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Ned H. Ragland (b. 1909) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
18, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church
of God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Edmund Jenings Randolph (1753-1813) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., August
10, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; Virginia
state attorney general, 1776-82; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1779-82; Governor of
Virginia, 1786-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1788; U.S.
Attorney General, 1789-94; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1794-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Millwood, Clarke
County, Va., September
12, 1813 (age 60 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Randolph and Ariana (Jenings) Randolph; married, August
29, 1776, to Elizabeth Nicholas (daughter of Robert
Carter Nicholas; sister of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas); father of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); nephew of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); grandfather of Edmund
Randolph; grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-grandfather of Edmund
Randolph Cocke; second great-grandfather of Francis
Beverley Biddle; first cousin once removed of Richard
Bland; second cousin of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Fitzhugh
Lee, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin four times removed of John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; third cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes; third cousin twice removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin thrice removed of St.
Clair Ballard, Lewis
Ballard and William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Randolph County,
Ill. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Edmund Jenings Randolph:
John J. Reardon, Edmund
Randolph : A Biography |
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Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1721.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
22, 1775 (age about 54
years).
Interment at College
of William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law of Benjamin
Harrison; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew of Richard
Randolph; uncle of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; granduncle of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); great-granduncle of Edmund
Randolph; second great-granduncle of Edmund
Randolph Cocke; third great-granduncle of Francis
Beverley Biddle; first cousin of Richard
Bland; first cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Dabney
Carr and Henry
St. George Tucker; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; first cousin four times removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Fitzhugh
Lee, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; first cousin five times removed of John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin six times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin twice removed of John
Wayles Eppes; second cousin thrice removed of Coleby
Chew; second cousin four times removed of St.
Clair Ballard, Lewis
Ballard and William
Henry Robertson; second cousin five times removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
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). |
| | | Randolph County,
N.C. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
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Stanley J. Rexrode (b. 1883) —
of Marlinton, Pocahontas
County, W.Va.
Born in New Hampden, Highland
County, Va., August
5, 1883.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Pocahontas County, 1935-36.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Richman (1895-1959) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
December
25, 1895.
Democrat. Ship supply
dealer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Panama in Hampton
Roads, Va., 1934-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from kidney
failure and diabetes,
in Riverside Hospital,
Newport
News, Va., September
16, 1959 (age 63 years, 265
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Richman and Jennie (Zigmond) Richman; married to Ruth
Lichtenberg. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, father and
grandfather." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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, Lexington, Va.
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Walter Vergil Ross (b. 1896) —
also known as Walter V. Ross —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Henry, Franklin
County, Va., September
7, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1929-32; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1941-48,
1963-64.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lee Ross and Annie E. (Frith) Ross; married to Katherine
McClung. |
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Daniel Owen Rowlett (c.1786-1847) —
also known as Daniel Rowlett —
of Texas.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., about 1786.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38, 1839-40, 1843-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fannin
County, Tex., December
2, 1847 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Inglish
Cemetery, Bonham, Tex.
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John Adams Sanders (b. 1866) —
also known as John A. Sanders —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., October
16, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1911-16; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1917-35; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1921-22, 1927-29, 1933-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Adams |
| | | Relatives: Son of William C. Sanders
and Florence (Peirce) Sanders; married, July 17,
1910, to Maybelle Hunter Romeigh. |
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David Edward Satterfield III (1920-1988) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
2, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1960-64; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1965-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died September
30, 1988 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Chancellor Saunders Jr. (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Christian Paul Schweiger (b. 1960) —
also known as Christian P. Schweiger —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in a hospital
at Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., October
5, 1960.
Democrat. Concert
promoter; minor league baseball
promoter; chair of
Frederick County Democratic Party, 1998-2000; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2000.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, of a chest
infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
1905, to Rosalie Pendleton. |
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (1931-2013) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Lions; Elks;
Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
28, 2013 (age 81 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mark Slack Jr. (1915-1980) —
also known as John M. Slack, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
18, 1915.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63,
3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Exchange
Club.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., March
17, 1980 (age 64 years, 365
days).
Interment at Cunningham
Memorial Park, St. Albans, W.Va.
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Howard Worth Smith (1883-1976) —
also known as Howard W. Smith —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va., February
2, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1920;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-67 (8th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-67).
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
3, 1976 (age 93 years, 244
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Broad Run, Va.
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Ted T. Stacy (b. 1923) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Grundy, Buchanan
County, Va., March
10, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-79
(Raleigh County 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-74, 18th District 1975-79);
resigned 1979; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1983-86; defeated in primary,
1970.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel M. Stacy and Leventha (Smith) Stacy; married, March
27, 1960, to Elizabeth Ann Barnett. |
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Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890-1970) —
also known as Thomas B. Stanley —
of Stanleytown, Henry
County, Va.
Born near Spencer, Henry
County, Va., July 16,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-46; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1946-53; resigned
1953; Governor of
Virginia, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., July 10,
1970 (age 79 years, 359
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Roselawn
Burial Park, Martinsville, Va.
