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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Harrisonburg city

Index to Locations Harrisonburg Woodbine Cemetery Woodbine Cemetery Harrisonburg, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805-1847) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1805. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1837-39; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1845-47; died in office 1847. Slaveowner. Died in 1847 (age about 42 years). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Brother of Joel Pennybacker; father of John D. Pennybacker; uncle of Benjamin Pennybacker Douglass; first cousin of Green Berry Samuels; first cousin once removed of Benjamin M. Samuels; third cousin once removed of Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker.   Political family: Pennybacker-Anderson family of Virginia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Paul (1839-1901) — of Harrisonburg, Va. Born in Rockingham County, Va., June 30, 1839. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1881-83; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1883-1901. Died in Harrisonburg, Va., November 1, 1901 (age 62 years, 124 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of John Paul (1883-1964).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Paul (1883-1964) — of Harrisonburg, Va. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., December 9, 1883. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1916, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1924 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); member of Virginia state senate 8th District, 1912-15, 1920-22; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1922-23; defeated, 1920, 1922; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1929-32; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1932-59. Died in Ottobine, Rockingham County, Va., February 13, 1964 (age 80 years, 66 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Paul (1839-1901).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Thomas Harris (1823-1899) — also known as John T. Harris — of Harrisonburg, Va. Born in Browns Gap, Albemarle County, Va., May 8, 1823. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1859-61, 1871-81 (9th District 1859-61, 6th District 1871-73, 7th District 1873-81); member of Virginia state legislature, 1863; state court judge in Virginia, 1866. Slaveowner. Died October 14, 1899 (age 76 years, 159 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.   Relatives: Cousin *** of John Hill.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Johnston (1818-1885) — of Virginia. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., October 14, 1818. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1850; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; state court judge in Virginia, 1880-85. Died, of tuberculosis, at Harrisonburg, Va., November 6, 1885 (age 67 years, 23 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.

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