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Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807-1891) —
of Virginia.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 2,
1807.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1836-39, 1874-77; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1841-43; Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1844,
1848;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1850-53; member of Virginia
state senate, 1857-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Episcopalian.
Died in Staunton,
Va., February
13, 1891 (age 83 years, 317
days).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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James Hubert Price (1878-1943) —
also known as James H. Price —
of Virginia.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., September
7, 1878.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1916-30; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1930-38; Governor of
Virginia, 1938-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer;
civil
engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining
business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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John Brown Baldwin (1820-1873) —
of Augusta
County, Va.
Born in Staunton,
Va., January
11, 1820.
Son of Briscoe Gerard Baldwin and Martha Steele (Brown) Baldwin
(1791-1870).
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1846, 1865; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died September
30, 1873 (age 53 years, 262
days).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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Julian Minor Quarles (1848-1929) —
also known as Julian M. Quarles —
of Staunton,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1848.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1899-1901.
Died in 1929
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Son of Peter Hanger (1795-1869) and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy'
(Crawford) Hanger (1797-1864).
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal
paralysis and gangrene,
in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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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.
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L. W. H. Peyton —
of Virginia.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920.
Interment at Thornrose Cemetery.
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