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Joel Adams (1750-1830) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, February
4, 1750.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-15.
Baptist.
Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., July 9,
1830 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal
blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George D. Addison —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Born in Richmond,
Va.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dent County, 1927-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; secretary of
Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Otho Webb Altizer (1888-1957) —
also known as O. W. Altizer —
of Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in Floyd
County, Va., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Farmer; miller; Montgomery
County Sheriff; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions.
Died, from histoplasmosis
of lungs, in Lewis Gale Hospital,
Roanoke,
Va., June 16,
1957 (age 69 years, 164
days).
Interment at Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, Va.
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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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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Farmer; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49,
1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad
train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer; coal
operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March
29, 1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Little Baxley (1898-1983) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., September
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
28, 1983 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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John Baylis (c.1727-1765) —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Manassas,
Va., about 1727.
Lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65.
Anglican.
Killed
in a duel with
Cuthbert
Bullitt, in Prince
William County, Va., September
24, 1765 (age about 38
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Baylis; married 1754 to Jane
Blackburn. |
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William Andrew Bickers (b. 1880) —
also known as William A. Bickers —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Madison
County, Va., February
29, 1880.
Farmer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1914-17; Puerto Plata, 1918-29; Charlottetown, as of 1931-32; Calgary, as of 1938; Edmonton, 1940-41.
Burial location unknown.
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D. Woodrow Bird (1912-1995) —
of Bland, Bland
County, Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., July 6,
1912.
Democrat. Dairy
farmer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau.
Died November
16, 1995 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane
planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Prince
George County, Va.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March
21, 1742.
Physician;
planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince
George County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling)
Bland; married 1768 to Martha
Dangerfield; nephew of Richard
Bland; uncle of John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; granduncle of Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; first cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775), Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt, Francis
Beverley Biddle and Richard
Walker Bolling; second cousin five times removed of Henry
De La Warr Flood, Joel
West Flood and Earle
Cabell; third cousin of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether
Lewis; third cousin once removed of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of George
Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben
Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Samuel P. Bolling (1819-1900) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Cumberland
County, Va., January
10, 1819.
Farmer; builder;
brick
manufacturer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1885-87.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Cumberland
County, Va., February
8, 1900 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Cumberland County, Va.
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Keys S. Bordwine (1886-1957) —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., December
29, 1886.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-55.
Baptist.
Died March
21, 1957 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward McPhail Bridgforth (1906-1951) —
also known as E. M. Bridgforth —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., June 16,
1906.
Democrat. Farmer; oil company
agent; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-51; died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society; Ruritan.
Died December
16, 1951 (age 45 years, 183
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Larkin F. Bristow (1891-1965) —
of Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va.
Born July 13,
1891.
Republican. Dairy
farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1932,
1956;
delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 32nd District,
1945; Independent candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates from Gloucester, Mathews & Middlesex
counties, 1951.
Died January
2, 1965 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Interment at Bristow
Cemetery, Pleasant View, Va.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
farmer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, as of 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Simeon Buford, Sr. (1756-1835) —
of Barren
County, Ky.; Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
19, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-03; a founder of the
Kentucky horse
racing industry.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in 1835
(age about
78 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Barren County, Ky.
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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1740.
Lawyer;
planter; shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried
for the killing
and acquitted; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., August
27, 1791 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District
1924-25); Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1944;
States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brother
of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married, October
7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew of Joel
West Flood; nephew of Henry
De La Warr Flood; second great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Harrison and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; second cousin five times removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 17,
1962 |
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Archibald Cary (1721-1787) —
also known as "Old Iron" —
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., January
24, 1721.
Planter; iron foundry
business; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1756-76.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., February
26, 1787 (age 66 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Booth Cary (1811-1850) —
of Southampton
County, Va.
Born near Jerusalem (now Courtland), Southampton
County, Va., 1811.
Democrat. Planter; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1841-43.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bethlehem, Southampton
County, Va., March 5,
1850 (age about 38
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Southampton County, Va.
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Isaac Coles (1747-1813) —
of Halifax
County, Va.; Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March 2,
1747.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Halifax County, 1780-81, 1783-88;
delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Halifax
County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-91, 1793-97 (at-large 1789-91,
6th District 1793-97).
Slaveowner.
