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Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., October
14, 1734.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia
state senate, 1778; member of Virginia state legislature, 1780.
Died January
11, 1797 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Richard Elliott Parker (1783-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., December
27, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1836-37.
Died in Loudoun
County, Va., September
10, 1840 (age 56 years, 258
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Joseph William Chinn (1798-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born near Nuttsville, Lancaster
County, Va., November
16, 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1826-28; member of Virginia
state senate, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1831-35 (13th District 1831-33,
10th District 1833-35).
Died in Richmond
County, Va., December
5, 1840 (age 42 years, 19
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918) —
also known as William A. Jones —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va., March 21,
1849.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1891-1918; died in
office 1918.
Died in Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va., April 17,
1918 (age 69 years, 27
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph William Chinn and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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