List of burials at Hollywood Cemetery explained

Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1847 in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery^[1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America^[2] and 25 Confederate Army officers.^[3]

A

• Alden Aaroe (1918–1993), broadcast journalist
• Carl William Ackerman (1890–1970), journalist, author and educational administrator, the first dean of the Columbia School of Journalism
• George Ainslie (1868–1931), mayor of Richmond
• George Wayne Anderson (1863–1922), Virginia state delegate and senator^[4]

• Joseph R. Anderson (1813–1892), civil engineer, industrialist, soldier
• T. Coleman Andrews (1899–1983), Commissioner of Internal Revenue, presidential candidate of the State's Rights Democratic Party in 1956
• Edmund Archer (1904–1986), painter
• James J. Archer (1817–1864), Confederate General, American Civil War
• Grace Evelyn Arents (1848–1926), philanthropist, niece of Lewis Ginter
• Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson (1841–1916), hotelier and proprietor of Hotel Richmond

B

• 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
• Edyth Carter Beveridge (1862–1927), photojournalist
• Lloyd C. Bird (1894–1978), Virginia State Senator
• Frederic W. Boatwright (1868–1951), President of the University of Richmond (1895–1946)
• Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826–1904), suffragist
• Kate Langley Bosher (1865–1932), author, suffragette
• Allen Caperton Braxton (1862–1914), lawyer and member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention
• John Fulmer Bright (1877–1953), politician, physician, mayor of Richmond^[5]
• John M. Brockenbrough (1830–1892), Confederate Army colonel and brigade commander at Gettysburg
• Benjamin Thomas Brockman (1831–1864), merchant and Confederate officer

C

• James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), fantasy fiction novelist
• James E. Cannon (1873–1942), Virginia state senator (1914–23)
• Thomas Henry Carter (1831–1908), Confederate artillery officer
• 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 (1833–1891), Confederate General, American Civil War
• Edward Cooper (1873–1928), U.S. Congressman
• 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

D

• Virginius Dabney (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 (1884–1940), Virginia State Senator and RMS Titanic survivor. Father of Robert Daniel
• Robert Daniel (1936–2012), U.S. Representative from Virginia. Son of Robert Williams Daniel

• Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
• Varina Davis (1826–1906), second wife of Jefferson Davis
• Varina Anne Davis (1864–1898), author, daughter of Jefferson Davis
• James H. Dooley (1841–1922), Virginia state representative
• Hal Douglas (1924–2014), radio and television voice over artist

E

• Edward Edmonds (1835–1863), Confederate Colonel of the 38th Virginia Infantry, killed-in-action during Pickett's Charge
• Horace Hall Edwards (1902–1987), member of Virginia House of Delegates, mayor of Richmond and candidate for governor of Virginia^[6]
• Tazewell Ellett (1856–1914), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Henry K. Ellyson (1823–1890), Virginia state representative
• James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1906–18)

F

• Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953), journalist and historian; author of definitive biographies of George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee; namesake of a local high school^[7]

G

• Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general killed during Battle of Gettysburg

• J. Vaughan Gary (1892–1973), U.S. Congressman (1945–65)
• Thomas B. Gay (1885–1983), lawyer
• Robert Atkinson Gibson (d. 1919), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (1902–19)
• Lewis Ginter (1824–1897), tobacco executive, philanthropist
• Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945), Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
• Thomas Christian Gordon Jr. (1915–2003), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1965–1972)
• W. Douglas Gordon (1876–1944), newspaper editor
• Peachy R. Grattan (1801–1881), lawyer and law reporter
• Edward Meeks Gregory (1922–1995), Episcopal priest who performed the first gay marriage in Richmond
• Charles Philip Gruchy (died 1921), Private, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry – only British Commonwealth war grave in the cemetery^[8]
• Walter Gwynn (1802–1882), Confederate Brigadier General

H

• 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 (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 (1825–1899), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general, participated at the Battle of Gettysburg
• Eppa Hunton (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 (1904–1976), lawyer, rector of Virginia Commonwealth University

I

• John D. Imboden (1823–1895), lawyer, teacher, Virginia legislator, Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter

J

• 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

K

• Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878–1964), Episcopal priest, writer, poet, political advocate

L

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

• Fitzhugh Lee (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 (1840–1914), Confederate General
• James Lyons (1801–1882), politician, Confederate Congressman

