Salem Cemetery (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
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| Location | 301 Cemetery St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
The Salem Cemetery is located at 301 Cemetery St. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is adjacent to the older God's Acre Cemetery of the Moravian Church.
Notable burials
[edit]- William Robertson Boggs (1829–1911), Confederate Army General
- Richard Thurmond Chatham (1896–1957), businessman, politician
- Thomas Henry Davis (1918–1999), aviator, founder of Piedmont Airlines
- Cornelia Deaderick Glenn (1854–1926), First Lady of North Carolina
- Robert Broadnax Glenn (1854–1920), Governor of North Carolina
- Margaret Nowell Graham (1867–1942), artist
- Gordon Gray (1909–1982), American politician, U.S National Security Advisor[1]
- John Wesley Hanes (1850–1903), businessman
- Rufus Lenoir Patterson (1830–1879), businessman, politician
- Richard Joshua Reynolds (1850–1918), founder of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company[2]
- Zachary Smith Reynolds (1911–1932), aviator
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (1792–1864), politician
- Florence Wells Slater (1864–1941), scientist and teacher
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/gray-gordon
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Reynolds, R.J. #10628". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
- Rawls, Molly Grogan (2016). Winston-Salem's Historic Salem Cemetery. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press (Images of America). ISBN 978-1467115254.
