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Index to Locations
King David Memorial Gardens
Mt. Vernon
Ox Hill Battlefield Park
Private or family graveyards
Chantilly Sully Plantation
Near Falls Church National Memorial
Park
Near Lorton Gunston Hall Grounds
Oakton Flint Hill Cemetery
King David
Memorial Gardens
7482 Lee Highway
Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians buried
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Richard Bernard Stone (1928-2019) —
also known as Richard Stone; Dick Stone —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
22, 1928.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Florida, 1971-74; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1975-80; resigned 1980; U.S. Ambassador to
, 1983-84; Denmark, 1992-93.
Jewish.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 28,
2019 (age 90 years, 309
days).
Interment at King David Memorial Gardens.
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Mt.
Vernon
Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Washington (1732-1799) —
also known as "Father of His Country"; "The
American Fabius" —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February 11, 1731/32 o.s. (February
22, 1732).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he
served as the first
President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to
the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably from acute bacterial
epiglottitis, at Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Mt. Vernon; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at Washington
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at Boston
Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January
6, 1759, to Martha
Dandridge Custis (aunt of Burwell
Bassett); step-father of John
Parke Custis; uncle of Bushrod
Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad; granduncle of John
Thornton Augustine Washington and George
Corbin Washington; great-granduncle of Jane Washington Augusta
Thornton (who married James
Burnie Beck); second great-granduncle of George
Washington Thornton Beck; first cousin six times removed of Archer
Woodford; second cousin of Howell
Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818), Sulifand
Sutherland Ross and David
Shelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed of Walker
Peyton Conway, Howell
Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb, James
David Walker and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Andrew
Jackson Cobb; second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Henry Ball Jr., William
de Bruyn=Kops, Horace
Lee Washington, Edwin
McPherson Holden, Claude
C. Ball, Arthur
Wesley Holden and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Rootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Bullitt Churchill and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden. |
| | | Political family: Washington
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Lee — Joshua
Fry — Alexander
Dimitry — Tobias
Lear — David
Mathews — Rufus
Putnam |
| | | Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The state
of Washington is named for
him. — Mount
Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,
Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The minor
planet 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: General
Washington Johnston
— George
Washington Lent Marr
— George
Washington Heard
— George
Washington Barnett
— George
Washington Davis
— George
W. Owen
— George
W. Toland
— George
W. Lay
— George
W. Patterson
— George
W. B. Towns
— George
Washington Adams
— George
Washington Hockley
— George
W. Smyth
— G.
W. Ingersoll
— George
W. Hopkins
— George
Washington Montgomery
— Joseph
George Washington Duncan
— George
W. Kittredge
— George
Washington Juden, Sr.
— George
W. Jones
— George
Washington Lane
— George
W. Harrison
— George
Washington Ewing
— George
Washington Seabrook
— George
W. Morrison
— George
W. Woodward
— George
Washington Wright
— George
Washington Triplett
— George
Washington Glasscock
— George
W. Schuyler
— George
Washington Holman
— George
W. Greene
— George
W. Johnson
— George
W. Wolcott
— George
W. Paschal
— George
Washington Dunlap
— George
Washington Warren
— George
Washington Hill
— George
Washington Logan
— George
W. Getchell
— George
W. Wright
— George
W. Julian
— George
Washington Dyal
— George
W. Ladd
— George
W. Peck
— George
Washington Nesmith
— George
W. Morgan
— George
Washington Brooks
— George
Washington Cowles
— George
W. Geddes
— George
Washington Whitmore
— George
Washington Bridges
— George
W. Cate
— George
W. Houk
— George
W. Webber
— George
W. Bemis
— George
W. Batchelder
— George
Washington Fairbrother
— George
W. Glick
— George
W. Ryland
— George
W. Jones
— George
W. Baker
— George
W. Shell
— George
W. Anderson
— George
W. Crouse
— George
W. Hulick
— George
W. Allen
— George
W. F. Harper
— George
Washington Clark
— George
W. McCrary
— George
W. Gordon
— George
W. Kingsbury
— George
W. Covington
— George
Washington Fleeger
— George
W. Steele
— George
W. Wilson
— George
W. Martin
— George
W. E. Dorsey
— George
W. Plunkitt
— George
W. Furbush
— George
W. Sutton
— George
W. Curtin
— George
W. Ray
— George
W. Roosevelt
— George
W. Smith
— George
W. Kipp
— George
W. Campbell
— George
W. Taylor
— George
W. Stone
— George
W. Bartch
— George
W. Shonk
— George
W. Paul
— George
W. Cook
— George
W. Clarke
— George
W. Murray
— George
W. Faris
— George
W. Fithian
— George
W. Prince
— George
W. Buckner
— George
W. Cromer
— George
W. Donaghey
— George
T. Beck
— George
W. Aldridge
— George
Washington Wagoner
— George
Washington Goethals
— George
W. Armstrong
— George
W. Lovejoy
— George
W. Oakes
— George
W. Hays
— George
W. Edmonds
— George
W. Lindsay
— George
Washington Jones
— T.
