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David Holmes (1769-1832) —
of Winchester,
Va.; Washington, Adams
County, Miss.
Born near Hanover, York
County, Pa., March 10,
1769.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4th
District 1807-09); Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1809-11, 1812-15; Governor of
Mississippi, 1817-20, 1826; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1820-25.
Presbyterian.
Died near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., August
20, 1832 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Son of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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John Black (d. 1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer;
justice
of Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854.
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Christopher, 1727.
Son of Isaac Roberdeau (c.1690-1743) and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau
(1699-1771).
Merchant;
member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
French
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., January
5, 1795 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Frederick William Mackey Holliday (1828-1899) —
of Virginia.
Born in Winchester,
Va., February
22, 1828.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Governor of
Virginia, 1878-82.
Died in Winchester,
Va., May 20,
1899 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Holmes Conrad (1840-1915) —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., January
31, 1840.
Son of Robert
Young Conrad and Elizabeth Whiting (Powell) Conrad.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1878-82; U.S. Solicitor General,
1895-97.
Died in Winchester,
Va., September
4, 1915 (age 75 years, 216
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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John Smith (1750-1836) —
of Virginia.
Born near Locust Hill, Middlesex
County, Va., May 7,
1750.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1779; member of Virginia
state senate, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1801-15 (at-large 1801-07, 3rd
District 1807-15).
Died March 5,
1836 (age 85 years, 303
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1890 at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Thomas Walter Harrison (1856-1935) —
also known as Thomas W. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., August 5,
1856.
Son of Matthew Harrison and Anne Harriette Harrison.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate, 1887-94; state court judge in Virginia, 1895-1916;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1916-22, 1923-29.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Winchester,
Va., May 9,
1935 (age 78 years, 277
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1823.
Son of Henry
St. George Tucker (1780-1848).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1875-87 (6th District 1875-85, 10th
District 1885-87).
Died in 1897
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard E. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., August
13, 1860.
Son of Col. William Byrd (1828-1898) and Jennie (Rivers) Byrd
(1840-1930).
Democrat. Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1884-1904; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1906-12; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1908-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1914-20.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
25, 1925 (age 65 years, 73
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) —
also known as Burr P. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., July 2,
1904.
Son of Thomas
Walter Harrison and Nellie (Cover) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member of Virginia
state senate, 1940-42; circuit judge in Virginia 17th Circuit,
1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis;
Ruritan.
Died in Winchester,
Va., December
29, 1973 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1780.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19.
Died in 1848
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Son of James Morgan (1710-1782).
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old Stone Presbyterian
Church Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Robert Young Conrad (1805-1875) —
of Frederick
County, Va.
Born in 1805.
Virginia
state attorney general, 1857-62; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in 1875
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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James Washington Singleton (1811-1892) —
also known as James W. Singleton —
of Brown
County, Ill.; Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Paxton, Frederick
County, Va., November
23, 1811.
Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Brown County, 1847;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Adams County, 1862;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1879-83.
Died April 4,
1892 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Richard Parker (1810-1893) —
of Virginia.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
22, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1849-51.
Died in Winchester,
Va., November
10, 1893 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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