Hollywood Cemetery is a large, sprawling

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

located next to Richmond, Virginia's

Oregon Hill Oregon Hill is a historic working-class neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. Oregon Hill overlooks the James River and Belle Isle, and provides access to Hollywood Cemetery. Due to the neighborhood's proximity to the Monroe Park Campus of Vi ...

neighborhood at 412 South Cherry Street. Characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River, it is the resting place of two

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and

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, as well as the only Confederate States President, Jefferson Davis. It is also the resting place of 28 Confederate generals, more than any other cemetery in the country; these include

George Pickett George Edward Pickett (January 16,Military records cited by Eicher, p. 428, and Warner, p. 239, list January 28. The memorial that marks his gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery lists his birthday as January 25. Thclaims to have accessed the baptism ...

and

J.E.B. Stuart James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833May 12, 1864) was a United States Army officer from Virginia who became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb,” from the initials of ...

History

The land that Hollywood Cemetery currently stands on was once part of William Byrd III's estate. Later, it was owned by the Harvie family and was known as "Harvie's Woods." William H. Haxall was one of the original founders of Hollywood Cemetery. In the spring of 1847, two citizens of Richmond, Joshua J. Fry and William H. Haxall, while on a visit to Boston, visited Mount Auburn Cemetery, a beautiful cemetery near that city. They were impressed by the solemn grandeur of the place and resolved that they would, on their return to Richmond, propose the establishment of a

rural cemetery A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries. They were typically built one to five ...

near the city. It was through their original efforts and the subsequent cooperation of local citizens that Hollywood Cemetery was created. On June 3, 1847, Haxall, Fry, William Mitchell Jr., and Isaac Davenport Sr. purchased from Lewis E. Harvie, who sold under a deed of trust from Jacqueline B. Harvie for the sum of $4,075, a certain portion of the lots or parcels of land in the town of Sydney, in the County of Henrico, together with "the privileges and appurtenances to the belonging, which said portion is adjoining to Clarkes Spring and contains by survey forty-two acres, three roods, but of which one rood, known as Harvie's rood, or graveyard, with free ingress and egress to the said graveyard is reserved." This purchase was made with the design of establishing a rural cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery was designed as a garden cemetery, or park cemetery, which was the trend at the time borrowed from the French in an effort to provide more green space in urban areas.In the late 1840s, William Haxall, William Mitchell Jr. and Joshua Fry hired

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(architect of

Laurel Hill Cemetery Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. The cemetery is ...

in Philadelphia) to design the cemetery in the rural garden style. Its name, "Hollywood," came from the holly trees dotting the hills of the property. Oliver P. Baldwin delivered the dedication address in 1849.

was reinterred from

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to the "President's Circle" section of Hollywood cemetery on July 4, 1858, due to the efforts of Governor Henry A. Wise. In 1869, a high granite

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designed by Charles H. Dimmock was built as a memorial to the more than 18,000 enlisted men of the Confederate Army buried in the cemetery. It was a project supported by the Hollywood Ladies Memorial Association, a group of Southern women dedicated to honoring and caring for the burial sites of fallen Confederate soldiers. The placing of the capstone at the top of the pyramid has been a source of legend for Richmonders. The legend states that, as it was nearing completion, no one could determine how to place the capstone atop the lofty 90-foot pyramid. Thomas Stanley, a criminal in the work gang building the pyramid, proposed and executed the solution, which involved a dangerous climb to the top. In retellings, locals say Stanley was freed due to his heroic contribution. The only evidence of this is a note reading "transferred" added to the release box of Stanley's prison schedule. This note could be interpreted as an attempt to obscure the extrajudicial granting of his freedom or that he was simply moved to a different prison or project. The pyramid became a symbol of the Hollywood Memorial Association, appearing on its stationery as well as on the front of a pamphlet of buried soldiers, the ''Register of the Confederate Dead''. In 1890, a chapel was constructed next to the entrance of the cemetery. This chapel now serves as the cemetery office. In 1915, the original entrance was closed and the present one was opened to better facilitate cars. Interior of Palmer Chapel, Hollywood Cemetery

Interior of Palmer Chapel, Hollywood Cemetery

The Palmer Chapel Mausoleum was built 1992, adding 730 crypts for caskets and 160 cremation niches. Hollywood Cemetery is one of Richmond's major tourist attractions. There are many local

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s surrounding certain

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s and grave sites in the cemetery, including one about a little girl and the black iron statue of a dog standing watch over her grave. Other notable legends rely on ghosts haunting the many mausoleums. One of the most well-known of these is the legend of the

Richmond Vampire The Richmond Vampire (also called locally the Hollywood Vampire) is a recent urban legend from Richmond, Virginia. Local residents claim that the mausoleum of W. W. Pool (Dated 1913) in Hollywood Cemetery holds the remains of a vampire. Suppose ...

