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Politicians in Cotton in Virginia

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.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Babbitt (1769-1850) and Bathsheba (Stoddard) Babbitt; married, October 7, 1826, to Abby Eliza Briggs; first cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt and George Henry Babbitt; first cousin twice removed of Francis Sanford Babbitt.   Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "Know this, if I fall, it will be in defense of our beloved Constitution."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Francis Wayles Eppes (1801-1881) — also known as Francis W. Eppes — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., September 20, 1801. Cotton planter; justice of the peace; mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., 1841-44, 1856-57, 1866. Died May 30, 1881 (age 79 years, 252 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.   Relatives: Son of John Wayles Eppes and Maria (Jefferson) Eppes; married, November 18, 1822, to Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph; married 1837 to Susan Margaret (Ware) Crouch (daughter of Nicholas Ware); nephew of Martha Jefferson Randolph; grandson of Thomas Jefferson; second great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; first cousin once removed of Dabney Carr, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick Madison Roberts; first cousin twice removed of Beverley Randolph and John Gardner Coolidge; first cousin thrice removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Dabney Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke and Edith Wilson; third cousin of John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker, Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Carter Henry Harrison II and Douglass Townshend Bolling; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. and Richard Walker Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of William Welby Beverley; fourth cousin of Thomas Marshall, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James Keith Marshall, Edmund Randolph and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Jones Hardeman, Bailey Hardeman, William Lewis Cabell, Fitzhugh Lee, George Craighead Cabell, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall and William Henry Robertson.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Antonio Gastaver (1851-1929) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Spain, March 14, 1851. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton exporter; Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Charleston, S.C., 1900-07; Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Charleston, S.C., 1903-07. Spanish ancestry. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., January 5, 1929 (age 77 years, 297 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.   Relatives: Married to Laura (Barnes) Rodman.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Price Williams Sr. (c.1811-1884) — of Livingston, Sumter County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Virginia, about 1811. Cotton merchant; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; real estate and insurance business. Methodist. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., November 10, 1884 (age about 73 years). Burial location unknown.   John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) — also known as Stanyarne Wilson — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C.; Richmond, Va. Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York County), S.C., January 10, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton goods manufacturer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County, 1884-86, 1890-92; member of South Carolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Spartanburg County, 1895; chair of Spartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal and Select Masters; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., February 14, 1928 (age 69 years, 35 days). Interment at Church of the Advent Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.   Relatives: Son of William Blackburn Wilson and Arrah Minerva (Lowry) Wilson; brother of William Blackburn Wilson Jr.; married 1887 to Loulie Burris; married, November 25, 1896, to Harriet Wilbour 'Hattie' Hazard (sister of Walter Hazard).   Political families: Wilson family of York, South Carolina; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "Asleep In Jesus."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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