The Political Graveyard: Wake County, N.C. (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyard
Wake County, North Carolina
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| | David Stone (1770-1818) — of Bertie County, N.C. Born in Bertie County, N.C., February 17, 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1801; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1801-07, 1813-14; Governor of North Carolina, 1808-10. Slaveowner. Died October 7, 1818 (age 48 years, 232 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard. |

Hillcrest Cemetery
Cary, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | Lucie Reavis Royall (1867-1959) — also known as Lucie Virginia Reavis; Lucie V. Reavis — of Cary, Wake County, N.C. Born in Granville County, N.C., May 12, 1867. Republican. Postmaster at Cary, N.C., 1900-14.Female. Died, from renal failure and diabetes, in Duke University Hospital, Durham, Durham County, N.C., January 18, 1959 (age 91 years, 251 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery. |

Wake Chapel Memorial Gardens
Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | Lynton Yates Ballentine (1899-1964) — also known as Lynton Y. Ballentine;"Stag" — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Varina, Wake County, N.C., April 6, 1899. Democrat. Dairy farmer; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948;North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1949-64; died in office 1964. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., July 19, 1964 (age 65 years, 104 days). Interment at Wake Chapel Memorial Gardens. |

Unknown Location
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) — also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Tyrrell County, N.C., July 4, 1828.Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.French Huguenot ancestry. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W.Va., July 17, 1863 (age 35 years, 13 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C. |

City Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | William Henry Haywood Jr. (1801-1852) — also known as William H. Haywood, Jr. — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 23, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1831, 1834-36; U.S. Attorney for North Carolina, 1840-43; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1843-46; resigned 1846. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 7, 1852 (age 50 years, 350 days). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | John Sitgreaves (1757-1802) — of North Carolina. Born in England,1757.Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1784; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1784; U.S. Attorney for North Carolina, 1790; U.S. District Judge for North Carolina, 1790-94, 1797-1801; U.S. District Judge for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of North Carolina, 1794-97; U.S. District Judge for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina, 1801-02; died in office 1802. Died in Halifax, Halifax County, N.C., March 4, 1802 (age about 44 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Romulus Mitchell Saunders (1791-1867) — also known as Romulus M. Saunders — of Milton, Caswell County, N.C. Born near Milton, Caswell County, N.C., March 3, 1791. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1815-19, 1850-52; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1821-27, 1841-45 (9th District 1821-27, 8th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-45); North Carolina state attorney general, 1828-34; state court judge in North Carolina, 1835-40, 1852-56; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1840; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1846-49. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., April 21, 1867 (age 76 years, 49 days). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | William Dallas Polk Haywood (1810-1894) — also known as William Dallas Haywood — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Halifax County, N.C., 1810.Mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1857-58, 1867-68. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 1, 1894 (age about 84 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Charles Manly (1795-1871) — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Chatham County, N.C., May 13, 1795. Whig. Lawyer; Governor of North Carolina, 1849-51. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., May 1, 1871 (age 75 years, 353 days). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Sion Hart Rogers (1825-1874) — also known as Sion H. Rogers — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1825.U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1853-55, 1871-73; North Carolina state attorney general, 1863-68. Slaveowner. Died in 1874(age about 49 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, 1808. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1839-45 (1st District 1839-43, 9th District 1843-45). Slaveowner. Died in 1884(age about 76 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) — also known as Lawrence O'B. Branch — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Enfield, Halifax County, N.C., November 28, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1855-61; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Killedin the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Md., September 17, 1862 (age 41 years, 293 days). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Richard Hines (d. 1851) — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1824; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1825-27; defeated, 1826. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 20, 1851. Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Absalom Tatom (1742-1802) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, 1742. Republican. Delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-96; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1797. Slaveowner. Died December 20, 1802 (age about 60 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | William White (1762-1811) — of Lenoir County, N.C. Born in 1762. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Lenoir County, 1792-95; member ofNorth Carolina state senate from Lenoir County, 1795-96, 1798; secretary of state of North Carolina, 1798-1810. Died in 1811(age about 49 years). Interment at City Cemetery. |
| | Joel Lane (c.1740-1795) — of North Carolina. Born in Halifax County, N.C., about 1740. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1770; member of North Carolina state senate, 1782-94; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1788, 1789. Provided the site for Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Died March 29, 1795 (age about 55 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1969 at City Cemetery. |