. A place rich in history, legend, and

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landscape, Hollywood Cemetery is also frequented by many of the local students attending

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Confederate Memorial Day

In the 1870s, the South was crumbling, and southerners yearned to preserve their culture and heritage. One preservation effort was Confederate Memorial Day, a series of celebrations that “became imbued with cultural and religious symbolism that underscored the gravity of what it meant to be a southerner.” Though some of these celebrations were ornate with speeches, poems, and prayers, the ones at Hollywood Cemetery were simple, and ultimately set the trend for future celebrations: a modest procession to the cemetery and decoration of the graves. Young men would also recreate Thomas Stanley's heroic act and climb the monument to hang a wreath from the top. Though simple, it is estimated that around 20,000 people attended the first Confederate Memorial Day at Hollywood Cemetery in 1866.

List of notable interments and their families

(Note: This is a partial list.) Use the following alphabetical links to find names.

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Alden Aaroe Alden Peterson Aaroe (May 5, 1918 – July 7, 1993) was a broadcast journalist and announcer for WRVA, a radio station in Richmond, Virginia. Career Before coming to WRVA, Aaroe was a newscaster at WCHV in Charlottesville, Virginia, 1939–1941 ...

(1918–1993), broadcast journalist * Carl William Ackerman (1890–1970), journalist, author and educational administrator, the first dean of the

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Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson Adeline Detroit Wood "A. D." Atkinson (July 30, 1841 – December 11, 1916) was an American hotel manager, hotelier. Early life Adeline Detroit Wood was born on July 30, 1841, to Sarah Ann (née White) and William Wood in Bedford County, Virgin ...

(1841–1916), hotelier and proprietor of Hotel Richmond * Joseph R. Anderson (1813–1892), civil engineer, industrialist, soldier * T. Coleman Andrews (1899–1983),

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, presidential candidate of the State's Rights Democratic Party in 1956 * James J. Archer (1817–1864), Confederate General, American Civil War * Grace Evelyn Arents (1848–1926), philanthropist, niece of Lewis Ginter

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William Barret William Barret ('' fl''. 1595) was an English divine. Life He matriculated as a pensioner of Trinity College, Cambridge, on 1 February 1579–80. He proceeded to his M.A. degree in 1588, and was soon afterwards elected fellow of Caius College. ...

(1786–1871), businessman, tobacco manufacturer in his time considered to have been the wealthiest man in Richmond * Lloyd James Beall (1808–1887), American military officer and paymaster of U.S. Army, Colonel Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps for the entire length of the War * Frederic W. Boatwright (1868–1951), President of the University of Richmond (1895–1946) * Kate Langley Bosher (1865–1932), author, suffragette *

John Fulmer Bright John Fulmer Bright (November 17, 1877 – December 29, 1953) was an American politician and physician. Bright received an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia in 1898. He sat in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the city of Rich ...

(1877–1953), politician, physician * John M. Brockenbrough (1830–1892), Confederate Army colonel and brigade commander at Gettysburg *

Dave Brockie David Murray Brockie (August 30, 1963 – March 23, 2014) was a Canadian-American musician, who was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, in which he performed as Oderus Urungus. He performed as a bassist and lead singer in the b ...

(1963–2014) musician, painter, author, and actor. Brockie portrayed Oderus Urungus, lead singer of the band

Gwar Gwar, often stylized as GWAR, is an American heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc. After th ...

* Benjamin Thomas Brockman (1831–1864), merchant and Confederate officer

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James Branch Cabell James Branch Cabell (; April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and ''belles-lettres''. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His work ...

