1917) — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,January28, 1849.Republican. Secretary to PresidentUlyssesS. Grant, 1869-73;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1876;justiceof North Carolina state supreme court, 1897-1905.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,February8, 1917 (age68 years, 11days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Spencer Bell Adams (1860-1943) — also known asSpencer B. Adams — of Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.; Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Dobson,SurryCounty, N.C.,October15, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;probate judge in North Carolina, 1882-96; superior court judge inNorth Carolina, 1896-98; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1898; delegateto Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1900,1908;candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1900;U.S.District Judge for Indian Territory, 1902-04.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.DiedJanuary12, 1943 (age82 years, 89days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John A. Adams and Sarah Adams; married,December19, 1884, to Lizzie L. Swift. |
| | Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr. (1884-1967) — also known asC. Clifford Frazier — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Archdale,RandolphCounty, N.C.,December16, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Referee in Bankruptcy, 1917-32; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1932; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1932;candidate forchiefjustice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1952.Quaker. Member,BetaTheta Pi;Elks;OddFellows.DiedAugust13, 1967 (age82 years, 240days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) — also known asRobert H. Frazier — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January8, 1899.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanSociety for International Law;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,August21, 1978 (age79 years, 225days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Paine Dick (1823-1898) — also known asRobert P. Dick — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,October5, 1823.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for North Carolina, 1853; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1860,1888.DiedSeptember12, 1898 (age74 years, 342days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | John Norman Staples (1846-1920) — also known asJohn N. Staples — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inPatrickCounty, Va.,June 13,1846.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1874-76; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from North Carolina,1876,1880;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 24th District, 1881; DemocraticPresidential Elector for North Carolina,1884.Episcopalian.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,December13, 1920 (age74 years, 183days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Jefferson Shaw (1861-1937) — also known asThomas J. Shaw — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inMontgomeryCounty, N.C.,March 5,1861.Superior court judge in North Carolina 12th District, 1921.Scottishancestry.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,November3, 1937 (age76 years, 243days).Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:ThomasJefferson | | | | Relatives: Son of Philip Cornelius Shawand Rebecca Bethune (Kelly) Shaw; married to Mary FlorenceWoollen. | | | | Epitaph: "In North Carolina's service,as Judge of Superior Court, for over 30 years." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
GuilfordCourthouse National Military Park
2332 New Garden Road
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | 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 ataprivate or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reintermentin 1894 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park; 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 |
| | William Hooper (1742-1790) — of North Carolina. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 17,1742.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina statelegislature, 1777-78.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,October14, 1790 (age48 years, 119days).Original interment atHillsboroughOld Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 atGuilford Courthouse National Military Park; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) — ofSurryCounty, N.C.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,March24, 1760.Democrat.Farmer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1793;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1805;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1820-21.Slaveowner. DiedAugust31, 1823 (age63 years, 160days).Original intermentsomewherein Surry County, N.C.; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse NationalMilitary Park. | | Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,June 17,1746.Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1790;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).Slaveowner. Died near Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,April21, 1815 (age68 years, 308days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGuilford Courthouse National Military Park.
New GardenFriends Meeting Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jonathan Elwood Cox (b. 1856) — also known asJ. Elwood Cox — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.; High Point,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Rich Square,NorthamptonCounty, N.C.,November1, 1856.Republican.Banker;manufacturer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NorthCarolina,1896;candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1908.Quaker.Interment at New Garden Friends Meeting Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan E. Cox and Elizabeth A. (Hare) Cox; married,October23, 1878, to Bertha E. Snow. |
Old FirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Robert McLean (1823-1870) — of North Carolina. Born in Enfield,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,September21, 1823.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850-51;Representativefrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; majorin the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April15, 1870 (age46 years, 206days).Interment at Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
PresbyterianCemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
PresbyterianChurch Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Adams Gilmer (1805-1868) — also known asJohn A. Gilmer — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born near Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,November4, 1805.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1846-56; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1856;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1857-61;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 14,1868 (age62 years, 192days).Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Deep RiverFriends Meeting Cemetery
Near Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Rufus Gordon (1857-1931) — also known asJames R. Gordon — of Jamestown,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Jamestown,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,February23, 1857.Physician;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Guilford County,1905-09, 1913-14.Methodist.Member,JuniorOrder.Died inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,February20, 1931 (age73 years, 362days).Interment at Deep River Friends Meeting Cemetery.
OakwoodCemetery
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Allen Austin (1886-1954) — also known asJ. Allen Austin — of High Point,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in New London,StanlyCounty, N.C.,November6, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;real estatedeveloper;bankdirector; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Guilford County,1921-22.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;Freemasons.Died in High Point,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January19, 1954 (age67 years, 74days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Daniel Austin and Mary Jane (Talley) Austin; married toNancy Kerns. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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