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Howard Hanson Adams (1891-1971) —
also known as Howard H. Adams —
of Eastville, Northampton
County, Va.
Born in Harborton, Accomack
County, Va., December
18, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-65; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
3, 1971 (age 79 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lawrence Adams and Effie Lee (Evans) Adams; married to
Mabel E. Bruitt. |
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Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; physician;
banker; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1795; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1795; New
Castle County Prothonotary, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., September
12, 1822 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank; president, Tobacco
Board of Trade; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions;
Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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Edward Almer Ames Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank, Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, January
8, 1936, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson. |
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Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) —
also known as Robert H. Angell —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., January
25, 1868.
Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement);
president, Shenandoah Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank;
president, Home Furniture
Co.; director, New Hotel
Corporation; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke
city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1912,
1928,
1932;
Virginia
Republican state chair, 1931.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., November
12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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William Randolph Barksdale (1849-1925) —
of Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., January
6, 1849.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
banker; Halifax
County Judge, 1874-80, 1886-1904; circuit judge in Virginia 6th
Circuit, 1905-25.
Died in Halifax
County, Va., April 5,
1925 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Mitchell Barnett (1870-1940) —
also known as Charles M. Barnett —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
September
22, 1870.
Steamship
agent; coal
dealer; bank director; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1898-1907; Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1907; Consul
for Nicaragua in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1921; Consul
for Costa Rica in Norfolk,
Va., 1900-07; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Norfolk,
Va., 1902-07; Consul
for Paraguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1903-29; Honorary
Consul for Mexico in Norfolk,
Va., 1929.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1940 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Richardson Cemetery, Eureka, Ind.
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George Lynn Bowman (b. 1874) —
also known as George L. Bowman —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., October
9, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Kingfisher
County Attorney, 1902-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harpine Bowman and Frances (Hoffman) Bowman; married, October
7, 1913, to Lena Odessa Pollard. |
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Thomas Branch (1802-1888) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
23, 1802.
Merchant;
banker; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Petersburg city, 1861.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
15, 1888 (age 85 years, 328
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King
William County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District,
1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) —
also known as Thomas G. Burch —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in Henry
County, Va., July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Banker; director, American Furniture
Co.; director, The Henry (hotel);
mayor
of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., March
20, 1951 (age 81 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Nathaniel P. Burruss (1844-1905) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
17, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Norfolk,
Va., 1865-77, 1900-01; his bank failed in 1897.
While buying tickets at a railway
office, he fell,
suffered a severe hip injury, and was hospitalized; this was two
hours before his daughter's scheduled wedding, on September 9, 1905;
the wedding venue was hastily changed to his bedside; died less than
30 days later, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., October
6, 1905 (age 60 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank, Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia
12th Circuit, 1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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George William Coan Jr. (1892-1975) —
also known as George W. Coan, Jr. —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, June 2,
1892.
Democrat. Banker; mayor
of Winston-Salem, N.C., 1929-35, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1944.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Ziglar's Home
for the Aged, Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., May 1,
1975 (age 82 years, 333
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George William Coan and Lula (Brown) Coan; married, December
14, 1914, to Mary Elizabeth Wiggins; married to Dorothy
Lindsey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Winston-Salem |
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Sam Baker Cook (1852-1931) —
also known as Sam B. Cook —
of Audrain
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., January
11, 1852.
Democrat. Banker; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1896-1900; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1901-05; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1917-20.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia and coronary
artery disease, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
4, 1931 (age 79 years, 24
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cook. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Crawford —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., March 1,
1803.
Real
estate agent; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863;
banker.
Died as a result of a gas
explosion at his home, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 17,
1871 (age 68 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Grady W. Dalton (1908-1986) —
Born in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., June 19,
1908.
Democrat. Banker; real estate
broker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 61st District, 1958-71.
Member, Elks; Moose; Order
of United American Mechanics; Kiwanis.
Died March 5,
1986 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878-1944) —
also known as Norman Davis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., August
9, 1878.
