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Note: This is just one of
1,130
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
This specific family group is a subset of the
much larger Three Thousand
Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed
with more than one subset.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801) —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., September
28, 1717.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1779-81,
1782-84, 1785-86.
Anglican.
English
ancestry.
Died in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., September
10, 1801 (age 83 years, 347
days).
Interment at Hawkins Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Joel Childress (1777-1819) —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born March
22, 1777.
Planter;
merchant;
postmaster at Murfreesboro,
Tenn., 1813-17.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
18, 1819 (age 42 years, 149
days).
Interment at Canonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Joseph Maull (1781-1846) —
of Delaware.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., September
6, 1781.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician;
Governor
of Delaware, 1846; died in office 1846.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., May 3,
1846 (age 64 years, 239
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Lewes, Del.
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Henry Dodge (1782-1867) —
of Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born near Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., October
12, 1782.
Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33; Governor
of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, June 19,
1867 (age 84 years, 250
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bastrop
County, Tex., January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Charles Polk (1788-1857) —
of Kent
County, Del.
Born in Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., November
15, 1788.
Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County, 1824; Governor of
Delaware, 1827-30, 1836-37.
Died in Milford, Kent
County, Del., October
27, 1857 (age 68 years, 346
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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David Lane Dodge (1790-1873) —
also known as David L. Dodge —
of Springport town, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
21, 1790.
Physician;
druggist;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1855.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
6, 1873 (age 83 years, 227
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hugh Relfe (1791-1863) —
also known as James H. Relfe —
of Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, 1791.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-47.
Died in 1863
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Caledonia, Mo.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Davidson County, Tenn.; reinterment
in 1891 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk (1772-1827) and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk (1776-1852);
brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah Childress (1803-1891; daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (1785-1835; who married
Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(1817-1863; who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk (1871-1943); second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Mo., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Marshall
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) —
also known as Lewis F. Linn —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
5, 1796.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician;
member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1830-31; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.
Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
3, 1843 (age 46 years, 332
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
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Relatives:
Half-brother of Henry
Dodge; brother-in-law of James
Hugh Relfe (1791-1863); uncle of Augustus
Caesar Dodge. |
| | | Political family: Polk
family (subset of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Linn counties in Iowa, Kan., Mo. and Ore. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Linneus,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Linn,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of West
Linn, Oregon, is named for
him. — The city
of Linnton,
Oregon, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Peter Foster Causey (1801-1871) —
also known as Peter F. Causey —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., January
11, 1801.
Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839; Governor of
Delaware, 1855-59; defeated, 1846, 1850.
Methodist.
Died in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., February
15, 1871 (age 70 years, 35
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Churchyard, Milford, Del.
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William Dallas Polk Haywood (1810-1894) —
also known as William Dallas Haywood —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., 1810.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1857-58, 1867-68.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 1,
1894 (age about 84
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1848;
Governor
of Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) —
also known as Augustus C. Dodge —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., January
2, 1812.
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1855-59; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1860;
mayor
of Burlington, Iowa, 1874.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, November
20, 1883 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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James Clarke (1812-1850) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 5,
1812.
Secretary
of Iowa Territory, 1839-41; mayor
of Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County,
1844; Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1845-46.
Died in a cholera
epidemic, in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, July 28,
1850 (age 38 years, 23
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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William Hawkins Polk (1815-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., May 24,
1815.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1842-45; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Two Sicilies, 1845-47; major in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1851-53.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
16, 1862 (age 47 years, 206
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) —
also known as Augustus S. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., April
15, 1828.
Manufacturer;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865.
Died in Paris, France,
June
7, 1896 (age 68 years, 53
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) —
also known as M. T. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 15,
1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876;
Tennessee
state treasurer, 1877-83.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and lost a
leg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was discovered
in the state treasury. Polk fled
to Texas, was arrested
there, and brought back to Nashville for trial.
Charged
with embezzlement,
he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of
"default of pay" -- but was convicted,
sentenced
to twenty years in prison,
and fined.
Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in the
meantime.
Died in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
20, 1884 (age 52 years, 281
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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William Frederick Causey (1833-1902) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., November
28, 1833.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware state legislature, 1864-66; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1884-87.
Methodist.
Died in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., October
12, 1902 (age 68 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) —
also known as Irving H. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 13,
1858.
Republican. Secretary and treasurer, Waterbury Clock Company;
vice-president, Waterbury Manufacturing
Company; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, Chase Rolling Mill
Company; diretor, Waterbury Hotel
Corporation, American Printing
Company, Waterbury Buckle
Company, Smith and Griggs Manufacturing
Company, and Waterbury National Bank;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Died March
14, 1951 (age 92 years, 305
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Tasker Polk (1861-1928) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, March
24, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1915-16.
Died in North Carolina, July 5,
1928 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) —
also known as Rufus K. Polk —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
23, 1866.
Democrat. Chemist;
iron
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died
in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1902 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.
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Albert Fawcett Polk (1869-1955) —
of Delaware.
Born in Frederica, Kent
County, Del., October
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1917-19.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1955 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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Richard Tyler Polk (1869-1962) —
also known as R. T. 'Top' Polk —
of Killeen, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., October
16, 1869.
Republican. Postmaster at Killeen,
Tex., 1898-1914, 1922-34 (acting, 1922).
Died in Bell
County, Tex., June 7,
1962 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Interment at Killeen City Cemetery, Killeen, Tex.
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Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943) —
also known as Frank L. Polk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Corporation counsel, New York City, 1914-15; Counselor, U.S. State
Department, 1915-19; Undersecretary of State, 1919-20; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1943 (age 71 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Fletcher Faison (1882-1967) —
also known as Paul F. Faison —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Philippines;
Canton (Guangzhou), China;
Tientsin, China;
Tokyo, Japan.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
15, 1882.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1918-19.
Died in Tokyo, Japan,
November
18, 1967 (age 85 years, 3
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Edwin Fitzhugh Polk (1888-1938) —
also known as E. F. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in West Point, Clay
County, Miss., August
18, 1888.
Democrat. Optometrist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
16, 1938 (age 50 years, 90
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970) —
also known as Augustus S. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1928-29; Breslau, 1929-30; U.S. Consul in Tsingtao, as of 1932; Canton, as of 1938.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1970 (age 73 years, 243
days).
Interment at Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Conn.
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Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906-1982) —
also known as Winston Guest —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in England,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
prominent polo player; candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1934; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II.
Died in Nassau Hospital,
Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
25, 1982 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Richard Guest (1907-1991) —
also known as Raymond R. Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.; Bayard, Warren
County, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
25, 1907.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1940
(alternate), 1948;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Virginia
state senate 24th District, 1948-53; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1965-68.
Died of pneumonia,
in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
31, 1991 (age 84 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elizabeth Polk Guest (1910-1990) —
also known as Elizabeth Sturgis Polk; Mrs. Raymond
Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cedarhurst, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 31,
1910.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948.
Female.
Died, following a heart
attack, in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
23, 1990 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) —
also known as Andy Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1939.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1973-99.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Izaak
Walton League; Ruritan.
Died, of cancer,
in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., April 2,
2001 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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