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William Harrison Adams (1872-1958) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March
23, 1872.
Democrat. President, Virginia Stationery Company; Vice-President,
Mutual Life
Insurance Association; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-53.
Christian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Jesters;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
24, 1958 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Clark S. Barnes (b. 1950) —
of Beverly, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., August
6, 1950.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 2005-.
Christian. Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (1914-1999) —
also known as Mills E. Godwin, Jr. —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), November
19, 1914.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Virginia
state senate 5th District, 1952-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1962-66; Governor of
Virginia, 1966-70, 1974-78.
Christian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Rotary.
Died of complications of pneumonia,
January
30, 1999 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Howard Phillips (1941-2013) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1941.
Candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1978; U.S. Taxpayers candidate for President
of the United States, 1992, 1996, 2000.
Jewish;
later Evangelical Christian.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., April
20, 2013 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as Ralph E. Updike —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 27,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.
Christian. Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Improved
Order of Red Men.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District, 1920-21.
Christian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Felix West (1862-1929) —
also known as Jesse F. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.
Born in Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 16,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1892-1904; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1900;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1904-22; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1922-29; died in office 1929.
Christian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died October
25, 1929 (age 67 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
also known as Junius E. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member
of Virginia
state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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