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Miller and Grain Dealer Politicians in Virginia

  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.
  Relatives: Son of John L. Altizer and Kate (Peterman) Altizer; married, February 29, 1924, to Ruth B. Patterson.
  The Altizer Bridge (named 1957), taking Route 8 across the Little River, from Floyd County to Montgomery County, Virginia, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Brooks Mason Bliss Jr. (1884-1938) — also known as Brooks M. Bliss — of Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 22, 1884. Republican. Bookkeeper; flour mill business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1932. Died June 8, 1938 (age 53 years, 168 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Brooks Mason Bliss and Sallie F. (Langslow) Bliss; third cousin thrice removed of Albert Bliss.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) — also known as Henry M. Daniel — of Fillmore County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill County, Ore. Born in Danville, Va., March 26, 1829. Democrat. Sawmill and grist mill owner; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 3, 1873. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Ore., December 16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265 days). Interment at Masonic Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of William Daniel and Lucinda (Miller) Daniel; married, September 9, 1851, to Sarah A. Driskell; first cousin of John Warwick Daniel.
  Political family: Daniel family of Lynchburg, Virginia.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Susanna Wroe.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jacob Geltmacher — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Virginia. Flour mill business; mayor of Niles, Mich., 1867. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Townsend Hawxhurst and Rebecca (Searing) Hawxhurst; married to Maria Whelan Leeds and Margaret Davies Borden; father of George White Hawxhurst.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wesley A. Jacobs (1847-1909) — of Chillicothe, Livingston County, Mo. Born in Calhoun County, Mich., November 2, 1847. Republican. Grain and farm implement dealer; member of Missouri state senate 5th District, 1881-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1888. Died in Norfolk, Va., November 20, 1909 (age 62 years, 18 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
  Relatives: Married to Bolina Del Ray Saunders.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Married, May 14, 1804, to Sarah Smith; uncle of Waldo Porter Johnson.
  Cross-reference: John S. Mosby
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) — also known as Robert S. McCormick — of Illinois. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., July 26, 1849. Grain brokerage business; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1902; Russia, 1902-05; France, 1905-07. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, of pneumonia, in a nursing home at Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill., April 16, 1919 (age 69 years, 264 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Sanderson McCormick and Mary Ann (Grigsby) McCormick; married, June 8, 1876, to Katharine Van Etta Medill (daughter of Joseph Meharry Medill); father of Joseph Medill McCormick (who married Ruth Hanna) and Robert Rutherford McCormick; nephew of Cyrus Hall McCormick; granduncle of William McCormick Blair Jr..
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Relatives: Brother of James Noble and Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (c.1809-1869); uncle of Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837).
  Political family: Noble family of Indiana.
  See also National Governors Association biography
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