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Lenoir County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lenoir County

Index to Locations Edwards Chapel Cemetery Holy Innocents Episcopal Church Cemetery KinstonCaswell Memorial Cemetery KinstonMaplewood Cemetery Edwards ChapelCemetery Lenoir County, North Carolina Joseph Dixon (1828-1883) — of North Carolina. Born inGreeneCounty, N.C.,April 9,1828.Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1860;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1870-71.Slaveowner. Died near Fountain Hill,PittCounty, N.C.,March 3,1883 (age54 years, 328days).Interment at Edwards Chapel Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1835-1914) — also known asNathan B. Whitfield — ofLenoirCounty, N.C.Born in North Carolina,December14, 1835.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Lenoir County, 1858-59; colonel inthe Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Lenoir County,1891-92.Episcopalian.Died in Kinston,LenoirCounty, N.C.,March21, 1914 (age78 years, 97days).Interment at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofJamesBryan Whitfield (1809-1841) and Sarah Elizabeth 'Sallie' (Wooten)Whitfield; married to Elizabeth Green 'Bettie' Cobb; nephew ofNathanBryan Whitfield (1799-1868); uncle ofJamesBryan Whitfield (1860-1948); grandson ofBryanWhitfield; first cousin twice removed ofNeedhamBryan andHardyBryan; second cousin once removed ofLovardBryan; third cousin twice removed ofJosephHunter Bryan,HenryHunter Bryan andAuburnBascomb Bryan.
		Political family:Bryan-Whitfieldfamily of North Carolina.
		Epitaph: "Faithful inAll."
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Richard Caswell (1729-1789) — of Dobbs County (part now inLenoirCounty), N.C.Born in Harford County (part now inBaltimoreCounty), Md.,August3, 1729.Lawyer;surveyor;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; memberofNorthCarolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; diedin office 1789.Died in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,November10, 1789 (age60 years, 99days).Interment at Caswell Memorial Cemetery.

	Caswell County,N.C. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography

Emmett Robinson Wooten (1878-1915) — also known asEmmett R. Wooten — of Kinston,LenoirCounty, N.C.Born in Fort Barnwell,CravenCounty, N.C.,November2, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Lenoir County,1909-15; died in office 1915;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1915; died inoffice 1915.Member,KappaAlpha Order;OddFellows;JuniorOrder.Injured in anautomobileaccident, sufferedtraumaticpneumonia, and died, in RexHospital,Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February27, 1915 (age36 years, 117days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Council Wooten and Mary (Cobb) Wooten; married,April20, 1904, to Nannie Griffin Cox.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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