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Index to Locations
Lexington Unknown location
Lexington Lee Memorial Chapel
Lexington Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Stonewall Jackson Memorial
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Lexington, Virginia
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William Jett Lauck (b. 1879) —
also known as W. Jett Lauck —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born August
2, 1879.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1924
(alternate), 1940.
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives:
Married to Eleanor Dunlap. |
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Lee Memorial
Chapel
Lexington, Virginia
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Henry Lee (1756-1818) —
also known as "Light Horse Harry" —
of Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
29, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Governor of
Virginia, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Eulogized George
Washington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen.".
Slaveowner.
Died in Cumberland Island, Camden
County, Ga., March
25, 1818 (age 62 years, 55
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reinterment
in 1913 at Lee Memorial Chapel.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother of Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; married 1782 to
Matilda Ludwell Lee; married, June 18,
1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather of
Fitzhugh
Lee and William
Henry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew of Richard
Bland; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee and Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Lee and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis
Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John
Lee Carroll and Edward
Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley, Blair
Lee III and Edward
Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge
Horsey; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Gardner Coolidge, James
Sansome Lakin, Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
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family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Va. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article |
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) —
also known as William H. F. Lee —
of Burkes Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Arlington
County, Va., May 31,
1837.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,
and eventually exchanged for Gen. Neal
Dow, who had been captured by Confederates.
Slaveowner.
Died in Virginia, October
15, 1891 (age 54 years, 137
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1922 at Lee Memorial Chapel.
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Lexington
Cemetery
Lexington, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Memorial Cemetery
(formerly Presbyterian Cemetery)
Lexington, Virginia
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Absalom Willis Robertson (1887-1971) —
also known as A. Willis Robertson —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., May 27,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 22nd District, 1916-22; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1933-46 (at-large 1933-35, 7th
District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Lexington,
Va., November
1, 1971 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Andrew Moore (1752-1821) —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1752.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1780; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-97, 1803-04 (at-large 1789-91,
3rd District 1791-93, 2nd District 1793-97, at-large 1803-04); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1804-09.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1821
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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James McDowell (1795-1851) —
of Rockbridge
County, Va.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
13, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838; Governor of
Virginia, 1843-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rockbridge
County, Va., August
24, 1851 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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John Letcher (1813-1884) —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Lexington,
Va., March
29, 1813.
Democrat. Delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (11th District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-59); Governor of
Virginia, 1860-63; member of Virginia state legislature, 1875.
Slaveowner.
Died January
26, 1884 (age 70 years, 303
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., December
23, 1806.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;
resigned 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861.
Died in Lexington,
Va., February
20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., April 5,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;
died in office 1932; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lexington,
Va., July 23,
1932 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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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.
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Charles P. Dorman (1794-1849) —
of Virginia.
Born October
14, 1794.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-37, 1839-42, 1846-48.
Presbyterian.
Sponsored bill to create the Virginia Military Institute.
Died in Rockbridge
County, Va., December
20, 1849 (age 55 years, 67
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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James Baldwin Dorman (1828-1893) —
also known as James B. Dorman —
of Rockbridge
County, Va.
Born in Lexington,
Va., July 25,
1828.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1848-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Rockbridge County, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died at the Virginia Hotel, Staunton,
Va., August
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.
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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;
reinterment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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