The Political Graveyard: Johnston-Bowen family of Virginia

Johnston-Bowen family of Virginia

Note: This is just one of 643 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832) — of Virginia. Born in Longwood, Prince Edward County, Va., April 30, 1795. Brother of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; uncle of John Warfield Johnston. U.S. Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1831-32; died in office 1832. Drowned near one of the docks in Alexandria, Va., June 17, 1832. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Bowen Campbell (1807-1867) — also known as William B. Campbell — of Tennessee. Born near Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tenn., February 1, 1807. Cousin of Henry Bowen. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1835; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1837-43, 1866-67 (6th District 1837-43, 5th District 1866-67); state court judge in Tennessee, 1847; Governor of Tennessee, 1851-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died August 19, 1867. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) — of Virginia. Born in Longwood, Prince Edward County, Va., February 3, 1807. Brother of Charles Clement Johnston; uncle of John Warfield Johnston. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1879-81. Died March 21, 1891. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
Rees Tate Bowen (1809-1879) — of Virginia. Born near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., January 10, 1809. Father of Henry Bowen. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1863-65; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1873-75. Died near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., August 29, 1879. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Tazewell County, Va.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889) — of Virginia. Born near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., September 9, 1818. Nephew of Charles Clement Johnston and Joseph Eggleston Johnston; uncle of Henry Bowen. Member of Virginia state senate, 1846; state court judge in Virginia, 1866; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1870-71, 1871-83. Died February 27, 1889. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Bowen (1841-1915) — of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va. Born near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., December 26, 1841. Cousin of William Bowen Campbell; son of Rees Tate Bowen; nephew of John Warfield Johnston. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1883-85, 1887-89. Died near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Va., April 29, 1915. Interment at Jeffersonville Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
- See also: congressional biography.

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