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Herman Carl Andersen (1897-1978) —
also known as H. Carl Andersen —
of Tyler, Lincoln
County, Minn.
Born in Newcastle, King
County, Wash., January
27, 1897.
Republican. Farmer; livestock
breeder; civil engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1939-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 26,
1978 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Danebod
Lutheran Cemetery, Tyler, Minn.
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio
engineer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1937-44,
1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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Henry Fairfax (1850-1916) —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Aldie, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., May 4,
1850.
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked for railroads;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1890; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Loudoun County,
1901-02.
Died July 11,
1916 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Stephen Heard (1741-1815) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., November
13, 1741.
Engineer; planter;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Georgia, 1780-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1794-95.
Died in Elbert
County, Ga., November
15, 1815 (age 74 years, 2
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married 1760 to Jane
Germany; married, August
25, 1785, to Elizabeth Darden; father of Jane Lanier Heard (who
married Singleton
Walthall Allen), George
Washington Heard, Barnard
Carroll Heard and Thomas
Jefferson Heard; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who married Luther
H. O. Martin Sr.), Rebecca Allen (who married William
H. Mattox), James
Lawrence Heard, Robert
Middleton Heard and William
Henry Heard; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who
married Budd
Clay Wall), Nancy Middleton Heard (who married Phillip
Watkins Davis), William
Henry Harrison Heard and Luther
H. O. Martin Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Heard
family of Elberton, Georgia. |
| | | Heard County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) —
also known as Joseph E. Johnston —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Longwood, Prince
Edward County, Va., February
3, 1807.
Democrat. Civil engineer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1879-81.
Died March
21, 1891 (age 84 years, 46
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas Maddock (1883-1971) —
also known as Tom Maddock —
of Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz.; Williams, Coconino
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Safford, Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., 1883.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1912; Arizona State Highway
Engineer, 1917-22; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1920; Republican candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1926 (primary), 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1948.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., 1971
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent,
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president,
Norfolk and Western Railroad;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Democrat. Naval architect; designed battleships
for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards;
president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally
Lewis Wood. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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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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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer;
civil engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining
business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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