The Political Graveyard: Lee County, Va.

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Lee County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lee County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Ewing Richmond Cemetery

Jonesville Hill Cemetery

Private or family graveyard
Lee County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Campbell Slemp (1839-1907) — of Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va. Born in Virginia, 1839. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1903-07; died in office 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1904. Died in 1907 (age about 68 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Father of Campbell Bascom Slemp.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Richmond Cemetery
Ewing, Lee County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899-1980) — also known as Thomas B. Fugate — of Lee County, Va. Born near Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tenn., April 10, 1899. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1944; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1945; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1949-53. Member, Farm Bureau. Died in Ewing, Lee County, Va., September 22, 1980 (age 81 years, 165 days). Interment at Richmond Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Hill Cemetery
Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore (1837-1900) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1837. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1877-79. Died in 1900 (age about 63 years). Interment at Hill Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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