The Political Graveyard: Hanover County, Va.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Hanover County, Virginia
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William Henry Roane (1787-1845) —
also known as William H. Roane —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, September
17, 1787.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-15; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1815-17; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1837-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tree Hill, Henrico
County, Va., May 11,
1845 (age 57 years, 236
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888) —
also known as Williams C. Wickham —
of Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., September
21, 1820.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1849; member of Virginia
state senate, 1859, 1883-88; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Henrico County, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 23,
1888 (age 67 years, 306
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) —
Born in Hanover
County, Va., January
28, 1729.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1755-61, 1766-75.
Died in Hanover
County, Va., November, 1780
(age 51
years, 0 days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Campbell (1745-1781) —
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1745.
Justice of the peace; general in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781.
Died in Hanover
County, Va., August
22, 1781 (age about 36
years).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
in 1823 at Aspenvale
Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.
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Bear Island Cemetery
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia
Blenheim Winston Cemetery
Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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Philip Bickerton Winston (1845-1901) —
also known as Philip B. Winston —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
12, 1845.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1888,
1892
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1891-93.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 1,
1901 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Interment at Blenheim Winston Cemetery.
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Bickerton Lyle Winston (1857-1904) —
also known as B. L. Winston —
of Hanover
County, Va.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., February
8, 1857.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1892.
Died in Hanover
County, Va., December
11, 1904 (age 47 years, 307
days).
Interment at Blenheim Winston Cemetery.
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Church of Our Savior Cemetery
Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia
Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery
Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia
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Owen Bradford Pickett (1930-2010) —
also known as Owen B. Pickett —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
31, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1972-86; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1980-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Virginia
Beach, Va., October
27, 2010 (age 80 years, 57
days).
Interment at Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery.
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