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Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina

Note: This is just one of 1,162 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.

  Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Charles City County, Va., July 26, 1770. Lawyer; secretary of Northwest Territory, 1800-03; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1802; Governor of Northwest Territory, 1802-03; U.S. District Judge for Ohio, 1803-28; died in office 1828. Died in Sinking Spring, Highland County, Ohio, August 25, 1828 (age 58 years, 30 days). Interment at Byrd Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of William Evelyn Byrd (1728-1777) and Mary Shippen (Willing) Byrd (1740-1814); married, April 6, 1797, to Sarah Waters Meade (1775-1815); married, October 8, 1818, to Hannah Miles (1789-1839); nephew of Thomas Willing; grandson of Charles Willing; grandnephew of Edward Shippen (1703-1781) and William Shippen; great-granduncle of Connally Findlay Trigg and Richard Evelyn Byrd; second great-grandson of Edward Shippen (1639-1712); second great-granduncle of Harry Flood Byrd; third great-granduncle of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin once removed of Edward Shippen (1729-1806) and John Brown Francis; first cousin twice removed of Edward Overton Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of James Rieman Macfarlane and Francis Fisher Kane; first cousin five times removed of William Welby Beverley (1889-1969); second cousin once removed of Edward Shippen (1823-1904); second cousin twice removed of Bertha Shippen Irving; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund Pendleton; second cousin five times removed of William Bradley Umstead and Angier Biddle Duke; third cousin twice removed of John Penn, John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Zachary Taylor, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Hubbard Cozart (1839-1911) — also known as Benjamin H. Cozart — of Oxford, Granville County, N.C.; Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Granville County, N.C., March 4, 1839. Building contractor; member of North Carolina state senate 21st District, 1883-84. Died, from mitral aortic regurgitation, in Durham, Durham County, N.C., August 10, 1911 (age 72 years, 159 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Allen W. Cozart (1804-1861) and Sarah 'Sallie' (Rogers) Cozart (1819-1893); married, March 2, 1864, to Rebecca Frances Rogers (1843-1886); married 1887 to Leila Jeffreys Thorpe; third cousin once removed of William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954).
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Wesley Umstead (1844-1926) — also known as John W. Umstead — of Durham County, N.C. Born in Orange County, N.C., March 5, 1844. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1900. Died in Durham County, N.C., May 10, 1926 (age 82 years, 66 days). Interment at Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery, Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C.
  Presumably named for: John Wesley
  Relatives: Son of Squire DeWitt Umstead (1812-1867) and Martha Preston (Waller) Umstead (1817-1892); married to Louisa Goodman Waller (1841-1874); married 1889 to Lulie Elizabeth Lunsford (1857-1943); father of William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954).
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Judson Marion Grimmet (1877-1955) — also known as Judson M. Grimmet — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Tennessee, October 13, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee), 1932, 1936 (member, Credentials Committee), 1940 (Honorary Vice-President; member, Credentials Committee), 1944, 1948, 1952. Died in Caddo Parish, La., April 27, 1955 (age 77 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William L. Grimmet (1851-1930) and Julia (Allen) Grimmet (1854-1922); married, August 30, 1919, to Roberta Phillips Bass (1876-1955); father of Julia Grimmet Fortson (1910-1985).
  Political families: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) — also known as William B. Umstead — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C., May 13, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1933-39; North Carolina Democratic state chair, 1945; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948; Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; died in office 1954. Methodist. Died, from arteriosclerotic heart disease and congestive heart failure, while also suffering from bronchopneumonia, in Watts Hospital, Durham, Durham County, N.C., November 7, 1954 (age 59 years, 178 days). Interment at Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery, Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Wesley Umstead (1844-1926) and Lulie Elizabeth (Lunsford) Umstead (1857-1943); married, September 5, 1929, to Merle Davis (1901-1988); second cousin five times removed of Charles Willing Byrd; third cousin of Angier Biddle Duke; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Hubbard Cozart; fourth cousin once removed of Julia Grimmet Fortson.
  Political family: Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  William B. Umstead State Park, in Wake County, North Carolina, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Julia Grimmet Fortson (1910-1985) — also known as Julia L. Grimmet — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tenn., July 8, 1910. Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from Louisiana, 1936-50. Female. Baptist. Member, Junior League. Died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., August 24, 1985 (age 75 years, 47 days). Interment at Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
  Relatives: Daughter of Roberta Phillips (Bass) Grimmet (1876-1955) and Judson Marion Grimmet; married to Dr. William Alwin Fortson (1905-1985); fourth cousin once removed of William Bradley Umstead and Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995).
  Political families: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1915. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Chancellor of Southampton College. Hit by a car while rollerblading, and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 29, 1995 (age 79 years, 150 days). Entombed at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923) and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke (1898-1984); married 1937 to Priscilla St. George (1919-1995); married to Margaret Screven White; married 1952 to Maria-Luisa de Aranal (1921-1961); married 1962 to Robin Chandler Lynn and Robin Chandler Duke; nephew of Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.; great-grandson of Malbourne Addison Angier; second great-grandnephew of Charles John Biddle; third great-grandnephew of James Biddle, John Biddle (1792-1859) and Richard Biddle; fourth great-grandson of Charles Biddle; fourth great-grandnephew of Edward Biddle; first cousin once removed of Pearl McMannen Duke (1879-1938; who married Nathan Lynn Bachman) and Doris Duke (1912-1993; tobacco heiress); first cousin four times removed of James Stokes Biddle; first cousin six times removed of John Scull; second cousin thrice removed of John Biddle (1859-1936); second cousin four times removed of Edward MacFunn Biddle; second cousin five times removed of Charles Willing Byrd; third cousin of William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954); fourth cousin once removed of Julia Grimmet Fortson.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
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