G. W. Tarver
— George
W. Darden
— George
W. McCaskrin
— George
Washington English
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Mead
— George
W. Collins
— George
W. Gibbons
— George
W. List
— George
W. Calkin
— George
Washington Sullivan
— George
W. Rauch
— George
W. Michell
— George
Washington Jackson
— George
W. Blanchard
— George
Washington Herz
— George
W. Bristow
— George
Washington Hardy
— George
W. Ballard
— George
W. McKown
— George
W. Collins
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill.
His portrait
also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas
Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation —
Henry Wiencek, An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America — James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,
The
Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential
Care — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] — Wendie C. Old, George
Washington (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt. Vernon.
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Martha Washington (1731-1802) —
also known as Martha Dandridge; Martha Dandridge
Custis —
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 13,
1731.
First
Lady of the United States, 1789-97.
Female.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., May 22,
1802 (age 70 years, 343
days).
Entombed at Mt. Vernon.
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John Parke Custis (1754-1781) —
also known as Jacky Custis —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., November
27, 1754.
Planter;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1778-81.
Died, probably from typhus or
dysentery,
in New
Kent County, Va., November
5, 1781 (age 26 years, 343
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon.
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Ox Hill
Battlefield Park
Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) —
also known as Isaac I. Stevens —
of Washington.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
25, 1818.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed at the Civil
War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at Ox Hill Battlefield
Park.
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Relatives:
Cousin *** of Charles
Abbot Stevens and Moses
Tyler Stevens. |
| | | Political family: Stevens-Woodhull
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Stevens counties in Minn. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a state
park) in Warrenton,
Oregon, was named for
him. — Fort
Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a park)
in Washington,
D.C., was named for
him. — The city
(and lake)
of Lake
Stevens, Washington, is named for
him. — The town
of Stevensville,
Montana, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(6,838 feet), in Shoshone
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(5,372 feet), in Bingham
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Upper Stevens Lake,
and Lower Stevens Lake,
in Shoshone
County, Idaho, are named for
him. — The Stevens Hall dormitory,
at Washington State University,
Pullman,
Washington, is named for
him. — Isaac I. Stevens Elementary
School (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Middle
School, in Port
Angeles, Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Junior
High School (now Middle School), in Pasco,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of
his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous
heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his
command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the
battle of Chantilly, Va." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:
Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion
of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of
Washington |
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Private or family
graveyards
Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Cutts (1769-1846) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
31, 1769.
Member of New Hampshire state legislature, 1800; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1810-13, 1813-15.
Died in Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1846 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Fitzhugh (1741-1809) —
of Virginia.
