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Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1789-1864) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
29, 1789.
Whig. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1824-26; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1851-55; resigned 1855; Governor of
Missouri, 1861-64; died in office 1864.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
31, 1864 (age 74 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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David Shepherd Garland (1769-1841) —
of Virginia.
Born near New Glasgow (now Clifford), Amherst
County, Va., September
27, 1769.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1802, 1805-09, 1814-15, 1819-26,
1832-36; member of Virginia
state senate, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1810-11.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clifford, Amherst
County, Va., October
7, 1841 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Amherst County, Va.
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James Garland (1791-1885) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Ivy Depot, Albemarle
County, Va., June 6,
1791.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-41 (7th District 1835-37, 6th
District 1837-39, 7th District 1839-41).
Slaveowner.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August
8, 1885 (age 94 years, 63
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Rice Garland (1798-1863) —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.; Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
30, 1798.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1834-40; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1840-46; Cameron
County Judge, 1853-54.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., August
12, 1863 (age 64 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945) —
also known as Samuel M. Garland —
of Lebanon, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Amherst, Amherst
County, Va., January
31, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent, Umatilla reservation Indian
schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; Honorary
Vice-President); member of Oregon
state senate, 1917-25.
Suffered an accidental fall in
his home, sustained a chest injury, and died a week later from hypostatic
pneumonia, in Lebanon General Hospital,
Lebanon, Linn
County, Ore., November
3, 1945 (age 84 years, 276
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lebanon, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James Powell Garland and Lucy Virginia (Braxton) Garland;
married, October
12, 1892, to Isabella LeRoy Kirkpatrick; grandson of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880); great-grandson of David
Shepherd Garland; second great-grandnephew of Patrick
Henry; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; third cousin of Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Valentine Southall, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; fourth cousin of Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge. |
| | | Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Garland Bridge,
which takes Santiam Highway (US-20) over the South Santiam River, in
Linn
County, Oregon, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1958 (age 81 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Selden Garnett (1789-1840) —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
26, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1817-27.
Slaveowner.
Died near Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., August
15, 1840 (age 51 years, 111
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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George Tankard Garrison (1835-1889) —
also known as George T. Garrison —
of Accomac Court House, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Accomack
County, Va., January
14, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1861-63; member of Virginia
state senate, 1863-65; circuit judge in Virginia; elected 1870;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1881-83, 1884-85.
Slaveowner.
Died in Accomac, Accomack
County, Va., November
14, 1889 (age 54 years, 304
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Accomac, Va.
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Julian Vaughan Gary (1892-1973) —
also known as J. Vaughan Gary —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1945-65.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
6, 1973 (age 81 years, 193
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Eldridge McQuire Gathright (1881-1948) —
also known as Eldridge M. Gathright —
of Marlboro, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, September
8, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1913; defeated,
1915.
Died in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
August
11, 1948 (age 66 years, 338
days).
Entombed at Cemitério da Quarta Parada, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Morton Gathright and Mary Goodwin (Bowles)
Gathright. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) —
also known as James H. Gholson —
of Virginia.
Born in Gholsonville, Brunswick
County, Va., 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judge
in Virginia, 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brunswick
County, Va., July 2,
1848 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Thomas Gholson Jr. (d. 1816) —
of Brunswick, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Brunswick, Brunswick
County, Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1806-09; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1808, 1809-16 (17th District 1808,
1809-15, 18th District 1815-16); died in office 1816; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died
from war wounds, in Brunswick
County, Va., July 4,
1816.
Interment at Gholson Family Cemetery, Brunswick, Va.
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Robert Nicholas Giaimo (1919-2006) —
also known as Robert N. Giaimo —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
15, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968
(alternate).
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of lung
ailments, in the Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 24,
2006 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Interment at New Center Cemetery, North Haven, Conn.
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William Branch Giles (1762-1830) —
also known as William B. Giles —
of Amelia
County, Va.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., August
12, 1762.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1790-98, 1801-03 (at-large 1790-91,
9th District 1791-97, at-large 1797-98, 1801-03); member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-1800, 1816-17, 1826-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1804, 1805-15; Governor of
Virginia, 1827-30; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Slaveowner.
Died in Amelia
County, Va., December
4, 1830 (age 68 years, 114
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Amelia County, Va.
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Barnes Gillespie (b. 1871) —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Tazewell
County, Va., October
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Tazewell
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1901-04; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1910-14.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George William Gillespie and Barbara (Emmons) Gillespie; married,
June
5, 1901, to Ruth McDowell Pepper. |
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1967-88; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down
stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Slaveowner.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to
Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); grandnephew of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer
Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee
family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown
family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Clay
family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard
family of Texas (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Gilmer County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Presley Thornton Glass (1824-1902) —
also known as Presley T. Glass —
of Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., October
18, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1848, 1882; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., October
9, 1902 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Ripley, Tenn.