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Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939) —
also known as Claude A. Swanson —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Swansonville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., March
31, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1893-1906; resigned
1906; Governor of
Virginia, 1906-10; defeated, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1910-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1933-39; died in office 1939.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died near Criglersville, Madison
County, Va., July 7,
1939 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Noah Haynes Swayne (1804-1884) —
also known as Noah H. Swayne —
of Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., December
7, 1804.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1830-39; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President); Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-81; retired 1881.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1884 (age 79 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Booth Taliaferro (1822-1898) —
also known as William B. Taliaferro —
of Gloucester
County, Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., December
28, 1822.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Gloucester County, 1850-53,
1874-79; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Gloucester
County, Va., February
27, 1898 (age 75 years, 61
days).
Interment at Ware
Church Cemetery, Gloucester, Va.
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Frank Stacy Tavenner Jr. (b. 1895) —
also known as Frank S. Tavenner, Jr. —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 12,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1940-48; acting
chief counsel, International Prosecutions Section, Tokyo, Japan, 1947.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Stacy Tavenner and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner;
married, December
28, 1920, to Sarah Ellen Zea. |
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Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., July 15,
1924.
Republican. Baptist
minister; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1972;
mayor
of Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP.
First
Black mayor of Roanoke.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., October
29, 1998 (age 74 years, 106
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bedford County, Va.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) —
also known as Cameron E. Thom —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., June 20,
1825.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1854-57, 1869-73, 1877-79;
member of California
state senate, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1882-84.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1915 (age 89 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900) —
also known as Richard W. Thompson —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Culpeper Court House, Culpeper
County, Va., June 9,
1809.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36; member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Indiana
District, 1864-66; circuit judge in Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1876,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1877-80; chairman of the American
Committee of the Panama
Canal Company, 1881; director of the Panama Railroad
Company, 1881-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
9, 1900 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Thomas Todd (1765-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., January
23, 1765.
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1807-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1826 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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David Trimble (c.1779-1842) —
of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, about 1779.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1817-27.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greenup
County, Ky., 1842
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Greenup, Ky.
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Robert Trimble (1776-1828) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., November
17, 1776.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16; federal
judge, 1817; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1828 (age 51 years, 282
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Tuck —
of South Boston, Halifax
County, Va.
Born near High Hill, Halifax
County, Va., September
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia
state senate 10th District, 1932-41; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of
Virginia, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
Moose;
Redmen;
Lions;
Ruritan.
Died in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., June 9,
1983 (age 86 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Va.
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Robert Turnbull (1850-1920) —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Brunswick
County Clerk, 1885-93; member of Virginia
state senate, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1896,
1904;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Brunswick
County, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1910-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1920
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Lawrenceville
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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James Russell Tuten (1911-1968) —
also known as J. Russell Tuten —
of Georgia.
Born in Appling
County, Ga., July 23,
1911.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brunswick, Ga., 1958, 1962; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1963-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., August
16, 1968 (age 57 years, 24
days).
Interment at Palmetto
Cemetery, Brunswick, Ga.
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Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) —
also known as Charles L. Underhill —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 20,
1867.
Republican. Blacksmith;
hardware
merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as Ralph E. Updike —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 27,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.
Christian.
Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Improved
Order of Red Men.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District, 1920-21.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry L. Van Sickler (1875-1945) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., August
23, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1903-04, 1933-37, 1943-45; appointed 1933; resigned 1937; died in
office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died February
17, 1945 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; manager, telegraph
office; train
dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank &
Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married,
October
4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson. |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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Edwin Waller (1800-1881) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., November
4, 1800.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1839; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
3, 1881 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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George Walton (c.1749-1804) —
of Georgia.
Born near Farmville, Cumberland
County, Va., about 1749.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1779-80, 1789; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1783; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
2, 1804 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Rosney
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.; reinterment in 1848 at Courthouse
Grounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Avra Milvin Warren (1893-1957) —
also known as Avra M. Warren —
of Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.; Virginia
Beach, Va.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., August
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Cape Hatien, 1920-22; Karachi, 1922-23; Nairobi, 1924-25; St. John's, 1926-30; Buenos Aires, as of 1931-32; U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1932-35; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1942-43; New Zealand, 1945-47; Finland, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1943-44; Panama, 1944-45; Pakistan, 1950-52; Turkey, 1953-56.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1957
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington (1732-1799) —
also known as "Father of His Country"; "The
American Fabius" —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February
22, 1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he
served as the first
President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to
the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably from acute bacterial
epiglottitis, at Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at Washington
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January
6, 1759, to Martha
Dandridge Custis (aunt of Burwell
Bassett); step-father of John
Parke Custis; uncle of Bushrod
Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad; granduncle of John
Thornton Augustine Washington and George
Corbin Washington; first cousin six times removed of Archer
Woodford; second cousin of Howell
Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818), Sulifand
Sutherland Ross and David
Shelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed of Walker
Peyton Conway, Howell
Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb, James
David Walker and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Henry Ball Jr., William
de Bruyn=Kops, Horace
Lee Washington, Edwin
McPherson Holden, Claude
C. Ball, Arthur
Wesley Holden and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Rootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Bullitt Churchill and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee
family; King
family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Lee — Joshua
Fry — Alexander
Dimitry — Tobias
Lear — David
Mathews — Rufus
Putnam |
| | | Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The state
of Washington is named for
him. — Mount
Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,
Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The minor
planet 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: George
Washington Lent Marr
— George
Washington Heard
— George
Washington Barnett
— George
Washington Davis
— George
W. Owen
— George
W. Toland
— George
W. Lay
— George
W. Patterson
— George
W. B. Towns
— George
Washington Adams
— George
Washington Hockley
— George
W. Smyth
— G.