Democrat. Banker; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1919-20; Undersecretary of State, 1920-21; U.S. delegate to
international conferences; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1933-38; chairman, American Red Cross, 1938-44, and also of
International Red Cross, 1939-44.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., July 2,
1944 (age 65 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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George Washington Emery Dorsey (1842-1911) —
also known as George W. E. Dorsey —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Waterford, Loudoun
County, Va., January
25, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
banker; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1885-91.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 12,
1911 (age 69 years, 138
days).
Interment at Ridge
Cemetery, Fremont, Neb.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Davis Elkins (1876-1959) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911, 1919-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, cardio-renal
disease, and senility,
in Westbrook Sanatorium,
Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Henry Keeling Ellyson (1823-1890) —
also known as Henry K. Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 31,
1823.
Printer;
lecturer;
newspaper
publisher; director of banks, insurance
companies, and the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad;
president, Virginia Steamboat
Co.; Henrico
County Sheriff, 1857-65; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1870-71.
Baptist.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
27, 1890 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John William Flannagan Jr. (1885-1955) —
also known as John W. Flannagan, Jr. —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born near Trevilians, Louisa
County, Va., February
20, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-49 (9th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-49).
Died in Bristol,
Va., April
27, 1955 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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Littleberry Stainback Foster (1856-1942) —
of Mathews
County, Va.; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Mathews
County, Va., February
23, 1856.
Democrat. Physician;
superintendent
of schools; bank director; chair of
Mathews County Democratic Party, 1892-99; superintendent, Eastern
State Hospital at Williamsburg, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., September
23, 1942 (age 86 years, 212
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Foster and Nancy Jane (Holmes) Foster; married, December
21, 1881, to Agnes Virginia Dixon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia
(1906) |
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John W. Gibson (1910-1976) —
of Michigan.
Born in Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., August
23, 1910.
Democrat. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-49;; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
chairman, U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, 1950-52; banker.
In 1957, was one of the first
owners of a McDonald's Hamburgers franchise in the Washington area.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
22, 1976 (age 66 years, 60
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Goodyear (1804-1876) —
of Schoharie, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
26, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schoharie
County Judge, 1838-47; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1840; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1845-47, 1865-67 (21st District
1845-47, 14th District 1865-67); banker; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1868;
Albemarle
County Judge.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., April 9,
1876 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Wells Goodykoontz (1872-1944) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born near Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va., June 3,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1911-12;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1915-18; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1917; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1944 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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George Graham (1770-1830) —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., May 16,
1770.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Texas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch, Bank
of the United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1823-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Montgomery
County, Md., August
8, 1830 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gilbert Hunton Green (1851-1909) —
also known as Gilbert H. Green —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., August
17, 1851.
Banker; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in New
Orleans, La., 1892-1907.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
9, 1909 (age 57 years, 176
days).
Interment at Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Green and Lucinda Irland (Hunton) Green; married, June 4,
1879, to Annie H. Hunton. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect
Peace / Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) —
also known as Andy Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1939.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1973-99.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Izaak
Walton League; Ruritan.
Died, of cancer,
in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., April 2,
2001 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) —
also known as J. O. Gunn —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Pelham, Caswell
County, N.C., December
27, 1892.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; banker; Caswell
County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of
Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67;
secretary, Royal Hosiery
Mills.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Danville,
Va., February
18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53
days).
Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
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Robert Newton Harper (b. 1861) —
also known as Robert N. Harper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., January
31, 1861.
Democrat. Druggist;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (1907-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Harrison, Jr. —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born near Alberta, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; Brunswick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; director and general
counsel, Farmers and Merchants Bank; member of Virginia
state senate 7th District, 1948-58; Virginia
state attorney general, 1958-62; Governor of
Virginia, 1962-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
23, 1995 (age 88 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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George White Hawxhurst (1848-1932) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., June 2,
1848.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Falls Church, Va., 1906; postmaster at Falls
Church, Va., 1906-07.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Good
Templars.
