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Gholson family of Virginia

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Thomas Gholson, Jr. (d. 1816) — of Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va. Born in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1806-09; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1808, 1809-16 (17th District 1808, 1809-15, 18th District 1815-16); died in office 1816; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died from war wounds, in Brunswick County, Va., July 4, 1816. Interment at Gholson Family Cemetery, Brunswick, Va.

		Relatives: Uncle and father-in-law of Thomas Saunders Gholson; uncle of James Herbert Gholson; second cousin of Richard Dickerson Gholson (1802-1861).
		Political family: Gholson family of Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) — also known as James H. Gholson — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Va., 1798. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830-33; U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judge in Virginia, 1840. Died in Brunswick County, Va., July 2, 1848 (age about 50 years). Interment at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.

		Relatives: Brother of Thomas Saunders Gholson; married 1827 to Charlotte Louisa Cary (c.1805-1852); nephew of Thomas Gholson, Jr.; second cousin once removed of Richard Dickerson Gholson (1802-1861).
		Political family: Gholson family of Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Richard Dickerson Gholson (1802-1861) — Born in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., January 3, 1802. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky state senate, 1851-55; Governor of Washington Territory, 1859-61. English and Cherokee Indian ancestry. Died in Tennessee, August 28, 1861 (age 59 years, 237 days). Interment somewhere in Troy, Tenn.

		Relatives: Second cousin of Thomas Gholson, Jr.; second cousin once removed of James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) and Thomas Saunders Gholson.
		Political family: Gholson family of Virginia.

Thomas Saunders Gholson (1810-1868) — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Va., December 9, 1810. State court judge in Virginia, 1859-63; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 12, 1868 (age 58 years, 3 days). Interment at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.

		Relatives: Brother of James Herbert Gholson; nephew and son-in-law of Thomas Gholson, Jr.; second cousin once removed of Richard Dickerson Gholson (1802-1861).
		Political family: Gholson family of Virginia.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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