The Political Graveyard: Shenandoah County, Va.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Index to Locations
Cedarwood Cemetery
Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
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Harrison Holt Riddleberger (1844-1890) —
also known as Harrison H. Riddleberger —
of Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
4, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-75; Democratic Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1876;
Shenandoah
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1876-80; member of Virginia
state senate, 1879-82; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1883-89.
German
ancestry.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., January
24, 1890 (age 45 years, 112
days).
Interment at Cedarwood Cemetery.
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Old Edinburg Cemetery
Palmyra Church Road
Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
Mt. Jackson Cemetery
Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia
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Burgess E. Nelson (1890-1966) —
of Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 24,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1944-47; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Lutheran.
Died March 3,
1966 (age 75 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mt. Jackson Cemetery.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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Ernest H. Clinedinst (1884-1926) —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Virginia, September
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor of
Akron, Ohio, 1921; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio, 1924.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia and "La Grippe" (influenza),
in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, April 6,
1926 (age 41 years, 195
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio; cenotaph at Emmanuel Lutheran
Church Cemetery.
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Unknown Location
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
127 East High Street
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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Green Berry Samuels (1806-1859) —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., February
1, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1839-41; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; circuit
judge in Virginia, 1850; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1852.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1859 (age 52 years, 338
days).
Interment at Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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Massanutten Cemetery
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia
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James Williams Riddleberger (1904-1982) —
also known as James W. Riddleberger —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
21, 1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, as of 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1953-57; Greece, 1958-59; Austria, 1962-67.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
16, 1982 (age 78 years, 25
days).
Interment at Massanutten Cemetery.
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Annie Riddleberger (1874-1949) —
also known as Anna R. Williams; Mrs. F. B.
Riddleberger —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Shenandoah, Page
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in White
County, Ga., 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1924.
Female.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., 1949
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Massanutten Cemetery.
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