Montlawn Memorial Park
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | Joseph Melville Broughton (1888-1949) — also known as J. Melville Broughton — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 17, 1888. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1927-29; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; Governor of North Carolina, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,1948(member, Credentials Committee); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1948-49; died in office 1949.Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;Woodmen;Junior Order. Died, of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 1949 (age 60 years, 109 days). Interment at Montlawn Memorial Park. |

Mt. Hope Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) — also known as Clarence E. Lightner — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., August 15, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral director; mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member of North Carolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,2000.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 8, 2002 (age 80 years, 327 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. |

Nash Square
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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| | Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., May 18, 1862. Democrat. North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,1928,1932,1940,1944(member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.Methodist. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., January 15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Nash Square. |

Oakwood Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
Founded 1869
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| | Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., May 18, 1862. Democrat. North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,1928,1932,1940,1944(member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.Methodist. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., January 15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Nash Square. | |
| | George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) — also known as George E. Badger — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., April 17, 1795.Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1816; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1820-25; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1841; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1846-55; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., May 11, 1866 (age 71 years, 24 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Thomas Badger and Lydia (Cogdell) Badger; married, December 24, 1818, to Rebecca Turner; married 1826 to Mary Brown Polk; married, April 16, 1836, to Delia (Haywood) Williams; grandfather of Paul Fletcher Faison. Political families: Polk family; Manly-Haywood-Polk family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The World War II Liberty ship SS George E. Badger (built 1942-43 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1972) was named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830-1892) — also known as A. S. Merrimon — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., September 15, 1830. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1860-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; solicitor, 8th Judicial District, 1861-65; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1866-67; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1872; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1873-79; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1883-89; defeated, 1868; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-92; died in office 1892. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 14, 1892 (age 62 years, 60 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) — also known as Josiah W. Bailey — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., September 14, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th North Carolina District, 1913-21; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1931-46; died in office 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1932.Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon League; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 15, 1946 (age 73 years, 92 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Jesse Alexander Helms (1921-2008) — also known as Jesse Helms — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., October 18, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003.Baptist. Member, Rotary;Young Americans for Freedom; Freemasons;Exchange Club. Died, in a nursing home at Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 4, 2008 (age 86 years, 260 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Jesse Helms; married, October 31, 1942, to Dorothy Jane 'Dot' Coble. Cross-reference: Terrence William Boyle — David Rouzer See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial Books by Jesse Helms: Here's Where I Stand : A Memoir (2005) Image source: North Carolina History Project |
| | Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) — of Northampton County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., November 9, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1842; Governor of North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate Attorney General, 1861-62.Presbyterian. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern senators expelledin absentia on July 11, 1861. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., January 21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Walter Clark (1846-1924) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Halifax County, N.C., August 19, 1846. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1885-89; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-1902; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-24; candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1912.Methodist. Died in Wake County, N.C., May 20, 1924 (age 77 years, 275 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Basil Charles Manly (1839-1882) — also known as Basil C. Manly — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., May 9, 1839. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1875-82; died in office 1882. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., May 15, 1882 (age 43 years, 6 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Willis Smith (1887-1953) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Norfolk, Va., December 19, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944(member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis. Died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 26, 1953 (age 65 years, 189 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Daniel Gould Fowle (1831-1891) — also known as Daniel G. Fowle — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., March 3, 1831.Lawyer;Governor of North Carolina, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Died April 7, 1891 (age 60 years, 35 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | William Woods Holden (1818-1892) — also known as William W. Holden — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Orange County, N.C., November 24, 1818.Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860;delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70; postmaster at Raleigh, N.C., 1873-81.Methodist.Impeachedand removed from office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., March 1, 1892 (age 73 years, 98 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) — also known as David L. Swain — of Buncombe County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in a log cabin near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., January 4, 1801. Whig. