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Carter Glass (1858-1946) —
also known as "Father of the Federal Reserve";
"Pluck" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., January
4, 1858.
Son of Robert
Henry Glass.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899-1902; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1916-28; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in his room at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1946 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) —
also known as John W. Daniel; "The Lame Lion of
Lynchburg" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., September
5, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-72; member of Virginia
state senate, 1875-81; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1876;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1880,
1888,
1896
(Permanent
Chair); candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1885-87; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1887-1910; died in office 1910.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., June 29,
1910 (age 67 years, 297
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Son of Robert L. Owen (president of the Virginia and Tennesee
Railroad) and Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee Nation).
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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James Rives Childs (1893-1987) —
also known as J. Rives Childs —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
6, 1893.
Son of Lucy Howard (Brown) Childs (1854-1947) and John William
Childs.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Bucharest, 1924-29; Cairo, 1931; Tangier, 1943; U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia, 1946-49; Yemen, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1949-50; Ethiopia, 1951.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 15,
1987 (age 94 years, 159
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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James Garland (1791-1885) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Ivy Depot, Albemarle
County, Va., June 6,
1791.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-41 (7th District 1835-37, 6th
District 1837-39, 7th District 1839-41).
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August 8,
1885 (age 94 years, 63
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Houston (now Halifax), Halifax
County, Va., July 17,
1892.
Son of William
Randolph Barksdale and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) Barksdale.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state senate, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia 6th Circuit,
1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57;
took senior status 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August
16, 1972 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Clarence Godber Burton (1886-1982) —
also known as Clarence G. Burton —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
14, 1886.
Democrat. Mayor
of Lynchburg, Va., 1946; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1948-53.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., January
18, 1982 (age 95 years, 35
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Whitehead (1825-1901) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1825.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1873-75.
Died in 1901
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Isaac Hopkins (1843-1914) —
also known as Samuel I. Hopkins —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Maryland, 1843.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1887-89.
Died in 1914
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Jubal Anderson Early (1813-1894) —
of Franklin
County, Va.
Born in 1813.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in 1894
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Henry Glass (1820-1896) —
also known as Robert H. Glass —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in 1820.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1860.
Died in 1896
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Father of Meta Glass (president, Sweet Briar College, 1925-46) and Carter
Glass. See Glass
family of Virginia. |
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