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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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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.
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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.
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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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Jacob Geltmacher —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Virginia.
Flour mill business; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1867.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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