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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years,
80 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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David Milton Easley (b. 1875) —
also known as D. M. Easley —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Pearisburg, Giles
County, Va., March
10, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1920;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 9th Judicial Circuit, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Easley and Minerva Boyd (Pack) Easley; married, October
16, 1907, to Maude Ella Oliver. |
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Herman Peter Eberharter (1892-1958) —
also known as Herman P. Eberharter —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
29, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1937-58 (32nd District 1937-43,
31st District 1943-45, 32nd District 1945-53, 28th District 1953-58);
died in office 1958.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
9, 1958 (age 66 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Echols (1823-1896) —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born May 20,
1823.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monroe County, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 24,
1896 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Horace Hall Edwards (b. 1902) —
also known as Horace H. Edwards —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Isle of Wight, Isle of
Wight County, Va., August
21, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-38; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1940-48; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1944;
mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1946-48; Richmond city manager, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Edwards and Helen Hope (Hall) Edwards; married, December
22, 1927, to Mary Olive Lynch. |
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John Saul Edwards (b. 1943) —
also known as John S. Edwards —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., October
6, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1980-81; member of
Virginia
state senate 21st District, 1996-; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 2001.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2011.
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John William Eggleston (1886-1976) —
also known as John W. Eggleston —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., June 18,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1932-35; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1935-40; appointed 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Edward Clayton Eicher (1878-1944) —
also known as Edward C. Eicher —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Noble, Washington
County, Iowa, December
16, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1933-39; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1938-42; chair, U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, 1941-42; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1942.
Mennonite.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., November
30, 1944 (age 65 years, 350
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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James Mason Elam (1796-1856) —
also known as James M. Elam; "Old
Tripoli" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Nottoway
County, Va., January
30, 1796.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1843.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
7, 1856 (age 60 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., May 19,
1914 (age 58 years, 138
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James Taylor Ellyson (1847-1919) —
also known as J. Taylor Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 20,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1885-88; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1888-94; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1891-1916; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March
18, 1919 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Benjamin Estil (1780-1853) —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Hansonville, Washington County (now Russell
County), Va., March
13, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Washington County, 1814-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1825-27; circuit
judge in Virginia 15th Circuit, 1831-52.
Slaveowner.
Died in Oldham
County, Ky., July 14,
1853 (age 73 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Evans (d. 1815) —
of Virginia.
Born in Accomack
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1794-96, 1805-06; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-1801.
Died in 1815.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Simpson Farland (1914-2007) —
also known as Joseph S. Farland —
of West Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., August
11, 1914.
Lawyer; FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1957-60; Panama, 1960-63; Pakistan, 1969-72; Iran, 1972-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., January
28, 2007 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor Relations Board,
1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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John Williams Walker Fearn (1832-1899) —
also known as Walker Fearn —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
13, 1832.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
U.S. Minister to Romania, 1885-89; Serbia, 1885-89; Greece, 1885-89; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1885-89.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., April 7,
1899 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Philip Richard Fendall (1794-1868) —
also known as Philip R. Fendall —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., December
18, 1794.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1841-45, 1849-53.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1868 (age 73 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Richard Fendall (1734-1805) and Mary (Lee)
Fendall. |
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Charles Rogers Fenwick (1900-1969) —
also known as Charles R. Fenwick —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., August
11, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Arlington County, 1940-45; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1948-69 (22nd District 1948-55, 9th District
1956-69); died in office 1969; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
22, 1969 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) —
also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private
Joe" —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
28, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1884,
1896
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
Governor
of Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1899-1905; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District,
1920-22.
Unitarian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
6, 1938 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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William Meade Fishback (1831-1903) —
also known as "The Great Repudiator" —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Jeffersonton, Culpeper
County, Va., November
5, 1831.
Lawyer; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871-81; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Governor of
Arkansas, 1893-95.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
9, 1903 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Robert Clayton Fitzgerald (c.1921-2001) —
also known as Robert C. Fitzgerald —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born about 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; Fairfax
County Commonwealth Attorney; member of Virginia
state senate, 1964-71 (27th District 1964-65, 8th District
1966-71); candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Bedford, Bedford
County, Va., October
10, 2001 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
also known as James W. Flanagan —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Merchant;
lawyer; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Slaveowner.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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John William Flannagan Jr. (1885-1955) —
also known as John W. Flannagan, Jr. —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born near Trevilians, Louisa
County, Va., February
20, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-49 (9th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-49).
Died in Bristol,
Va., April
27, 1955 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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John P. Flannery (b. 1946) —
of Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 15,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1984; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1988,
2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Loudoun County Democratic Party, 1995.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863) —
also known as John B. Floyd —
of Virginia.
Born in Smithfield, Isle of
Wight County, Va., June 1,
1806.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-48; Governor of
Virginia, 1849-52; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Died near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., August
26, 1863 (age 57 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Bushrod W. Foley —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1845-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman
Foote" —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
Lawyer; co-founder
of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North
Alabama; fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880 (age 76 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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James Randy Forbes (b. 1952) —
also known as Randy Forbes —
of Chesapeake,
Va.
Born in Chesapeake,
Va., February
17, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 78th District, 1990-97; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1996-2001; member of Virginia
state senate 14th District, 1998-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 2001-17; defeated in
primary, 2016; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2017.
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Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868) —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., August
23, 1814.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1856-58; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1868 (age 53 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abel Lawrence Foster (1802-1877) —
also known as A. Lawrence Foster —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Fairfax
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1841-43.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1877 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) —
also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Falls
Church, Va., January
3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, October
19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. |
| | | Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940,
named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Paul D. Fraim —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Lawyer; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1994-2016.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Peer. |
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Joe S. Frank (b. 1942) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
14, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1996-2010.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2010.
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen
P. Holshue. |
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Abram Fulkerson (1834-1902) —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., May 13,
1834.
Democrat. School
teacher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Washington County, 1871-75,
1885-87; member of Virginia
state senate, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died in Bristol,
Va., December
17, 1902 (age 68 years, 218
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) —
also known as Thomas J. D. Fuller —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
17, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57).
Died near Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va., February
13, 1876 (age 67 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hall Fulton (c.1792-1836) —
of Virginia.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., about 1792.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823-24; member of Virginia
state senate, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1833-35.
Died in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., January
28, 1836 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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David Funsten (1819-1866) —
of Virginia.
Born in Clarke
County, Va., October
14, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1844-45; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died of pneumonia,
at Howard (now part of Tysons Corner), Fairfax
County, Va., April 6,
1866 (age 46 years, 174
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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