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Howard Hanson Adams (1891-1971) —
also known as Howard H. Adams —
of Eastville, Northampton
County, Va.
Born in Harborton, Accomack
County, Va., December
18, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-65; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died December
3, 1971 (age 79 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lawrence Adams and Effie Lee (Evans) Adams; married to
Mabel E. Bruitt. |
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William Harrison Adams (1872-1958) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March
23, 1872.
Democrat. President, Virginia Stationery Company; Vice-President,
Mutual Life
Insurance Association; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-53.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Grotto;
Jesters;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
24, 1958 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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George D. Addison —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Born in Richmond,
Va.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dent County, 1927-28.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; secretary of
Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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George Statton Aldhizer II (1907-1986) —
also known as George S. Aldhizer II —
of Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va., June 15,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Rockingham County & Harrisonburg
city, 1950-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Virginia
state senate, 1954-75 (24th District 1954-55, 23rd District
1956-63, 22nd District 1964-65, 20th District 1966-71, 26th District
1972-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Lions; Elks.
Died May 20,
1986 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Near Harrisonburg, Rockingham
County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Sidney McNeill (Pugh) Aldhizer and Henry Hamilton
Aldhizer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884,
1896.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Willis Allen (1806-1859) —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near Roanoke, Roanoke
County, Va., December
15, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1838-40; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1845-49; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson, Franklin
and Jackson counties, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1851-55 (2nd District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-55); circuit judge in Illinois, 1859; died in office
1859.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while holding court
in Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., April
15, 1859 (age 52 years, 121
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank;
president, Tobacco
Board of Trade; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Lions; Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died
in office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Pi; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
14, 1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September
4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Edward Almer Ames Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, January
8, 1936, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson. |
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Howard Palmer Anderson (1915-2000) —
also known as Howard P. Anderson —
Born in Crystal Hill, Halifax
County, Va., May 25,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; FBI
special agent; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1958-71; member of Virginia
state senate 18th District, 1972-91.
Member, Ruritan;
Freemasons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Died in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., November
1, 2000 (age 85 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crystal Hill Cemetery, Crystal Hill, Va.
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Louis Bernard Anderson (b. 1870) —
also known as Louis B. Anderson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., April
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Anderson and Caroline (Jarrett) Anderson; married, November
12, 1898, to Julia E. Barr. |
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Thomas Coleman Andrews (1899-1983) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
19, 1899.
Accountant;
Virginia
state auditor, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
1953-55; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
John
Birch Society.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
15, 1983 (age 84 years, 238
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) —
also known as Robert H. Angell —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., January
25, 1868.
Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement);
president, Shenandoah Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank;
president, Home Furniture
Co.; director, New Hotel
Corporation; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke
city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1912,
1928,
1932;
Virginia
Republican state chair, 1931.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., November
12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., December
13, 1790.
Physician;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brazoria, Brazoria
County, Tex., September
22, 1856 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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Ben H. Ashworth (b. 1888) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Rocky Gap, Bland
County, Va., July 9,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1925-28; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1937; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Eugene Atkinson (1920-2001) —
also known as Harry E. Atkinson —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Virginia, February
6, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1974-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Elks;
Freemasons.
Died in Newport
News, Va., June 30,
2001 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Va.
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Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) —
also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of
Texas" —
Born in Wythe
County, Va., November
3, 1793.
Member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of
Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged
with attempting
revolution, and imprisoned
until 1835; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1835; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of pneumonia,
in Brazoria
County, Tex., December
27, 1836 (age 43 years, 54
days).
Original interment at Peach
Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin. |
| | | Austin County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Austin,
Texas, is named for
him. — Stephen F. Austin State
University, Nacogdoches,
Texas, is named for
him. — Austin College,
Sherman,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Handbook
of Texas Online |
| | | Books about Stephen F. Austin: Gregg
Cantrell, Stephen
F. Austin : Empresario of Texas |
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Ralph Hedrick Bader (1888-1939) —
also known as Ralph H. Bader —
of McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va., June 8,
1888.
Democrat. Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Teheran, 1912-18; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1918-20; Cairo, 1920-22; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1928-30.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order.
