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Henry Lee (1756-1818) —
also known as "Light Horse Harry" —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
29, 1756.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88; Governor of
Virginia, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Eulogized George
Washington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen.".
Died March 25,
1818 (age 62 years, 55
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1913 at Lee Memorial Chapel.
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) —
also known as William H. F. Lee —
of Burkes Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Arlington
County, Va., May 31,
1837.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,
and eventually exchanged for Gen. Neal
Dow, who had been captured by Confederates.
Died in Virginia, October
15, 1891 (age 54 years, 137
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1922 at Lee Memorial Chapel.
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Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 22,
1868.
Republican. State court judge in Washington, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1923-28.
Died in Greenlee, Rockbridge
County, Va., September
21, 1946 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Absalom Willis Robertson (1887-1971) —
also known as A. Willis Robertson —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., May 27,
1887.
Son of Franklin Pierce Robertson (1853-1928) and Josephine Ragland
(Willis) Robertson (1858-1950).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1916-22; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1933-46 (at-large 1933-35, 7th
District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Lexington,
Va., November
1, 1971 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Andrew Moore (1752-1821) —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1752.
Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-97, 1803-04 (at-large 1789-91,
3rd District 1791-93, 2nd District 1793-97, at-large 1803-04); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1804-09.
Died in 1821
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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James McDowell (1795-1851) —
of Virginia.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
13, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838; Governor of
Virginia, 1843-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.
Died in Rockbridge
County, Va., August
24, 1851 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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John Letcher (1813-1884) —
of Virginia.
Born in Lexington,
Va., March 29,
1813.
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (11th District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-59); Governor of
Virginia, 1860-63; member of Virginia state legislature, 1875.
Died January
26, 1884 (age 70 years, 303
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., December
23, 1806.
Son of William
Brockenbrough.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;
resigned 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861.
Died in Lexington,
Va., February
20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., April 5,
1853.
Son of John
Randolph Tucker and Laura (Powell) Tucker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;
died in office 1932; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1932
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Charles P. Dorman (1794-1849) —
of Virginia.
Born October
14, 1794.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-37, 1839-42, 1846-48.
Presbyterian.
Sponsored bill to create the Virginia Military Institute.
Died in Rockbridge
County, Va., December
20, 1849 (age 55 years, 67
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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James Baldwin Dorman (1828-1893) —
of Rockbridge
County, Va.
Born in Lexington,
Va., July 25,
1828.
Son of Charles
P. Dorman.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1848-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died at the Virginia Hotel, Staunton,
Va., August 4,
1893 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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