The Political Graveyard: Franklin County, N.C.

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Franklin County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Louisburg Unknown location

Louisburg Oaklawn Cemetery

Private or family graveyard
Franklin County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., September 9, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of Bristoe Station, and died while a prisoner of war, at Alexandria, Va., October 13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Distant cousin of Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870). See Ruffin-Thomas family of North Carolina.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Unknown Location
Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Walter Bickett (1869-1921) — also known as Thomas W. Bickett — of Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., February 28, 1869. Son of Thomas W. Bickett and Mary A. (Covington) Bickett. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1907-08; North Carolina state attorney general, 1909-17; Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died December 28, 1921 (age 52 years, 303 days). Interment somewhere.

		Relatives: Married, November 29, 1898, to Fannie N. Yarborough.
		See also National Governors Association biography

Oaklawn Cemetery
Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Jonathan Davis (1828-1892) — of North Carolina. Born near Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., April 13, 1828. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1875-81. Died in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., August 7, 1892 (age 64 years, 116 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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