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Mt. HebronCemetery
305 East Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia
Founded 1844
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  David Holmes (1769-1832) — ofWinchester,Va.; Washington,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born near Hanover,YorkCounty, Pa.,March10, 1769.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4thDistrict 1807-09);Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1809-11, 1812-15;Governor ofMississippi, 1817-20, 1826;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1820-25.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,August20, 1832 (age63 years, 163days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.  | Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) — also known asHarry F. Byrd — ofWinchester,Va.; Berryville,ClarkeCounty, Va.Born in Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,June 10,1887.Newspaperpublisher;fruitfarmer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District1924-25);VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1924,1928,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956;Governorof Virginia, 1926-30; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1928-40;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1932,1944;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democraticnomination for Vice President,1944;Christian Nationalist candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952; States Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes forPresident,1960.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Moose;UnitedCommercial Travelers;Grange.Died in Berryville,ClarkeCounty, Va.,October20, 1966 (age79 years, 132days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.| |  Relatives: SonofRichardEvelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brotherof Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married,October7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew ofJoelWest Flood; nephew ofHenryDe La Warr Flood; grandson ofJoelWalker Flood; second great-grandnephew ofCharlesWilling Byrd; third great-grandson ofWilliamByrd III; first cousin four times removed ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHarrison,RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed ofGeorgeNicholas,CarterBassett Harrison,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,WilliamHenry Harrison andJohnRobertson; second cousin five times removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminEarl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed ofPeytonRandolph,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andJohnScott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Shippen-Byrdfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Byrd-Floodfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 17,1962 |
| | Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inSt.Christopher,1727.Merchant;member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general inthe Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.FrenchandScottishancestry.Died inWinchester,Va.,January5, 1795 (ageabout 67years).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Frederick William Mackey Holliday (1828-1899) — of Virginia. Born inWinchester,Va.,February22, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; wounded inbattle andlost hisright arm;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;Governor ofVirginia, 1878-82.Suffered astroke,and died two weeks later, inWinchester,Va.,May 29,1899 (age71 years, 96days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Charles Magill (1760-1827) — ofWinchester,Va.Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),July 10,1760.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1799-1800; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 4thCircuit, 1801-02;mayorof Winchester, Va., 1805.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died inWinchester,Va.,April18, 1827 (age66 years, 282days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Holmes Conrad (1840-1915) — ofWinchester,Va.Born inWinchester,Va.,January31, 1840.Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1878-82; U.S. Solicitor General,1895-97.Died inWinchester,Va.,September4, 1915 (age75 years, 216days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | John Smith (1750-1836) — of Virginia. Born near Locust Hill,MiddlesexCounty, Va.,May 7,1750.Justice of the peace; served in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-83; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1801-15 (at-large 1801-07, 3rdDistrict 1807-15); served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Died inFrederickCounty, Va.,March 5,1836 (age85 years, 303days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1890 at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Thomas Walter Harrison (1856-1935) — also known asThomas W. Harrison — ofWinchester,Va.Born in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,August5, 1856.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1887-94; state court judge in Virginia, 1895-1916;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Frederick County& Winchester city, 1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1916-22, 1923-29.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died inWinchester,Va.,May 9,1935 (age78 years, 277days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) — ofLexington,Va.Born inWinchester,Va.,December24, 1823.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1875-87 (6th District 1875-85, 10thDistrict 1885-87).Slaveowner. Died inLexington,Va.,February13, 1897 (age73 years, 51days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.  | Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) — also known asRichard E. Byrd — ofWinchester,Va.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,August13, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;FrederickCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1884-1904; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Frederick County & Winchester city,1906-13;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1908-13; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1912,1920;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1914-20.Died inRichmond,Va.,October25, 1925 (age65 years, 73days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. William Byrd and Jennie (Rivers) Byrd; married,September15, 1886, to Eleanor Bolling Flood (daughter ofJoelWalker Flood; half-sister ofJoelWest Flood; sister ofHenryDe La Warr Flood); father ofHarryFlood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer);grandfather ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; great-grandnephew ofCharlesWilling Byrd; second great-grandson ofWilliamByrd III; first cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin of Lucia Cary Harrison (who marriedEdmundRandolph Cocke); second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,CarterBassett Harrison,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas andWilliamHenry Harrison; third cousin ofConnallyFindlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin thrice removed ofBurwellBassett; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926). | | | | Political families:Shippen-Byrdfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Byrd-Floodfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia(1906) |
| | | Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) — also known asBurr P. Harrison — ofWinchester,Va.Born inWinchester,Va.,July 2,1904.Democrat.Lawyer;FrederickCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member ofVirginiastate senate 25th District, 1940-43; circuit judge in Virginia 17th Circuit, 1942-46;U.S.Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;OddFellows;Moose;Kiwanis;Ruritan.Died inWinchester,Va.,December29, 1973 (age69 years, 180days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) — of Virginia. Born inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,December29, 1780.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1819-23;lawprofessor; chancellor, 4th District, 1824-31; Judge, VirginiaCourt of Appeals, 1831-41.Slaveowner. Died inWinchester,Va.,August28, 1848 (age67 years, 243days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frances (Bland) Tucker andSt.George Tucker; half-brother ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; married,September23, 1806, to Ann Evelina Hunter; father ofNathanielBeverly Tucker andJohnRandolph Tucker; nephew ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790) andThomasTudor Tucker; grandfather ofHenrySt. George Tucker (1853-1932); grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofGeorgeTucker; first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; second cousin twice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin five times removed ofLeeMarvin; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); third cousin once removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),MeriwetherLewis,ThomasMarshall,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andDouglassTownshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed ofJoelWalker Flood,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,BenjaminEarl Cabell,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle andRichardWalker Bolling; fourth cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Tucker County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) — of Virginia. Born inHunterdonCounty, N.J.,1736.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.Presbyterian.Welshancestry.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 6,1802 (ageabout 66years).Original interment atOld Stone PresbyterianChurch Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery; statue atMorganSquare, Spartanburg, S.C. | | Robert Young Conrad (1805-1875) — also known asRobert Y. Conrad — ofFrederickCounty, Va.Born in1805.Virginiastate attorney general, 1857-62;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Frederick County, 1861.Died in1875(ageabout70 years).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | James Washington Singleton (1811-1892) — also known asJames W. Singleton — ofBrownCounty, Ill.; Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Paxton,FrederickCounty, Va.,November23, 1811.Democrat.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Brown County,1847; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1850;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Adams County,1862;U.S.Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1879-83.DiedApril 4,1892 (age80 years, 133days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Richard Parker (1810-1893) — of Virginia. Born inRichmond,Va.,December22, 1810.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1849-51.Slaveowner. Died inWinchester,Va.,November10, 1893 (age82 years, 323days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Samuel Russ Atwell (1816-1892) — also known asSamuel R. Atwell — ofWinchester,Va.BornAugust16, 1816.Republican. Postmaster atWinchester,Va., 1870-75, 1878-82.Died, fromheartdisease, inWinchester,Va.,November24, 1892 (age76 years, 100days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. | | Hollie Brockenborough McCormac (1875-1937) — also known asH. B. McCormac — ofWinchester,Va.Born inFrederickCounty, Va.,December27, 1875.Republican.Woolen millmanager; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forVirginia,1924;delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1928(ConventionVice-President),1936.Died inWinchester,Va.,December11, 1937 (age61 years, 349days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John B. McCormac and Sarah Margaret (Anderson) McCormac; married1911 toGertrude May Adams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Sloan Kuykendall Jr. (1906-1995) — also known asJ. Sloan Kuykendall — ofWinchester,Va.Born in Romney,HampshireCounty, W.Va.,December11, 1906.Delegateto Virginia limited constitutional convention 25th District, 1945.Died inWinchester,Va.,February17, 1995 (age88 years, 68days).Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
Old LutheranCemetery
Winchester, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Hector B. Meredith (1826-1885) — of Folsom,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWinchester,Va.,April30, 1826.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1855-56.Died from complications of a badfall, inNew York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1885 (age59 years, 29days).Interment at Old Lutheran Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James S. Meredith and Elizabeth B. (Eaty)Meredith. |
Old StonePresbyterian Church Cemetery
Winchester, Virginia
Wood FamilyCemetery
Winchester, Virginia
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alexander White (1738-1804) — ofFrederickCounty, Va.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,June 17,1738.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1772-73; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Frederick County, 1782-86, 1788;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from FrederickCounty, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-93 (at-large 1789-91, 1stDistrict 1791-93).Slaveowner. Died inFrederickCounty, Va.,October9, 1804 (age66 years, 114days).Interment at Wood Family Cemetery.
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