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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New Hanover 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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Born in Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CO-born.html">Columbus County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/05-01.html">May 1, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for North Carolina</a>, 1790; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1794; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> at-large, 1799-1803. Slaveowner. Died near Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/index.html">1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 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">Relatives: Nephew and cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin two different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#797.40.73">Alfred Moore Waddell</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#889.88.88">John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#461.53.47">John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#057.70.03">William Shepperd Ashe</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#442.62.84">Horatio Davis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#321.66.42">Thomas Samuel Ashe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000611">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405470">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03653">National Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) — also known as Joseph C. Abbott — of New Hampshire; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-15.html">July 15, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of New Hampshire</a>, 1855-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1868-71; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NC.html">Republican National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 1872-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NCcc nWM">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1874-77. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-08.html">October 8, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 85 days</a>). Original interment at National Cemetery; reinterment in 1887 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms00348">Valley Cemetery</a>, Manchester, N.H. <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">Relatives: Son of Aaron Abbott and Nancy (Badger) Abbott.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000006">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400669">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Carter Abbott">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5993447">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=43923">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01219">Oakdale Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina Founded 1852 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=48265&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) — also known as Edward B. Dudley — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born near Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ON-born.html">Onslow County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/12-15.html">December 15, 1789</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1814; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington & Weldon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-30.html">October 30, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 319 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">Relatives: Son of Christopher Dudley and Margaret (Snead) Dudley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-21.html">November 21, 1815</a>, to Elizabeth Ruffin Haywood (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haywood.html#962.85.27">William Henry Haywood Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haywood.html#104.76.53">William Dallas Polk Haywood</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000512">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403622">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-bishop-dudley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5597963">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Settle (1831-1888) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C.; Florida. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-23.html">January 23, 1831</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1854-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to North Carolina secession convention</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1865; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1866-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1868-71; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-diplomats.html ">Peru</a>, 1871; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1877-88; died in office 1888. Died in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-01.html">December 1, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 313 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#639.19.03">Thomas Settle (1789-1857)</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#179.17.39">Thomas Settle (1865-1919)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#849.79.65">John Kerr</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#373.69.50">Bartlett Yancey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10347.html">Kerr-Settle family</a> of North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2148&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/settle-thomas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/settle-thomas">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></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> George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Porter's Neck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PN-born.html">Pender County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-01.html">March 1, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Attorney General</a>, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. At the end of the Civil War, with other <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Confederate officials</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">attempted to flee</a> overseas, but <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">turned himself in</a> at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a> at Fort Hamilton; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1866. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-23.html">February 23, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue erected 1911 at <a href="#cms05526">Third and Market Streets</a>. <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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis; half-brother and fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#442.62.84">Horatio Davis</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-17.html">November 17, 1842</a>, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-09.html">May 9, 1866</a>, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin four different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#889.88.88">John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#461.53.47">John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#321.66.42">Thomas Samuel Ashe</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#057.70.03">William Shepperd Ashe</a>; cousin three different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#797.40.73">Alfred Moore Waddell</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill9.html#932.19.39">William Henry Hill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Davis (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1960) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Davis (American politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8065987">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alton Asa Lennon (1906-1986) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-17.html">August 17, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1934-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1947, 1951; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 7th District, 1957-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/12-28.html">December 28, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 133 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">Relatives: Son of Rosser Yates Lennon and Minnie (High) Lennon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-12.html">October 12, 1933</a>, to Karine Welch.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000240">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406743">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8065988">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) — also known as Alfred M. Waddell — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/09-16.html">September 16, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 3rd District, 1871-79; 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">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NC.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">notorious</a> leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">white supremacists</a> 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/arson.html">burned</a>, and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murdered</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1898-1906. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-17.html">March 17, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 183 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#772.44.17">Alfred Moore</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hugh Waddell and Susan (Moore) Waddell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/">1857</a> to Julia Savage; married to Ellen Savage; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Gabrielle de Rosset; cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin two different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#889.88.88">John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill9.html#932.19.39">William Henry Hill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#461.53.47">John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#057.70.03">William Shepperd Ashe</a>; cousin four different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#321.66.42">Thomas Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin three different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#442.62.84">Horatio Davis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000002">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411181">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred Moore Waddell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8065989">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) — also known as Platt D. Walker — of Rockingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.C.; Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-25.html">October 25, 1849</a>. Democrat. <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 Richmond County, 1874-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1903-23; died in office 1923. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-22.html">May 22, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 209 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">Relatives: Son of Thomas D. Walker and Mary Vance (Dickinson) Walker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/06-05.html">June 5, 1878</a>, to Nettie Settle Covington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-08.html">June 8, 1910</a>, to Alma Locke Mordecai.</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> William James Harriss (1798-1839) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/04-10.html">April 10, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1838-39; died in office 1839. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/07-09.html">July 9, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 90 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms03639">St. James' Churchyard</a>; reinterment in 1860 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">Relatives: Son of William James Harriss (1769-1842) and Elizabeth (Barrett) Harriss; married to Mary Priscilla Jennings; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#216.21.08">George Harriss</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#963.11.79">William Nehemiah Harriss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/45389.html">Harriss family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34347858">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James Hill Cowan (1878-1924) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-19.html">March 19, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1921-24; died in office 1924. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-11.html">September 11, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 176 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">Relatives: Son of John Cowan and Margaret Anderson (Walker) Cowan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62333452">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James Owen (1784-1865) — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BL-born.html">Bladen County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/12-07.html">December 7, 1784</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1808-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-04.html">September 4, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 271 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408402">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Owen (American politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8067202">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Settle (1865-1919) — of Reidsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C.; Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Born near Wentworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-10.html">March 10, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1893-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NC.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NC.html">1916</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1912. Died in Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-20.html">January 20, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 316 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#657.86.43">Thomas Settle (1831-1888)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#639.19.03">Thomas Settle (1789-1857)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#849.79.65">John Kerr</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#373.69.50">Bartlett Yancey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10347.html">Kerr-Settle family</a> of North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000253">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409755">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8067181">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942) — also known as John D. Bellamy — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/03-24.html">March 24, 1854</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1891; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/NC.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NC.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NC.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 6th District, 1899-1903. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-25.html">September 25, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 185 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">Relatives: Son of John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) and Eliza McIlhenny (Harriss) Bellamy; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#729.89.92">George Harriss Bellamy</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-06.html">December 6, 1876</a>, to Emma May Hargrove; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#986.90.00">Emmett Hargrove Bellamy</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#278.88.96">Marsden Bellamy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/19501.html">Bellamy family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000349">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401341">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8067171">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Oscar Grant Parsley (1806-1885) — also known as Oscar G. Parsley — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ON-born.html">Onslow County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/02-25.html">February 25, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Sawmill owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1856. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-03.html">June 3, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 98 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">Relatives: Married to Anna Maria McKay; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#822.40.93">Oscar Grant Parsley Jr.</a> and William Murdoch Parsley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27054869">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John J. Fowler (1850-1915) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/12-19.html">December 19, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1890. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/05-23.html">May 23, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 155 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">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Fowler and Lavina E. (Garrison) Fowler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23220666">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Bryant Cooper (1867-1959) — also known as William B. Cooper — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Cool Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-born.html">Horry County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-22.html">January 22, 1867</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 10th District, 1915-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1921-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Cool Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-died.html">Horry County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-09.html">November 9, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 291 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">Relatives: Son of Noah Bryant Cooper and Lucinda (Jenerette) Cooper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/05-11.html">May 11, 1893</a>, to Ada Frances Gore.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William B. Cooper (NC politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=71216">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/188/39.22.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="James Sprunt"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Sprunt (1846-1924) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-09.html">June 9, 1846</a>. Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1884-1915. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">foot was amputated</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-09.html">July 9, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 30 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">Relatives: Son of Alexander Sprunt and Jane (Dalziel) Sprunt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-27.html">November 27, 1883</a>, to Luola Murchison.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James Sprunt (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; torpedoed and lost in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/CB-names.html">Caribbean Sea</a>, 1943) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8459204">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, July 10, 1924</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> Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) — also known as M. Warley Platzek — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/08-27.html">August 27, 1854</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 11th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1907-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/07-21.html">July 21, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 329 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">Relatives: Son of Isaac Platzek and Sarah Platzek.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59411538">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) — also known as George H. Bellamy — of El Paso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BN-lived.html">Brunswick County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-24.html">April 24, 1856</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Brunswick County, 1893, 1913-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12. Injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall onto pavement</a>, and died a few days later, from an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">intestinal hemorrhage</a>, in James Walker Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-14.html">March 14, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 325 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">Relatives: Son of John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) and Eliza McIlhenny (Harriss) Bellamy; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#368.02.37">John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-20.html">December 20, 1876</a>, to Katie Thees; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#278.88.96">Marsden Bellamy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#986.90.00">Emmett Hargrove Bellamy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/19501.html">Bellamy family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26933071">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Oscar Grant Parsley Jr. (1835-1895) — also known as Oscar G. Parsley — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/10-28.html">October 28, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Brazil</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1865-94; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html#2">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1885-89. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-20.html">December 20, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 53 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#223.90.48">Oscar Grant Parsley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35145052">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/05-17.html">May 17, 1832</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Denmark</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1870-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1871-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-confed-vets.html">United Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-13.html">June 13, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 27 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#710.08.38">Alexander Severin Heide</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7121114">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) — also known as Alexander S. Heide — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Maribo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-11.html">April 11, 1846</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Denmark</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1895-1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1895-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1907-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-19.html">January 19, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 283 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#024.31.05">Rudolph E. Heide</a>; married to Rebecca Ann Exum.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7121112">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Harriss Newman (1897-1954) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-02.html">October 2, 1897</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1931-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 9th District, 1935; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NC.