Died in Harrisonburg,
Va., June 7,
1939 (age 50 years, 364
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, McGaheysville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Samuel Bader and Margaret Elizabeth (Hedrick) Bader;
married 1920 to Pearle
Malvina Bacon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Marshall Bagley Sr. (1927-2001) —
also known as Richard M. Bagley, Sr.; Dick
Bagley —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., May 14,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1966-85.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Jesters;
Shriners;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
at a hospital
in Newport
News, Va., December
13, 2001 (age 74 years, 213
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Oscar Hampton Ballard (1886-1967) —
also known as O. H. Ballard —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Ballard, Monroe
County, W.Va., September
13, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1931-34,
1939-42, 1945-46, 1949-52; mayor
of Princeton, W.Va., 1937-39; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1953-60; defeated in
primary, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Salem,
Va., October
13, 1967 (age 81 years, 30
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) —
also known as Sherman H. Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., July 22,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44,
1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., December
25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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James Barbour (1775-1842) —
of Barboursville, Orange
County, Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., June 10,
1775.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-1812; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1809; Governor of
Virginia, 1812-14; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1815-25; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Virginia, 1839 (Convention President; speaker).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Barboursville, Orange
County, Va., June 7,
1842 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Barboursville
Vineyards and Winery, Barboursville, Va.
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Ralph Edward Barnett (1910-1998) —
also known as Ralph E. Barnett; Ray
Barnett —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.; Chesapeake,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., June 9,
1910.
Democrat. Optician;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1961-72.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Lions;
Freemasons.
Died September
20, 1998 (age 88 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Sim Barnett and Emma (Zink) Barnett; married, October
2, 1925, to Nell Margaret Harlow. |
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer; coal
operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died March
29, 1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Stewart Battle (1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-49 (27th District 1934-35, 26th District
1936-49); Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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Henry Little Baxley (1898-1983) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., September
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
28, 1983 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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Robert Campbell Bayliss (1893-1968) —
also known as Robert C. Bayliss —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
1, 1893.
Republican. Real estate
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1932
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1968
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973) —
also known as Frank B. Beazley —
of Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Sparta, Caroline
County, Va., September
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-51.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Ruritan;
Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died December
17, 1973 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David C. Berger (1896-1975) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Gretna, Pittsylvania
County, Va., July 26,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Changsha, 1921; Tientsin, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1924-27, 1938; Swatow, 1927-29; Tsingtao, as of 1932-35; Buenos Aires, as of 1943.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1975
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alison Berger and Susan M. (Pullen) Berger. |
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. |
| | | The Hugo L. Black U.S.
Courthouse, in Birmingham,
Alabama, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Here lies a good
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.
Newman, Hugo
Black : A Biography — Howard Ball, Hugo
L. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon, The
antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in
modern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell (1897-1976) —
also known as C. F. Blackwell —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Kenbridge, Va., 1924-38; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died January
14, 1976 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Blair Jr. (1732-1800) —
of York
County, Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1732.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1766-71; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Virginia
Governor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia,
1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from York
County, 1788; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1789; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., August
31, 1800 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Joseph Washington Bland (1912-1991) —
also known as J. W. Bland —
of Alberta, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Crewe, Nottoway
County, Va., October
8, 1912.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Ruritan.
Died March
16, 1991 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Bethel
Methodist Church Cemetery, Alberta, Va.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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William T. Blankenship (b. 1904) —
also known as Bill Blankenship —
of Eckman, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Raven, Tazewell
County, Va., July 23,
1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patton Blankenship and Ida (Davis) Blankenship; married, June 3,
1939, to Helen Louise Aldish. |
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Albert Orlando Boschen (1873-1957) —
also known as Albert O. Boschen —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 25,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1918-21, 1924-27, 1934-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Grotto.
Died August
15, 1957 (age 84 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry C. Boschen and Margaret (Frishkorn) Boschen; married, June 27,
1899, to Mamie Toomey. |
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George Lynn Bowman (b. 1874) —
also known as George L. Bowman —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., October
9, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Kingfisher
County Attorney, 1902-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harpine Bowman and Frances (Hoffman) Bowman; married, October
7, 1913, to Lena Odessa Pollard. |
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Richard H. Bowman (1903-1993) —
also known as Dick Bowman —
of Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1903.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1955-60, 1963-64, 1967-72
(Greenbrier County 1955-60, 1963-64, 4th District 1967-72).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Ruritan.
