Browse by Cemetery: Shockoe Hill Cemetery

16 records found

Filter by fame level: All Famous NamesSomewhat FamousVery Famous

Attention:You are browsing our famous burial locations. If you are
looking for a non-famous grave, please start from our home page.

• Allan, Frances Keeling 'Fanny'    b. February 14, 1784  d. February 28, 1829
  Literary Folk Figure. She was the foster mother and first teacher of, and arguably the only positive influence on, Edgar Allan Poe. The child a noted Richmond family, Frances married Scottish immigrant merchant John Allan on Febuary 5, 1803. Much to Frances' sadness the marriage remained childless, with a large dose of resentment as well since Allan was supporting one or more illegitimate children in Richmond. During actress Eliza Poe's terminal illness in the fall of 1811 she arranged for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Botts, John Minor   b. September 16, 1802  d. January 8, 1869
  United States Representative from Virginia, 1839-1843 and 1847-1849; delegate to the Convention of Southern Loyalists, 1866.
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Cabell, William H.    b. December 16, 1772  d. January 12, 1853
  Governor of Virginia, 1805-1808; Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals, 1811-1831; Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 1831-1852. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Ellis, Powhatan    b. January 17, 1790  d. March 18, 1863
  United States Senator from Mississippi, 1825-1826 and 1827-1832; United States District Court Judge, Mississippi, 1832-1836; United States Minister to Mexico, 1839-1842.
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Francisco, Peter    b. 1760  d. January 16, 1831
  Revolutionary War hero. Born in Portugal, he was found, by the docks, abandoned at about the age of five in what is now Hopewell, Virginia. He became an indentured servant. He was said to have grown to a height of 6'6". At the age of 15 he was permitted to enlist, in 1776, as a private in the 10th Virginia Regiment. He re-enlisted two more times and was injured at least four times, once being left for dead. His feats were legendary. He reportedly picked up a one thousand pound cannon and hauled...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Gregory, John Munford    b. July 8, 1804  d. April 9, 1884
  Virginia Governor. Served as the Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843. Also served as a Member of the Virginia State House of Delegates from 1831 to 1840, and State Court Judge.
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Hooper, Johnson Jones    b. July 9, 1815  d. 1862
  Author, Editor and Politician. He is best known as a humorist. He moved from North Carolina to Alabama at age twenty. His first published work was "Taking the Census in Alabama" in 1843. He became nationally known as the creator of Simon Suggs in 1844. Mark Twain later used that character as a role model for some of his work. Included in Hooper's works are "Some Adventures of Simon Suggs", "Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers" and "The Widow Rugby's Husband". He was the Editor of the "East...[Read More] (Bio by: George Seitz)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Leigh, Benjamin Watkins    b. June 18, 1781  d. February 2, 1849
  US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Virginia to the United States Senate, serving from 1834 to 1836. He fought in the War of 1812, and prepared the revised Code of Virginia in 1810. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Leigh Jr., Benjamin Watkins    b. January 18, 1831  d. July 3, 1863
  Civil War Confederate Army Officer. A major in the Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War, he was one of the soldiers who carried the injured Stonewall Jackson from the battlefield during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was the son of Senator Benjamin W. Leigh of Virginia. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Marshall, John    b. September 24, 1755  d. July 6, 1835
  US Supreme Court Justice. He fought in the American Revolution as a young officer under George Washington; served briefly in Congress in 1799; was Secretary of State under President John Adams 1800-1801; became Chief Justice of the United States in 1801, a position he held until his death. He died in Philadelphia where he was undergoing medical treatment. His decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison became the foundation of judicial power in America. He is now universally known as the...[Read More]
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• McCarty, William Mason   b. 1789  d. December 20, 1863
  Governor of Florida Territory, 1827; United States Representative from Virginia, 1840-1841. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Moore, Patrick Theodore    b. September 22, 1821  d. February 19, 1883
  Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a Captain in the Virginia State Militia when appointed Colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry in August 1861. During the battle of the First Bull Run he received a head wound which precluded further front line service. After he recovered, he served as aide to Confederate General J. E. Johnston in Peninsula Campaign and aide to General Longstreet in Seven Days Campaign. Promoted Brigadier General in September 1864, for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Patton, John Mercer    b. August 10, 1797  d. October 29, 1858
  United States Representative from Virginia, 1830-1838; Governor of Virginia, 1841; great-grandfather of George Smith Patton, Jr.
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Shelton, Elmira    b. 1810  d. February 11, 1888
  Literary Folk Figure. The first and last romantic attachment of Edgar Allan Poe, she was the probable subject of several of his poems. Born Sarah Elmira Royster she was raised and in Richmond, Virginia, by a well off family and first met Poe in 1825; though only in their mid-teens the pair formed an attachment and were secretly engaged. Elmira's father, however, was quite opposed to the match as he had learned that Poe was to be disinherited by his wealthy stepfather John Allan. When Poe left...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Van Lew, Elizabeth 'Crazy Bet'    b. October 12, 1818  d. September 25, 1900
  Civil War Union Spy. Born in New York, she was educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of Richmond, Virginia, most of her life. An ardent abolitionist, locals believed that no sane Virginian could be so vocal in her sympathy with the North; an opinion that shielded her from suspicion of espionage. Known as "Crazy Bet" by Richmond residents, she was regarded as a silly, hysterical woman. All the while, she was secretly writing to Federal officials, giving them valuable...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   
• Wickham, John    b. June 6, 1763  d. January 17, 1839
  Attorney. He was a respected Virginia lawyer for many years. Raised in New York City by a British Loyalist family, he studied at the Military Academy in Arras, France, before returning to America. During the American Revolution he was arrested as a British spy on orders from Governor Thomas Jefferson and tried but acquitted. After the war he settled in Williamsburg, Virginia, and received a law degree from William and Mary College; Wickham moved to Richmond, Virgina, in 1790 and quickly...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
   

16 records found