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Shelton Farrar Leake (1812-1884) —
of Virginia.
Born near Hillsboro, Albemarle
County, Va., November
30, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1845-47, 1859-61 (5th District
1845-47, 6th District 1859-61); Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1852-56.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 95
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Charles Goodyear (1804-1876) —
of Schoharie, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 26,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schoharie
County Judge, 1838-47; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1840; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1845-47, 1865-67 (21st District
1845-47, 14th District 1865-67); banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1868;
Albemarle
County Judge.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., April 9,
1876 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Richard Thomas Walker Duke (1822-1898) —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., June 6,
1822.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1870-73; member of
Virginia state legislature.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 2,
1898 (age 76 years, 26
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Angus Rucker Blakey (1816-1896) —
also known as Angus R. Blakey —
of Madison
County, Va.
Born in 1816.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in 1896
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Mosby Monroe Parsons (1822-1865) —
also known as M. M. Parsons —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 21,
1822.
Son of Gustavus Adolphus Parsons.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Missouri
state attorney general, 1853-57; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1857-58; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed,
along with Aaron
H. Conrow and four others, by bandits in Nuevo
León, August
15, 1865 (age 43 years, 86
days).
Interment somewhere
in Nuevo León; cenotaph at Maplewood Cemetery; cenotaph at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Thomas Staples Martin (1847-1919) —
also known as Thomas S. Martin —
of Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 29,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1895-1919; died in office 1919; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in 1919
(age about
71 years).
Interment at University of Virginia Cemetery.
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William Belser Spong, Jr. (1920-1997) —
also known as William B. Spong, Jr. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
29, 1920.
Son of William Belser Spong and Emily (Nichols) Spong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-55; member of Virginia
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1966-73; defeated, 1972; trustee,
Portsmouth General Hospital.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died of a ruptured
aneurysm, at Maryview Medical
Center, Portsmouth,
Va., October
8, 1997 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at University of Virginia Cemetery.
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William McCoy (d. 1864) —
of Franklin,
Va.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-1804; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1811-33 (4th District 1811-21, 19th
District 1821-33); delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., 1864.
Interment at University of Virginia Cemetery.
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George Tucker (1775-1861) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in St. Georges, Bermuda,
August
20, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1819-25 (15th District 1819-21, 6th
District 1821-25); university
professor.
Died in Sherwood, Albemarle
County, Va., April 10,
1861 (age 85 years, 233
days).
Interment at University of Virginia Cemetery.
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