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/02-22.html">February 22, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 143 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Newman and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman; married to Rosalie Jacobi.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35144855">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> George Harriss (1827-1899) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/07-27.html">July 27, 1827</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1872-99. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-09.html">November 9, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 105 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#253.67.13">William James Harriss</a> and Mary Priscilla (Jennings) Harriss; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/">1861</a> to Julia Ophelia Nixon Sanders; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#963.11.79">William Nehemiah Harriss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/45389.html">Harriss family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34347792">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-04.html">December 4, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-parties.html">chair of New Hanover County Democratic Party</a>, 1910-12; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 10th District, 1913-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerotic heart disease</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/03-20.html">March 20, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 107 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">Relatives: Son of Marsden Bellamy (1843-1909) and Harriet Susan (Harllee) Bellamy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-14.html">November 14, 1906</a>, to Virginia Hart 'Sue' Clark; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#368.02.37">John Dillard Bellamy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#729.89.92">George Harriss Bellamy</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#986.90.00">Emmett Hargrove Bellamy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/19501.html">Bellamy family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34674077">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) — also known as Cicero P. Yow — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RA-born.html">Randolph County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-24.html">December 24, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 9th District, 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/07-05.html">July 5, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 193 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">Relatives: Son of Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Mary Elizabeth Hardwicke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68263227">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William M. Cumming (1860-1922) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/07-09.html">July 9, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">notary public</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Haiti</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1887-1908. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-24.html">January 24, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 199 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#168.15.57">William Andres Cumming</a> and Mary (Rankin) Cumming; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-23.html">October 23, 1893</a>, to Susanne Cooper.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "A perfect and an upright man, one that feared God and eschewed evil."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28895275">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Andres Cumming (1834-1886) — also known as William A. Cumming — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/04-12.html">April 12, 1834</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Haiti</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1874-77. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-26.html">October 26, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 197 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">Relatives: Son of William H. Cumming and Lavinia (Rose) Cumming; married to Mary Ann Rankin and Katherine Taylor Northrop; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#550.41.92">William M. Cumming</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7083663">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-29.html">July 29, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Spain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1891-98. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died, by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">pistol shot</a>, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-19.html">January 19, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 174 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">Relatives: Son of Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Kate Anderson Cameron.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34960836">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Nehemiah Harriss (1865-1950) — also known as William N. Harriss — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/02-04.html">February 4, 1865</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-consuls.html">Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1892-97. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-21.html">July 21, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 167 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#216.21.08">George Harriss</a> and Julia Ophelia Nixon (Sanders) Harriss; married to Frances Mabel Latham; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#253.67.13">William James Harriss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/45389.html">Harriss family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29118586">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Emmett Hargrove Bellamy (1891-1952) — also known as Emmett H. Bellamy — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-12.html">February 12, 1891</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from New Hanover County, 1921-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NC.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a>. Died in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-died.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-31.html">March 31, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 48 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#368.02.37">John Dillard Bellamy</a> and Emma May (Hargrove) Bellamy; married to Lillian Frances Maxwell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#729.89.92">George Harriss Bellamy</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#278.88.96">Marsden Bellamy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/19501.html">Bellamy family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26840627">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03639">St. James' Churchyard</a> Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) — of North Carolina. Born near Edenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CW-born.html">Chowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1723/04-20.html">April 20, 1723</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina</a>, 1777. Captured by the British in January 1781, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/revolutionary-war.html">died</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/captivity.html">as a prisoner</a>, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">disease</a> contracted in captivity, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/04-20.html">April 20, 1781</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at St. James' 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HA.html">Harnett County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405096">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819-1888) — also known as Robert R. Bridgers — of Tarboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-born.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-28.html">November 28, 1819</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Edgecombe County, 1844-45, 1856-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NC.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-10.html">December 10, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at St. James' Churchyard. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William James Harriss (1798-1839) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/04-10.html">April 10, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1838-39; died in office 1839. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/07-09.html">July 9, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 90 days</a>). Original interment at St. James' Churchyard; reinterment in 1860 at <a href="#cms01219">Oakdale Cemetery</a>. <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">Relatives: Son of William James Harriss (1769-1842) and Elizabeth (Barrett) Harriss; married to Mary Priscilla Jennings; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#216.21.08">George Harriss</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#963.11.79">William Nehemiah Harriss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/45389.html">Harriss family</a> of Wilmington, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34347858">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05526">Third and Market Streets</a> Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Porter's Neck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PN-born.html">Pender County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-01.html">March 1, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Attorney General</a>, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. At the end of the Civil War, with other <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Confederate officials</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">attempted to flee</a> overseas, but <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">turned himself in</a> at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a> at Fort Hamilton; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1866. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-23.html">February 23, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at <a href="#cms01219">Oakdale Cemetery</a>; statue erected 1911 at Third and Market Streets. <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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis; half-brother and fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#442.62.84">Horatio Davis</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-17.html">November 17, 1842</a>, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-09.html">May 9, 1866</a>, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin four different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#889.88.88">John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#461.53.47">John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#321.66.42">Thomas Samuel Ashe</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#057.70.03">William Shepperd Ashe</a>; cousin three different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#797.40.73">Alfred Moore Waddell</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill9.html#932.19.39">William Henry Hill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Davis (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1960) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Davis (American politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8065987">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </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"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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