The Political Graveyard: Wayne County, N.C.

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Wayne County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wayne County

Index to Locations

Willowdale Cemetery
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) — also known as Kenneth C. Royall — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., July 24, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., May 25, 1971 (age 76 years, 305 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Margaret Best Royall; father of Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Jr.. See Royall family of North Carolina.
		See also Wikipedia article

Curtis Hooks Brogden (1816-1901) — also known as Curtis H. Brogden — of Wayne County, N.C. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., November 6, 1816. Republican. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1840; member of North Carolina state senate, 1868; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1873-74; Governor of North Carolina, 1874-77; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1877-79. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., January 5, 1901 (age 84 years, 60 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

William Theophilus Dortch (1824-1889) — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born near Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., August 23, 1824. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1852-60; Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876; member of North Carolina state senate, 1879-85. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., November 21, 1889 (age 65 years, 90 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

George Ezekial Hood (1875-1960) — also known as George E. Hood — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born near Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., January 25, 1875. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1901; mayor of Goldsboro, N.C., 1901-07; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1915-19. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., March 8, 1960 (age 85 years, 43 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) — also known as Albert L. Cox — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 1, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940, 1944, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

Margaret Best Royall — also known as Mrs. Kenneth Royall — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944 (alternate), 1948. Female. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Kenneth Claiborne Royall; mother of Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Jr.. See Royall family of North Carolina.

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