Died October
2, 1932 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Edward Everett Holland (1861-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Holland; E. E.
Holland —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), February
26, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; mayor
of Suffolk, Va., 1885-87; Nansemond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1887-1907; member of Virginia
state senate, 1908-11, 1930-41 (30th District 1908-11, 5th
District 1930-41); died in office 1941; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1911-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Suffolk,
Va., October
23, 1941 (age 80 years, 239
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Richard Joyner Holland Sr. (1925-2000) —
also known as Richard J. Holland, Sr. —
of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., August
12, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
member of Virginia
state senate 15th District, 1980-2000; died in office 2000.
Congregationalist.
Acquitted of drunk
driving
in 1986, but convicted
of reckless
driving and refusal to
take a breath test; indicted
in federal court for 31 felony counts of bank
fraud; charges were dismissed in April 1998, and the prosecution
ruled to be vexatious; he and his son received a $570,000
reimbursement for legal fees.
Died in Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va., April
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 248
days).
Interment at Windsor
Cemetery, Windsor, Va.
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Shirley T. Holland —
of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va.
Banker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Staunton,
Va., 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09; circuit judge in
Tennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15; banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., February
12, 1839 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Robert Craig Kent (1828-1905) —
also known as Robert C. Kent —
of Wythe
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, November
28, 1828.
Lawyer;
banker; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Wythe County, 1861; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1894-98.
Died in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., April
30, 1905 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October
28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
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William Lamb (1835-1909) —
also known as "The Hero of Fort Fisher" —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
27, 1835.
Newspaper
publisher; merchant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; steamship
agent; importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Norfolk,
Va., 1876-1903; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Norfolk,
Va., 1880-1903; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1880-86; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
23, 1909 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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William Boswell Lamb (1774-1852) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born September
8, 1774.
Merchant;
banker; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1810-11, 1812-13, 1814-15, 1816-17, 1823.
Died November
14, 1852 (age 78 years, 67
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Sidney Floyd Landreth (1885-1977) —
also known as S. Floyd Landreth —
of Galax,
Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., March
27, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1912,
1932,
1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1920; member of Virginia
state senate, 1944-65; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1945; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1952.
Died, in a nursing
home at Galax,
Va., October
7, 1977 (age 92 years, 194
days).
Interment at Felts
Memorial Cemetery, Galax, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Jonathan Landreth and Missouri Clementine (Phillippe)
Landreth; married to Lola Evelyn Lintecum. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Spencer Mason (1832-1899) —
also known as William S. Mason —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1832.
Republican. Grocer;
banker; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1891-94, 1898-99; died in office 1899.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March
27, 1899 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wallace McIntosh (1873-1952) —
also known as Joseph W. McIntosh —
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., December
23, 1873.
Banker; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1924-28.
Died in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., August
27, 1952 (age 78 years, 248
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
24, 1855.
Republican. Banker; co-founder,
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became Carnegie
Mellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married 1900 to Nora
McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle of William
Larimer Mellon; granduncle of Richard
Mellon Scaife. |
| | | Political family: Bruce-Mellon
family of Virginia. |
| | | Cross-reference: J.
McKenzie Moss |
| | | Carnegie Mellon University,
in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, is partly named for
him. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Books about Andrew Mellon: David
Cannadine, Mellon
: An American Life |
| | | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, March 1922 |
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James Henry Miller (b. 1856) —
also known as James H. Miller —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
29, 1856.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
bank director; Summers
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1896;
West
Virginia Democratic state chair, 1900-04; candidate for West
Virginia state auditor, 1900; circuit judge in West Virginia,
1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Myer Myers (1793-1877) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born June 18,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; banker; Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1835-77; Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1856; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1864-77.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
8, 1877 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Edward Neblett (1818-1907) —
of Weaverville, Trinity
County, Calif.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., July 18,
1818.
