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Tazewell County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tazewell County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Near Bluefield Maplewood Cemetery
  • Tazewell Jeffersonville Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Tazewell County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Rees Tate Bowen (1809-1879) — of Virginia. Born near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., January 10, 1809. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1863-65; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1873-75. Died near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., August 29, 1879 (age 70 years, 231 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Father of Henry Bowen. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Maplewood Cemetery
    Near Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) — also known as George C. Peery — of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va. Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Va., October 28, 1873. Son of James Peery (M.D.) and Mary Letitia (Spotts) Peery. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; vice-president, Norton Hardware Company; director of coal mining companies and a railroad; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920, 1924; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of Virginia, 1934-38. Methodist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Richlands, Tazewell County, Va., October 14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, June 19, 1907, to Nancy Bane Gillespie.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
      William Mitchell (1887-1968) — also known as Billy Mitchell — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Born in Richmond, Va., March 29, 1887. Son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; salesman; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Died October 22, 1968 (age 81 years, 207 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, February 27, 1936, to Mae Holbrook (1900-1991).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Jeffersonville Cemetery
    Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Henry Bowen (1841-1915) — of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va. Born near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., December 26, 1841. Son of Rees Tate Bowen. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1883-85, 1887-89. Died near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., April 29, 1915 (age 73 years, 124 days). Interment at Jeffersonville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of William Bowen Campbell; son of Rees Tate Bowen; nephew of John Warfield Johnston. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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