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James Peter Glynn (1867-1930) —
also known as James P. Glynn —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
12, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1915-23, 1925-30;
defeated, 1922; died in office 1930.
While traveling back to Washington from the funeral of Rep. J. A.
Hughes in Huntington, W.Va., suffered a heart
attack in the smoking car on the
train, and died, near Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va., March 6,
1930 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Philip Pittman Godwin Sr. (c.1924-2001) —
also known as Philip P. Godwin, Sr. —
of Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-72; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1971-72;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1973.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., December
12, 2001 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Gatesville
Cemetery, Gatesville, N.C.
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Wrendo Marion Godwin (1896-1976) —
also known as Wrendo M. Godwin —
of Parksley, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Poulson, Accomack
County, Va., September
22, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948;
member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1948; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Accomack County, 1948-55.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Ruritan.
Died in 1976
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Goode Jr. (1829-1909) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born near Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford
County, Va., May 27,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1851; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Bedford County, 1861;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member of
Virginia state legislature, 1866; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1868,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1875-81; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1876; U.S. Solicitor General,
1885-86; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Bedford County,
1901-02.
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 14,
1909 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Bedford, Va.
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Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., May 10,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer; preacher;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1837-43; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1844-51.
Methodist.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, October
17, 1862 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio.
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Samuel Goode (1756-1822) —
of Virginia.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., March
21, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1778-85; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mecklenburg
County, Va., November
14, 1822 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mecklenburg County, Va.
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Virgil H. Goode Jr. (b. 1946) —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
17, 1946.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 20th District, 1973-97; candidate in Democratic
primary for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1982, 1994; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1997-; Constitution
candidate for President
of the United States, 2012.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert William Goodlatte (b. 1952) —
also known as Bob Goodlatte —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., September
22, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1993-.
Christian
Scientist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter;
lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Goodyear (1804-1876) —
of Schoharie, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
26, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schoharie
County Judge, 1838-47; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1840; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1845-47, 1865-67 (21st District
1845-47, 14th District 1865-67); banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1868;
Albemarle
County Judge.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., April 9,
1876 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Wells Goodykoontz (1872-1944) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born near Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va., June 3,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1911-12;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1915-18; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1917; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1944 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Charles O'Conor Goolrick (1876-1960) —
also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
25, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Spotsylvania County &
Fredericksburg city, 1908-09; member of Virginia
state senate 13th District, 1915-23; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1924;
delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died June 4,
1960 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) —
of Georgia.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 8,
1782.
Whig. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Slaveowner.
Died near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., October
18, 1864 (age 82 years, 132
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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J. Segar Gravatt —
of Blackstone, Nottoway
County, Va.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 8th District, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Jackson Gravely (1828-1872) —
also known as Joseph J. Gravely —
of Henry
County, Va.; Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born near Leatherwood, Henry
County, Va., September
25, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Henry County, 1853-54; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1867-69; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1871-72; died in office 1872.
Died in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., April
28, 1872 (age 43 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lindley
Prairie Cemetery, Near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Mo.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Grayson (1736-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1736.
Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., March
12, 1790 (age about 53
years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Prince William County, Va.
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James Stephen Green (1817-1870) —
also known as James S. Green —
of Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born near Rectortown, Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 4th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1853-54; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
19, 1870 (age 52 years, 325
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Moses P. Green (born c.1818) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1818.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 4th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher Greenup (c.1750-1818) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, about 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1785; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1792-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798; Clerk of the Kentucky State
Senate, 1799-1802; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802; Governor of
Kentucky, 1804-08; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; justice of the peace.
Slaveowner.
Died in Blue Licks Spring, Nicholas
County, Ky., April
27, 1818 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862) —
of Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., August
1, 1814.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
During the Battle of
Fredericksburg, he was shot in
the spine, mortally wounded, and died two days later, in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
15, 1862 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Herbert Bailey Gregory (b. 1884) —
also known as Herbert B. Gregory —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
10, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Virginia 20th Circuit,
1923-26; judge, Law and Chancery Court, City of Roanoke, 1926-30; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Werter Hancock Gregory and Sallie James (Payne) Gregory; married,
October
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Walter Gresham (1841-1920) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., July 22,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; district attorney, Galveston judicial district, 1872;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 65th District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1920 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Thomas Griffin (1773-1837) —
of Virginia.
Born in Yorktown, York
County, Va., 1773.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1793-1800, 1819-23, 1827-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1803-05; major in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died near Yorktown, York
County, Va., October
7, 1837 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Duncan Lawrence Groner (1873-1957) —
also known as D. Lawrence Groner —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
6, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1912-14, 1920,
1921; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1931-48; took
senior status 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1957 (age 83 years, 314
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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James Gunn (1753-1801) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, March
13, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-1801.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., July 30,
1801 (age 48 years, 139
days).
Interment at Revolutionary
War Cemetery, Louisville, Ga.
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