Henderson County
North Carolina
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Henderson County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Henderson County
Index to Locations St. John in theWilderness Cemetery Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina
|  Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) — also known asLewis W. Haskell — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Pastoria,JeffersonCounty, Ark.,December2, 1868.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Richland County,1902-06; U.S. Consul inSalina Cruz, 1910-12;Hull, 1912-13;Belgrade, 1913-15;Geneva, 1915-24;Algiers, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General inZurich, as of 1929-32.Died in Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.,April29, 1938 (age69 years, 148days).Interment at St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery.
| Henry T. Farmer — of Flat Rock,HendersonCounty, N.C.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1860.Interment at St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery.Calvary EpiscopalChurch Cemetery Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
OakdaleCemetery Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) — also known asHamilton G. Ewart — of Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,October23, 1849.Republican.Lawyer;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1876;mayor of Hendersonville, N.C., 1877; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1895-97,1911-12;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;defeated, 1890 (9th District), 1904 (10th District); circuit judge inNorth Carolina, 1897;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,1898-99, 1899-1900.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April28, 1918 (age68 years, 187days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
| John Gaston Grant (1858-1923) — also known asJohn G. Grant;"CornbreadJohn" —of Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.Born, in alogcabin, in Edneyville Township,HendersonCounty, N.C.,January1, 1858.Republican. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1889;HendersonCounty Sheriff, 1892-96; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from North Carolina,1896;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1909-11.Died in Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.,June 21,1923 (age65 years, 171days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
| Brownlow Jackson (1872-1956) — of Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.Born in Fruitland,HendersonCounty, N.C.,August14, 1872.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NorthCarolina,1920,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);NorthCarolina Republican state chair, 1928;secretary ofNorth Carolina Republican Party, 1937.Died in Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.,August22, 1956 (age84 years, 8days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Mills RiverPresbyterian Church Cemetery Mills River, Henderson County, North Carolina
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