(1879–1958), fantasy fiction novelist * James E. Cannon (1873–1942), Virginia state senator (1914–23) * John Samuels Caskie (1821–1869), U.S. Congressman (1851–59) * Ralph T. Catterall (1897–1978), judge, Virginia State Corporation Commission (1949–73) * Robert H. Chilton (1815–1879), US Army Officer, Confederate General, American Civil War * Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861), Confederate General, American Civil War * Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896), Confederate Civil War general and VMI professor * Asbury Christian Compton (1929–2006), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1974–2000) *

John Rogers Cooke John Rogers Cooke (June 9, 1833 – April 10, 1891) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union general Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart. Early and fa ...

(1833–1891), Confederate General, American Civil War * Edward Cooper (1873–1928), U.S. Congressman (1915–19) *

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (June 5, 1825 – February 12, 1903) was an American Democratic politician from Alabama who served in the state legislature and US Congress. He also served as an officer of the Confederate States Army in the American C ...

(1825–1903), U.S. and Confederate Congressman, Civil War veteran, and President of Howard College in Alabama and Richmond College in Virginia. His statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol

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Virginius Dabney Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 – December 28, 1995) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the '' Richmond Times-Dispatch ''from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books. Dabney won the Pulitzer Prize for edi ...

(1901–1995) author, journalist, editor of the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' from 1936 to 1969, Pulitzer Prize winner * Peter V. Daniel (1784–1860), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice *

Robert Williams Daniel Robert Williams Daniel (September 11, 1884 – December 20, 1940) was an American banker who survived the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' in 1912, and later became a gentleman farmer and served in the Virginia Senate. Early and family life ...

(1884–1940), Virginia State Senator and

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survivor. Father of Robert Daniel * Robert Daniel (1936–2012), U.S. Representative from Virginia. Son of

* Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America * Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (1864–1898), author, daughter of Jefferson Davis * Varina Howell Davis, (1826–1906), author best known as First Lady of the CSA, wife of Jefferson Davis *

Hal Douglas Harold Douglas (born Harold Cohen; September 1, 1924 – March 7, 2014) was an American voice actor best known for performing thousands of voice-overs for movie trailers, television commercials, and stage plays over the course of a six-decade car ...

(1924–2014), radio and television voice over artist

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Edward Edmonds Edward Claxton Edmonds (January 21, 1835 – July 3, 1863) was an American military teacher and colonel in the Confederate Army during American Civil War. He commanded the 38th Virginia Infantry and was killed near Gettysburg when he led the regim ...

(1835–1863), Confederate Colonel of the

38th Virginia Infantry The 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 38th Virginia was organized ...

, killed-in-action during

Pickett's Charge Pickett's Charge (July 3, 1863), also known as the Pickett–Pettigrew–Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George G. Meade's Union positions on the last day of the ...

* Tazewell Ellett (1856–1914), U.S. Representative from Virginia * James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1906–18)

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Douglas Southall Freeman Douglas Southall Freeman (May 16, 1886 – June 13, 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, radio commentator, and author. He is best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E. Lee and George Washington, for both ...

(1886–1953), journalist and historian; author of definitive biographies of George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee; namesake of a local high school

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* Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general killed during Battle of Gettysburg * Julian Vaughan Gary (1892–1973), Member United States Congress (1945–65) *

Robert Atkinson Gibson Robert Atkinson Gibson (July 9, 1846 – February 17, 1919) was the sixth Episcopal bishop of Virginia. Biography Early life Robert Atkinson Gibson was born in Petersburg, Virginia to the founder and long-time rector of Grace Church, Rev. Churc ...

(d. 1919), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1902–19) *

Lewis Ginter Major Lewis Ginter (April 4, 1824 – October 2, 1897) was a prominent businessman, financier, military officer, real estate developer, and philanthropist centered in Richmond, Virginia. A native of New York City, Ginter accumulated a considerabl ...

(1824–1897), tobacco executive, philanthropist *

Ellen Glasgow Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel ''In This Our Life''. She published 20 novels, as well as short stories, to critical ac ...

(1873–1945), Pulitzer Prize winning novelist * Thomas Christian Gordon, Jr. (1915–2003), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1965–1972) *

Peachy R. Grattan Peachy Ridgway Grattan (November 17, 1801 – September 8, 1881) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and for 37 years reporter of opinions issued by the Virginia Supreme Court. Elected in July 1865 to represent City of Richmond in the Virginia ...

