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Halifax County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Halifax County


Index to Locations

  • Berry Hill Family Graveyard
  • Private or family graveyards
  • Halifax St. John's Churchyard
  • South Boston Oak Ridge Cemetery


    Berry Hill Family Graveyard
    Halifax County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      James Coles Bruce (1806-1865) — of Halifax County, Va. Born January 26, 1806. Son of James Bruce (1763-1837) and Sarah 'Sally' (Coles) Bruce (1770-1806). Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Died March 28, 1865 (age 59 years, 61 days). Interment at Berry Hill Family Graveyard.
      Relatives: Married, July 21, 1829, to Eliza Douglas Wilkins (1809-1850).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Private or family graveyards
    Halifax County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Hamlet Averett (1800-1855) — of Virginia. Born near Halifax, Halifax County, Va., July 10, 1800. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate, 1848-49; U.S. Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1849-53; defeated, 1846, 1852. Died near Halifax, Halifax County, Va., June 30, 1855 (age 54 years, 355 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (1811-1883) — of Halifax County, Va.; Danville, Va. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 15, 1811. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1847-49; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1876. Died in Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1883 (age 71 years, 87 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. John's Churchyard
    Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Paul Carrington Edmunds (1836-1899) — also known as Paul C. Edmunds — of Halifax, Halifax County, Va. Born in Springwood Estate, Halifax County, Va., November 1, 1836. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia state senate, 1881-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1884; U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1889-95. Died in Houston, Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1899 (age 62 years, 131 days). Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Oak Ridge Cemetery
    South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) — also known as William M. Tuck — of South Boston, Halifax County, Va. Born near High Hill, Halifax County, Va., September 28, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia state senate, 1932-42; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1952; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of Virginia, 1946-50; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Woodmen; Moose; Redmen; Lions; Ruritan. Died June 9, 1983 (age 86 years, 254 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier


     

     


     
       
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