The Political Graveyard: Gadsden County, Fla.

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Gadsden County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Gadsden County

Index to Locations

Quincy Unknown location

Quincy Hillcrest Cemetery

Quincy Old Quincy Cemetery

Quincy Western Cemetery

Unknown Location
Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) — also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto Governor" — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau County, Fla.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hamburg, Aiken County, S.C., December 15, 1808. Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome. Democrat. Merchant; planter; lawyer; probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida state senate, 1861. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., November 23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343 days). Original interment at Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere.

		Relatives: Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome; father of John Dozier Broome and James E. Broome. See Broome family of Florida.
		See also National Governors Association biography

Hillcrest Cemetery
Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Pat Thomas (1933-2000) — of Florida. Born in Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., November 21, 1933. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Florida Democratic state chair, 1966-70; candidate for nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Florida, 1970; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Florida state senate, 1975-2000. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Rotary; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of multiple myeloma, in Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., June 21, 2000 (age 66 years, 213 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Old Quincy Cemetery
Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Rivers Henderson Buford, Sr. (1878-1959) — also known as Rivers H. Buford — of Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Fla.; Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla.; Marianna, Jackson County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., January 18, 1878. Son of Albert Buford and Mattie (Rivers) Buford. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1901; Gadsden County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-11; State's Attorney, Marianna Judicial Circuit, 1912-21; Florida state attorney general, 1921-25; resigned 1925; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-48; appointed 1925; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-33. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Woodmen. Died in 1959 (age about 81 years). Interment at Old Quincy Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Albert Buford and Mattie (Rivers) Buford; married, September 14, 1904, to Mary C. Munroe (died 1924); married, January 27, 1926, to Mary Hollingsworth.

Western Cemetery
Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson (1832-1908) — also known as Robert H. M. Davidson — of Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla. Born near Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., September 23, 1832. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Florida state senate, 1860-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden County, 1865; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1877-91 (2nd District 1877-79, 1st District 1879-91). Died in Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., January 18, 1908 (age 75 years, 117 days). Interment at Western Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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