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• 15th Connecticut Infantry Monument 
  Erected in honor of the men of the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry regiment. (Bio by: Jim Dugan)
  New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
   
• 9th New Jersey Infantry Monument    b. 1905
  This monument, erected in 1905 by the regiment's survivors, commemorates the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, which served from October 1861 to July 1865. Although it was the last regiment from New Jersey to be fully recruited and equipped in 1861, it was the first to produce the state's first combat casualties of the Civil War, as well as its first Officer to die from wounds (Captain Joseph Henry of Company H), when it fought in the Battles on Roanoke Island, North Carolina in February 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Abernathy, Theodore Wade 'Ted'    b. March 6, 1933  d. December 16, 2004
  Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a pitcher for fourteen seasons (1955 to 1957, 1960, 1963 to 1972) with the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, and Kansas City Royals. One of the first pitchers to throw in the "submarine side-arm" fashion, he led the National League in Saves twice (1965 and 1967) while with the Cubs. He ended his career with a total of 148 Saves.
  Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Abernethy, Charles    b. March 18, 1872  d. February 23, 1955
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Samuel M. Brinson, serving from 1922 to 1935.
  Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Adams, Abigail 'Tommye'    b. January 11, 1922  d. February 13, 1955
  Actress. Born Margaret Thomas Adams in Greenville, South Carolina, she had a limited motion picture career, seeing only bit, uncredited roles in most of the 15 films she appeared in (she was only credited in 4 of those films). However, she gained renown for her many affairs with Hollywood notables, including an 11 year affair with entertainer George Jessel, and for her 1955 death from accidental overdose of barbiturates...[Read More]
  Evergreen Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Plot: Section 4-A, Lot 164, Grave 3
   
• Alexander, Mark    b. February 7, 1792  d. October 7, 1883
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Virginia's 18th and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1819 to 1833.
  Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Alexander, Nathaniel  b. March 5, 1756  d. March 7, 1808
  US Congressman, North Carolina Governor. He served as a surgeon during the American Revolution. After the war, he served in the state legislature from 1797 to 1802. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1805. He resigned to become the Governor of North Carolina in 1805, and died shortly after leaving office in 1807. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Old Settlers Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Alexander, Sydenham Benoni    b. December 8, 1840  d. June 14, 1921
  US Congressman. He enlisted in the Confederate Army upon the outbreak of the Civil War, rising to Captain and commander of Company K, 42nd North Carolina Infantry regiment. Late in the war he was detailed to serve as Inspector General on the staff of Confederate Major General Robert F. Hoke. Following the war, he served as a member of the North Carolina state senate before being elected to represent North Carolina's 6th...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Allen, Fulton 'Blind Boy Fuller'    b. July 10, 1907  d. February 13, 1941
  Blues Musician. He was one of the premier blues guitarist/singers of the first half of the Twentieth Century. Born to Calvin and Mary Jane Allen, he began his early career by playing at houseparties and on streetsides. He had completely lost his sight by the time he was 20 years old. In the mid 1930s, he journeyed to New York City where he recorded for the ARC Record label. He continued traveling and performing all the way from New York City to Memphis, often with the blues guitarist, Rev. Gary...[Read More]
  Grove Hill Cemetery, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
  Plot: Location of the Grave Within the Cemetery is Unknown [unmarked]
   
