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.
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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James William Mathews (1766-1834) —
also known as James W. Mathews —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1766.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1802-03.
Died in 1834
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mathews (1768-1849) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
30, 1768.
Surveyor;
lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1798-1802,
1803-05, 1813-15, 1816-17.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), November
10, 1849 (age 81 years, 11
days).
Interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Peter Johnston Otey (1840-1902) —
also known as Peter J. Otey —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., December
22, 1840.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; railroad
executive; banker; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1895-1902; died in
office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., May 4,
1902 (age 61 years, 133
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Henry Fairfax (1850-1916) —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Aldie, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., May 4,
1850.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked for railroads;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1890; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Loudoun County,
1901-02.
Died July 11,
1916 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va.,
until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr. (1927-2021) —
also known as Charles M. Kinsolving, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1927.
Democrat. Advertising
business; senior vice president, American Newspaper
Publishers Association; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1954 (New York County 9th District), 1998 (73rd
District); campaign manager, Paul
O'Dwyer for U.S. Senate, 1970, and Herman
Badillo for New York City mayor, 1973.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 2021
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Neal Arlon Kinsolving (1930-2004) —
also known as Neal A. Kinsolving —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, January
15, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1964;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1967-70; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1968, 1970.
Died February
15, 2004 (age 74 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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