Lincoln County
North Carolina
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Lincoln County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lincoln County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Lincoln County, North Carolina
UnityChurchyard Beattys Ford, Lincoln County, North Carolina
HollybrookCemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) — also known asW. E. Garrison — of Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.Born inLincolnCounty, N.C.,March 2,1892.Democrat.Buildingcontractor;real estatebusiness; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959.Baptist.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners.DiedDecember2, 1964 (age72 years, 275days).Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.
Methodist ChurchGraveyard Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Old WhiteCemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
St. Luke'sEpiscopal Church Cemetery Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) — ofMecklenburgCounty, N.C.; Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C., March,1797.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent ofthe U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51.Died in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,February15, 1857 (age59 years, 0days).Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
| John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888) — also known asJohn F. Hoke — ofLincolnCounty, N.C.Born in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,May 30,1820.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1850-55 (46th District 1850-53, 47thDistrict 1854-55); member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1860, 1865-66.Died in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,October27, 1888 (age68 years, 150days).Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
| Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) — ofLincolnCounty, N.C.BornMarch 8,1786.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1824, 1826-27,1828-30; member ofNorthCarolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1834.DiedMay 26,1869 (age83 years, 79days).Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
MachpelahPresbyterian Church Cemetery Near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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