The Political Graveyard: New Hanover County, N.C.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
PoliticalGraveyard.com
New Hanover County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in New Hanover County
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Index to Locations Private or family graveyard New Hanover County, North Carolina
National Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina Founded 1852 See also Findagrave page for this location.
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Alton Asa Lennon (1906-1986) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., August
17, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1934-42; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1947, 1951; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1953-54; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1957-73.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died December
28, 1986 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Presumably named for: Alfred Moore | |
| Relatives: Son of Hugh Waddell and Susan (Moore) Waddell; married 1857 to Julia Savage; married to Ellen Savage; married 1896 to Gabrielle de Rosset; cousin by marriage of Samuel Ashe; cousin two different ways of John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), William Henry Hill, John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857) and William Shepperd Ashe; cousin four different ways of Thomas Samuel Ashe; cousin three different ways of George Davis and Horatio Davis. | |
| Political family: Ashe #1 family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). | |
| See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial |
Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) —
also known as Platt D. Walker —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
25, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,
1874-75; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 22,
1923 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son of Thomas D. Walker and Mary Vance (Dickinson) Walker; married, June 5, 1878, to Nettie Settle Covington; married, June 8, 1910, to Alma Locke Mordecai. |
William James Harriss (1798-1839) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
10, 1798.
Physician;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1839 (age 41 years, 90
days).
Original interment at St. James' Churchyard;
reinterment in 1860 at Oakdale Cemetery.
James Hill Cowan (1878-1924) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
19, 1878.
Mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
11, 1924 (age 46 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
James Owen (1784-1865) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Bladen
County, N.C., December
7, 1784.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1808-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
4, 1865 (age 80 years, 271
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Thomas Settle (1865-1919) —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., March
10, 1865.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1893-97;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1912.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
20, 1919 (age 53 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942) —
also known as John D. Bellamy —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
24, 1854.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1891; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1892,
1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
25, 1942 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Oscar Grant Parsley (1806-1885) —
also known as Oscar G. Parsley —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Onslow
County, N.C., February
25, 1806.
Sawmill
owner; banker; mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., June 3,
1885 (age 79 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
John J. Fowler (1850-1915) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
19, 1850.
Mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1890.
Killed
himself, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 23,
1915 (age 64 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
William Bryant Cooper (1867-1959) —
also known as William B. Cooper —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Cool Spring, Horry
County, S.C., January
22, 1867.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1915-16; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1921-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cool Spring, Horry
County, S.C., November
9, 1959 (age 92 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
James Sprunt (1846-1924) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
June
9, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; cotton exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1884-1915.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and his foot was
amputated.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1924 (age 78 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son of Alexander Sprunt and Jane (Dalziel) Sprunt; married, November 27, 1883, to Luola Murchison. | |
| The World War II Liberty ship SS James Sprunt (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in the Caribbean Sea, 1943) was named for him. | |
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| Image source: Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, July 10, 1924 |
Christian Eduard Peschau (1835-1904) —
also known as Eduard Peschau —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Germany,
April
19, 1835.
Consul
for Germany in Wilmington,
N.C., 1875-99.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
11, 1904 (age 68 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) —
also known as M. Warley Platzek —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
27, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1932 (age 77 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) —
also known as George H. Bellamy —
of El Paso, Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
24, 1856.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Brunswick County,
1893, 1913-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12.
Injured in a fall onto
pavement, and died a few days later, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in James Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
14, 1924 (age 67 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Oscar Grant Parsley Jr. (1835-1895) —
also known as Oscar G. Parsley —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
28, 1835.
Democrat. Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Wilmington,
N.C., 1865-94; postmaster at Wilmington,
N.C., 1885-89.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
20, 1895 (age 60 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
George Ludwig Peschau (1873-1956) —
also known as George L. Peschau —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 5,
1873.
Consul
for Germany in Wilmington,
N.C., 1900-04.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
23, 1956 (age 83 years, 232
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Denmark,
May
17, 1832.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Denmark in Wilmington,
N.C., 1870-95; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1871-95.
Episcopalian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., June 13,
1895 (age 63 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) —
also known as Alexander S. Heide —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Maribo, Denmark,
April
11, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1911; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1906; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1907-11.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1916 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Harriss Newman (1897-1954) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
22, 1954 (age 56 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
George Harriss (1827-1899) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 27,
1827.
Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Wilmington,
N.C., 1872-99.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
9, 1899 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
4, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
New Hanover County Democratic Party, 1910-12; member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1913-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Redmen;
Elks.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) —
also known as Cicero P. Yow —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., December
24, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 5,
1990 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
William M. Cumming (1860-1922) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 9,
1860.
Real
estate business; notary
public; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Wilmington,
N.C., 1887-1908.
Died, from heart
disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
24, 1922 (age 61 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
William Andres Cumming (1834-1886) —
also known as William A. Cumming —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April
12, 1834.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Wilmington,
N.C., 1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
26, 1886 (age 52 years, 197
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 29,
1861.
Insurance
business; Vice-Consul
for Spain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1891-98.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, by self-inflicted
pistol
shot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1940 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Andrew Jackson Howell Jr. (1869-1947) —
also known as Andrew J. Howell, Jr. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
10, 1869.
Minister;
Vice-Consul
for Dominican Republic in Wilmington,
N.C., 1900-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
6, 1947 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson | |
| Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Howell and Laura M. (Harriss) Howell; married to Gertrude Elizabeth Jenkins. | |
| Epitaph: "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." | |
| See also Find-A-Grave memorial |
William Nehemiah Harriss (1865-1950) —
also known as William N. Harriss —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
4, 1865.
Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Wilmington,
N.C., 1892-97.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 21,
1950 (age 85 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
Emmett Hargrove Bellamy (1891-1952) —
also known as Emmett H. Bellamy —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
12, 1891.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from New Hanover County,
1921-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
31, 1952 (age 61 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
St. James' Churchyard
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April
20, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a
prisoner, of disease
contracted in captivity, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
20, 1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. James' Churchyard.
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Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819-1888) —
also known as Robert R. Bridgers —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., November
28, 1819.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1844-45,
1856-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
10, 1888 (age 69 years, 12
days).
Interment at St. James' Churchyard.
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William James Harriss (1798-1839) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
10, 1798.
Physician;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1839 (age 41 years, 90
days).
Original interment at St. James' Churchyard; reinterment in 1860 at
Oakdale Cemetery.
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Third and Market Streets
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue erected
1911 at Third and Market Streets.
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