(1801–1881), lawyer and law reporter * Charles Philip Gruchy (died 1921), Private, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry – only British Commonwealth war grave in the cemetery *

Walter Gwynn Walter Gwynn (February 22, 1802 – February 6, 1882 ) was an American civil engineer and soldier who became a Virginia Provisional Army general and North Carolina militia brigadier general in the early days of the American Civil War in 186 ...

(1802–1882), Confederate Brigadier General

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* James Dandridge Halyburton (1803–1879), U.S. and Confederate judge, Eastern District of Virginia (1843–65) * David Bullock Harris (1814–1864), Confederate Colonel *

John Harvie John Harvie (1742 – February 6, 1807) was an American Founding Father, lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation, in 1777 and 1778. He was a successful ...

(1742–1807), lawyer and builder, delegate to the Continental Congress, Signer of The Articles of Confederation * William Wirt Henry (1831–1900), lawyer, member of the General Assembly of Va., president of the Am. Historical Association (1890–91) *

Henry Heth Henry Heth ( not ) (December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He came to the notice of Robert E. Lee while serving briefly as his quartermast ...

(1825–1899), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general, participated at the Battle of Gettysburg * Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (1825–1865), Confederate General *

Eppa Hunton Eppa Hunton II (September 24, 1822October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a Democrat in both the United States ...

(1822–1908), U.S. Representative and Senator, Confederate brigadier general * Eppa Hunton Jr. (1855–1932), lawyer, member of the House of Delegates, president of the Virginia Bar Association *

Eppa Hunton IV Eppa Hunton IV (July 31, 1904 – November 23, 1976) was an American lawyer. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he graduated from the University of Virginia and its law school before returning to his hometown, where, excepting his overseas mili ...

(1904–1976), lawyer, rector of Virginia Commonwealth University

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John D. Imboden John Daniel Imboden (; February 16, 1823August 15, 1895), American lawyer, Virginia state legislator, and a Confederate army general. During the American Civil War, he commanded an irregular cavalry force. After the war, he resumed practicing la ...

(1823–1895), lawyer, teacher, Virginia legislator, Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter

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* Edward Johnson (1816–1873), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general, American Civil War *

Mary Johnston Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Jo ...

(1870–1936), novelist and women's rights advocate *

David Rumph Jones David Rumph Jones (April 5, 1825 – January 15, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early life Jones was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. By his marriage to Sarah Taylor, daughter of Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, ...

(1825–1863), U.S Army officer and Confederate General, American Civil War * Samuel Jones (1819–1887), U.S. Army, Confederate General, American Civil War

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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (November 14, 1878 – December 21, 1964) was an American Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal priest, writer, poet, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party political advocate, sometime pacif ...

(1878–1964), Episcopal priest, writer, poet, political advocate

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* John Lamb (1840–1924), U.S. Congressman (1897–1913) *

Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 – April 28, 1905) was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish–American War. He was the son of Sydney S ...

(1835–1905), Confederate cavalry general, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, U.S. Army general in Spanish–American War and the nephew of General Robert E. Lee *

Thomas M. Logan Thomas Muldrup Logan (November 3, 1840 – August 11, 1914) was an American soldier and businessman. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and afterward was greatly involved in railroad development in the Southern ...

(1840–1914), Confederate General * James Lyons (1801–1882), politician, Confederate Congressman

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Hunter McGuire Hunter Holmes McGuire (October 11, 1835 – September 19, 1900) was a soldier, physician, teacher, and orator. McGuire was a surgeon in the Confederate Army attached to Stonewall Jackson's command, and he continued serving with the Army of Nor ...

(1835–1900), Confederate Army surgeon who amputated General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's arm after Jackson was mistakenly shot by Confederate soldiers at Chancellorsville . (Despite McGuire's efforts, Jackson later died of pneumonia.) After the war, McGuire founded the Virginia College of Medicine, and was president of the

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Angus William McDonald Angus William McDonald (February 14, 1799 – December 1, 1864) was a 19th-century American Officer (armed forces), military officer and lawyer in the U.S. state of Virginia. He also served as a Colonel (United States), colonel in command of th ...

