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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Jones
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August
8, 1740.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North
Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Lawrence Talbot Neal (1844-1905) —
also known as Lawrence T. Neal —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
22, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ross
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1873-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1887; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1893.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, November
2, 1905 (age 61 years, 41
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Colin Neblett (1875-1950) —
of Tesuque, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., July 6,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; district judge in New Mexico 6th District, 1911-17;
U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1917-48; took senior status 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks.
Suffered a stroke in
the Hilton Hotel
dining room, and died soon after in a hospital
at Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 7,
1950 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Hugh Mortimer Nelson (1811-1862) —
also known as Hugh M. Nelson —
of Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
20, 1811.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Clarke County, 1861; major
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died, of typhoid,
in Albemarle
County, Va., August
6, 1862 (age 50 years, 290
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Anthony New (1747-1833) —
of Elkton, Todd
County, Ky.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., 1747.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1793-1805 (12th District 1793-97,
at-large 1797-1805); U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-13, 1817-19, 1821-23 (1st
District 1811-13, 5th District 1817-19, 1821-23).
Slaveowner.
Died near Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., March 2,
1833 (age about 85
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Todd County, Ky.
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Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) —
also known as Harry W. Nice —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1920;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1936;
Governor
of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Junior
Order; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1941 (age 63 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) —
Born in Hanover
County, Va., January
28, 1729.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1755-61, 1766-75.
Died in Hanover
County, Va., November, 1780
(age 51
years, 0 days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Hanover County, Va.
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James Noble (1785-1831) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,
1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831 (age 45 years, 72
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Mark Obenshain (b. 1962) —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 11,
1962.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 26th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2011.
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Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978) —
also known as Richard D. Obenshain —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
31, 1935.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 1969; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1972-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Killed when his small plane
crashed during a nighttime landing at Chesterfield County Airport,
Chesterfield
County, Va., August
2, 1978 (age 42 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1840-1905) —
also known as Charles T. O'Ferrall —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
21, 1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-73; Rockingham
County Judge, 1874-80; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1884-93; resigned
1893; Governor of
Virginia, 1894-98.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
22, 1905 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Ould (1820-1882) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Georgetown (now part of Washington),
D.C., January
31, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1859-61; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state senate, 1867; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1872;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1874-75.
Died December
15, 1882 (age 62 years, 318
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Joseph Allen Overton Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as J. Allen Overton, Jr. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., April
17, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1949-50;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1959-62; vice-president, American Mining
Congress.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen Overton and Edith (Wharton) Overton; married, May 15,
1943, to Bette Crosswhite. |
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George Washington Owen (1796-1837) —
also known as George W. Owen —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., October
20, 1796.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-21; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1823-29; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1828-36; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1836-37; died in office 1837.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
18, 1837 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Interment at Old
Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Robert Page (1765-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gloucester County (part now in Mathews
County), Va., February
4, 1765.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1795; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clarke
County, Va., December
8, 1840 (age 75 years, 308
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) —
also known as Thomas N. Page —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., April
23, 1853.
Lawyer; author;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1913-19.
Died in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., November
1, 1922 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Mosby Monroe Parsons (1822-1865) —
also known as M. M. Parsons —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 21,
1822.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1857-58; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed,
along with Aaron
H. Conrow and four others, by bandits in Nuevo
León, August
15, 1865 (age 43 years, 86
days).
Interment somewhere
in Nuevo León; cenotaph at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.; cenotaph at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Ira Judson Partlow (b. 1876) —
also known as Ira J. Partlow —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rappahannock
County, Va., February
20, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1945-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Burrell T. Partlow and Ruth (Updike) Partlow; married, May 23,
1905, to Andrea Martin. |
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Seargent Smith Prentiss Patteson (1856-1931) —
also known as S. S. P Patteson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., December
15, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Richmond city, 1899-1901, 1928-29.
Episcopalian.
Died January
26, 1931 (age 74 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clyde Pearson (1925-2010) —
also known as H. Clyde Pearson —
Born in Ocoonita, Lee
County, Va., March
12, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-56; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1961; member of Virginia
state senate 18th District, 1968-70.
Died in Salem,
Va., March
26, 2010 (age 85 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) —
also known as George C. Peery —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell
County, Va., October
28, 1873.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; vice-president, Norton Hardware
Company; director of coal mining
companies and a railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of
Virginia, 1934-38; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 18th District, 1945.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., October
14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
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Richard F. Pence (d. 1999) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1958.
Died November
18, 1999.
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) —
of Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., September
9, 1721.
Planter;
lawyer; justice of the peace; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1776; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1777; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died in
office 1803; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Caroline
County, 1788.
Anglican.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
23, 1803 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Original interment at Edmundsbury
Graveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married, January
21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married, January
20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; granduncle of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; great-granduncle of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second great-granduncle of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; third great-granduncle of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed of John
Penn; first cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; first cousin thrice removed of Coleby
Chew; first cousin four times removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Pendleton counties in Ky. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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John Strother Pendleton (1802-1868) —
also known as John S. Pendleton; "The Lone
Star" —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born near Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., March 1,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1830-33, 1836-39; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Chile, 1842-44; Argentina, 1851-54; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1845-49.
