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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Virginia.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 21,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States $10
notes in 1861-64. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Died in Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Meriwether Smith (1730-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born near Dunnsville, Essex
County, Va., 1730.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774-75; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1776-78, 1781; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778-79, 1781.
Died near Ozeana, Essex
County, Va., January
25, 1790 (age about 59
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Contracted typhoid
fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State
Capitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Robert Selden Garnett (1789-1840) —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 26,
1789.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1817-27.
Died near Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., August
15, 1840 (age 51 years, 111
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) —
also known as James M. Garnett —
of Loretto, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., June 8,
1770.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-01, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-09 (at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09); delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Died near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 23,
1843 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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