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Nelson County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nelson County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Oak Ridge Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery Near Wingina Union Hill Cemetery Private or family graveyards Nelson County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756-1818) — of Virginia. Born in Amherst County, Va., December 15, 1756. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1785-86; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Amherst County, 1788; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795-1803 (14th District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1803). Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Nelson County, Va., August 4, 1818 (age 61 years, 232 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Col. William Cabell and Margaret (Jordan) Cabell; married 1781 to Sally Syme.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Frederick Mortimer Cabell (1802-1873) — also known as Frederick M. Cabell — of Nelson County, Va. Born in Buckingham County, Va., December 15, 1802. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1844-47; member of Virginia state senate, 1852-54; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Nelson County, 1861. Died in Nelson County, Va., March 2, 1873 (age 70 years, 77 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Frederick C. Cabell and Alice (Winston) Cabell; married, March 11, 1846, to Clara Hawes Coleman; grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden and Robert Crittenden; third cousin once removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden and Archelaus Marius Woodson; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr..   Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery Oak Ridge, Nelson County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Richard Pollard (1790-1851) — of Virginia. Born in King and Queen County, Va., 1790. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; U.S. Consul in Mexico City, 1833-34; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Chile, 1834-42. Died in Washington, D.C., February 19, 1851 (age about 60 years). Interment at Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1814 to Paulina Cabell Rives (niece of William Cabell Jr.; granddaughter of William Cabell).   Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) — also known as Thomas F. Ryan — of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson County, Va. Born in Lovingston, Nelson County, Va., October 17, 1851. Democrat. Financier; organizer and consolidator of streetcar companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable Life Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco Company; engaged in mining development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904, 1912. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37 days). Entombed at Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George A. Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan; married, November 25, 1873, to Ida Mary Barry; married, October 29, 1917, to Mary Townsend (Nicoll) Cuyler (sister of DeLancey Nicoll; aunt of Courtlandt Nicoll); grandfather of Allan Aloysius Ryan Jr. and Clendenin James Ryan.   Political family: Ryan-Nicoll family of New York City, New York.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Union Hill Cemetery Near Wingina, Nelson County, Virginia Founded 1798 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   William Cabell (1730-1798) — of Amherst County (part now in Nelson County), Va. Born in Goochland County, Va., March 13, 1730. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-75; member of Virginia state senate, 1776; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Amherst County, 1788. Died in Amherst County (part now in Nelson County), Va., March 23, 1798 (age 68 years, 10 days). Interment at Union Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Cabell (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell; married 1756 to Margaret Meredith Jordan; father of William Cabell Jr.; uncle of William Henry Cabell; grandfather of Paulina Cabell Rives (who married Richard Pollard); granduncle of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; great-granduncle of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second great-granduncle of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third great-granduncle of Earle Cabell.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Cabell Jr. (1759-1822) — Born March 25, 1759. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-97; sheriff. Died November 22, 1822 (age 63 years, 242 days). Interment at Union Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Cabell; married, November 20, 1780, to Ann 'Nancy' Carrington (daughter of Paul Carrington); uncle of Paulina Cabell Rives (who married Richard Pollard); first cousin of William Henry Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; first cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of Earle Cabell.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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