Marion County
Florida
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Marion County
Florida
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Marion County
Index to Locations
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William Venroe Chappell, Jr. (1922-1989) —
also known as William V. Chappell, Jr.; Bill
Chappell —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Kendrick, Marion
County, Fla., February
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1950-54; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1954-64, 1967-68; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1969-89; defeated, 1988.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 30,
1989 (age 67 years, 55
days).
Interment at Kendrick Memorial Gardens.
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Robert Bullock (1828-1905) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., December
8, 1828.
Son of Richard Bullock (1781-1841) and Mildred (Walker) Bullock
(1784-1854).
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
probate judge in Florida, 1866; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1879; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1889-93; county judge
in Florida, 1903-05.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 27,
1905 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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James Byeram Owens (c.1816-1889) —
also known as James B. Owens —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born near Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., about 1816.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1860;
delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Baptist.
Died August 1,
1889 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Marshall Martin (1832-1921) —
of Florida.
Born in Edgefield
County, S.C., March 18,
1832.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1863-64.
Last survivor of the Confederate Congress.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., August
10, 1921 (age 89 years, 145
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Simeon Bullock (1856-1935) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., May 16,
1856.
Son of Robert
Bullock.
Lawyer;
judge of criminal court in
Florida, 1882; circuit judge in Florida; appointed 1901.
Died May 28,
1935 (age 79 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) —
also known as C. Farris Bryant —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 26,
1914.
Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1960
(alternate); Governor of
Florida, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Jaycees;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 1,
2002 (age 87 years, 218
days).
Interment at Highland Memorial Park.
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Armanis F. Knotts (1856-1937) —
also known as A. F. Knotts —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; Inglis, Levy
County, Fla.; Yankeetown, Levy
County, Fla.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, January
29, 1856.
Republican. Porter
County Surveyor, 1887-88; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1901; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1902-04; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1926; Florida
Republican state chair, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1928,
1936
(alternate).
Died in Yankeetown, Levy
County, Fla., October
3, 1937 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) —
also known as Frederick P. Stanton —
of Tennessee.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December
22, 1814.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857.
Died near Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., June 4,
1894 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at South Lake Weir Cemetery.
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