Find A Grave - Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery

Brockenbrough, John White b. December 23, 1806 d. February 20, 1877
CSA Congressman, Educator. He was the founder of Washington and Lee Law School, and established the Lexington Law School in 1849. He became Judge of the United States District Court for Western District of Virginia, serving from 1846 to 1860, then served during the Civil War as a member of the Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1865. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Plot: marker #4
Brooke, John Mercer b. December 18, 1826 d. December 14, 1906
Confederate States Naval Commander, Inventor, Professor. He was born at an army base near Tampa, Florida. He entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1841 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1847. As a result of his surveying work, he invented a deep-sea sounding apparatus for mapping the ocean bottom. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1855, he was using his invention to survey North Pacific waters when the Civil War began. Resigning his commission on April 20, 1861, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Gilham, William b. January 31, 1818 d. November 16, 1872
Confederate officer, Civil War. Gilham was well known as the author of a popular book on military drill and tactics, and served as a Confederate Colonel during the war.
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Jackson, Mary Anna b. July 21, 1831 d. March 24, 1915
Author. Widow of General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. She wrote "Life and Letters of Stonewall Jackson" and "Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson." (Bio by: Paula Lucy Delosh)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' [body minus Arm] b. January 21, 1824 d. May 10, 1863
Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General. Born in what is now the state of West Virginia, in the town of Clarksburg to parents who unable to secure medical attention died literally as the result of extreme poverty. Orphaned, he was taken in and raised by an uncle. Desiring an education, he applied to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, realizing acceptance meant a free education. Though, ill-prepared, he applied himself and his grades improved each year resulting...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield (inactive))
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Plot: Under General Jackson Statue
Junkin, George b. November 1, 1790 d. May 20, 1868
Educator. He founded Lafayette College in Easton, the University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio (known as Miami of Ohio), and served as President of Washington College from 1846 to 1861 (now the present day Washington and Lee University ) in Lexington, Virginia. He was the father of Eleanor Junkin, the first wife of Confederate Civil War General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. (Bio by: Marvin Sport)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Lee, Edwin Gray b. May 27, 1836 d. August 24, 1870
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born at his family's estate, Leeland, in Loudoun City, Virginia, into the Virginia Lee Family, he was a second cousin of Robert E. Lee. He was graduated from William and Mary College, then attended Washington College, (now known as Washington and Lee), where he received his law degree in 1859. His wife was Susan Pendleton, daughter of future Confederate General William N. Pendleton. He entered Confederate service in April 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Letcher, John b. March 29, 1813 d. January 25, 1884
Civil War Virginia Governor, US Congressman. Born in Lexington, Virginia, after attending Randolph-Macon and Washington College, (now Washington and Lee), he graduated from the latter in 1833 and was admitted to the bar 6 years later. He was the editor of the Democratic “Valley Star” from 1839 to 1850, and was a supporter of states rights. At the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 to 1851, he played a major role in creating a new constitution. His popularity resulted in his being...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
McDowell, Charles b. June 24, 1926 d. November 5, 2010
Journalist. Writer of a nationally syndicated column for over 40 years, he will probably be better remembered as a regular panelist on the PBS series "Washington Week in Review". Raised in Lexington, Virginia, from early childhood, he graduated from Washington and Lee University and received a master's in journalism from Columbia University before joining the "Richmond Times Dispatch" in 1949. McDowell covered local stories until 1965 when he became his paper's Washington correspondent; he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
McDowell, James b. October 13, 1795 d. August 24, 1851
Virginia Governor, US Congressman. Born in Rockbridge County, he served as Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. He was then elected to represent Virginia's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1846 to 1851. The county of McDowell, West Virginia is named for him. (Bio by: Janet Greentree)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Moore, Andrew b. 1752 d. April 14, 1821
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Virginia's 2nd and 3rd Districts and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1797, and 1803 to 1804. Also served as Member of the Virginia State Legislature, and United States Senator from 1804 to 1809. (Bio by: K)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Moore, Samuel McDowell b. February 9, 1796 d. September 17, 1875
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 to 1835. Also served as a Delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861, and Member of the Virginia State Legislature.
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Paxton, Elisha Franklin 'Bull' b. March 24, 1828 d. May 3, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born at Rockbridge City, Virginia, he was a graduate of Washington College, (now Washington and Lee), and Yale University, and studied law at the University of Virginia, ranking 1st in his class. He began his legal practice in Ohio before settling in Lexington, Virginia, in 1854. 5 years later he abandoned his profession because of failing eyesight. When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, he enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Rockbridge Rifles, which...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Pendleton, Alexander Swift 'Sandie' b. September 28, 1840 d. September 23, 1864
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. His father was William Nelson Pendleton, a minister and future Confederate General, who settled his family in Maryland from 1844 to 1853. Educated at home and in a private school, at age 13 Alexander Pendleton enrolled in Washington College, (now Washington and Lee), at Lexington, Virginia, where his father had accepted a parish. An excellent student, he belonged to the same literary society as Thomas J. Jackson, then on the faculty of the Virginia Military...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Pendleton, William Nelson b. December 26, 1809 d. January 15, 1883
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he received his early education from private tutors. In 1826 he entered West Point, graduating 5th of 40 cadets in the class of 1830. Following 3 years in the army, he resigned to go into teaching. In 1838 he received ordination as an Episcopal rector and 15 years later became the minister of Grace Church in Lexington, Virginia, a post he held for the remainder of his life. He was 51 when the Civil War began, but despite his...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Preston, John Thomas Lewis b. April 25, 1811 d. July 15, 1890
Educator. He was the founder of the Virginia Military Institute in 1839 and one of its first professors. The Preston library at VMI is named for him. His wife, Margaret Junkin Preston is the famed "Poetess of the Confederacy". Her inspiration to write this poetry came at the expense of VMI being burned by Union troops in 1864. Margarets sister Eleanor, married Thomas Jackson on August 4, 1853. Preston was also a lawyer. When the Civil War broke out Preston oppossed secession and served under...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Plot: # 19
Preston, Margaret b. May 19, 1820 d. March 28, 1897
Author. Among her works are "Silverwood, a Book of Memories," "A Rhyme of the War," and "Old Songs and New." (Bio by: Laurie)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Robertson, Absalom Willis b. May 27, 1887 d. November 1, 1971
Major, World War I, 1917-1919; United States Representative from Virginia, 1933-1946; United States Senator from Virginia, 1946-1966; father of televangelist Pat Robertson.
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Shipp, Scott b. August 2, 1839 d. December 4, 1917
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, Educator. Born In Warrenton, Virginia and attended the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. He was Commandant of the Corps of Cadet and led them during the Battle of New Market. After graduating from VMI he became a professor of military tactics at V.M.I. In 1890 he became the Second Superintendant of VMI He also served on the Board of Visitor of the United State Military Academy and as President of the Board of the United States Naval Academy. (Bio by: S.G. Thompson)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Smith, Francis Henney b. October 18, 1812 d. March 21, 1890
Educator. He was the first Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. An 1833 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he served as an assistant Professor there from 1833 to 1836. at United State Military Academy. He then served as a Professor of mathematics at Hampden Sidney College from 1837 to 1839. He moved to Lexington, Virginia in 1839 to assist with the organization of the Virginia Military Institute, being appointed it's first superintendent. He served in that office for then...[Read More] (Bio by: S.G. Thompson)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington (Lexington City County), Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Plot: LAT: 37.78103 - LON: 79.44637

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