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Britt, James Jefferson b. March 4, 1861 d. December 26, 1939
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1917, then again in 1919. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Brown, John b. August 12, 1772 d. October 12, 1845
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1825. After leaving office, he moved to North Carolina where he pursued farming and real estate. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Clingman, Thomas Lanier b. July 27, 1812 d. November 3, 1897
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, Senator and US Congressman. He was a member of the North Carolina State Senate when elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving, 1843 to 1845. In 1847, he was reelected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1858. In 1858, he was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served until he resigned to support North Carolina seceding from the Union in 1861. During the Civil War, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Craig, Locke b. August 16, 1860 d. June 9, 1924
North Carolina Governor. He served as Governor of North Carolina from 1913 to 1917. Because of his efforts to protect the state's mountains, in 1947, Mount Craig (North Carolina's second highest peak) was named in his honor. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: Section S7
Davidson, Allen Turner b. May 9, 1819 d. January 24, 1905
CSA Congressman. During the Civil War, he served as a Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Gudger Jr., James Madison b. October 22, 1855 d. February 29, 1920
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1907, then again from 1911 to 1915. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Henry (Porter), O. (William Sidney) b. September 11, 1862 d. June 5, 1910
Author. Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of physician Algernon Sidney Porter. His mother died when Porter was three and he was placed in the care of his paternal grandmother. He left school at fifteen and began work in his uncle's pharmacy where he became a licensed pharmacist. He later moved to Houston, and then to Austin, Texas. After a series of jobs, in 1891 he became a teller with the First National Bank in Austin where he was charged with embezzling funds, a charge some still...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Johnston, Thomas Dillard b. April 10, 1840 d. June 22, 1902
US Congressman. During the Civil War he joined "the Rough and Ready Guards" of Buncombe County, which became part of Company F, 14th North Carolina Infantry regiment. Starting as a Sergeant, he eventually rose to the rank of Captain and commander of the company. At the July 1, 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, he was critically wounded three times. After recovering, he became Quartermaster on the staff of Colonel W. C. Walker. Following the war, he served as the mayor of Ashville, North Carolina in...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Lee, Charles Cochrane [cenotaph] d. July 30, 1862
Civil War Union Army Officer. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1856, and was assigned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Ordnance Department. Serving in that branch for the next three years, he resigned from the Army on July 31, 1859. When the Civil war started, he was residing in his native North Carolina, and offered his services to the new Confederacy. Mustered into the 1st North Carolina Infantry regiment, he participated in the conflict's first...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Martin, James G. b. February 14, 1819 d. October 4, 1878
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, he graduated from West Point in 1840 and was commissioned an officer in the 1st US Artillery. He served in the Mexican War where he lost his right arm and for his performance was brevetted Major. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he resigned his commission and offered his services to North Carolina. In September 1861, he was appointed Brigadier General commander-in-chief of the Confederate North Carolina State...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
McGonnigle, Andrew Jackson b. March 4, 1829 d. January 25, 1901
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Colonel in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Captain for action on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Virginia. His citation reads "While acting as chief quartermaster of Gen. Sheridan's forces operating in the Shenandoah Valley, McGonnigle was severely wounded while voluntarily leading a brigade of infantry and was commended for the greatest galantry by Gen. Sheridan." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 21
Pearson, Richmond b. January 26, 1852 d. September 12, 1923
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1901. Following his congressional service, he served as a United States Minister to Persia from 1902 to 1907, to Greece from 1907 to 1909, and to Montenegro from 1907 to 1909. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Pritchard, Jeter Connelly b. July 12, 1857 d. April 10, 1921
US Senator. He was elected as a Senator from North Carolina to the United States Seante, serving from 1895 to 1903. He then served as a Federal Judge until his death in 1921. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Redfern, George Howard 'Buck' b. April 7, 1902 d. September 8, 1964
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he was a utility infielder making his debut for the Chicago White Sox on April 11, 1928 and played for the team for two seasons, (1928-29). He ended his career with a record of 67 hits, 22 runs scored, 38 runs batted in and a .218 batting average. He die at age 62 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Reynolds, Robert Rice b. June 18, 1884 d. February 13, 1963
US Senator.
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Shuford, George Adams b. September 5, 1895 d. December 8, 1962
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1953 until 1959, when he retired from Congress due to ill health. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Stringfield, Lamar b. October 10, 1897 d. January 21, 1959
Composer. Composed symphonic works based on American folklore, including the orchestral suite "From the Southern Mountains." (Bio by: Laurie)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Vance, Robert Brank b. April 24, 1828 d. November 28, 1899
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, US Congressman. Prior to the Civil War, he was a clerk of the court of pleas in North Carolina, 1848 to 1856. During the Civil War, he served as Colonel of the 29th North Carolina Regiment and was appointed Brigadier General in 1863, serving until the war's end. In 1873, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congess and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1885. Not a candidate for renomination, he served in the North Carolina State...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Vance, Zebulon Baird b. May 13, 1830 d. April 14, 1894
United States Representative from North Carolina, 1858-1861; served in Confederate Army, Civil War; Governor of North Carolina, 1862-1865; arrested and imprisoned in Washington, D. C., for Confederate activities, 1865; again Governor of North Carolina, 1876-1878; United States Senator from North Carolina, 1879-1894; his funeral services were held in the chamber of the United States Senate.
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Weaver, Zebulon b. May 12, 1872 d. October 29, 1948
US Congressman. He graduated from Weaver College in 1889, studied law at the University of North Carolina, and became an attorney in Asheville in 1894. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909, and the North Carolina Senate from 1913 to 1915. In 1916 he appeared to be the successful Democratic nominee against Congressman James J. Britt for a seat in the US House of Representatives and served all but three days of his term, March 4, 1917 to March 1, 1919. Weaver...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

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