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Petersburg, Virginia
BlandfordCemetery
319 South Crater Road
Petersburg, Virginia
Founded 1702
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) — also known asW. Hodges Mann — ofNottowayCounty, Va.;Richmond,Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,July 30,1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;NottowayCounty Judge, 1870-92; member ofVirginiastate senate 28th District, 1904-09;Governor ofVirginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1912(HonoraryVice-President).Presbyterian.He was thelastConfederate veteran to serve as Governor of Virginia.Died inPetersburg,Va.,December12, 1927 (age84 years, 135days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery.  | William Mahone (1826-1895) — of Virginia. Born inSouthamptonCounty, Va.,December1, 1826.Civilengineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &PetersburgRailroad;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president,Norfolk and WesternRailroad;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,October8, 1895 (age68 years, 311days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) — also known asWilliam E. Cameron — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,November29, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1872;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1876-82;Governor ofVirginia, 1882-86;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Petersburg city,1901-02.In 1869, he was injured in aduelwithRobertWilliam Hughes.Died inLouisaCounty, Va.,January26, 1927 (age84 years, 58days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) — also known asPatrick H. Drewry — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,May 24,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate 29th District, 1912-21; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1916,1940,1944;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33,at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947.Methodist.Member,AmericanHistorical Association;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;SigmaChi;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died inPetersburg,Va.,December21, 1947 (age72 years, 211days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909) — also known asFrancis R. Lassiter — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,February18, 1866.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1893-96;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1900-03, 1907-09; diedin office 1909.Died, fromheartdisease, in the Elks Home, Bedford,BedfordCounty, Va.,October31, 1909 (age43 years, 255days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) — also known asFrancis E. Rives — of Littleton,SussexCounty, Va.;Petersburg,Va.Born inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,January14, 1792.Democrat.Planter;railroadbuilder; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1821-31; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1831-36, 1848-51;U.S.Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.Slaveowner. Died inPetersburg,Va.,December26, 1861 (age69 years, 346days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) — also known asJames H. Gholson — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville,BrunswickCounty, Va.,1798.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830-33;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judgein Virginia, 1840.Slaveowner. Died inBrunswickCounty, Va.,July 2,1848 (ageabout 50years).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) — also known asCharles F. Collier — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,September27, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Virginia state legislature, 1852;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, SouthernRailroad.Presbyterian.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," inPetersburg,Va.,June 29,1899 (age81 years, 275days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | William Robertson McKenney (1851-1916) — also known asWilliam R. McKenney — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,December2, 1851.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1892(member,CredentialsCommittee);U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1895-97.Died inPetersburg,Va.,January3, 1916 (age64 years, 32days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Edward Carrington Venable (1853-1908) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born in Virginia,1853.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1888;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1889-91; delegate toGold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.Died in1908(ageabout55 years).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Thomas Saunders Gholson (1810-1868) — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville,BrunswickCounty, Va.,December9, 1810.State court judge in Virginia, 1859-63;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December12, 1868 (age58 years, 3days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890-1953) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,August11, 1890.Lawyer;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1946-50.DiedJune 22,1953 (age62 years, 315days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery.  | Richard McIlwaine (1834-1913) — ofPrinceEdward County, Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,May 20,1834.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;chaplain;minister;collegeprofessor;president,Hampton-Sydney College, 1883-1904;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Prince EdwardCounty, 1901-02.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died inRichmond,Va.,August9, 1913 (age79 years, 81days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | William Baird McIlwaine (1854-1930) — also known asWilliam B. McIlwaine — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,October4, 1854.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Petersburg city, 1891-92; member ofVirginiastate senate from Petersburg city & Dinwiddie County, 1893-1905.DiedAugust11, 1930 (age75 years, 311days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Robert Dunn McIlwaine and Lucy Atkinson (Pryor) McIlwaine; marriedto Jane Maury Pegram and Sarah Joseph Claiborne; nephew ofRichardMcIlwaine. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Stith Bolling (1835-1916) — ofLunenburgCounty, Va.;Petersburg,Va.Born inLunenburgCounty, Va.,February28, 1835.Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;tobaccobusiness; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Lunenburg County, 1869-73;postmaster atPetersburg,Va., 1882-85, 1889-1913; candidate formayorof Petersburg, Va., 1888; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for Virginia,1888;delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1896(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died, frombronchitisandnephritis,inPetersburg,Va.,November1, 1916 (age81 years, 247days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | James Boisseau (1822-1872) — ofDinwiddieCounty, Va.Born in1822.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Dinwiddie County, 1861;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in1872(ageabout50 years).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Thomas Branch (1802-1888) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,December23, 1802.Merchant;banker;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Petersburg city, 1861.Died inRichmond,Va.,November15, 1888 (age85 years, 328days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | Timothy Rives (1855-1927) — of Templeton,PrinceGeorge County, Va.Born inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,November2, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1892(alternate),1920;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Prince George &Surry counties, 1901-02.Died inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,November20, 1927 (age72 years, 18days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery. | | John Thompson Wyatt (1896-1981) — also known asJ. Thompson Wyatt — ofPetersburg,Va.BornJune 3,1896.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1932.DiedApril25, 1981 (age84 years, 326days).Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
Old BlandfordCemetery
Petersburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Richard Kidder Meade (1803-1862) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born near Lawrenceville,BrunswickCounty, Va.,July 29,1803.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1835;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. MinistertoBrazil, 1857-61.Slaveowner. DiedApril20, 1862 (age58 years, 265days).Interment at Old Blandford Cemetery.
St. Joseph'sCemetery
Petersburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Dennis Brady (1843-1900) — also known asJames D. Brady — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPortsmouth,Va.,April 3,1843.Republican.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Petersburg, Virginia, 1879,1891;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1885-87; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Died inPetersburg,Va.,November30, 1900 (age57 years, 241days).Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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