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French ancestry Politicians in Virginia

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.   Relatives: Son of John Buford and Judith (Early) Buford; married 1777 to Margaret Kirtley; father of John Buford, Sr.; grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Buford and James Monroe Buford.   Political family: Buford family of Rock Island, Illinois.   Leo George Cyr (1909-2003) — also known as Leo G. Cyr — of Maine; Sterling, Loudoun County, Va. Born in Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine, July 28, 1909. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1957; U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, 1966-71. French Canadian ancestry. Died, while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in Sterling, Loudoun County, Va., July 27, 2003 (age 93 years, 364 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Va.   Relatives: Son of Louis A. Cyr and Laura A. (Franck) Cyr; married, April 30, 1941, to Katherine McCormick.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Leo G. Cyr: Madawaskan Heritage   Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) — also known as Mary Reamey Thomas; Mrs. W. P. Few — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Martinsville, Va., 1885. Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1944-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker). Female. Methodist. French Huguenot and English ancestry. Member, American Association of University Women; Daughters of the American Revolution; Colonial Dames. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., January 12, 1971 (age about 85 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, N.C.   Relatives: Daughter of Lyne Starling Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (Sheffield) Thomas; married, August 17, 1911, to William Preston Few (second great-grandnephew of William Few).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Lenoir (1751-1839) — Born in Brunswick County, Va., May 8, 1751. School teacher; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95; delegate to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789. French Huguenot ancestry. Slaveowner. Died May 6, 1839 (age 87 years, 363 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Lenoir and Mourning (Crawley) Lenoir; father of William Ballard Lenoir.   Political families: Lenoir family of North Carolina; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lenoir County, N.C. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Maury (1746-1840) — of Virginia; Liverpool, England. Born in Albemarle County, Va., February 3, 1746. U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1790-1812, 1815-29. French Huguenot ancestry. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 23, 1840 (age 94 years, 20 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. James Maury and Mary (Walker) Maury; married to Catherine Armistead and Margaret Rushton; granduncle of John Walker Maury and Dabney Herndon Maury; second great-granduncle of Fontaine Maury Maverick; third great-granduncle of Fontaine Maury Maverick Jr.; first cousin once removed of Abram Poindexter Maury.   Political family: Maury-Maverick family of San Antonio, Texas.   See also Wikipedia article   William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) — also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill Bob" — of Stuart, Patrick County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon County, Wis. Born, in a log cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick County, Va., January 28, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; Patrick County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896; candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11. Baptist. French ancestry. Died, of tuberculosis, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., October 23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269 days). Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena Attaway.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in St. Christopher, 1727. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. French and Scottish ancestry. Died in Winchester, Va., January 5, 1795 (age about 67 years). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Roberdeau and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau; married, October 3, 1761, to Mary Bostwick; married, December 2, 1778, to Jane Milligan; great-grandfather of Josephine May Wheat (who married Francis Edwin Shober); second great-grandfather of Francis Emanuel Shober.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Shober-Roosevelt-Wheat-Roberdeau family of Salisbury, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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