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.
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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John Smith (1750-1836) —
of Virginia.
Born near Locust Hill, Middlesex
County, Va., May 7,
1750.
Justice of the peace; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779-83; member of Virginia
state senate, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1801-15 (at-large 1801-07, 3rd
District 1807-15); served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Died in Frederick
County, Va., March 5,
1836 (age 85 years, 303
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1890 at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Thomas Chilton (1798-1854) —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., July 30,
1798.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1827-31, 1833-35 (11th District
1827-31, 6th District 1833-35).
According to family legend, helped Davy Crockett write his
autobiography.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Tex., August
15, 1854 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Old Cemetery, Montgomery, Tex.
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Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) —
also known as Tobias Guarneriius —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1805.
Newspaper
editor; college
professor; linguist;
as a young man, took part in several duels;
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to
Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
Greek
and Alabama
Indian ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
30, 1883 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) —
also known as William P. Chilton —
of Alabama.
Born near Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., August
10, 1810.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; member of Alabama
state senate, 1859; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 6th District, 1862-65.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
20, 1871 (age 60 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;
member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Arrested
by Union troops as an alleged Southern
sympathizer, and while a prisoner,
was shot and
killed,
near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., August
28, 1862 (age 43 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) —
also known as John T. Morgan —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., June 20,
1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1860,
1876;
delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1876,
1900;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1907 (age 82 years, 356
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Commodore Perry Chilton (1844-1906) —
also known as Perry Chilton —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born December
6, 1844.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1887-88,
1893-94.
Died August
17, 1906 (age 61 years, 254
days).
Interment at Chilton Cemetery, Eminence, Mo.
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Shadrach Chilton (1847-1926) —
of Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo.
Born in Carter
County, Mo., February
8, 1847.
Democrat. Farmer; Carter
County Probate Judge, 1882; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1907-08,
1911-12.
Died in Carter
County, Mo., February
23, 1926 (age 79 years, 15
days).
Interment at Reed Cemetery, Carter County, Mo.
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Horace George Chilton (1853-1932) —
also known as Horace Chilton —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., December
29, 1853.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1891-92, 1895-1901.
Accidentally fell over
a chair, broke his upper leg, never recovered from the injury, and
died three months later, from heart and
kidney
disease and senility,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 12,
1932 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Arthur Bounds Chilton (1890-1934) —
also known as Arthur B. Chilton;
"A.B.C." —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born July 14,
1890.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1931-34.
Died, from polycystic
kidney disease, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
21, 1934 (age 43 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Dracos Alexander Dimitry, Jr. (1922-1973) —
also known as Drake Dimitry —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Missouri, November
24, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1956.
Owner of Heights Mfg. Co., which built antenna towers.
Injured in an automobile
collision on icy
roads near Almont, Mich., and died soon after in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., March
23, 1973 (age 50 years, 119
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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