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George Calvert Andes (1891-1985) —
also known as George C. Andes —
of Timberville, Rockingham
County, Va.; Fayette
County, W.Va.; Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., January
25, 1891.
Son of Benjamin Andes and Rebecca Andes.
Republican. Physician; worked for a coal mining
company; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1934, 1936.
Died in October, 1985
(age 94
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., December
13, 1790.
Physician; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brazoria, Brazoria
County, Tex., September
22, 1856 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Son of George Hilliard Bright and Mary Samuel (Davies) Bright.
Physician; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Israel Brown (1873-1928) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., July 28,
1873.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-24.
Jewish.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion.
Died February
11, 1928 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Richard Green Buckingham (b. 1816) —
also known as R. G. Buckingham —
of Virginia; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
14, 1816.
Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1876-77.
Died in Denver,
Colo.
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Bull (1803-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Physician; ordained
minister; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1828;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1833-35.
Died near Rothville, Chariton
County, Mo., February, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Hutcheson
Cemetery, Near Rothville, Chariton County, Mo.
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Henry H. Chambers (1790-1826) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born near Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., October
1, 1790.
Democrat. Physician; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1820; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1821, 1823; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1825-26; died in office 1826.
Died near Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., January
24, 1826 (age 35 years, 115
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va.
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Walter John Giller (1938-2003) —
also known as John Giller —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., December
28, 1938.
Republican. Orthopedic surgeon; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Died, of cancer, in
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., March 13,
2003 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African
ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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James Edward Inskeep (1851-1925) —
also known as James E. Inskeep —
of Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1851.
Democrat. Physician; Wabash
County Coroner; Wabash
County Sheriff; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1912.
Died in Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill., July 9,
1925 (age 73 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., 1787.
Physician; merchant;
steamboat
owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died in 1838
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas Graham Matney (1889-1976) —
also known as T. G. Matney —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Card, Buchanan
County, Va., April 19,
1889.
Son of Henry Wise Matney (1853-1914) and Annie (Muscroft) Matney
(1862-1932).
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1951-52,
1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Medical
Association.
Died June 11,
1976 (age 87 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery, Lillydale, W.Va.
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James McClurg (1746-1823) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., 1746.
Physician; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1797-98.
In 1787, he advocated establishment of a monarchy for the United
States.
Died July 9,
1823 (age about 77
years).
Interment at St.
John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.
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Ross T. McIntire —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 30th District, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1956.
He was President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's personal physician.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Page (1870-1954) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., September
1, 1870.
Son of Henry
Page (1841-1913) and Virginia Upshur (Dennis) Page.
Physician; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; built
and commanded Corregidor Hospital in Philippines, 1898-99; organized
U.S. Ambulance Corps, 1917; dean, college of Medicine, University of
Cincinnati, 1921-25; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died May 25,
1954 (age 83 years, 266
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Son of Isham Penn (1837-1919) and Maria (Irvine) Penn (1850-1921).
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African
ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
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Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885) —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va.
Physician; druggist;
member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1852-53; member of California
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
1885.
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Epitaph: "His
virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none
— one of nature's noblemen." |
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Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz (1890-1963) —
also known as Rudolph G. Tenerowicz —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
of Polish parents, June 14,
1890.
Son of John Tenerowicz and Antoinette (Gall) Tenerowicz.
Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1928-32, 1936-39; resigned 1932; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942 (Democratic primary), 1946 (Republican primary), 1948
(Republican), 1950 (Republican), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican).
Polish
ancestry.
Tried
and convicted
on vice
conspiracy charges
in 1932; freed from prison when pardoned
by Gov. William
A. Comstock.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., August
31, 1963 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Edwin Trevey (1933-1990) —
also known as Jack Trevey —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1933.
Republican. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 78th District, 1978-79; member of
Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1979-90; died in office 1990.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., June 28,
1990 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hunting
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Island, Va.
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Leonard Wood (1860-1927) —
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
9, 1860.
Son of Charles Jewett Wood and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood.
Republican. Physician; received the Medal
of Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander of
the "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; major
general in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief of
Staff; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
Governor-General of the Philippines, 1921-27.
English
ancestry.
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is named for
him.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 6,
1927 (age 66 years, 301
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel S. Yoder (1841-1921) —
of Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio; Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, August
16, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; lawyer;
probate judge in Ohio, 1882-86; member of Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1887-91; Sergeant-at-Arms
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1891-93.
Died May 11,
1921 (age 79 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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