(1799–1864), American military officer and lawyer in the U.S. state of Virginia and colonel in the Confederate States Army *

David Gregg McIntosh David Gregg McIntosh (March 16, 1836 – October 16, 1916) was a Confederate States of America, Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War from the state of South Carolina. Early life David McIntosh was born on March 16, 1836, ...

(1836–1916), lawyer, Confederate officer * John Marshall (1823–1862), editor of the Jackson ''Mississippian'' and Austin ''Star-Gazette''. Appointed a Colonel in the Texas Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, he was killed in action at the Battle of Gaines Mill * John Young Mason (1799–1859), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1844–45, 1846–49), U.S. Attorney General (1845–46) *

Matthew Fontaine Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and i ...

(1806–1873), oceanographer, scientist, author, and educator; first superintendent of the U.S. Navy Observatory * William Mayo (c. 1685–1744), Colonial civil engineer * David J. Mays (1896–1971) author and lawyer * Robert Merhige (1919–2005), Federal judge *

John Lucas Miller John Lucas Miller, Jr. (1831 in Ebenezer, South Carolina – May 6, 1864) was an attorney and state legislator in South Carolina who served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness during the Amer ...

(1831–1864), attorney, Confederate colonel *

Polk Miller Polk Miller (August 2, 1844 – October 20, 1913) was a musician and entertainer from Richmond and Bon Air, Virginia. He was also a pharmacist and the founder of Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc. Early life Polk Miller was born in Prince Edwar ...

(1844–1913), pharmacist and musician * Willis Dance Miller (1893–1960), Justice, Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1947–60) *

(1758–1831), fifth President of the United States * Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (1768–1830), U.S. First Lady, wife of

Richard Channing Moore Richard Channing Moore (August 21, 1762 – November 11, 1841) was the second bishop of the Diocese of Virginia (1814–1841). Life and career Moore was born in Manhattan. His classical education at King's College began at age eight, but ...

(1762–1841), Second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1814–41) * Samuel P. Moore (1813–1889), Confederate Surgeon General * Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865–1938), civic leader; education, women's suffrage, and civil rights activist

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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall Charles Triplett "Trip" O'Ferrall (October 21, 1840 – September 22, 1905) was a Virginian politician who served as a U.S. Representative from 1883 to 1894 and as the 42nd Governor of Virginia from 1894 to 1898. Early and family life Charles O ...

(1840–1905), Governor of Virginia (1894–98) * Robert Ould (1820–1882), Attorney, Confederate official

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* Emma Gilham Page (1855–1933), wife of William Nelson Page *

Mann Page Mann Page (1749–1781), sometimes referred to as Mann Page III, was an American lawyer, politician and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who served in the House of Burgesses and first Virginia House of Delegates as well as a d ...

(1835–1904) Grand Master of Masons of Virginia 1894, American Civil War soldier, Co. F. 21st Virginia Infantry *

William Nelson Page William Nelson Page (January 6, 1854 – March 7, 1932) was an American civil engineer and industrialist. He was active in the Virginias following the U.S. Civil War. Page was widely known as a metallurgical expert by other industry leaders a ...

(1854–1932), civil engineer, railway industrialist, co-founder of the

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* William Henry Palmer (1835–1926), Confederate officer * Sallie Partington (1834–1907), actress *

John Pegram John Pegram (November 16, 1773April 8, 1831) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and a major general during the War of 1812. Ear ...

(1832–1865), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army brigadier general *

William Ransom Johnson Pegram William Ransom Johnson Pegram, known as "Willie" or "Willy", (June 29, 1841 – April 2, 1865) was an artillery officer in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in the Battl ...

(1841–1865), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army colonel *

(1825–1875), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army general, participated in Battle of Gettysburg * LaSalle Corbell Pickett (1843–1931), author, wife of George Pickett * William Swan Plumer (1802–1880),

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clergyman, educator and author * Frederick Gresham Pollard (1918–2003), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1966–70 *

John Garland Pollard John Garland Pollard (August 4, 1871April 28, 1937) was a Virginia lawyer and American Democratic politician, who served as the 21st Attorney General of Virginia (1914-1918) and as the 51st Governor of Virginia (1930 to 1934), as well as on t ...

