The Political Graveyard: Smyth County, Va.

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Smyth County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Smyth County

Index to Locations

Round Hill Cemetery
Marion, Smyth County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880) — also known as Fayette McMullen — Born in Bedford County, Va., May 18, 1805. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1832-35; member of Virginia state senate, 1836-47; U.S. Representative from Virginia 13th District, 1849-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1852, 1856; Governor of Washington Territory, 1857-58; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1878. Killed in a railroad accident in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., November 8, 1880 (age 75 years, 174 days). Interment at Round Hill Cemetery.

Aspinvale Cemetery
Seven Mile Ford, Smyth County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Francis Preston (1765-1836) — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield, Botetourt County, Va., August 2, 1765. Son of William Preston and Susanna (Smith) Preston. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1788-89, 1812-14; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state senate, 1816-20. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 26, 1836 (age 70 years, 298 days). Interment at Aspinvale Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William Preston and Susanna (Smith) Preston; nephew by marriage of Patrick Henry; cousin of John Brown, John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and James Brown; married, January 10, 1793, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (1778-1846); father of William Campbell Preston and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (1818-1852; who married Wade Hampton III); uncle of William Ballard Preston and William Preston (1816-1887). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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