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Robert Eden Scott (1808-1862) —
of Virginia.
Born in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., April 23,
1808.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1835-42, 1845-52; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Shot
and killed, in a Civil
War skirmish with a band of Union deserters, in Fauquier
County, Va., May 3,
1862 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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James Keith Marshall (1800-1862) —
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
13, 1800.
Son of John
Marshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall (1766-1831).
Member of Virginia
state senate.
Died in Fauquier
County, Va., December
2, 1862 (age 62 years, 292
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at in a private
or family graveyard; reinterment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Walker Barr (1918-1996) —
also known as Joseph W. Barr —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
17, 1918.
Son of Oscar Lynn Barr and Stella Florence (Walker) Barr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; movie
theater owner; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1964-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana
Roo, February
23, 1996 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Leeds Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Henry Little Baxley (1898-1983) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., September
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 28,
1983 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Interment at Leeds Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a private or family graveyard, Fauquier County,
Va.; reinterment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery; memorial
monument at Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Lee (1758-1815) —
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., 1758.
Son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1795-1801; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800.
Died in Fauquier
County, Va., June 24,
1815 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
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Thomas Love Moore (d. 1862) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born near Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (10th District 1820-21,
15th District 1821-23).
Died in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., 1862.
Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
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Samuel Chilton (1804-1867) —
of Virginia.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., September
7, 1804.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1843-45; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Died in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., January
14, 1867 (age 62 years, 129
days).
Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
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Albert Fletcher, Jr. (1873-1952) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born December
25, 1873.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1924.
Died July 24,
1952 (age 78 years, 212
days).
Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
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