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Brockenbrough family of Virginia

Note: This is just one of 1,325 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 Four 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.

  Carter Braxton (1736-1797) — of Virginia. Born in King and Queen County, Va., September 16, 1736. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Died in Richmond, Va., October 10, 1797 (age 61 years, 24 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, King William County, Va.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of George Braxton and Mary (Carter) Braxton; married 1755 to Judith Robinson; married 1761 to Elizabeth Corbin; grandfather-in-law of William Brockenbrough; grandfather of Mary Page White (who married Andrew Stevenson); great-grandfather of John White Brockenbrough, John White Stevenson and Elliott Muse Braxton; ancestor *** of William Tyler Page.
  Political family: Brockenbrough family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Braxton County, W.Va. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  William Brockenbrough (1778-1838) — of Virginia. Born in Essex County, Va., July 10, 1778. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1802-03, 1807-09. Died in Richmond, Va., December 10, 1838 (age 60 years, 153 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father-in-law of Edward Colston; father of John White Brockenbrough; uncle of William Henry Brockenbrough; grandson-in-law of Carter Braxton.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Brockenbrough family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Edward Colston (1786-1852) — of Virginia. Born near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., December 25, 1786. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Berkeley County, Va (now W.Va.), April 23, 1852 (age 65 years, 120 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of William Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Benjamin Watkins Leigh and John White Brockenbrough; nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin and second cousin of Thomas Alexander Marshall; first cousin of Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Humphrey Marshall.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Brockenbrough family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) — of Virginia. Born in Hanover County, Va., December 23, 1806. Lawyer; newspaper editor; law professor; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61; resigned 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate District Judge, 1861. Died in Lexington, Va., February 20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Edward Colston; great-grandson of Carter Braxton; first cousin of William Henry Brockenbrough.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Brockenbrough family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) — also known as William H. Brockenbrough — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Virginia, February 23, 1812. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1837; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1838-40; member of Florida state senate, 1840-44; U.S. Representative from Florida at-large, 1846-47. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., January 28, 1850 (age 37 years, 339 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Nephew of William Brockenbrough; first cousin of John White Brockenbrough.
  Political family: Brockenbrough family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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