Williamsburg city
Virginia
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Williamsburg city
Virginia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Williamsburg city
Index to Locations
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William Angus Hamilton (1867-1929) —
also known as William A. Hamilton —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in 1867.
Son of William Hamilton and Anne (Fraser) Hamilton.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1928.
Died, of kidney
disease, 1929
(age about
62 years).
Interment somewhere.
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Cyrus Griffin (1748-1810) —
of Virginia.
Born in Farnham, Richmond
County, Va., July 16,
1748.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1777-78, 1786-87; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778-81, 1787-88; U.S.
District Judge for Virginia, 1789-1810; died in office 1810.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., December
14, 1810 (age 62 years, 151
days).
Interment at Bruton Churchyard.
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Son of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Beale Park in Bakersfield is named for
him.
Died near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton Parish Churchyard.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Ohio.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1721.
Son of John Randolph (1693-1737).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
22, 1775 (age about 54
years).
Interment at College of William and Mary Chapel.
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George Taliaferro Ward (c.1810-1862) —
also known as George T. Ward —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., about 1810.
Whig. Member
Florida territorial council, 1833-34; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1848; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1852; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
candidate for Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading his regiment in the Civil
War battle at Williamsburg,
Va., May 5,
1862 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
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