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Smyth County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Smyth County

Index to Locations Marion Rose Lawn Cemetery Marion Round Hill Cemetery Seven Mile Ford Aspenvale Cemetery Rose Lawn Cemetery Marion, Smyth County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) — also known as W. Pat Jennings — of Marion, Smyth County, Va.; Vienna, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Camp, Smyth County, Va., August 20, 1919. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; automobile dealer; farm implement dealer; Smyth County Sheriff, 1948-54; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1955-67; defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1968. Methodist. Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha Zeta; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving overturned and crushed him, in Marion, Smyth County, Va., August 2, 1994 (age 74 years, 347 days). Interment at Rose Lawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Grover A. Jennings and Okie Lou (Brewer) Jennings; married to Ann Cox.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Lane Anderson (1907-1951) — of Marion, Smyth County, Va. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 16, 1907. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of Marion, Va., 1948-51; died in office 1951. Member, Kiwanis. Died, from a heart attack while golfing, in Marion, Smyth County, Va., June 7, 1951 (age 43 years, 295 days). Interment at Rose Lawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sherwood Anderson and Cornelia Pratt (Lane) Anderson; married to Mary Chryst.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Round Hill Cemetery Marion, Smyth County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880) — also known as Fayette McMullen — of Rye Cove, Scott County, Va. Born in Bedford County, Va., May 18, 1805. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1832-35; member of Virginia state senate, 1836-47; U.S. Representative from Virginia 13th District, 1849-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1852, 1856; Governor of Washington Territory, 1857-58; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1878. Slaveowner. Killed in a railroad accident in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., November 8, 1880 (age 75 years, 174 days). Interment at Round Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Aspenvale Cemetery Seven Mile Ford, Smyth County, Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836) — also known as Francis Preston — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield, Botetourt County, Va., August 2, 1765. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state senate, 1788-89, 1816-20; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-14; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 26, 1836 (age 70 years, 298 days). Interment at Aspenvale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Preston (1729-1783) and Susanna (Smith) Preston; brother of James Patton Preston and Letitia Preston (who married John Floyd); married, January 10, 1793, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (daughter of William Campbell; niece of Patrick Henry); father of William Campbell Preston, John Smith Preston and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (who married Wade Hampton III); uncle of James McDowell, William Ballard Preston, John Buchanan Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd and William Preston (1816-1887); grandfather of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; cousin *** of John Brown, James Breckinridge and James Brown; first cousin of John Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); first cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Campbell (1745-1781) — Born in Augusta County, Va., 1745. Justice of the peace; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1781. Died in Hanover County, Va., August 22, 1781 (age about 36 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Hanover County, Va.; reinterment in 1823 at Aspenvale Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Henry (sister of Patrick Henry; who later married William Russell); father of Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis Smith Preston); grandfather of William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandfather of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge.   Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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