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Steel and Metal Industry Politicians in Virginia

Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) — also known as Henry T. Blow — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Southampton County, Va., July 15, 1817. Republican. Lead products business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri state senate, 1854-58; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1869-70; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874. Slaveowner. Died in Saratoga, Saratoga County, N.Y., September 11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow; married to Minerva Grimsley; third cousin of George Blow Jr..   Political family: Blow family of Virginia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary   Oscar J. Brittingham Jr. (1906-1985) — also known as Jerry Brittingham — of Newport News, Va. Born April 26, 1906. Sheet metal business; mayor of Newport News, Va., 1958-62. Died March 15, 1985 (age 78 years, 323 days). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   Archibald Cary (1721-1787) — also known as "Old Iron" — Born in Chesterfield County, Va., January 24, 1721. Planter; iron foundry business; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1756-76. Died in Chesterfield County, Va., February 26, 1787 (age 66 years, 33 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry Cary and Ann (Edwards) Cary; married, May 31, 1744, to Mary Randolph; grandfather of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; great-grandfather of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; second great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; third great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   David Dows (1885-1966) — also known as "Big Dave" — of Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood County, S.C. Born in Irvington, Westchester County, N.Y., August 12, 1885. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel mills; supervised construction of steel mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a steamship line; horse breeder; bank director; Nassau County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956 (delegation chair); South Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956. Convicted of assault in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was attempting to interview him. Died in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., August 13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows; married, December 12, 1911, to Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; married, May 19, 1937, to Emily Schweizer; father of Evelyn Byrd Dows (daughter-in-law of Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr.).   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elias Earle (1762-1823) — of South Carolina. Born in Frederick County, Va., June 19, 1762. Democrat. Ironmaster; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-97; member of South Carolina state senate, 1800; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1805-07, 1811-15, 1817-21 (8th District 1805-07, 1811-13, 7th District 1813-15, 1817-21). Slaveowner. Died in Centerville, Anderson County, S.C., May 19, 1823 (age 60 years, 334 days). Interment at Old Earle Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Noah Earle and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Earle; married to Frances Wilton Robinson; uncle of Samuel Earle and John Baylis Earle; grandfather of Henrietta Thompson Earle (who married James Henderson Irby); granduncle of Sarah Caroline Earle (who married William Lowndes Yancey); great-grandfather of John Laurens Manning Irby; great-granduncle of Joseph Haynsworth Earle.   Political family: Earle family of South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) — also known as William H. H. Stowell — of Burkeville, Nottoway County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in West Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., July 26, 1840. Republican. U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1876; founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp Co., Atlas Paper Co., Duluth Iron and Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth, 1889-1895. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., April 27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Presumably named for: William Henry Harrison   Relatives: Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell; married, November 13, 1873, to Emma Clara Averill (daughter of John Thomas Averill); third cousin twice removed of Henry Fisk Janes; fourth cousin of John Mason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Carlos Coolidge, Elijah Livermore Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin, John Maxwell Stowell, George Pickering Bemis, Blake C. Fisk and Claude Vinton Stowell.   Political families: Kidder family of Bangor, Maine; Appleton family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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