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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Son of Charles Edward Early (born 1862) and Ida (Clark) Early.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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David Milton Easley (b. 1875) —
also known as D. M. Easley —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Pearisburg, Giles
County, Va., March 10,
1875.
Son of John White Easley and Minerva Boyd (Pack) Easley.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1920;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 9th Judicial Circuit, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Peter Eberharter (1892-1958) —
also known as Herman P. Eberharter —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 29,
1892.
Son of Jacob Eberharter and Louisa (Ramer) Eberharter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1937-58 (32nd District 1937-43,
31st District 1943-45, 32nd District 1945-53, 28th District 1953-58);
died in office 1958.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
9, 1958 (age 66 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Echols (1823-1896) —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born May 20,
1823.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 24,
1896 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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John Saul Edwards (b. 1943) —
also known as John S. Edwards —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., October
6, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1980-81; member of
Virginia
state senate 21st District, 1996-; candidate in primary for Virginia
state attorney general, 2001.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2011.
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John William Eggleston (1886-1976) —
also known as John W. Eggleston —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., June 18,
1886.
Son of David Quinn Eggleston and Sue (Daniel) Eggleston.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1932-35; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1935-40; appointed 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Edward Clayton Eicher (1878-1944) —
also known as Edward C. Eicher —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Noble, Washington
County, Iowa, December
16, 1878.
Son of Benjamin Eicher and Lydia (Sommer) Eicher.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1933-39; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1938-42; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1941-42; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1942.
Mennonite.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., November
30, 1944 (age 65 years, 350
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., May 19,
1914 (age 58 years, 138
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Son of Cecil Oscar Ellis and Minerva Jane (Taylor) Ellis.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Taylor Ellyson (1847-1919) —
also known as J. Taylor Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 20,
1847.
Son of Elizabeth Pinkney (Barnes) Ellyson (1813-1886) and Henry
Keeling Ellyson.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1885-88; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1888-94; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1891-1916; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March 18,
1919 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Thomas Evans (d. 1815) —
of Virginia.
Born in Accomack
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1794-96, 1805-06; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-1801.
Died in 1815.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fahy (1892-1979) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
27, 1892.
Son of Thomas Fahy and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general
counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor General,
1941-45; legal advisor to the military government of Germany,
1945-46; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1979 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Simpson Farland (1914-2007) —
also known as Joseph S. Farland —
of West Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., August
11, 1914.
Son of Richard Farland and Grace (Simpson) Farland.
Lawyer; FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1957-60; Panama, 1960-63; Pakistan, 1969-72; Iran, 1972-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., January
28, 2007 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations
Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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Charles Rogers Fenwick (1900-1969) —
also known as Charles R. Fenwick —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., August
11, 1900.
Son of Edward Taylor Fenwick and Clara (Gulagher) Fenwick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-46; member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; Presidential Elector
for Virginia, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Rotary; Farm
Bureau.
Died February
22, 1969 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) —
also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private
Joe" —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
28, 1840.
Son of John Fifer and Mary (Daniels) Fifer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881-84; Governor of
Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896
(speaker);
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1899-1905; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District,
1920-22.
Unitarian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August 6,
1938 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Robert Clayton Fitzgerald (c.1921-2001) —
also known as Robert Fitzgerald —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born about 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; Fairfax
County Commonwealth Attorney; member of Virginia
state senate, 1964-71; candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Bedford,
Va., October
10, 2001 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
of Texas.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856;
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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John P. Flannery (b. 1946) —
of Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 15,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1984; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1988,
2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Loudoun County Democratic Party, 1995.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863) —
also known as John B. Floyd —
of Virginia.
Born in Smithfield, Isle of
Wight County, Va., June 1,
1806.
Son of John
Floyd.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-48; Governor of
Virginia, 1849-52; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Died near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., August
26, 1863 (age 57 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Bushrod W. Foley —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1845-60.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Randy Forbes (b. 1952) —
of Chesapeake,
Va.
Born in Chesapeake,
Va., February
17, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1989-97; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1996-2001; member of Virginia
state senate 14th District, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 2001-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868) —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., August
23, 1814.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1856-58; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1868 (age 53 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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William David Ford (1927-2004) —
also known as William D. Ford —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 6,
1927.
Son of Robert Ford and Jean (McGhee) Ford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
19th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-95 (15th District 1965-93,
13th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1980,
1984.
United
Church of Christ. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
14, 2004 (age 77 years, 8
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) —
also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., September
5, 1908.
Son of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi Kappa
Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Falls
Church, Va., January
3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Paul D. Fraim —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Lawyer; mayor of
Norfolk, Va., 1994-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Peer. |
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Joe S. Frank (b. 1942) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
14, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1996-.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2002.
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Helen P. Holshue. |
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James Archibald Frear (1861-1939) —
also known as James A. Frear —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., October
24, 1861.
Son of Aaron H. Frear and Margaret Jane (Rickard) Frear.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from St. Croix County, 1903-04; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1905-06; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1907-13; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1913-35 (10th District 1913-33,
9th District 1933-35).
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1939 (age 77 years, 216
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abram Fulkerson (1834-1902) —
of Virginia.
Born in Washington
County, Va., May 13,
1834.
School
teacher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-73, 1888; member of Virginia
state senate, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died in Bristol,
Va., December
17, 1902 (age 68 years, 218
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 17,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57).
Died near Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va., February
13, 1876 (age 67 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hall Fulton (c.1792-1836) —
of Virginia.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., about 1792.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823-24; member of Virginia
state senate, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1833-35.
Died in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., January
28, 1836 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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