Wilkes County
North Carolina
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Wilkes County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wilkes County
Index to Locations
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James Wellborn (1767-1854) —
of North Carolina.
Born in 1767.
Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1795-1811, 1818-21, 1823-24, 1828-29,
1832, 1834; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Died near Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., 1854
(age about
87 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Tyre York (1836-1916) —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1836.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1883-85;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1884.
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Traphill Cemetery.
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Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 16,
1875.
Son of Calvin
Josiah Cowles and Ida Augusta (Holden) Cowles.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; private secretary to U.S. Rep. E.
Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11.
Died in Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., October
2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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James Linville Bumgarner, Jr. (1867-1941) —
also known as Linville Bumgarner —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Millers Creek, Wilkes
County, N.C., July 7,
1867.
Son of Rev. James L. Bumgarner and Phoebe Hincher Bumgarner.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1913;
member of North
Carolina state senate.
Baptist.
Died, of following an attack of
apoplexy (a stroke),
in Wilkes Hospital,
Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
1, 1941 (age 74 years, 117
days).
Interment at Mountain Park Cemetery.
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William Henry Harrison Cowles (1840-1901) —
also known as William H. H. Cowles —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C., April 22,
1840.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1885-93.
Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., December
30, 1901 (age 61 years, 252
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Richard Nathaniel Hackett (1866-1923) —
also known as Richard N. Hackett —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., December
4, 1866.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1907-09;
defeated, 1896, 1908.
Died in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., November
22, 1923 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.
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