Died March
17, 1993 (age 89 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Bradley (1787-1863) —
of Switzerland
County, Ind.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
22, 1787.
County judge in Indiana, 1827-29; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., 1863
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Democrat. Physician;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40; defeated, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frederick Albert Britten (1871-1946) —
also known as Frederick A. Britten; Fred A.
Britten —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1871.
Republican. Builder;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1913-35; defeated,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 4,
1946 (age 74 years, 167
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King
William County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of
Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District,
1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March
24, 1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., about 1760.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1791-94; Governor of
Virginia, 1794-96; Virginia
state attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Virginia, February
27, 1800 (age about 40
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Interment at Green
Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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John Brown (1757-1837) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1784-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd
District 1791-92); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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George Landon Browning —
also known as George L. Browning —
of Orange, Orange
County, Va.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Armistead Browning and Mary Lewis (Willis) Browning; married,
February
28, 1906, to Eva Byrd Hill Ransom. |
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) —
also known as Thomas G. Burch —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in Henry
County, Va., July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Banker;
director, American Furniture
Co.; director, The Henry (hotel);
mayor
of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., March
20, 1951 (age 81 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Lawyer;
walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid,
in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Cemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.
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Robert Sidney Burruss (1882-1942) —
also known as Robert S. Burruss —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., August
6, 1882.
Republican. Lumber
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Dillwyn, Buckingham
County, Va., July 31,
1942 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District
1924-25); Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1944;
States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brother
of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married, October
7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew of Joel
West Flood; nephew of Henry
De La Warr Flood; second great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Harrison and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; second cousin five times removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 17,
1962 |
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James L. Camblos (1888-1970) —
of Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
23, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-51, 1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died July 11,
1970 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years). His remains were probably
not recovered.
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Paul J. Carr Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of
Hinton, W.Va., 1947-48; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Died March
24, 1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) —
also known as Marion M. Caskie —
of Alabama; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Remington, Fauquier
County, Va., July 29,
1890.
Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway
office in Washington, 1906-11; traffic manager for various
enterprises; general manager, state docks,
Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship
Co.; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie; married, December
4, 1912, to Helen Elizabeth Suess. |
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John Catron (1786-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, January
7, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1865 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Traveling
salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Geographic Society.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., December
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., May 17,
1780.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811-15, 1831-33; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
7, 1856 (age 75 years, 235
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor
of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Clark (1770-1838) —
of Missouri.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., August
1, 1770.
Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1820.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with Meriwether
Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1838 (age 68 years, 31
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Green Clay (1757-1826) —
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., August
14, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; surveyor;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1788-89; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1795-98, 1807; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in White Hall, Madison
County, Ky., October
31, 1826 (age 69 years, 78
days).
Interment at White
Hall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Henry Clay (1777-1852) —
also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The
Great Compromiser" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April
12, 1777.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died
in office 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd
District 1823-25); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844
(Whig); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for
President, 1839.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1809, he fought a duel
with Humphrey
Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1852 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother of Porter
Clay; married, April
11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father of Thomas
Hart Clay, Henry
Clay Jr. and James
Brown Clay; grandfather of Henry
Clay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married James
Reily); first cousin once removed of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; second cousin of Matthew
Clay (c.1795-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; second cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Carroll Clay; second cousin four times removed of Archer
Woodford; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Clay
family of Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Clay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Henry
Clay Longnecker
— Henry
Clay Dean
— H.
Clay Dickinson
— Henry
C. Brockmeyer
— H.
Clay Cockerill
— Henry
Clay Ewing
— Henry
Clay Caldwell
— Henry
Clay Hall
— Henry
Clay Gooding
— Henry
Clay Naill
— Henry
C. Myers
— Henry
C. Cole
— H.
Clay Harris
— Henry
C. Miner
— Henry
C. Warmoth
— Henry
Clay Cleveland
— H.