Born in King George
County, Va., August
24, 1741.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1776-77, 1780-81, 1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1779; member of Virginia
state senate, 1781-85.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., June 6,
1809 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fitzhugh and Lucy (Carter) Fitzhugh; married 1778 to Sarah
Digges; married to Ann Bolling Randolph; great-grandfather of William
Henry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin once removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison (1804-1878); first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901), John
Breckinridge Castleman and John
Scott Harrison (1844-1926); first cousin four times removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Harry
Bartow Hawes and William
Welby Beverley; first cousin five times removed of Francis
Beverley Biddle, Harry
Flood Byrd and William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin six times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Craik (1761-1807) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., October
31, 1761.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland 5th
District, 1793-96, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1796-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., February
9, 1807 (age 45 years, 101
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) —
also known as William H. F. Lee; Rooney
Lee —
of Burkes Station (now Burke), Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Arlington
County, Va., May 31,
1837.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,
and eventually exchanged for Gen. Neal
Dow, who had been captured by Confederates.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., October
15, 1891 (age 54 years, 137
days).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
in 1922 at University
Chapel, Lexington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee; married 1859 to
Charlotte Georgiana Wickham; married 1867 to Mary
Tabb Bolling; grandson of Henry
Lee; grandnephew of Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; great-grandson of William
Fitzhugh and John
Parke Custis; great-grandnephew of Beverley
Randolph; second great-grandson of Martha
Washington; second great-grandnephew of Richard
Bland; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin twice removed of George
Henry Calvert and Charles
Benedict Calvert; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780), Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790) and Burwell
Bassett; first cousin four times removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas, John
Wayles Eppes, William
Henry Harrison, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Lee
Marvin; third cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), John
Robertson, John
Lee, Francis
Wayles Eppes, John
Scott Harrison (1804-1878) and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Zachary
Taylor and William
Welby Beverley; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901), John
Breckinridge Castleman, John
Scott Harrison (1844-1926), Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, John
Lee Carroll, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Harry
Bartow Hawes, Edward
Brooke Lee and Richard
Walker Bolling. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Mason
family of Virginia; Lee
family of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sully
Plantation
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
20, 1761.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th
District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of
Columbia, 1827.
Slaveowner.
Died in Madison
County, Ky., March
12, 1827 (age 66 years, 51
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 at Sully
Plantation.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy Ludwell Gaines (Grymes) Lee;
brother of Henry
Lee (1756-1818), Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; married 1794 to
Elizabeth Collins Lee; grandnephew of Richard
Bland; granduncle of Fitzhugh
Lee and William
Henry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; third great-grandfather of Lee
Marvin; first cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee and Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Lee and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis
Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John
Lee Carroll and Edward
Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley, Blair
Lee III and Edward
Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge
Horsey; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison and John
Breckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Gardner Coolidge, Elliot
Woolfolk Major, James
Sansome Lakin, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Lee-Mason
family of Virginia; Lee
family of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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National Memorial
Park
Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Harry Richard Sheppard (1885-1969) —
also known as Harry R. Sheppard —
of Yucaipa, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
10, 1885.
Democrat. Railroad
worker; beverage
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-65 (19th District 1937-43,
21st District 1943-53, 27th District 1953-63, 33rd District 1963-65);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1956,
1960.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died of pneumonia
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1969 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at National Memorial Park.
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Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F.
Curry —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill., March
14, 1858.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1887-89; secretary
of state of California, 1899-1911; candidate for Governor of
California, 1910; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1930 (age 72 years, 210
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National Memorial Park.
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Oscar Raymond Luhring (1879-1944) —
of Indiana.
Born in Haubstadt, Gibson
County, Ind., February
11, 1879.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1903; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1919-23; defeated,
1922; federal
judge, 1930.
Died August
20, 1944 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National Memorial Park.
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Will Rogers (1898-1983) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Bessie, Washita
County, Okla., December
12, 1898.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma at-large, 1933-43; candidate for secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1943.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., August
3, 1983 (age 84 years, 234
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at National Memorial Park.
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Murray M. Chotiner (1909-1974) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
4, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1936,
1944,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1960.
Special counsel to President Richard
Nixon, 1970-71.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Va., in front of the home
of Massachusetts Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy, and died one week later, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
30, 1974 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at National Memorial Park.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National Memorial Park.
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Gunston Hall
Grounds
Near Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
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George Mason (1725-1792) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., December
11, 1725.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1759; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1776-80, 1786-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-88.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., October
7, 1792 (age 66 years, 301
days).
Interment at Gunston Hall Grounds; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother of Thomson
Mason; married, April 4,
1750, to Ann Eilbeck; married, April
11, 1780, to Sarah Brent (aunt of George
Graham); uncle of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; granduncle of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850), Armistead
Thomson Mason and John
Thomson Mason Jr.; great-grandfather of Fitzhugh
Lee; great-granduncle of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather of Charles
O'Conor Goolrick; fourth great-granduncle of Jerauld
Wright. |
| | | Political family: Lee-Mason
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Mason counties in Ky. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | George Mason University,
Fairfax,
Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about George Mason: Jeff
Broadwater, George
Mason : Forgotten Founder |
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Flint Hill
Cemetery
Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) —
also known as Edward G. Latch —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
14, 1901.
Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of President Richard
Nixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.
Died in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1993 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Flint Hill Cemetery.
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