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Dinwiddie County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dinwiddie County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Private or family graveyards Dinwiddie County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   John Banister (1734-1788) — of Virginia. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., December 26, 1734. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-75; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1776-77, 1781-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1778; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., September 30, 1788 (age 53 years, 279 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of John Banister and Willmuth or Wilmet Banister; married to Patsy Bland and Anne Blair.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) — of Petersburg, Va. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., 1745. Democrat. Planter; lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., February 21, 1818 (age about 72 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Patrick Magruder.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Claiborne (1777-1808) — of Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va. Born in Brunswick County, Va., 1777. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1805-08 (at-large 1805-07, 17th District 1807-08); died in office 1808. Died in Brunswick County, Va., October 9, 1808 (age about 31 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) and Mary (Clayton) Claiborne; brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856); second cousin of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; second cousin once removed of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; second cousin four times removed of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. and Corinne Claiborne Boggs; second cousin five times removed of Claiborne de Borda Pell, Barbara Boggs Sigmund and Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Andrew Fuller Fox.   Political family: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968) — also known as Arthur W. Mitchell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born near Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala., December 22, 1883. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940. African ancestry. While a student at Tuskegee Institute, he served as office boy for Booker T. Washington. First African-American Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Congress. Died near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., May 9, 1968 (age 84 years, 139 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Patrick Magruder (1768-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Rockville, Montgomery County, Md., 1768. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1797; circuit judge in Maryland, 1802; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07. Slaveowner. Died in Petersburg, Va., December 24, 1819 (age about 51 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son-in-law of Peterson Goodwyn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Pegram (1773-1831) — of Virginia. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., November 16, 1773. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1797-1801, 1813-15; member of Virginia state senate, 1804-08; U.S. Representative from Virginia 19th District, 1818-19. Slaveowner. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., April 8, 1831 (age 57 years, 143 days). Some sources say he died in the burning of a boat on the Ohio River, but that was his son, James W. Pegram. Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Mary (Lyle) Pegram and Edward Pegram; married to Martha Ward Gregory.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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