Slaveowner.
Died near Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., November
19, 1868 (age 66 years, 263
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Culpeper County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pendleton and Nancy (Strother) Pendleton; brother of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; married, December
2, 1824, to Lucy Ann Williams; granduncle of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin twice removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin once removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton, Nathanael
Greene Pendleton and Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis
Walker; third cousin of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner, John
Tyler (1790-1862) and Max
Rogers Strother; fourth cousin of Coleby
Chew; fourth cousin once removed of Gabriel
Slaughter, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, David
Gardiner Tyler, James
Francis Buckner Jr., Lyon
Gardiner Tyler, Hubbard
T. Smith, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Charles
M. Pendleton, John
Brady Grayson and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Philip Clayton Pendleton (1779-1863) —
also known as Philip C. Pendleton —
of Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
24, 1779.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1805-08, 1809-10;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825;
resigned 1825; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 3,
1863 (age 83 years, 130
days).
Interment at Norborne
Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Pendleton and Agnes (Patterson) Pendleton; married to Sarah
Ann Boyd; nephew of Nathaniel
Pendleton; grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin of Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; first cousin once removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and George
Hunt Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Key Pendleton; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin twice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins. |
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Thomas Stuart Price Perriello (b. 1974) —
also known as Tom Perriello —
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., October
9, 1974.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 2009-11; defeated,
2010; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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Owen Bradford Pickett (1930-2010) —
also known as Owen B. Pickett —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
31, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1972-86; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1980-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Virginia
Beach, Va., October
27, 2010 (age 80 years, 57
days).
Interment at Taylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Va.
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Moss A. Plunkett —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Lawyer; candidate for delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 21st District, 1945.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
22, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; Walla
Walla County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-94; superior court judge
in Washington, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1923-28.
Died in Greenlee, Rockbridge
County, Va., September
21, 1946 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Original interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.; reinterment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Frederick Gresham Pollard (1918-2003) —
also known as Fred G. Pollard —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 7,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-65; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1966-67.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died July 7,
2003 (age 85 years, 61
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Henry Robinson Pollard (1845-1923) —
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., November
28, 1845.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1880.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
4, 1923 (age 77 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Joseph R. Pollard (c.1879-1937) —
also known as J. R. Pollard —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1904;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
16, 1937 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Pollard and Martha (Harris) Pollard; married to Leah
Morgan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Pollard (1790-1851) —
of Virginia.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., 1790.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant;
U.S. Consul in Mexico City, 1833-34; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Chile, 1834-42.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1851 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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Daniel Haymond Polsley (1803-1877) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.), November
28, 1803.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Lieutenant
Governor of West Virginia, 1861; district judge in West Virginia
7th District, 1863-66; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1867-69.
Slaveowner.
Died in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., October
14, 1877 (age 73 years, 320
days).
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John Pope (1770-1845) —
also known as "One-Arm Pope" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Springfield, Washington
County, Ky.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1816-19; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1825-29; Governor
of Arkansas Territory, 1829-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.
Lost
his right arm as a youth.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 12,
1845 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Ky.
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Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (1907-1998) —
also known as Lewis F. Powell, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., September
19, 1907.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member,
Virginia state constitutional commission, 1967-68; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died of pneumonia,
in Richmond,
Va., August
25, 1998 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Michael K. Powell (b. 1963) —
of Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
23, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1997-2005; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 2001-05.
African
ancestry. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836) —
also known as Francis Preston —
of Virginia.
Born in Greenfield, Botetourt
County, Va., August
2, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1788-89, 1816-20; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 26,
1836 (age 70 years, 298
days).
Interment at Aspenvale
Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.
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John Smith Preston (1809-1881) —
also known as John S. Preston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 1,
1881 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Samuel Price (1805-1884) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., July 28,
1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-36, 1847-50, 1852; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Greenbrier County, 1861; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1864-65; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1876-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
25, 1884 (age 78 years, 212
days).
Interment at Stuart
Burying Ground, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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William Buchanan Price (b. 1865) —
also known as William B. Price —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., July 2,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nebraska state insurance commissioner,
1896-1900; candidate for Nebraska
state auditor, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for Nebraska
state attorney general, 1926.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Clopton Price and Hester (Walker) Price. |
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Joseph Edwin Proffit (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Proffit —
of Floyd, Floyd
County, Va.
Born in Floyd, Floyd
County, Va., March
24, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Consul in Pretoria, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1928,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1956;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-47, 1952-57.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died February
27, 1958 (age 81 years, 340
days).
Interment at Jacksonville
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Patterson Proffit and Mary Anne 'Polly' (Via) Proffit;
married, April
26, 1916, to Anne Weston Simmons. |
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