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Fredericksburg city
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fredericksburg city


Index to Locations

  • Fredericksburg Citizens Cemetery
  • Fredericksburg City Cemetery
  • Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery
  • Fredericksburg Fredericksburg City and Confederate Cemetery
  • Fredericksburg Oak Hill Cemetery


    Citizens Cemetery
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      James Beverley Sener (1837-1903) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, May 18, 1837. Republican. U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1873-75. Died November 18, 1903 (age 66 years, 184 days). Interment at Citizens Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    City Cemetery
    Washington Avenue
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) — also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Franklin Winterbothm — of Maryland; Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, N.J., June 11, 1888. Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm. Stenographer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1925, 1926-27; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1929; Amoy, 1932; Stockholm, 1938; Niagara Falls, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curacao, 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died July 8, 1952 (age 64 years, 27 days). Interment at City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm; step-son of George L. Franklin; married, June 11, 1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson.


    Confederate Cemetery
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Elliott Muse Braxton (1823-1891) — of Virginia. Born in Mathews, Mathews County, Va., October 8, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state senate, 1852-56; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1871-73. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., October 2, 1891 (age 67 years, 359 days). Interment at Confederate Cemetery.
      Relatives: Great-grandson of Carter Braxton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Fredericksburg City and Confederate Cemetery
    William Street & Washington Avenue
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900) — also known as Dabney H. Maury — of Virginia. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., May 21, 1822. Son of John Minor Maury (1795-1823) and Elizabeth (Herndon) Maury. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1886-89. His left arm was crippled by a Mexican War injury. Founder in 1868 of the Southern Historical Society. Died in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., January 11, 1900 (age 77 years, 235 days). Interment at Fredericksburg City and Confederate Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandnephew of James Maury; son of John Minor Maury (1795-1823) and Elizabeth (Herndon) Maury; second cousin once removed of Abram Poindexter Maury; second cousin of John Walker Maury; second cousin twice removed of Fontaine Maury Maverick; second cousin thrice removed of Fontaine Maury Maverick, Jr.. See Maury-Maverick family of Texas.


    Oak Hill Cemetery
    1902 Plank Road
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles O'Conor Goolrick (1876-1960) — also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 25, 1876. Son of John Tackett Goolrick (1843-1925) and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick (1849-1929). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1908; member of Virginia state senate, 1915, 1923; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died June 4, 1960 (age 83 years, 192 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Third great-grandson of George Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason; son of John Tackett Goolrick (1843-1925) and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick (1849-1929); married, May 25, 1910, to Nannie Ficklen (1879-1961). See Mason family of Virginia.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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