Note: This is just one of
1,164
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.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Marshall Mortimer Dent (b. 1828) —
also known as Marshall M. Dent —
of Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in 1828.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monongalia County, 1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909) —
also known as Marmaduke H. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Granville, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April
18, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1893-1904.
Presbyterian.
Died September
11, 1909 (age 60 years, 146
days).
Interment at Bluemont
Cemetery, Grafton, W.Va.
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Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) —
also known as Herbert W. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., April
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Delta
Chi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth S. Kurtz (1903-1939) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born October
16, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County, 1937-39;
died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Died July 10,
1939 (age 35 years, 267
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Near Weston, Lewis County, W.Va.
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Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz (1904-1987) —
also known as Virginia Reay Kurtz; Virginia Dent
Reay —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., October
5, 1904.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County, 1939-40;
appointed 1939.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Died in 1987
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Kenneth Reay Kurtz (b. 1929) —
also known as Kenneth R. Kurtz; Ken Kurtz —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1929.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Still living as of 2001.
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