The Political Graveyard: Blow family of Virginia

Blow family of Virginia

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George Blow, Jr. (1813-1894) — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Sussex County, Va., May 5, 1813. Third cousin of Henry Taylor Blow; grandfather of George Waller Blow (who married Katharine Rowland Cooke). Member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Virginia, 1870-86. Episcopalian. Died in Norfolk, Va., May 2, 1894. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) — also known as Henry T. Blow — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Southampton County, Va., July 15, 1817. Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow; third cousin of George Blow, Jr.; married to Minerva Grimsley. Republican. Lead products business; president, Iron Mounatain Railroad; member of Missouri state senate, 1854-58; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1869-70; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874. Died in Saratoga, Saratoga County, N.Y., September 11, 1875. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) — also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow — of Yorktown, York County, Va. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 21, 1897. Daughter of George Joseph Cooke and Mary Elizabeth (Kerwin) Cooke; married, December 2, 1922, to George Waller Blow (grandson of George Blow, Jr.). Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1948, 1956; candidate for Virginia state house of delegates, 1949; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1950. Female. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, 1936-42. Died in Yorktown, York County, Va., March 25, 1965. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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