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Private or familygraveyard
New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Henry Hill (1767-1809) — of North Carolina. Born in Brunswick,ColumbusCounty, N.C.,May 1,1767.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for North Carolina, 1790; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1794;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803.Slaveowner. Died near Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,1809(ageabout42 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
NationalCemetery
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) — also known asJoseph C. Abbott — of New Hampshire; Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 15,1825.Republican.Newspapereditor;AdjutantGeneral of New Hampshire, 1855-61; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1868-71; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from North Carolina, 1872-;U.S.Collector of Customs at Wilmington, N.C., North Carolina, 1874-77.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October8, 1881 (age56 years, 85days).Original interment at National Cemetery; reinterment in 1887 atValleyCemetery, Manchester, N.H.
OakdaleCemetery
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Founded 1852
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) — also known asEdward B. Dudley — ofNewHanover County, N.C.Born near Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,December15, 1789.Whig.Shipbuilder;planter;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; colonel inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1814;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1829-31;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington& WeldonRailroad.Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October30, 1855 (age65 years, 319days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Thomas Settle (1831-1888) — ofRockinghamCounty, N.C.; Florida.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,January23, 1831.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1854-59;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1866-68;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1868-71; U.S. Minister toPeru, 1871; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1876;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1877-88;died in office 1888.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,December1, 1888 (age57 years, 313days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Porter's Neck,PenderCounty, N.C.,March 1,1820.Lawyer;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;ConfederateAttorney General, 1864-65.Episcopalian.At the end of the Civil War, with otherConfederateofficials,attemptedto flee overseas, butturnedhimself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months inprisonat Fort Hamilton;pardonedin 1866.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February23, 1896 (age75 years, 359days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue erected 1911 atThird and Market Streets.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;half-brother and fourth cousin ofHoratioDavis; married,November17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed ofFrankLyon Polk; second cousin once removed ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk; third cousin ofMarshallTate Polk); married,May 9,1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew ofSamuelAshe; cousin four different ways ofJohnBaptista Ashe (1748-1802),JohnBaptista Ashe (1810-1857),ThomasSamuel Ashe andWilliamShepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways ofAlfredMoore Waddell; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamHenry Hill. | | | | Political families:Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Ashe#1 family of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Davis (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alton Asa Lennon (1906-1986) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,August17, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1934-42; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1947, 1951;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1953-54;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1957-73.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Moose.DiedDecember28, 1986 (age80 years, 133days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) — also known asAlfred M. Waddell — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,September16, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1896;notoriousleader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government bywhitesupremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor toresign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the WilmingtonDaily Record newspaper wereburned,and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington weremurdered;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March17, 1912 (age77 years, 183days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) — also known asPlatt D. Walker — of Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October25, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,1874-75;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1903-23; died in office 1923.Episcopalian.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,May 22,1923 (age73 years, 209days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas D. Walker and Mary Vance (Dickinson) Walker; married,June 5,1878, to Nettie Settle Covington; married,June 8,1910, to Alma Locke Mordecai. |
| | William James Harriss (1798-1839) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April10, 1798.Physician;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 9,1839 (age41 years, 90days).Original interment atSt. James' Churchyard;reinterment in 1860 at Oakdale Cemetery. | | James Hill Cowan (1878-1924) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March19, 1878.Mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1921-24; died in office 1924.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,September11, 1924 (age46 years, 176days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | James Owen (1784-1865) — of North Carolina. Born inBladenCounty, N.C.,December7, 1784.Democrat.Farmer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1808-11;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,September4, 1865 (age80 years, 271days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Thomas Settle (1865-1919) — of Reidsville,RockinghamCounty, N.C.; Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born near Wentworth,RockinghamCounty, N.C.,March10, 1865.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1893-97;delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1904,1916;candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1912.Died in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,January20, 1919 (age53 years, 316days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942) — also known asJohn D. Bellamy — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March24, 1854.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1891; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1892,1908,1920;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1899-1903.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,September25, 1942 (age88 years, 185days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Oscar Grant Parsley (1806-1885) — also known asOscar G. Parsley — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born inOnslowCounty, N.C.,February25, 1806.Sawmillowner;banker;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1856.Presbyterian.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,June 3,1885 (age79 years, 98days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | John J. Fowler (1850-1915) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,December19, 1850.Mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1890.Killedhimself, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,May 23,1915 (age64 years, 155days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | William Bryant Cooper (1867-1959) — also known asWilliam B. Cooper — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Cool Spring,HorryCounty, S.C.,January22, 1867.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate 10th District, 1915-16;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1921-25.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Cool Spring,HorryCounty, S.C.,November9, 1959 (age92 years, 291days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.  | James Sprunt (1846-1924) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,June9, 1846.Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War;cottonexporter;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inWilmington,N.C., 1884-1915.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and hisfoot wasamputated.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 9,1924 (age78 years, 30days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | | Christian Eduard Peschau (1835-1904) — also known asEduard Peschau — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born inGermany,April19, 1835.Consulfor Germany inWilmington,N.C., 1875-99.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March11, 1904 (age68 years, 327days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) — also known asM. Warley Platzek — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,August27, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1904;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24.Jewish.