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1824-30; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1830-32; Governor of North Carolina, 1832-35; president, University of North Carolina, 1835-68. Died in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., August 27, 1868 (age 67 years, 236 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Jonathan Worth (1802-1869) — of Randolph County, N.C. Born in Randolph County, N.C., November 18, 1802. Democrat. Lawyer; North Carolina state treasurer, 1862-65; Governor of North Carolina, 1865-68. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., September 5, 1869 (age 66 years, 291 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Henry Separk (1830-1875) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Petersburg, Va., June 25, 1830.Mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1875; died in office 1875. Died August 30, 1875 (age 45 years, 66 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) — also known as Charles B. Aycock — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne County, N.C., November 1, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of North Carolina, 1901-05. Fell dead, while giving a speech in a theaterat Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., April 4, 1912 (age 52 years, 155 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Union Square. | |
| | J. S. Wynne (d. 1934) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.Mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1909-11. Died in 1934. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Daniel Killian Moore (1906-1986) — also known as Dan K. Moore — of Canton, Haywood County, N.C. Born April 2, 1906. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964;Governor of North Carolina, 1965-69. Died September 7, 1986 (age 80 years, 158 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812-1889) — also known as William N. H. Smith — of Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C. Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C., September 24, 1812. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840, 1858, 1868; member of North Carolina state senate, 1848; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1859-61; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1878-89. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 14, 1889 (age 77 years, 51 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Edwin Godwin Reade (1812-1894) — of North Carolina. Born in Mt. Tirzah, Person County, N.C., November 13, 1812.U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1855-57; Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1865-79. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 18, 1894 (age 81 years, 339 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | William Horn Battle (1802-1879) — also known as William H. Battle — of Franklin County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., 1802. Whig. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons from Franklin County, 1833-34; delegate to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1840; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1848, 1852-67; law professor. Died in 1879(age about 77 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) — also known as John H. Bryan — of New Bern, Craven County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., November 4, 1798.Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1823-24; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1825-29. Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., May 19, 1870 (age 71 years, 196 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) — also known as William R. Cox — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C., March 11, 1831. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad; district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Richmond, Va., December 26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | John Nichols (1834-1917) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born near Eagle Rock, Wake County, N.C., November 14, 1834. Republican. Postmaster at Raleigh, N.C., 1881-85; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1887-89; defeated, 1888. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., September 22, 1917 (age 82 years, 312 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Winder Russell Harris (1888-1973) — also known as Winder R. Harris — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 3, 1888. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1941-44. Died in Alexandria, Va., February 24, 1973 (age 84 years, 83 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Thomas Charles Fuller (1832-1901) — of North Carolina. Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., February 27, 1832. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 20, 1901 (age 69 years, 235 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) — also known as James Y. Joyner — of La Grange, Lenoir County, N.C.; Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Davidson County, N.C., August 7, 1862.School teacher and principal; Lenoir County Superintendent of Schools, 1882-83; lawyer; college professor; North Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1902-19; one of the organizers of the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 1922.Baptist. Died in Lenoir County, N.C., January 24, 1954 (age 91 years, 170 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. |
| | Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) — also known as Kemp P. Battle — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., December 19, 1831.Lawyer;delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, ChathamRailroadduring the Civil War; North Carolina state treasurer, 1866-68; president, University of North Carolina, 1876-91; historian. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., February 4, 1919 (age 87 years, 47 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) — of North Carolina. Born in Anson County, N.C., April 24, 1837. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866; newspaper editor; North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president of the Farmers' Alliance.Baptist. Member, Grange. Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina AgriculturalHall of Fame in 1957. Died from a bladder hemorrhage, in Washington, D.C., June 11, 1892 (age 55 years, 48 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Ivey Goodman Riddick (1861-1920) — also known as Ivey G. Riddick — of Franklin County, N.C. Born in Wake County, N.C., December 3, 1861.Physician; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1903-04. Died, from throat cancer, in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., January 1, 1920 (age 58 years, 29 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | |
| | Paul Fletcher Faison (1882-1967) — also known as Paul F. Faison — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Philippines; Canton (Guangzhou), China; Tientsin, China; Tokyo, Japan. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 15, 1882.Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1918-19. Died in Tokyo, Japan,November 18, 1967 (age 85 years, 3 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Paul Fletcher Faison (1840-1896) and Annice Haywood (Badger) Faison; married, November 19, 1920, to Eugenie Demetrie Babushkina; married, March 9, 1948, to Nadia Kamershtain; married 1952 to Daphne Spratt; grandson of George Edmund Badger; third great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins; first cousin twice removed of William Dallas Polk Haywood; third cousin of Rufus King Polk and Frank Lyon Polk; third cousin once removed of Elizabeth Polk Guest; third cousin twice removed of Raymond R. Guest. Political families: Polk family; Manly-Haywood-Polk family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: U.S. passport application (1918) |

Union Square
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina