The Political Graveyard: Poindexter-Anderson family of Greenlee and Lexington, Virginia

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Poindexter-Anderson family of Greenlee and Lexington, Virginia

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Francis Thomas Anderson (1808-1887) — Born in Botetourt County, Va., December 11, 1808. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1864-65; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1871-82. Died in Lexington, Va., November 30, 1887 (age 78 years, 354 days). Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.

		Relatives: Son of William Anderson (1764-1839) and Anne (Thomas) Anderson (1770-1839); married to Mary Ann Alexander (1806-1881); grandfather of Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) and William Anderson Poindexter.
		Political family: Poindexter-Anderson family of Greenlee and Lexington, Virginia.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., April 22, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; Walla Walla County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-94; superior court judge in Washington, 1904-08; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1923-28. Died in Greenlee, Rockbridge County, Va., September 21, 1946 (age 78 years, 152 days). Original interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.; reinterment at Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.

		Relatives: Son of William Bowyer Poindexter (1835-1917) and Josephine (Anderson) Poindexter (1838-1912); brother of William Anderson Poindexter; married 1892 to Elizabeth Gale Page (1866-1929); married 1936 to Elinor Jackson (Junkin) Latane (1867-1939); grandson of Francis Thomas Anderson (1808-1887).
		Political family: Poindexter-Anderson family of Greenlee and Lexington, Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919

William Anderson Poindexter (1874-1968) — Born in Greenlee, Rockbridge County, Va., September 17, 1874. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Vice Consul in Dundee, 1919-22. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., January 7, 1968 (age 93 years, 112 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

		Relatives: Son of William Bowyer Poindexter (1835-1917) and Josephine (Anderson) Poindexter (1838-1912); brother of Miles Poindexter (1868-1946); married to Kathleen Flood (1885-1940); married 1941 to Ruby Mae Stringer (1903-1996); grandson of Francis Thomas Anderson.
		Political family: Poindexter-Anderson family of Greenlee and Lexington, Virginia.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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