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Hillsborough County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hillsborough County


Index to Locations

  • Tampa Unknown location
  • Tampa Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
  • Tampa Oaklawn Cemetery
  • Tampa Orange Hill Cemetery
  • Tampa Woodlawn Cemetery

    Unknown Location
    Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      William Julius Barker (1886-1968) — also known as William J. Barker — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 25, 1886. Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59; took senior status 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died April 13, 1968 (age 81 years, 293 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married, October 20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham.
      See also federal judicial profile

    Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
    Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Doyle Elam Carlton (1887-1972) — also known as Doyle E. Carlton — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Wauchula, Hardee County, Fla., July 6, 1887. Son of Albert Carlton and Martha (McEwan) Carlton. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state senate, 1917-19; Governor of Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1952, 1956. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in a nursing home at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., October 25, 1972 (age 85 years, 111 days). Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.
      Relatives: Son of Albert Carlton and Martha (McEwan) Carlton; married, July 30, 1912, to Nell Ray; distant relative of Vassar B. Carlton.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Thomas M. Shackleford — of Florida. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1888; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1902-17; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1905-09. Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.
      William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) — also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill Bob" — of Patrick County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon County, Wis. Born, in a log cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick County, Va., January 28, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; Patrick County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; candidate in primary for West Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11. Baptist. French ancestry. Died, of tuberculosis, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., October 23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269 days). Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.

    Oaklawn Cemetery
    Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Henry Laurens Mitchell (1831-1903) — also known as Henry L. Mitchell — of Florida. Born September 3, 1831. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1888-90; resigned 1890; Governor of Florida, 1893-97. Died October 14, 1903 (age 72 years, 41 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Books about Henry Laurens Mitchell: George B. Church, The Life of Henry Laurens Mitchell, Florida's 16th Governor (out of print)
      Joseph Bradford Lancaster (1790-1856) — also known as Joseph B. Lancaster — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Kentucky, 1790. Son of John Lancaster and Catherine (Miles) Lancaster. Whig. Lawyer; mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 1846-47; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1848-50; mayor of Tampa, Fla., 1856; died in office 1856. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., November 25, 1856 (age about 66 years). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1815 to Annie Blair.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

    Orange Hill Cemetery
    Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Irwin Dean Arter (1886-1947) — also known as Irwin D. Arter — of Ohio. Born in Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, August 3, 1886. Son of A. Homer Arter (1863-1955). U.S. Vice Consul in Nuevitas, 1918-20. Died December 18, 1947 (age 61 years, 137 days). Interment at Orange Hill Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (1849-1929) — also known as Stephen M. Sparkman — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Hernando County, Fla., July 29, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1892; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1895-1917. Died in Washington, D.C., September 26, 1929 (age 80 years, 59 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


    		 
       
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