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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Rowan County, N.C.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Zion Reformed Church</a> <li><b>Near Cleveland</b> <a href="cms04299">Third Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms01622">Chestnut Hill Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms06503">City Memorial Park</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms00529">Lutheran Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms06217">National Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms01755">Oakdale Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms03326">Old English Cemetery</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href=" ">Rowan Memorial Park</a> <li><b>Salisbury</b> <a href="cms00318">Thyatira Churchyard</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05550">Private or family graveyard</a></b></span><br> Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Carter Love (1784-1835)</b> — of North Carolina. Born near Norfolk (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/index.html">1784</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 10th District, 1815-17. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/index.html">1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000460">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406949">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02770">Savitz Cemetery at Mt. Zion Reformed Church</a></b></span><br> China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Overstreet (1773-1822)</b> — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/index.html">1773</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Barnwell, 1808-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 4th District, 1819-22; died in office 1822. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at Savitz Cemetery at Mt. Zion Reformed Church. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000142">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408393">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04299">Third Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Graham Ramsay (1823-1903)</b> — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-born.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-01.html">March 1, 1823</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1856-64, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-10.html">January 10, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at Third Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01622">Chestnut Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930)</b> — also known as <b>Lee S. Overman</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-03.html">January 3, 1854</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; private secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vance.html#959.45.64">Z. B. Vance</a>, 1877-78, and to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jarvis.html#926.16.02">Thomas J. Jarvis</a>, 1879; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Rowan County, 1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1893; president, North Carolina <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1894; president, Saisbury Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1903-30; died in office 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NC.html">1916</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach hemorrhage</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/12-12.html">December 12, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Overman and Mary E. Overman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-31.html">October 31, 1878</a>, to Mary P. Merrimon (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriman-merrit.html#637.92.51">Augustus Summerfield Merrimon</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000140">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408391">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Theodore Franklin Kluttz (1848-1918)</b> — also known as <b>Theodore F. Kluttz</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/10-04.html">October 4, 1848</a>. Democrat. State court judge in North Carolina, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NC.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1899-1905 (7th District 1899-1903, 8th District 1903-05). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/11-18.html">November 18, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000275">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406432">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Steele (1764-1815)</b> — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/index.html">1764</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> at-large, 1789-93. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/index.html">1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Steele</i> (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; scrapped 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000832">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410296">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Steele Henderson (1846-1916)</b> — also known as <b>John S. Henderson</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born near Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/01-06.html">January 6, 1846</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-officials.html">Rowan County Register of Deeds</a>, 1866-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1875; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1876; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1878, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NC.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NC.html">1916</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 7th District, 1885-95. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-09.html">October 9, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000485">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405348">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06503">City Memorial Park</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Edmund Wear (1921-2000)</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Haleyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/WI-born.html">Winston County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-10.html">October 10, 1921</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/salisbury.html">mayor of Salisbury, N.C.</a>, 1985-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, in Rowan Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/10-29.html">October 29, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at City Memorial Park. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00529">Lutheran Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lee Street <br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873)</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/08-16.html">August 16, 1796</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1838-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1847-49, 1868-69 (2nd District 1847-49, 6th District 1868-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Slaveowner. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-20.html">November 20, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000722">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401682">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Archibald Henderson (1768-1822)</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born near Williamsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/VA-born.html">Vance County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/08-07.html">August 7, 1768</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> at-large, 1799-1803; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1807-09, 1814, 1819-20. Slaveowner. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-21.html">October 21, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#701.97.14">Richard Henderson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#299.93.08">Leonard Henderson</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#939.81.93">Thomas Henderson</a>; double first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#037.13.29">John Williams of Montpelier</a>; second cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#130.13.60">Matthew Clay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0013.html">Williams family</a> of North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000475">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405338">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06217">National Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Earl Baker Ruth (1916-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Earl B. Ruth</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Spencer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-07.html">February 7, 1916</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; athletic director and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">dean</a>, Catawba College; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 8th District, 1969-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of American Samoa</a>, 1975-76. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/08-15.html">August 15, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Jane Wiley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000545">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409501">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01755">Oakdale Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Edwin Shober (1831-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Francis E. Shober</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/03-12.html">March 12, 1831</a>. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 6th District, 1869-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NC.html">1876</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/05-29.html">May 29, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Josephine May Wheat (great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robe-roberto.html#106.90.08">Daniel Roberdeau</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#064.13.40">Francis Emanuel Shober</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0658.html">Shober-Roosevelt-Wheat-Roberdeau family</a> of Salisbury, North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000372">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409866">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03326">Old English Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Willis Ellis (1820-1861)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/11-23.html">November 23, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1859-61; died in office 1861. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, Va (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-07.html">July 7, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at Old English Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Anderson Ellis and Judith (Bailey) Ellis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-25.html">August 25, 1844</a>, to Mary White; married to Mary Daves; father of Jane Graham 'Jeannie' Ellis (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#859.48.88">William Trent Rossell</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0520.html">Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family</a> of New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-willis-ellis/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5916169">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Burton Craige (1811-1875)</b> — also known as <b>F. Burton Craige</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born near Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/03-13.html">March 13, 1811</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1832-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 7th District, 1853-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to North Carolina secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62. Slaveowner. Died suddenly while attending <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court</a> in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CB-died.html">Cabarrus County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-30.html">December 30, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at Old English Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000862">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402977">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Rowan Memorial Park</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Burnice Matthew Bowen (1883-1964)</b> — also known as <b>B. M. Bowen</b>; <b>Burnia Mathew Bowen</b> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DI-born.html">Dillon County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-10.html">December 10, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton mill superintendent</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NC.html">1936</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary occlusion</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a>, in The Haven <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/07-28.html">July 28, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Rowan Memorial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ephraim Bowen and Martha Jane (Huggins) Bowen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/01-19.html">January 19, 1915</a>, to Stella Helen Saunders.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/170937779">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00318">Thyatira Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Locke (1776-1823)</b> — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/10-31.html">October 31, 1776</a>. Democrat. State court judge in North Carolina, 1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1814-15. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/01-08.html">January 8, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Thyatira Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locke.html#426.56.22">Matthew Locke</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10818.html">Locke-Wingo family</a> of Salisbury, North Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000387">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406879">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Matthew Locke (1730-1801)</b> — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/index.html">1730</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1776, 1789; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1777; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1781; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1793-99 (at-large 1793-97, 2nd District 1797-99). Slaveowner. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-died.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/09-07.html">September 7, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at Thyatira Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locke.html#958.41.64">Francis Locke</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wingert-winkler.html#749.79.69">Effiegene Locke Wingo</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10818.html">Locke-Wingo family</a> of Salisbury, North Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000389">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406881">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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