Died near Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va., June 3,
1813 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.
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Zadock Cook (1769-1863) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, February
18, 1769.
Planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1806-07, 1822; member of Georgia
state senate, 1810-14, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1816-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., August
3, 1863 (age 94 years, 166
days).
Interment at Jackson
Cemetery, Near Watkinsville, Oconee County, Ga.
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Rives C. Cowden (born c.1800) —
of Half Way, Polk
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1800.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 20th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
also known as William R. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
planter; president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad;
district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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John T. Crooks (b. 1807) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1807.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert C. Crumpler (1808-1882) —
Born in Nottoway Parish, Southampton
County, Va., November
29, 1808.
Tanner;
planter; member of Alabama
state senate, 1850; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Crumpler's Mountain, Talladega
County, Ala., November
29, 1882 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler; married, March 9,
1832, to Maria Zeigler. |
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John Parke Custis (1754-1781) —
also known as Jacky Custis —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., November
27, 1754.
Planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1778-81.
Died, probably from typhus or
dysentery,
in New
Kent County, Va., November
5, 1781 (age 26 years, 343
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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J. M. Cyphers (b. 1874) —
of Gary, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Smyth
County, Va., January
19, 1874.
Democrat. Farmer; coal miner;
timber
contractor; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-42,
1949-50.
Second
Adventist. Member, Junior
Order; United
Mine Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. W. Cyphers and Marildy (Christian) Cyphers; married, November
10, 1897, to Victoria Murphy. |
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Booker Dalton (1869-1948) —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born, in a log
house, in Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1869.
Farmer; District Commissioner of Revenue, 1910-12, 1923-26;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Patrick County, 1914-15; Patrick
County Commissioner of Revenue, 1927-39.
Primitive
Baptist.
Lost
one eye in an accident.
Died, from a stroke,
in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1948 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Interment at Stuart
Cemetery, Stuart, Va.
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Calvin M. Dooley (b. 1954) —
also known as Cal Dooley —
of Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif.; Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., January
11, 1954.
Democrat. Farmer; administrative assistant to State Sen. Rose
Ann Vuich, 1987-89; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2005 (17th District 1991-93,
20th District 1993-2005); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Dunbar (1805-1861) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; St.
Bernard Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55; sugar cane
planter.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Bernard
Parish, La., March
18, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Edwards (1748-1837) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1748.
Planter; miller;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-85; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-95; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1796-1800.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., 1837
(age about
89 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky.
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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.
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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 |
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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James Wall Flanagan (1867-1938) —
also known as J. W. Flanagan —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., December
15, 1867.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1920;
candidate for Virginia
state treasurer, 1921; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia.
Died in Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va., December
22, 1938 (age 71 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sunrise
Burial Park, Fairlawn, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Armanda Melvina (Morgan) Flanagan and Adam Henderson Flanagan;
married to Elrica H. Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
also known as James W. Flanagan —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Merchant;
lawyer;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Slaveowner.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, Va., March
24, 1760.
Democrat. Farmer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of
North Carolina, 1820-21.
Slaveowner.
Died August
31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160
days).
Original interment somewhere in Surry County, N.C.; reinterment at Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.
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Frederick M. Fulkerson (born c.1808) —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1808.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 16th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) —
also known as James M. Garnett —
of Loretto, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., June 8,
1770.
Democrat. Planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-01, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-09 (at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Slaveowner.
Died near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
23, 1843 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Edward James Gay (1816-1889) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., February
3, 1816.
Democrat. Planter; president, Louisiana Sugar
Exchange, New Orleans; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Iberville
Parish, La., May 30,
1889 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Marston Greene (1758-1813) —
also known as Thomas M. Greene —
of Mississippi.
Born in James City
County, Va., February
26, 1758.
Planter; member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1800; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1802-03.
Slaveowner.
Died February
7, 1813 (age 54 years, 347
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Miss.
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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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John D. Hale (b. 1847) —
of Madison
County, Neb.; Tilford, Meade
County, S.Dak.; Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., 1847.
Democrat. Miner;
farmer; Madison
County Sheriff, 1877; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1881; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-04, 1907-10 (46th
District 1903-04, 1907-08, 49th District 1909-10); alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1913-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Porter Hardy Jr. (1903-1995) —
of Churchland, Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Bon Air, Chesterfield
County, Va., June 1,
1903.
