Lee County
North Carolina
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Lee County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lee County
Index to Locations
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Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874-1947) —
also known as Frederick W. B. Coleman —
of Minnesota; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 17,
1874.
Son of Silas B. Coleman and Rebecca (Backus) Coleman.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Estonia, 1922-31; Latvia, 1922-31; Lithuania, 1922-31; Denmark, 1931-33.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 2,
1947 (age 72 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) —
also known as Edwin L. Gavin —
of Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., August
17, 1888.
Son of Edward Lewis Gavin and Minnie Irene (Darden) Gavin.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1919-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of peritonitis,
in Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 5,
1972 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Robert Lee Gavin (1916-1981) —
also known as Robert L. Gavin —
of Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born May 22,
1916.
Son of Edwin
Lee Gavin and Mamie (Caudle) Gavin (1890-1988).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1957-58;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1960, 1964.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., June 11,
1981 (age 65 years, 20
days).
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) —
also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell —
of Jonesboro, Lee
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Moore
County, N.C., October
30, 1864.
Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell and Jeanette Anne (Buie)
Seawell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913, 1915, 1931
(Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913, 1915, 1931); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1938; appointed 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Order of the
Coif; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society.
Interment at Buffalo Cemetery.
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