Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Many famous North Carolinians are buried in Historic Oakwood Cemetery. This homepage for the cemetery has pictures of the cemetery and information about it.
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At this site, there are biographical sketches of famous North Carolinians who are interred at the cemetery as well as photographs of the historical headstones and grave markers.
- Governor David Lowry Swain 1832-1835
- Governor Thomas Bragg 1855-1859
- Governor William Woods Holden 1865 and 1868-71
- Governor Jonathan Worth 1865-1868
- Governor Daniel G. Fowle 1889-1891
- Governor Charles Brantley Aycock 1901-1905
- Governor Daniel Killian Moore 1965-1969
