Hollywood Cemetery is a large, sprawling

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located next to Richmond, Virginia's

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neighborhood at 412 South Cherry Street. Characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the

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, it is the resting place of two United States Presidents,

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and

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, as well as the only Confederate States President,

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. It is also the resting place of 28

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, more than any other cemetery in the country; these include George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart.

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

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, 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 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 John Notman (architect of Laurel Hill Cemetery 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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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

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. 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 Columbia School of Journalism * Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson (1841–1916), hotelier and proprietor of Hotel Richmond *

Joseph R. Anderson Joseph Reid Anderson (February 16, 1813 – September 7, 1892) was an American civil engineer, industrialist, politician and soldier. During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate general, and his Tredegar Iron Company was a major ...

(1813–1892), civil engineer, industrialist, soldier *

T. Coleman Andrews Thomas Coleman Andrews (February 19, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American accountant, state and federal government official, and the State's Rights Party candidate for President of the United States in 1956. Early and family life Andrew ...

(1899–1983), Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 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 (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 Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels ''Mary Cary'' (1910) and ''Miss Gibbie Gault'' (1911).(29 July 1932)Mrs. Kate Bosher, Author, Dies at 67; Widely Known Virgi ...

(1865–1932), author, suffragette * John Fulmer Bright (1877–1953), politician, physician *

John M. Brockenbrough John Mercer Brockenbrough (August 1, 1830 – August 24, 1892) was a farmer and a Confederate colonel in the American Civil War. Early life Johnathan Brockenbrough, the son of Moore Fauntleroy Brockenbrough and his wife Sarah Waller Smith ...

(1830–1892), Confederate Army colonel and brigade commander at Gettysburg * Dave Brockie (1963–2014) musician, painter, author, and actor. Brockie portrayed Oderus Urungus, lead singer of the band

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

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* James Branch Cabell (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 Philip St. George Cocke (April 17, 1809 – December 26, 1861) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the first year of the American Civil War. He is best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac ...

(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 (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 edito ...

(1901–1995) author, journalist, editor of the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' from 1936 to 1969, Pulitzer Prize winner *

Peter V. Daniel Peter Vivian Daniel (April 24, 1784 – May 31, 1860) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Early life and education Daniel was born in 1784 at "Crow's Nest", a plantation in ...

(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 Williams Daniel, Jr. (March 17, 1936 – February 4, 2012) was an American farmer, businessman, teacher, and politician from Virginia who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. He was first elected in ...

(1936–2012), U.S. Representative from Virginia. Son of

(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

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 ca ...

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

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* Edward Edmonds (1835–1863), Confederate Colonel of the 38th Virginia Infantry, killed-in-action during Pickett's Charge *

Tazewell Ellett Tazewell Ellett (January 1, 1856 – May 19, 1914) was a one-term U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1856, Ellett attended private schools in Richmond. He graduated from the Virginia ...

(1856–1914), U.S. Representative from Virginia *

James Taylor Ellyson James Taylor Ellyson (May 20, 1847 – March 18, 1919) was a former Confederate soldier, as well as Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician, who served in several positions in his native Richmond, Virginia and statewide. Early life and educa ...

(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 Richard Brooke Garnett (November 21, 1817 – July 3, 1863) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was court-martialed by Stonewall Jackson for his actions in command of the Stonewall Briga ...

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

(1873–1945), Pulitzer Prize winning novelist * Thomas Christian Gordon, Jr. (1915–2003), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1965–1972) * Peachy R. Grattan (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 (1802–1882), Confederate Brigadier General

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James Dandridge Halyburton James Dandridge Halyburton (February 23, 1803 – January 26, 1879) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Education and career Born on February 23, 1803, in New Kent Count ...