Democrat. Accountant;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1947-69.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Kappa
Alpha Order; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Virginia
Beach, Va., April
19, 1995 (age 91 years, 322
days).
Interment at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Va.
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Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) —
also known as "The Signer" —
of Charles
City County, Va.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., April 5,
1726.
Planter; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1749-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81; Governor of
Virginia, 1781-84; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charles
City County, 1788.
Died in Charles
City County, Va., April
24, 1791 (age 65 years, 19
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Plantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Job Hawxhurst (1823-1906) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., March
30, 1823.
Republican. Farmer; miller; merchant;
postmaster at Fairfax
Court House, Va., 1865-85, 1889-93; Fairfax,
Va., 1897-1903; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1870; mayor
of Fairfax, Va., 1892.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., February
7, 1906 (age 82 years, 314
days).
Interment at Fairfax
City Cemetery, Fairfax, 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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Patrick Henry (1736-1799) —
of Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born in Studley, Hanover
County, Va., May 29,
1736.
Lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1765; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Virginia, 1776-79, 1784-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince
Edward County, 1788; member of Virginia
state senate, 1799.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1920.
Died near Brookneal, Campbell
County, Va., June 6,
1799 (age 63 years, 8
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry
(1738-1790; who married William
Christian) and Elizabeth Henry (who married William
Russell and William
Campbell); married 1754 to Sarah
Shelton; married, October
25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (who
married Spencer
Roane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who married Alexander
Scott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis
Smith Preston); grandfather of William
Henry Roane; granduncle of Valentine
Wood Southall, William
Campbell Preston, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and John
Smith Preston; great-granduncle of Stephen
Valentine Southall, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather of Robert
Lee Henry; cousin *** of Isaac
Coles. |
| | | Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Henry counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Patrick
H. Davis
— Patrick
Henry
— Patrick
H. Roche
— Patrick
H. McCarren
— Patrick
H. McGarry
— Patrick
Henry
— Patrick
Henry McCarthy
— Patrick
Henry Callahan
— Patrick
H. Kelley
— Patrick
H. O'Brien
— P.
H. Moynihan
— Patrick
H. Quinn
— Patrick
H. Drewry
— Patrick
Henry Kennedy
— J.
H. Culkin
— Dat
Barthel
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow Giles
Unger, Lion
of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New
Nation — Thomas S. Kidd, Patrick
Henry: First Among Patriots |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Enoch Hoult (b. 1820) —
of Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1820.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Lane County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Allan Denny Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as A. D. Ivie —
of Leaksville (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., May 3,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913-14 (20th District 1911, 19th
District 1913-14).
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Sterling Ivie and Sallie (Scales) Ivie; married, October
11, 1905, to Annie McKinney. |
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Joseph Johnson (1785-1877) —
of Bridgeport, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Staunton,
Va.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., December
19, 1785.
Democrat. Farmer; grain milling
business; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815-16, 1818-22; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1823-27, 1833, 1835-41, 1845-47
(18th District 1823-27, 1833, 10th District 1835-37, 9th District
1837-39, 13th District 1839-41, 14th District 1845-47); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1844;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Virginia, 1852-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bridgeport, Harrison
County, W.Va., February
27, 1877 (age 91 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bridgeport
Cemetery, Bridgeport, W.Va.
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Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) —
also known as L. M. Keitt —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C.
Born in Orangeburg District (part now in Calhoun
County), S.C., October
4, 1824.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,
1855-56, 1856-60; censured
by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in his caning
attack on Sen. Charles
Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858,
he attacked and attempted
to choke Rep. Galusha
Grow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the next day, near
Richmond (unknown
county), Va., June 4,
1864 (age 39 years, 244
days).
Interment at West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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John Lamb (1840-1924) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1897-1913.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
21, 1924 (age 84 years, 162
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) —
of Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., January
20, 1732.
Democrat. Planter; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.
Slaveowner.
Died in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 19,
1794 (age 62 years, 150
days).
Interment at Burnt
House Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;
memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John A. Mack (born c.1807) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1807.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 19th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Magill (1760-1827) —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), July 10,
1760.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
state senate, 1799-1800; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 4th
Circuit, 1801-02; mayor
of Winchester, Va., 1805.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., April
18, 1827 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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George Washington Lent Marr (1779-1856) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Henry
County, Va., May 25,
1779.
