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Lee County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lee County

Index to Locations Unknown location Private or family graveyards BlackwaterRobinette FamilyCemetery EwingRichmond Cemetery JonesvilleHill Cemetery UnknownLocation Lee County, Virginia Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) — ofLeeCounty, Va.Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,1767.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1799-1800.Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well;in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; thebasket broke, and hefell tohis death, or perhapsdrowned,inLeeCounty, Va.,1800(ageabout33 years).Interment somewhere. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: SonofSimonCockrell and Mary Magdalene (Vardeman) Cockrell; married toBarthenia Chadwell; uncle by marriage ofJeremiahWeldon South; uncle ofElishaLogan Cockrell,HarrisonCockrill,JeremiahVardaman Cockrell andFrancisMarion Cockrell; granduncle ofJohnT. Crisp andEwingCockrell; great-granduncle ofEgbertRailey Cockrell andJamesHarris Baldwin.   Political family:Cockrell-Southfamily of Kentucky.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Campbell Slemp (1839-1907) — of Big Stone Gap,WiseCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,1839.Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1903-07; died inoffice 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVirginia,1904.Died in1907(ageabout68 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

	Relatives:Father ofCampbellBascom Slemp.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Lloyd Mileham Robinette (1881-1951) — also known asLloyd M. Robinette — of Jonesville,LeeCounty, Va.Born in Blackwater,LeeCounty, Va.,March26, 1881.Member ofVirginiastate senate 16th District, 1932-51.DiedNovember2, 1951 (age70 years, 221days).Interment at Robinette Family Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Samuel R. Robinette and Narcissus (Lindsey)Robinette.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899-1980) — also known asThomas B. Fugate — ofLeeCounty, Va.Born near Tazewell,ClaiborneCounty, Tenn.,April10, 1899.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1928-30; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1944(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);delegateto Virginia limited constitutional convention 16th District,1945;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1949-53.Member,FarmBureau.Died in Ewing,LeeCounty, Va.,September22, 1980 (age81 years, 165days).Interment at Richmond Cemetery.

Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore (1837-1900) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,1837.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1877-79.Died in1900(ageabout63 years).Interment at Hill Cemetery.

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