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Wilkes County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Wilkes County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards BoomerLittle Rock Baptist ChurchCemetery TraphillTraphill Cemetery WilkesboroEpiscopal ChurchCemetery WilkesboroMountain Park Cemetery WilkesboroPresbyterian Cemetery WilkesboroSt. Paul's EpiscopalChurchyard Private or familygraveyard Wilkes County, North Carolina James Wellborn (1767-1854) — of North Carolina. Born in1767.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1795-1811, 1818-21, 1823-24, 1828-29,1832, 1834; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Died near Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,1854(ageabout87 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Brother-in-law ofMontfortStokes.

James Edgar Broyhill (1892-1988) — also known asJ. E. Broyhill — of Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.Born in Boomer,WilkesCounty, N.C.,May 5,1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;furnituremanufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNorth Carolina,1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1960,1964,1972;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from North Carolina, 1948-64; Republicancandidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.,July 1,1988 (age96 years, 57days).Interment at Little Rock Baptist Church Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Isaac Broyhill and Margaret (Parsons) Broyhill; married,June 21,1921, to Satie Leona Hunt.
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Tyre York (1836-1916) — ofSurryCounty, N.C.Born in North Carolina,1836.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1883-85;candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1884.Died in1916(ageabout80 years).Interment at Traphill Cemetery.

Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) — of Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.Born in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,July 16,1875.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; private secretary to U.S. Rep.E.Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from North Carolina,1904,1908,1912,1916;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County,1905-08, 1921-30;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11.Died in Mocksville,DavieCounty, N.C.,October2, 1957 (age82 years, 78days).Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofCalvinJosiah Cowles and Ida Augusta (Holden) Cowles; married,September6, 1916, to Louise S. Lunn; nephew ofWilliamHenry Harrison Cowles; grandson ofWilliamWoods Holden; second great-grandson ofJosiahCowles; second great-grandnephew ofThomasWynns; second cousin once removed ofCharlesUpson andGadEly Upson; second cousin thrice removed ofDanielUpson; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielChapin andElaCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson.
		Political family:Cowlesfamily of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Linville Bumgarner Jr. (1867-1941) — also known asLinville Bumgarner — of Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.Born in Millers Creek,WilkesCounty, N.C.,July 7,1867.Republican. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County,1913-14; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 28th District, 1915-16, 1921-22.Baptist.Died, following anattack ofapoplexy, in WilkesHospital,Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,November1, 1941 (age74 years, 117days).Interment at Mountain Park Cemetery.

William Henry Harrison Cowles (1840-1901) — also known asWilliam H. H. Cowles — of Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.Born in Hamptonville,YadkinCounty, N.C.,April22, 1840.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1885-93.Died in Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,December30, 1901 (age61 years, 252days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:WilliamHenry Harrison
		Relatives: Uncle ofCharlesHolden Cowles.
		Political family:Cowlesfamily of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Richard Nathaniel Hackett (1866-1923) — also known asRichard N. Hackett — of Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.Born in Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,December4, 1866.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1907-09;defeated, 1896, 1908.Died in Statesville,IredellCounty, N.C.,November22, 1923 (age56 years, 353days).Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.

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