Clay Evans
— Henry
C. Payne
— Henry
C. Bates
— H.
Clay Foster
— Henry
C. McCormick
— Henry
C. Ide
— Henry
Clay Williams
— Henry
C. Simms
— Henry
Clay Ferguson
— Henry
C. Glover
— H.
Clay Park
— Henry
C. Hansbrough
— Henry
C. Snodgrass
— H.
Clay Maydwell
— Henry
C. Gleason
— Henry
C. Loudenslager
— H.
Clay Van Voorhis
— Henry
C. Clippinger
— H.
Clay Crawford
— H.
Clay Bascom
— H.
Clay Michie
— H.
Clay Chisolm
— H.
Clay Howard
— Henry
C. Hall
— Henry
Clay McDowell
— H.
Clay Jones
— H.
Clay Day
— Henry
Clay Hines
— H.
Clay Heather
— Henry
Clay Meacham
— Henry
Clay Calloway
— H.
Clay Suter
— H.
Clay Hall
— H.
Clay Warth
— Henry
Clay Elwood
— H.
Clay Kennedy
— H.
Clay Davis
— H.
Clay Needham
— Henry
Clay Etherton
— H.
Clay Mace
— H.
Clay Armstrong
— H.
Clay Baldwin
— H.
Clay Haynes
— H.
Clay Burkholder
— Mrs.
H. Clay Kauffman
— H.
Clay Bentley
— Henry
C. Greenberg
— H.
Clay Gardenhire, Jr.
— Henry
Clay Cox
— H.
Clay Myers, Jr.
— H.
Clay Johnson
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20th
centuries. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent
Remini, Henry
Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry
Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,
Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Henry
Clay: The Essential American — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's
Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That
Preserved the Union |
| | | Image source: James Smith Noel
Collection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
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James Bernard Cochran (1901-1989) —
also known as James B. Cochran —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Woolwine, Patrick
County, Va., February
8, 1901.
Inspector;
bus
driver; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1940 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Democratic
primary), 1944 (Democratic primary), 1948 (Republican), 1950
(Republican primary), 1954 (Democratic primary), 1960 (Democratic
primary).
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Appalachian Regional Hospital,
Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., June 7,
1989 (age 88 years, 119
days).
Interment at Potter Cemetery, Ashcamp, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of James David Cochran and Mary Ellen (Wood) Cochran; married, July 4,
1920, to Ruth J. Watson; married, March
18, 1946, to Josephine Janules; married, December
22, 1951, to Bernice Mae (Lackey) Johnson; married, February
1, 1984, to Goldie (Potter) Childress. |
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Roy A. Cole (b. 1896) —
of Montcalm, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Shawsville, Montgomery
County, Va., April
21, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; funeral
director; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1927-30;
defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March
26, 1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Fred E. Counts (b. 1912) —
of Bartley, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Counts, Dickenson
County, Va., August
26, 1912.
Democrat. Coal miner;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1959-62;
appointed 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
United
Mine Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra V. Counts and Chloe (Grizzle) Counts; married, December
24, 1937, to Gertrude Withrow. |
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
also known as William R. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad;
district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August
6, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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James Addison Cravens (1818-1893) —
also known as James A. Cravens —
of Hardinsburg, Washington
County, Ind.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; major in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-50; member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1861-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1868,
1880.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hardinsburg, Washington
County, Ind., June 22,
1893 (age 74 years, 230
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Ind.
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William J. Crowe Jr. (1925-2007) —
of Virginia.
Born in La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., January
2, 1925.
Admiral, U.S. Navy; Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1985-89;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1994-97.
Member, Freemasons; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 2007 (age 82 years, 283
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gustavus Hartwell Crumpecker (1882-1941) —
also known as G. H. Crumpecker —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., March
23, 1882.
Democrat. Mercer
County Sheriff; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died April
24, 1941 (age 59 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Wingfield Crumpecker and Lizzie Ella (Motley) Crumpecker;
married to Gladys Day. |
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Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F.
Curry —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill., March
14, 1858.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1887-89; secretary
of state of California, 1899-1911; candidate for Governor of
California, 1910; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1930 (age 72 years, 210
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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