• Allen, Johnny   b. September 30, 1905  d. March 29, 1959
  Major League Baseball Player. The hot-tempered right-hander set American League records for highest winning percentage in a season at .938 when he was 15-1 for the Cleveland Indians in 1937 and for most consecutive wins with 17, from September 10, 1936 to September 30, 1937. He broke in by going 17-4 with a 3.70 earned run average for the New York Yankees in 1932. He followed with 15-7 in 1933, but missed time with an injury while going 5-2 in 1934. After posting a 13-6 record in 1935, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Alston, Tom E.    b. January 31, 1926  d. December 30, 1993
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a 6'5" firstbaseman playing for San Diego in the Pacific Coast League when his contract was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals. He made his major league debut on April 13, 1954, becoming the first African-American to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. He remained with the Cardinals through 1957 and hit .244 with 4 homeruns and 36 RBI's in his major league career. In 1990, Southern singer/songwriter and poet Bruce Piephoff recorded a song which told the...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis)
  New Goshen Methodist Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Alston, Willis  b. 1769  d. April 10, 1837
  US Congressman. He was a member of the North Carolina State House of Commons, 1790 to 1792 and served in the State Senate, 1794 to 1796. In 1799, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving until 1815. He was elected as a Republican to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, serving 1825 to 1831. Not a candidate for reelection, he engaged in agricultural pursuits on his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Butterwood Plantation, Littleton, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
  Plot: private burying ground
   
• Anderson, George Burgwyn    b. April 12, 1831  d. October 16, 1862
  Brigadier General, CSA. He was the oldest son of a North Carolina plantation owner. After finishing at the top of his class in high school, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina and while there received an appointment to the United States Military Academy. After finishing tenth in a class of forty-three in 1852 he was commissioned a second lieutenant with the 2nd US Dragoons and became a career military officer. He first went to California to assist in a survey before joining his...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  Cause of death: Shock, following amputation
  Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Andrews, Nate (Nathan Hardy)    b. September 30, 1913  d. April 26, 1991
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a right-handed pitcher with the St.Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants between 1937 and 1946. His greatest success came in 1943 and 1944 as a starting pitcher with the Boston Braves. In 1943 he won 14 games while losing 20 but had a very respectable ERA of 2.57. He followed that in 1944 with a won/loss record of 16-15 and an ERA of 3.22. He was a member of the National League All Star team in 1944. For his...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis)
  Rowland Cemetery, Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Armfield, Robert Franklin    b. July 9, 1829  d. November 9, 1898
  Civil War Confederate Army, US Congressman. Served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 38th North Carolina Infantry. Became a prominent lawyer after the war, and was elected to represent North Carolina’s 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. As a lawyer, collaborated in the defense of Tom Dula during Reconstruction days (The case inspired the folk song "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley.") (Bio by: Shiver)
  Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Arrington, Archibald Hunter  b. November 12, 1809  d. July 20, 1872
  US Congressman. He was a successful landowner when elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses, serving 1841 to 1845. A supporter of the Confederacy, he was a member of the North Carolina Secession Convention and served as a member of the First Confederate Congress in 1861. In 1866, he was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia, chairman of the court of common pleas in 1867 and commissioner for Nash County, North Carolina in 1868. After leaving...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Arrington Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
  Plot: family graveyard
   
• Ashe, John Baptiste    b. 1748  d. November 27, 1802
  US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1793. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State Legislature from 1784 to 1786, Delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina in 1787, and Member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1789. Ashe also served as a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. (Bio by: K)
  Churchyard Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Ashe, Samuel    b. March 24, 1725  d. February 3, 1813
  US Governor. Ashe served as the governor of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. Ashe County, North Carolina was named for him. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Ashe Cemetery, Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Ashe, Thomas Samuel    b. July 21, 1812  d. February 4, 1887
  US Politician. Ashe served under many positions including, Member of the North Carolina State Legislature in 1842, Member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1854, Delegate to North Carolina Secession Convention in 1861, Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864, Candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1868, United States Representatives from North Carolina for the 6th District from 1873 to 1877, and was an Associate Justice of the North Carolina...[Read More]
  Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, USA
   
• Ashe, William Shepperd    b. August 12, 1813  d. September 14, 1862
  US Congressman. Ashe was a member of the North Carolina state senate (1846). He was then elected as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina in 1849, and remained in office until 1855. He served as a major in the Confederate Army. During the Civil War, Ashe was in charge of all rail transportation east of the Mississipi. He died in 1862 in a railroad accident. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Ashe Cemetery, Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, USA
   

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