The Political Graveyard: Funsten family of Virginia

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Funsten family of Virginia

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Oliver Ridgeway Funsten (1817-1871) — also known as O. R. Funsten — of White Post, Clarke County, Va. Born in Clarke County, Va., April 15, 1817. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1860. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Clarke County, Va., July 15, 1871 (age 54 years, 91 days). Interment at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Post, Va.

		Relatives: Son of Margaret (McKay) Funsten and Oliver Robert Funsten; brother of David Funsten.
		Political family: Funsten family of Virginia.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

David Funsten (1819-1866) — of Virginia. Born in Clarke County, Va., October 14, 1819. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1844-45; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died of pneumonia, at Howard (now part of Tysons Corner), Fairfax County, Va., April 6, 1866 (age 46 years, 174 days). Interment at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.

		Relatives: Son of Margaret (McKay) Funsten and Oliver Robert Funsten; brother of Oliver Ridgeway Funsten; married, November 21, 1844, to Susan Everard Meade; father of Susan Meade Funsten (who married William Meade Dame).
		Political family: Funsten family of Virginia.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

William Meade Dame (1844-1923) — also known as William M. Dame — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Danville, Va., December 17, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Episcopal priest; rector of Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 1878-1923; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1912. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., January 27, 1923 (age 78 years, 41 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

		Relatives: Son of Rev. George Washington Dame and Mary Maria (Page) Dame; married 1869 to Susan Meade Funsten (daughter of David Funsten).
		Political family: Funsten family of Virginia.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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