Planter; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.
Slaveowner.
Died near New Madrid, New Madrid
County, Mo., September
5, 1856 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, Tenn.
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Joseph McDowell Jr. (1756-1801) —
also known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., February
15, 1756.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1785-88, 1791-92; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1797-99.
Slaveowner.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
5, 1801 (age 44 years, 355
days).
Interment at Quaker
Meadows Cemetery, Near Morganton, Burke County, N.C.
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John Williamson McGavock (1846-1934) —
also known as J. W. McGavock —
of Max Meadows, Wythe
County, Va.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., October
25, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1922.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Struck
by an automobile, and died in a hospital
soon after, in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
20, 1934 (age 87 years, 146
days).
Interment at Oglesby Cemetery, Fort Chiswell, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim McGavock and Abie Jouet (Williamson) McGavock; married to
Emily Maria Graham and Jane Byrd Pendleton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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John Hugh Means (1812-1862) —
of Buckhead, Fairfield District (now Old Buckhead, Fairfield
County), S.C.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., August
18, 1812.
Planter; Governor of
South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Fairfield, 1860-62;
died in office 1862; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Mortally
wounded in the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas), and
died a few days later, in Prince
William County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 50 years, 14
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Fairfield County, S.C.; cenotaph
at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Daniel Newcomb (b. 1800) —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1800.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) —
also known as Robert C. Nicholas —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., January
10, 1787.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; sugar cane
planter; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1836-41; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1845; Louisiana Superintendent of
Education, 1849-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Terrebonne
Parish, La., December
24, 1857 (age 70 years, 348
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Lawyer;
farmer; merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Robert Page (1765-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gloucester County (part now in Mathews
County), Va., February
4, 1765.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1795; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clarke
County, Va., December
8, 1840 (age 75 years, 308
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Charles Sumner Pendleton (1880-1952) —
also known as Charles S. Pendleton —
of Gate City, Scott
County, Va.
Born in Gate City, Scott
County, Va., March
28, 1880.
Republican. Farmer; Prohibition
enforcement agent; minister;
merchant;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1920-21; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion due to arteriosclerosis,
in Gate City, Scott
County, Va., July 15,
1952 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Interment at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Pendleton and Mary Ann (Quillen) Pendleton; married, July 15,
1906, to Pearl Margaret Taylor; first cousin five times removed
of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., James
Madison, Nathaniel
Pendleton, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton, Nathanael
Greene Pendleton and Coleby
Chew; fourth cousin once removed of James
Benjamin Garnett and Hubbard
T. Smith. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) —
of Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., September
9, 1721.
Planter; lawyer;
justice of the peace; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1776; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1777; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died in
office 1803; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Caroline
County, 1788.
Anglican.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
23, 1803 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Original interment at Edmundsbury
Graveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married, January
21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married, January
20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; granduncle of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; great-granduncle of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second great-granduncle of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; third great-granduncle of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed of John
Penn; first cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; first cousin thrice removed of Coleby
Chew; first cousin four times removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Pendleton counties in Ky. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Alexander Gordon Penn (1799-1866) —
also known as Alexander G. Penn —
of near Covington, St.
Tammany Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., May 10,
1799.
Democrat. Planter; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1844,
1852,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1850-53; lumber mill
owner.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1866 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dennis Lark Pennington (1776-1854) —
also known as Dennis Pennington —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, May 18,
1776.
Whig. Farmer; stonemason;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1810, 1812-16; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-20, 1825-27, 1830-33, 1842-45; defeated, 1839;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822-24, 1828-30, 1845-46;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1825; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1833.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died near Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., September
2, 1854 (age 78 years, 107
days).
Interment at Pennington
Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County, Ind.
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Jared Peyton (1777-1851) —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., June 16,
1777.
School
teacher; farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33; probate judge in
Indiana, 1834-38.
Baptist.
Died in Clay
County, Ind., September, 1851
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Smith Preston (1809-1881) —
also known as John S. Preston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 1,
1881 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Richard Randolph (1690-1748) —
Born in Henrico
County, Va., 1690.
Planter; merchant;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1727-48; died in office 1748.