Whig. Hatter; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Trinity
County Sheriff, 1855-57; member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1858-59; banker; hardware
business; mayor
of Santa Rosa, Calif., 1876-78.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
19, 1907 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Emil Otto Nolting (1824-1893) —
also known as Emil O. Nolting —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Minden, Prussia (now Germany),
June
22, 1824.
Tobacco
exporter;
banker; Consul
for Belgium in Richmond,
Va., 1852-93; business partner of Augustus
Kohler.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
16, 1893 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frederick Ernest Nolting (1872-1955) —
also known as Fred E. Nolting —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
6, 1872.
Investment banker; Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Richmond,
Va., 1935-44.
Died, from bladder
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Richmond,
Va., January
6, 1955 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Peter Johnston Otey (1840-1902) —
also known as Peter J. Otey —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., December
22, 1840.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; railroad
executive; banker; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1895-1902; died in
office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., May 4,
1902 (age 61 years, 133
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Joseph Edwin Proffit (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Proffit —
of Floyd, Floyd
County, Va.
Born in Floyd, Floyd
County, Va., March
24, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; U.S. Consul in Pretoria, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1928,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1956;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-47, 1952-57.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died February
27, 1958 (age 81 years, 340
days).
Interment at Jacksonville
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Patterson Proffit and Mary Anne 'Polly' (Via) Proffit;
married, April
26, 1916, to Anne Weston Simmons. |
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James Henry Quillen (1916-2003) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank, 1961-82.
Died November
2, 2003 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Laidley Ruffner (1894-1965) —
also known as Richard Ruffner —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
30, 1894.
Lawyer;
president, Alexandria National Bank; mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1937-40.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., August
11, 1965 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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William D. Sessoms Jr. (born c.1954) —
also known as Will Sessoms —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Virginia Beach, Va., 2009-.
Still living as of 2012.
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John B. Smoot —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Tanner;
banker; mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1885-87.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Morton Stewart (1828-1900) —
also known as C. Morton Stewart —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 16,
1828.
Coffee
importer;
bank director; Consul
for Argentina in Baltimore,
Md., 1864-98; Consul
for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1875-77.
Died in Hampton,
Va., August
13, 1900 (age 72 years, 28
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth,
1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Carter Stuart (1855-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart —
of Elk Garden, Russell
County, Va.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., January
18, 1855.
Democrat. President and treasurer, Stuart Land and Cattle Co.;
president, Buckhorn Coal Co.; president, First National Bank
of Lebanon, Virginia, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1892,
1916,
1924;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Russell County,
1901-02; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1910; Governor of
Virginia, 1914-18.
Died in Elk Garden, Russell
County, Va., July 24,
1933 (age 78 years, 187
days).
Interment at Russell Memorial Cemetery, Lebanon, Va.
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William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893) —
also known as William T. Sutherlin —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., April
17, 1822.
Tobacco
merchant; banker; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Danville, Va., 1855-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Pittsylvania County, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
His mansion housed Confederate President Jefferson
Davis at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
Died in Danville,
Va., July 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank; director,
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Turnbull (1850-1920) —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Brunswick
County Clerk, 1885-93; member of Virginia
state senate, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1896,
1904;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Brunswick
County, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1910-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1920
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Lawrenceville
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; manager, telegraph
office; train
dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank & Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married,
October
4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson. |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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Henry Lewis Wallace (b. 1873) —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., September
3, 1873.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Fredericksburg, Va., 1910; president, National Bank of
Fredericksburg.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howson Hooe Wallace and Ellen Byrd (Lewis)
Wallace. |
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Hugh Augustus White (b. 1864) —
of Buena
Vista, Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., March
22, 1864.
Mayor, Buena Vista, Va., 1891; director, Peoples National
Bank; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1910-18.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George William White and Wilhelmina (Ashlin) White; married, October
21, 1891, to Jennie McIlwaine. |
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John Skelton Williams (1865-1926) —
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., July 6,
1865.
President, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
System; chairman, American Bankers Association; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1914-21.
Died in Virginia, November
4, 1926 (age 61 years, 121
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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