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William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil
engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &
Petersburg Railroad;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president,
Norfolk and Western Railroad;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) —
also known as W. Hodges Mann —
of Nottoway
County, Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 30,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Nottoway
County Judge, 1870-92; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899; Governor of
Virginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Presbyterian.
Died December
12, 1927 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) —
also known as William E. Cameron —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., November
29, 1842.
Son of Walker Anderson Cameron and Elizabeth Page (Walker) Cameron.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1876-82; Governor of
Virginia, 1882-86; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02.
In 1869, he was injured in a duel
with Robert
William Hughes.
Died in Louisa
County, Va., January
26, 1927 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) —
also known as Patrick H. Drewry —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 24,
1875.
Son of Dr. E. A. Drewry and Alta L. (Booth) Drewry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1912-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
21, 1947 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909) —
also known as Francis R. Lassiter —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., February
18, 1866.
Son of Dr. Daniel W. Lassiter.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1900-03, 1907-09; died
in office 1909.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Elks Home, Bedford,
Va., October
31, 1909 (age 43 years, 255
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) —
also known as Francis E. Rives —
of Littleton, Sussex
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Democrat. Planter; railroad
builder; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-31; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1861 (age 69 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) —
also known as James H. Gholson —
of Virginia.
Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick
County, Va., 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judge
in Virginia.
Died in Brunswick
County, Va., July 2,
1848 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) —
also known as Charles F. Collier —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., September
27, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1852; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in Petersburg,
Va., June 29,
1899 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Edward Carrington Venable (1853-1908) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1853.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1889-91.
Died in 1908
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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William Robertson McKenney (1851-1916) —
also known as William R. McKenney —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., December
2, 1851.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1895-97.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 64 years, 32
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Thomas Saunders Gholson (1810-1868) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick
County, Va., December
9, 1810.
State court judge in Virginia, 1859-63; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
12, 1868 (age 58 years, 3
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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James Boisseau (1822-1872) —
of Dinwiddie
County, Va.
Born in 1822.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in 1872
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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Thomas Branch (1802-1888) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
23, 1802.
Son of Thomas Branch and Mary (Patteson) Branch.
Merchant;
banker;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
15, 1888 (age 85 years, 328
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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John Thompson Wyatt (1896-1981) —
also known as J. Thompson Wyatt —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born June 3,
1896.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1932.
Died April 25,
1981 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Blandford Cemetery.
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