Died in Bath, England,
December
17, 1748 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Randolph and Mary (Isham) Randolph; married 1724 to Jane
Kennon Bolling; uncle of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); grandfather of John
Randolph of Roanoke; granduncle of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; great-grandfather of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; great-granduncle of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; second great-grandfather of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second great-granduncle of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third great-grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; third great-granduncle of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; fourth great-grandfather of John
Gardner Coolidge; fourth great-granduncle of Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fifth great-granduncle of William
Welby Beverley; first cousin thrice removed of John
Wayles Eppes; first cousin five times removed of William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875) —
also known as Thomas J. Randolph —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., September
12, 1792.
Democrat. Planter; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Albemarle County, 1861;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1872.
Slaveowner.
Injured in a carriage
accident, and died soon after, in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1875 (age 83 years, 25
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (1768-1828) —
of Virginia.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., October
1, 1768.
Democrat. Planter; member of Virginia state legislature, 1800;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1819-22.
Slaveowner.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., June 20,
1828 (age 59 years, 263
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne (Cary) Randolph; married, February
23, 1790, to Martha
Jefferson (daughter of Thomas
Jefferson); father of Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas
Philip Trist), Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; grandson of Archibald
Cary; grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; great-grandfather of John
Gardner Coolidge; first cousin once removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, Thomas
Marshall and James
Keith Marshall; second cousin twice removed of John
Augustine Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; third cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Edith
Wilson and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
De La Warr Flood, Francis
Beverley Biddle, Joel
West Flood and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jones Hardeman, Bailey
Hardeman and Douglass
Townshend Bolling. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Richardson (1704-1780) —
Born in James City
County, Va., 1704.
Surveyor;
planter; justice of the peace; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1776; general in the Continental
Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1779-80, 1779-80; died in office 1780.
Died in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., September, 1780
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Richardson
Cemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C.
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Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) —
also known as Francis E. Rives —
of Littleton, Sussex
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Democrat. Planter; railroad
builder; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-31; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.
Slaveowner.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1861 (age 69 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Nathaniel Robbins (b. 1793) —
of Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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William Alexander Smith (1828-1888) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., January
9, 1828.
Republican. Farmer; railroad
president; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1873-75.
Died in Richmond,
Va., May 16,
1888 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876-1957) —
also known as Frederick A. Sterling —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Texas.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
13, 1876.
Cattle ranch manager; woollen
manufacturer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1927-34; Bulgaria, 1933-36; Sweden, 1938-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1957 (age 80 years, 251
days).
Interment at St. James Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., March
18, 1820.
Republican. Cabinetmaker;
farmer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1857; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member of
West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; Governor of
West Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
29, 1883 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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James Turner (1766-1824) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
20, 1766.
Democrat. Farmer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1802-05; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1805-16.
Slaveowner.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., January
15, 1824 (age 57 years, 26
days).
Interment at Bloomsbury
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Louis Washington Turpin (1849-1903) —
also known as Louis W. Turpin —
of Newbern, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., February
22, 1849.
Democrat. Farmer; Hale
County Tax Assessor, 1873-80; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1889-95 (4th District 1889-93, 9th
District 1893-95).
Died in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
3, 1903 (age 53 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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John Tyler (1747-1813) —
of Charles
City County, Va.
Born in James City
County, Va., February
28, 1747.
Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charles
City County, 1788; Governor of
Virginia, 1808-11.
Died in Charles
City County, Va., January
6, 1813 (age 65 years, 313
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Charles City County, Va.
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John Walker (1744-1809) —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
13, 1744.
Planter; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790.
Died in Orange
County, Va., December
2, 1809 (age 65 years, 292
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of Francis
Walker; married 1764 to
Elizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); granduncle of Thomas
Walker Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; first cousin four times removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; first cousin five times removed of Archer
Woodford; second cousin of Aylett
Hawes; second cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr., Key
Pittman and Vail
Montgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro and Max
Rogers Strother. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Tyler
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
rancher; district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary;
Lions;
Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842-1895) —
also known as A. H. A. Williams —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., October
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; merchant;
developer and president of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1883-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1891-93.
Died in Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
5, 1895 (age 52 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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Nathaniel Williams Jr. (1742-1805) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
1, 1742.
Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Accidentally drowned
while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
25, 1805 (age 62 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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