(1871–1937), Governor of Virginia from 1930–34 * Robert Nelson Pollard (1880–1954), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1936 to 1954 * William Wortham Pool (1842–1922), bookkeeper; tomb became associated with the

* John Pope, business executive (

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) (1856–96) * John Powell (1882–1963), composer, ethnomusicologist and segregationist * Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907–1998), U.S. Supreme Court justice * Bennet Puryear Jr. (1884–1982),

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, USMC

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* John Randolph (1773–1833), politician, leader in Congress from Virginia *

William Francis Rhea William Francis Rhea (April 20, 1858 – March 23, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, a Virginia state court judge, and a member of the Virginia State Corporation Commission. Biography Born on a farm near Bristol, Virginia in W ...

(1858–1931), Virginia lawyer, judge, and U.S. Congressman * Dr.

William Rickman Dr. William Rickman (17311783) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known best as the first Director of Hospitals of the Continental Army in Virginia during the war. History His origin and family life has been the issue of conversat ...

(1731–1783), director of hospitals for the Continental Army of Virginia; devoted husband to the daughter of Signer of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Harrison, Miss Elizabeth Harrison *

Conway Robinson Conway Robinson (September 15, 1805 – January 30, 1884) was a Virginia lawyer, author, slaveholder and politician aligned with the Democratic Party who represented Richmond, Virginia during the 1852-1853 session of the Virginia House of Delega ...

(1805–1884), lawyer and legal scholar

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* Dave Edward Satterfield, Jr. (1894–1946), U.S. Congressman 1937–46 * Conrad Frederick Sauer (1866–1927), founder of the

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* James Benjamin Sclater Jr. (1847–1882), co-founder of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity *

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(1874–1941), Virginia civil servant * George Alvin Smith (1844–1908), merchant * William Alexander Smith (1828–1888), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1873–75) *

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(1797–1887), two-time governor of Virginia, Confederate general * Harold Fleming Snead (1903–1987), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1957–74) * William E. Starke (1814–1862), Confederate general killed at the Battle of Antietam * Walter Husted Stevens (1827–1867), U.S. Army lieutenant, C.S.A general * Isaac M. St. John (1827–1880), Confederate General, American Civil War * J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864), American soldier, Confederate Army general *

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John Banister Tabb Father John Banister Tabb (March 22, 1845 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Biography Tabb was born in Amelia County, Virginia, on March 22, 1845. One of his brothers was William ...

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* Edmund Waddill, Jr. (1855–1931), U.S. Congressman (1889–1891); U.S. judge Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1921–31) * Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827–1890), Confederate Army general * Alexander Wilbourne Weddell (1876–1948), U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (1933–39) and Spain (1939–42) *

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(1831–1908), U.S. Congressman (1881–95) * Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), Governor of Virginia, Confederate Army general *

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(1860–1937), Russian theatrical worker, son of Mikhail Sergeevich

Gallery

File:Caretakers House - Hollywood Cemetery (3276922385).jpg, The cemetery caretaker's house (now apartments) File:HollywoodChapel.JPG, The chapel at the entrance of Hollywood Cemetery File:Fitzhugh Lee's Grave.jpg, Fitzhugh Lee's grave File:Grave Jeb Stuart Flora Stuart.jpg, J.E.B. Stuart's grave File:MauryGrave.JPG, Matthew Fontaine Maury's grave in Hollywood Cemetery File:Pickett's Grave.jpg, George Pickett's grave File:SauerMausoleam.JPG, The Sauer family Mausoleam in Hollywood Cemetery File:WWPoolGrave.JPG, William Wortham Pool's grave in Hollywood Cemetery File:Wedenburg, Louis Otto, Section C, Lot 25.JPG, Louis Otto Wendenburg's grave marker File:Starke, Brigadier Gen William Edwin, Section C, Lot 160.JPG, Brig Gen William Edwin Starke's grave marker File:Jones, Major General Samuel, Section C, Lot 86.jpg, Maj Gen Samuel Jones grave marker File:Grattan, Peachy Ridgway, Section C, Lot 112.JPG, Peachy Ridgway Grattan's marker in the family plot File:Dave Brockie Cenotaph.jpg, Dave Brockie Cenotaph at Hollywood Cemetery

References

External links

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Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
Early 20th Century Views of Hollywood Cemetery
Rarely Seen Richmond Postcard Collection, VCU Libraries.
James Monroe Tomb, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Independent City, VA
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