M

• John Y. Mason (1799–1859), U.S. Congressman, Secretary of the Navy, 18th Attorney General of the United States, Minister to France, judge
• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), oceanographer and Confederate Navy officer
• William Mayo (1685–1744), civil engineer
• David J. Mays (1896–1971) author and lawyer
• Angus William McDonald (1799–1864), lawyer, military officer and colonel in the Confederate States Army
• Cornelia Peake McDonald (1822–1909), diarist
• Hunter McGuire (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 American Medical Association
• David Gregg McIntosh (1836–1916), lawyer, Confederate officer
• 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)
• Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), U.S. First Lady, wife of James Monroe

• James Monroe (1758–1831), fifth President of the United States
• 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 (1865–1938), civic leader; education, women's suffrage, and civil rights activist

O

• Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1840–1905), Governor of Virginia (1894–98)
• Robert Ould (1820–1882), Attorney, Confederate official
• George W. Owings Jr. (1907–1984), member of the Maryland House of Delegates^[9]

P

• William Nelson Page (1854–1932), civil engineer, railway industrialist, co-founder of the Virginian Railway
• 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 Pegram (1841–1865), U.S. Army officer, Confederate Army colonel
• George William Peterkin (1841–1916), Episcopal bishop
• Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (1847–1891), philanthropist

• George Pickett (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), Presbyterian clergyman, educator and author
• Frederick Gresham Pollard (1918–2003), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1966 to 1970
• John Garland Pollard (1871–1937), Governor of Virginia from 1930 to 1934
• 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 Richmond Vampire
• John Pope, business executive (Allen & Ginter) (1856–96)
• John Powell (1882–1963), composer, ethnomusicologist and segregationist
• Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (1907–1998), U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Samuel H. Pulliam (1841–1908), Virginia State Representative
• Bennet Puryear Jr. (1884–1982), Major General, USMC

R

• John Randolph (1773–1833), politician, leader in Congress from Virginia
• William Francis Rhea (1858–1931), Virginia lawyer, judge, and U.S. Congressman

S

• 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 Pi Kappa Alpha 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 (1874–1941), Virginia civil servant^[10]
• 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)
• Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822–1864), Confederate Army brigadier general
• 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
• Claude Augustus Swanson (1862–1939), Governor of Virginia (1906–10), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1933–39)

T

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

• John Tyler (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 John Tyler
• Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853–1935), historian, president of the College of William and Mary and the seventh son of President John Tyler

V

• Edward Virginius Valentine (1838–1930), sculptor^[11]
• Lila Meade Valentine (1865–1921), health care and education reformer, suffragist

W

• 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)
• Beverly R. Wellford (1797–1870), Sixth President of the American Medical Association
• Louis O. Wendenburg (1861–1934), Member of the Senate of Virginia (1912–20)
• Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (1826–1862), Confederate Army officer
• 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)
• Henry T. Wickham (1849–1943), Virginia State Representative and State Senator
• 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
• E. Randolph Williams (1871–1952), lawyer
• Richard Leroy Williams (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 (1846–1913), U.S. Congressman (1883–85)
• Richard Alsop Wise (1843–1900), U.S. Congressman (1897–1901)
• Tom Wolfe (1930–2018), American author and journalist known for his association with New Journalism
• Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937), Russian theatrical worker, son of Mikhail Sergeevich
• Henry Lawson Wyatt (1841–1861), first Confederate Army enlisted soldier from North Carolina to die in the American Civil War

References

1. Web site: Springston . Rex . No more Confederate flags at Hollywood Cemetery . www.virginiamercury.com . 12 July 2022 . Virginia Mercury . 17 November 2023.
2. Book: Cothran . James R. . Danylchak . Erica . Grave Landscapes - The Nineteenth Century Rural Cemetery Movement . 2018 . University of South Carolina Press . 9781611177992 . 17 November 2023 .
3. Book: Stoddard . Christine . Thomas . Misty . Richmond Cemeteries . 2014 . Arcadia Publishing . Charleston, South Carolina . 9781467122047 . 28–31 . 19 November 2023.
4. Encyclopedia: George Wayne Anderson (d. 1922). William Hamilton. Bryson. Dictionary of Virginia Biography. John T.. Kneebone. etal. 1998. 1 . 135–136 .
5. News: City Mourns Dr. Bright's Passing . 1953-12-31 . . 9 . . 2024-04-07.
6. News: Horace Edwards dies here at 84 . 1987-01-28 . . 7 . . 2024-03-26.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913123252/http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hs/Freeman/school_info/schoolinfo.html Freeman High School
8. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4010508/GRUCHY,%20CHARLES%20PHILIP
9. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Owenby to Ozzie . . March 25, 2024.
10. News: Henry G. Shirley Dies Unexpectedly . 1941-07-17 . The Bristol Herald Courier . 1 . . 2022-10-04.
11. News: Noted Sculptor Taken By Death . 1930-10-20 . The Roanoke World-News . 13 . . 2023-11-30.