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Watkins Moorman Abbitt (1908-1998) —
also known as Watkins M. Abbitt —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., May 21,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; Appomattox
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 11th District,
1945; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1948-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1964,
1972;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1964-70.
Baptist.
Member, Ruritan;
Lions;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Forestry Association.
Died, of leukemia,
at Virginia Baptist Hospital,
Lynchburg,
Va., July 13,
1998 (age 90 years, 53
days).
Interment at Liberty
Baptist Church Cemetery, Appomattox, Va.
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George Adams (1784-1844) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
1, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1810-11, 1814; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for Mississippi, 1830-36; U.S.
District Judge for Mississippi, 1836-38; resigned 1838.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
14, 1844 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Howard Hanson Adams (1891-1971) —
also known as Howard H. Adams —
of Eastville, Northampton
County, Va.
Born in Harborton, Accomack
County, Va., December
18, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-65; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
3, 1971 (age 79 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lawrence Adams and Effie Lee (Evans) Adams; married to
Mabel E. Bruitt. |
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Robert Huntington Adams (1792-1830) —
also known as Robert H. Adams —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1792.
Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830; died in office 1830.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 2,
1830 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Robert Brown Aderholt (b. 1965) —
also known as Robert B. Aderholt —
of Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala.
Born in Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala., July 22,
1965.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives 17th District, 1990; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1992,
2008
(alternate); municipal judge in Alabama, 1992-95; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1997-.
Congregationalist;
later Methodist.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) —
also known as Paul C. Aiken —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; Assistant U.S. Postmaster
General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., May 25,
1974 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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George Ainslie (1868-1931) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
10, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; police
commissioner of Richmond, Va., 1903-06; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1912-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 18,
1931 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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George Statton Aldhizer II (1907-1986) —
also known as George S. Aldhizer II —
of Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va., June 15,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Rockingham County & Harrisonburg
city, 1950-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Virginia
state senate, 1954-75 (24th District 1954-55, 23rd District
1956-63, 22nd District 1964-65, 20th District 1966-71, 26th District
1972-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks.
Died May 20,
1986 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Near Harrisonburg, Rockingham
County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Sidney McNeill (Pugh) Aldhizer and Henry Hamilton
Aldhizer. |
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memorial |
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad
promoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Edward Allen Jr. (1914-1990) —
also known as George E. Allen, Jr. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Victoria, Lunenburg
County, Va., April 4,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-81.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died February
21, 1990 (age 75 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Stone. |
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John Allen (1796-1851) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., May 17,
1796.
Lawyer; postmaster at Ann
Arbor, Mich., 1824-30; village
president of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1834-35; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1845-48.
Co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Died March
11, 1851 (age 54 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Allen and Elizabeth (Tate) Allen; married, November
2, 1815, to Mary Crawford; married to Ann J. (Barry)
McCue. |
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William Knickle Allen (b. 1874) —
also known as W. K. Allen —
of Amherst, Amherst
County, Va.
Born in Amherst, Amherst
County, Va., October
21, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1940;
delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 4th District, 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank;
president, Tobacco
Board of Trade; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions;
Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Lawyer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman; married 1920 to Mary
Louise Hamilton; married to Dorothy Dennis. |
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memorial |
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James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died
in office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Pi; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
14, 1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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William Marshall Ambler (1813-1896) —
also known as William M. Ambler —
of Louisa
County, Va.
Born July 25,
1813.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1845; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Louisa County, 1861.
Died in Louisa
County, Va., August
25, 1896 (age 83 years, 31
days).
Interment at Church
of Our Savior Cemetery, Montpelier, Va.
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Edward Almer Ames Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, January
8, 1936, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson. |
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Carol Bagley Amon (b. 1946) —
of New York.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
23, 1946.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1990-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Francis Thomas Anderson (1808-1887) —
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., December
11, 1808.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1864-65; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1871-82.
Died in Lexington,
Va., November
30, 1887 (age 78 years, 354
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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Henry Watkins Anderson (1870-1954) —
also known as Henry W. Anderson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; active in Red Cross relief work in the
Balkans at the end of World War I; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1921; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1924
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died, from colon
cancer, January
7, 1954 (age 83 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Watkins Anderson and Laura Elizabeth (Marks)
Anderson. |
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memorial |
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Howard Palmer Anderson (1915-2000) —
also known as Howard P. Anderson —
Born in Crystal Hill, Halifax
County, Va., May 25,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; FBI
special agent; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1958-71; member of Virginia
state senate 18th District, 1972-91.
Member, Ruritan;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Died in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., November
1, 2000 (age 85 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crystal Hill Cemetery, Crystal Hill, Va.
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Louis Bernard Anderson (b. 1870) —
also known as Louis B. Anderson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., April
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Anderson and Caroline (Jarrett) Anderson; married, November
12, 1898, to Julia E. Barr. |
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Walker Anderson (1801-1857) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1801.
Lawyer; member of Florida
territorial House of Representatives, 1830; member of Florida
territorial senate, 1830; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1838-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1841-42; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1851-53.
Died January
18, 1857 (age about 55
years).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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William Anderson (1762-1829) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Accomack
County, Va., December, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; postmaster at Chester,
Pa., 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1809-15, 1817-19 (1st District
1809-13, 2nd District 1813-15, 1st District 1817-19); county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1826-29.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., December
16, 1829 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Hunter Booker Andrews (1921-2005) —
also known as Hunter B. Andrews —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., May 28,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1964-95 (31st District 1964-65, 28th District
1966-71, 1st District 1972-95); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Hampton,
Va., January
13, 2005 (age 83 years, 230
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Thomas Coleman Andrews Jr. (1925-1989) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews, Jr. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
15, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1960-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Richmond,
Va., April
16, 1989 (age 64 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Segar Archer (1789-1855) —
also known as William S. Archer —
of Amelia
County, Va.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., March 5,
1789.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-19; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1820-35 (17th District 1820-21, 3rd
District 1821-35); defeated, 1834; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Virginia, 1839; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1841-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in Amelia
County, Va., March
28, 1855 (age 66 years, 23
days).
Interment at Archer
Family Cemetery at The Lodge, Amelia County, Va.
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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Ben H. Ashworth (b. 1888) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Rocky Gap, Bland
County, Va., July 9,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1925-28; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1937; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Eugene Atkinson (1920-2001) —
also known as Harry E. Atkinson —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Virginia, February
6, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1974-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Newport
News, Va., June 30,
2001 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Va.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
28, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; stockbroker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1940.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., February
19, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1913-15; delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Killed by lightning
in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 8,
1924 (age 52 years, 110
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill, W.Va.
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