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Nottoway County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nottoway County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Blackstone Lake View Cemetery
  • Burkeville Presbyterian Churchyard


    Private or family graveyard
    Nottoway County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Allen Watson (1867-1919) — also known as Walter A. Watson — of Jennings Ordinary, Nottoway County, Va. Born in Nottoway County, Va., November 25, 1867. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate, 1891-95; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; circuit judge in Virginia, 1904-12; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1913-19; died in office 1919. Died in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1919 (age 52 years, 29 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Lake View Cemetery
    Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Sydney Parham Epes (1865-1900) — of Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va. Born near Nottoway Court House (now Nottoway), Nottoway County, Va., August 20, 1865. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1891-92; register of the Virginia Land Office, 1895-97; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1897-1900; died in office 1900. Died in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1900 (age 34 years, 195 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of James Fletcher Epes and William Bacon Oliver. See Epes-Oliver family of Virginia.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Fletcher Epes (1842-1910) — also known as James F. Epes — of Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va. Born near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va., May 23, 1842. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1891-95. Died near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va., August 24, 1910 (age 68 years, 93 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Sydney Parham Epes. See Epes-Oliver family of Virginia.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Presbyterian Churchyard
    Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel McLean (1826-1877) — of Bannock, Beaverhead County, Mont. Born in Summit Hill, Carbon County, Pa., August 7, 1826. Democrat. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1865-67. Died in Burkeville, Nottoway County, Va., January 16, 1877 (age 50 years, 162 days). Interment at Presbyterian Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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