(1803–1879), U.S. and Confederate judge, Eastern District of Virginia (1843–65) * David Bullock Harris (1814–1864), Confederate Colonel * John Harvie (1742–1807), lawyer and builder, delegate to the Continental Congress, Signer of The Articles of Confederation *

William Wirt Henry William Wirt Henry (February 14, 1831 – December 5, 1900) was a Virginia lawyer and politician, historian and writer, a biographer of Patrick Henry, his grandfather, and who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and was presi ...

(1831–1900), lawyer, member of the General Assembly of Va., president of the Am. Historical Association (1890–91) * Henry Heth (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 mil ...

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

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* John D. Imboden (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 (1870–1936), novelist and women's rights advocate * David Rumph Jones (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 (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 Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nor ...

* Thomas M. Logan (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 N ...

(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 (1799–1864), American military officer and lawyer in the U.S. state of Virginia and colonel in the Confederate States Army * David Gregg McIntosh (1836–1916), lawyer, Confederate officer *

John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longes ...

(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 (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 David John Mays (November 22, 1896 – February 17, 1971) was an American lawyer and writer. He attempted to slow racial desegregation on behalf of Byrd Organization during the Massive Resistance era. Mays served as counsel to the Gray Commissio ...

(1896–1971) author and lawyer * Robert Merhige (1919–2005), Federal judge * John Lucas Miller (1831–1864), attorney, Confederate colonel * Polk Miller (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 (1762–1841), Second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1814–41) * Samuel P. Moore (1813–1889), Confederate Surgeon General *

Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (September 15, 1865 – July 3, 1938) was a Virginia activist for women's rights, civil rights, women's suffrage, and education. Life Mary-Cooke Branch was a native of Richmond, Virginia; she was the youngest daughter ...

(1865–1938), civic leader; education, women's suffrage, and civil rights activist

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* Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1840–1905), Governor of Virginia (1894–98) *

Robert Ould Robert Ould (January 31, 1820 – December 15, 1882) was a lawyer who served as a Confederate official during the American Civil War. From 1862 to 1865 he was the Confederate agent of exchange for prisoners of war under the Dix–Hill Cartel ...

(1820–1882), Attorney, Confederate official

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* Emma Gilham Page (1855–1933), wife of William Nelson Page * Mann Page (1835–1904) Grand Master of Masons of Virginia 1894, American Civil War soldier, Co. F. 21st Virginia Infantry * William Nelson Page (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 (1832–1865), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army brigadier general * William Ransom Johnson Pegram (1841–1865), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army colonel * George Pickett (1825–1875), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army general, participated in Battle of Gettysburg *

LaSalle Corbell Pickett LaSalle "Sallie" Corbell Pickett (May 16, 1843 – March 22, 1931) was an American author and the wife of General officers in the Confederate States Army, Confederate General George Pickett. Early life LaSalle "Sallie" Corbell was born in Chu ...

(1843–1931), author, wife of George Pickett *

William Swan Plumer William Swan Plumer (July 26, 1802 – October 22, 1880) was an American clergyman, theologian and author who was recognized as an intellectual leader of the Presbyterian Church in the 1800s. Early life William S. Plumer was born to Willia ...

(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 ( Allen & Ginter) (1856–96) * John Powell (1882–1963), composer, ethnomusicologist and segregationist *

Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (September 19, 1907 – August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987. Born in Suffolk, Virginia, he graduate ...

(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 (1858–1931), Virginia lawyer, judge, and U.S. Congressman * Dr. William Rickman (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 (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 C. F. Sauer Company * James Benjamin Sclater Jr. (1847–1882), co-founder of the

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fraternity * Mary Wingfield Scott (1898–1983), historic preservationist * James Alexander Seddon (1815–1880), U.S. Congressman (1845–1851); Confederate Secretary of War *

Henry G. Shirley Henry Garnett Shirley (1874 – July 16, 1941) was Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Highways. He was a leader in national highway policy and oversaw the development of an extensive state highway system in Virginia. Early life Henry G ...