W. Ingersoll
— George
W. Hopkins
— George
Washington Montgomery
— Joseph
George Washington Duncan
— George
W. Kittredge
— George
W. Jones
— George
W. Harrison
— George
Washington Ewing
— George
Washington Seabrook
— George
W. Morrison
— George
Washington Woodward
— George
Washington Wright
— George
Washington Triplett
— George
Washington Glasscock
— George
W. Schuyler
— George
Washington Holman
— George
W. Greene
— George
W. Wolcott
— George
W. Paschal
— George
Washington Dunlap
— George
Washington Warren
— George
Washington Hill
— George
Washington Logan
— George
W. Getchell
— George
W. Wright
— George
W. Julian
— George
Washington Dyal
— George
W. Ladd
— George
W. Peck
— George
Washington Nesmith
— George
W. Morgan
— George
Washington Brooks
— George
Washington Cowles
— George
W. Geddes
— George
Washington Whitmore
— George
Washington Bridges
— George
W. Cate
— George
W. Houk
— George
W. Webber
— George
W. Bemis
— George
Washington Fairbrother
— George
Washington Glick
— George
W. Jones
— George
W. Baker
— George
W. Shell
— George
W. Anderson
— George
W. Crouse
— George
W. Hulick
— George
W. Allen
— George
W. F. Harper
— George
Washington Clark
— George
Washington McCrary
— George
W. Gordon
— George
W. Kingsbury
— George
W. Covington
— George
Washington Fleeger
— George
W. Steele
— George
W. Wilson
— George
W. Martin
— George
W. E. Dorsey
— George
W. Plunkitt
— George
W. Furbush
— George
W. Sutton
— George
W. Curtin
— George
W. Ray
— George
W. Roosevelt
— George
W. Smith
— George
W. Kipp
— George
W. Campbell
— George
W. Taylor
— George
W. Stone
— George
W. Bartch
— George
W. Shonk
— George
W. Paul
— George
W. Cook
— George
W. Murray
— George
W. Faris
— George
W. Fithian
— George
W. Prince
— George
W. Buckner
— George
W. Cromer
— George
W. Donaghey
— George
W. Aldridge
— George
Washington Wagoner
— George
Washington Goethals
— George
W. Armstrong
— George
W. Lovejoy
— George
W. Oakes
— George
W. Hays
— George
W. Edmonds
— George
W. Lindsay
— George
Washington Jones
— T.
G. W. Tarver
— George
W. Darden
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Mead
— George
W. Gibbons
— George
W. List
— George
W. Calkin
— George
W. Rauch
— George
W. Michell
— George
Washington Jackson
— George
W. Blanchard
— George
Washington Herz
— George
W. Bristow
— George
Washington Hardy
— George
W. Ballard
— George
W. McKown
— George
Thomas Washington
— George
W. Collins
— George
A. Washington
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill.
His portrait
also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas
Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation —
Henry Wiencek, An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America — James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,
The
Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential
Care — Wendie C. Old, George
Washington (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James Webb (1792-1856) —
of Florida; Texas.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March
31, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; justice of
Florida territorial supreme court, 1828-38; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales and
Travis, 1841-42, 1842-44; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; secretary
of state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56;
died in office 1856.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
1, 1856 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.
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Jesse Felix West (1862-1929) —
also known as Jesse F. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.
Born in Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 16,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1892-1904; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1900;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1904-22; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1922-29; died in office 1929.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
25, 1929 (age 67 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
also known as Junius E. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member
of Virginia
state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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James L. Whitt (1916-2007) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, May 10,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; life
insurance business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1949-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Lions; American
Legion.
Died April
20, 2007 (age 90 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Whitt and Ara Belle (Brown) Whitt; married, September
11, 1942, to Edna Nuttall. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (b. 1931) —
also known as L. Douglas Wilder —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born January
17, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 9th District, 1974-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia; elected 1985; Governor of
Virginia, 1990-94; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) —
also known as Stanyarne Wilson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C., January
10, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton goods
manufacturer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1884-86, 1890-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from
Spartanburg County, 1895; chair of
Spartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
and Select Masters; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
14, 1928 (age 69 years, 35
days).
Interment at Church
of the Advent Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April
27, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., September
15, 1777.
Lawyer;
Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 28,
1827 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Crocket
Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Gus Yatron (1927-2003) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
16, 1927.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1956-60; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1961-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1969-93.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va., March
13, 2003 (age 75 years, 148
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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