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1932 (age77 years, 329days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) — also known asGeorge H. Bellamy — of El Paso,BrunswickCounty, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April24, 1856.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Brunswick County,1893, 1913-14; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12.Injured in afall ontopavement, and died a few days later, from anintestinalhemorrhage, in James Walker MemorialHospital,Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March14, 1924 (age67 years, 325days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Oscar Grant Parsley Jr. (1835-1895) — also known asOscar G. Parsley — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October28, 1835.Democrat.Vice-Consulfor Brazil inWilmington,N.C., 1865-94; postmaster atWilmington,N.C., 1885-89.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,December20, 1895 (age60 years, 53days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | George Ludwig Peschau (1873-1956) — also known asGeorge L. Peschau — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March 5,1873.Consulfor Germany inWilmington,N.C., 1900-04.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October23, 1956 (age83 years, 232days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born inDenmark,May17, 1832.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;grocer;HonoraryVice-Consul for Denmark inWilmington,N.C., 1870-95;HonoraryVice-Consul for Sweden & Norway inWilmington,N.C., 1871-95.Episcopalian.Danishancestry. Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans;RoyalArcanum.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,June 13,1895 (age63 years, 27days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) — also known asAlexander S. Heide — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Maribo,Denmark,April11, 1846.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;merchant;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inWilmington,N.C., 1895-1911;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inWilmington,N.C., 1895-1906;Vice-Consulfor Norway inWilmington,N.C., 1907-11.Danishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January19, 1916 (age69 years, 283days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Harriss Newman (1897-1954) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October2, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 9th District, 1935; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1948.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks;B'naiB'rith.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February22, 1954 (age56 years, 143days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Newman and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman; married to RosalieJacobi. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Harriss (1827-1899) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 27,1827.Vice-Consulfor Argentina inWilmington,N.C., 1872-99.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,November9, 1899 (age72 years, 105days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,December4, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofNew Hanover County Democratic Party, 1910-12; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 10th District, 1913-14.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;JuniorOrder;Redmen;Elks.Died, fromarterioscleroticheart disease, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March20, 1968 (age89 years, 107days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) — also known asCicero P. Yow — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born inRandolphCounty, N.C.,December24, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 9th District, 1959.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;KappaAlpha Order;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 5,1990 (age75 years, 193days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow; married1948 to MaryElizabeth Hardwicke. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William M. Cumming (1860-1922) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,July 9,1860.Realestate business;notarypublic;Vice-Consulfor Haiti inWilmington,N.C., 1887-1908.Died, fromheartdisease, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January24, 1922 (age61 years, 199days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | William Andres Cumming (1834-1886) — also known asWilliam A. Cumming — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April12, 1834.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Vice-Consulfor Haiti inWilmington,N.C., 1874-77.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October26, 1886 (age52 years, 197days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 29,1861.Insurancebusiness;Vice-Consulfor Spain inWilmington,N.C., 1891-98.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, byself-inflictedpistolshot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January19, 1940 (age78 years, 174days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married1887 toKate Anderson Cameron. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Andrew Jackson Howell Jr. (1869-1947) — also known asAndrew J. Howell, Jr. — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March10, 1869.Minister;Vice-Consulfor Dominican Republic inWilmington,N.C., 1900-07.Presbyterian.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,October6, 1947 (age78 years, 210days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:AndrewJackson | | | | Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Howelland Laura M. (Harriss) Howell; married to Gertrude ElizabethJenkins. | | | | Epitaph: "Mark the perfect man, andbehold the upright: for the end of that man ispeace." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Nehemiah Harriss (1865-1950) — also known asWilliam N. Harriss — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February4, 1865.Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inWilmington,N.C., 1892-97.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 21,1950 (age85 years, 167days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. | | Emmett Hargrove Bellamy (1891-1952) — also known asEmmett H. Bellamy — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February12, 1891.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from New Hanover County,1921-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1940(alternate),1944.Died in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,March31, 1952 (age61 years, 48days).Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
St. James'Churchyard
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) — of North Carolina. Born near Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April20, 1723.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.Captured by the British in January 1781, anddiedas aprisoner, ofdiseasecontracted in captivity, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April20, 1781 (age58 years, 0days).Interment at St. James' Churchyard. | | Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819-1888) — also known asRobert R. Bridgers — of Tarboro,EdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,November28, 1819.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1844-45,1856-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1860;Representativefrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,December10, 1888 (age69 years, 12days).Interment at St. James' Churchyard. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | William James Harriss (1798-1839) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April10, 1798.Physician;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 9,1839 (age41 years, 90days).Original interment at St. James' Churchyard; reinterment in 1860 atOakdale Cemetery.
Third and MarketStreets
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Porter's Neck,PenderCounty, N.C.,March 1,1820.Lawyer;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;ConfederateAttorney General, 1864-65.Episcopalian.At the end of the Civil War, with otherConfederateofficials,attemptedto flee overseas, butturnedhimself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months inprisonat Fort Hamilton;pardonedin 1866.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February23, 1896 (age75 years, 359days).Interment atOakdale Cemetery; statue erected1911 at Third and Market Streets.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;half-brother and fourth cousin ofHoratioDavis; married,November17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed ofFrankLyon Polk; second cousin once removed ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk; third cousin ofMarshallTate Polk); married,May 9,1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew ofSamuelAshe; cousin four different ways ofJohnBaptista Ashe (1748-1802),JohnBaptista Ashe (1810-1857),ThomasSamuel Ashe andWilliamShepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways ofAlfredMoore Waddell; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamHenry Hill. | | | | Political families:Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Ashe#1 family of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Davis (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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