The Political Graveyard: Dinwiddie County, Va.

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Dinwiddie County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dinwiddie County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards
Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

John Banister (1734-1788) — of Virginia. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., December 26, 1734. Son of John Banister and Willmuth or Wilmet Banister. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-75; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1776-77, 1781-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1778; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., September 30, 1788 (age 53 years, 279 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Son of John Banister and Willmuth or Wilmet Banister; married to Patsy Bland and Anne Blair.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) — of Petersburg, Va. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., 1745. Democrat. Planter; lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., February 21, 1818 (age about 72 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Father-in-law of Patrick Magruder.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968) — also known as Arthur W. Mitchell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born near Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala., December 22, 1883. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940. African ancestry. While a student at Tuskegee Institute, he served as office boy for Booker T. Washington. First African-American Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Congress. Died near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., May 9, 1968 (age 84 years, 139 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Patrick Magruder (1768-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Rockville, Montgomery County, Md., 1768. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1797; circuit judge in Maryland, 1802; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07. Died in Petersburg, Va., December 24, 1819 (age about 51 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Son-in-law of Peterson Goodwyn.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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