(1874–1941), Virginia civil servant * George Alvin Smith (1844–1908), merchant * William Alexander Smith (1828–1888), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1873–75) * William "Extra Billy" Smith (1797–1887), two-time governor of Virginia, Confederate general * Harold Fleming Snead (1903–1987), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1957–74) *

William E. Starke William Edwin Starke (1814 – September 17, 1862) was a wealthy Gulf Coast businessman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam while commanding ...

(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 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 o ...

(1833–1864), American soldier, Confederate Army general * Claude Augustus Swanson (1862–1939), Governor of Virginia (1906–10), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1933–39)

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* John Banister Tabb (1845–1909), poet and priest * William Elam Tanner (1836–1898), businessman * William R. Terry (1827–1897), C.S.A general, American Civil War * John Randolph Tucker (1879–1954), lawyer and civic leader * Edna Henry Lee Turpin (1867–1952), author *

David Gardiner Tyler David Gardiner Tyler (July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927) was an American politician and the ninth child and fourth son of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States. Born in New York, Tyler went to school in Virginia and fought in ...

(1846–1927), Democratic politician, U.S. Congressman, and the fourth son of President

(1790–1862), tenth President of the United States, a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861, and elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress * Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820–1889), U.S. First Lady, wife of

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. (August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935) was an American educator, genealogist, and historian. He was a son of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States. Tyler was the 17th president of the College of Willi ...

(1853–1935), historian, president of the College of William and Mary and the seventh son of President

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* Edward Valentine (1838–1930), sculptor *

Lila Meade Valentine Lila Meade Valentine (born Lila Hardaway Meade; February 4, 1865 – July 14, 1921) was a Virginia education reformer, health-care advocate, and one of the main leaders of her state's participation in the woman's suffrage movement in the United S ...

(1865–1921), health care and education reformer, suffragist

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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 Reuben Lindsay Walker (May 29, 1827 – June 7, 1890) was a Confederate general who served in the artillery during the American Civil War. Early life Walker was born in Logan Village, Albemarle County, Virginia. He graduated from the Virgin ...

(1827–1890), Confederate Army general * Alexander Wilbourne Weddell (1876–1948), U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (1933–39) and Spain (1939–42) * Beverly R. Wellford (1797–1870), Sixth President of the

* Louis O. Wendenburg (1861–1934), Member of the

Senate of Virginia The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Vir ...

(1912–20) * John Baker White (1794–1862), American military officer, lawyer, civil servant, and Clerk of Court for Hampshire County, Virginia (1815–61) * Francis McNeece Whittle (1823–1902), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1876–1902) * John A. Wilcox (1819–1864), U.S. Congressman (1851–1853); Confederate Congressman * Channing Moore Williams (1829–1910), Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of China and Japan *

Richard Leroy Williams Richard Leroy Williams (April 6, 1923 – February 19, 2011) was Virginia state judge and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Morrisville, ...

(1923–2011), U.S. district court judge Eastern District of Virginia (1980–2011) * George Douglas Wise (1831–1908), U.S. Congressman (1881–95) * Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), Governor of Virginia, Confederate Army general *

John Sergeant Wise John Sergeant Wise (December 27, 1846 – May 12, 1913) was an American author, lawyer, and politician in Virginia. He was the son of Henry Alexander Wise, a Governor of Virginia, and Sarah Sergeant. Early life John was born in Rio de Janei ...

(1846–1913), U.S. Congressman (1883–85) * Richard Alsop Wise (1843–1900), U.S. Congressman (1897–1901) *

Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...

(1930-2018), American author and journalist known for his association with New Journalism *

Serge Wolkonsky Prince Serge Wolkonsky (also referred to as Sergei Mikhailovitch Volkonsky; russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Волко́нский) (4 May 1860 – 25 October 1937) was an influential Russian theatrical worker, one of the first R ...

(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
6 photos, 1 color transparency, 6 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at

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List of Confederate Hospitals in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War
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