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Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) —
also known as Paul C. Aiken —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
business executive; Assistant U.S. Postmaster
General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., May 25,
1974 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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Henry Nathan Bradley (b. 1874) —
also known as H. N. Bradley —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Page
County, Va., 1874.
Republican. Postmaster;
purchasing agent; hotel
manager; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1917; vice-chair of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1929; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1938,
1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Alice Burke (b. 1909) —
also known as Alice Phillips —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Richmond,
Va.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in a sod-floor
shanty, in Montana, 1909.
Communist. Stenographer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1940, 1942, 1946; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1941.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel L. Burroughs (b. 1858) —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., February
8, 1858.
Republican. Bookseller;
stationer; postmaster at Portsmouth,
Va., 1898-1902; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Burroughs. |
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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. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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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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Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) —
of Gloucester, Gloucester
County, Va.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., June 29,
1950.
Republican. Business owner; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Assembly
of God.
Died in Gloucester
County, Va., October
6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gustav Adolf Victor Hugo Dittmar (1845-1909) —
also known as Gustav Dittmar —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, Germany),
June
14, 1845.
Patent
attorney; notary public; Consular
Agent for Germany in Washington,
D.C., 1899-1907.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
29, 1909 (age 64 years, 107
days).
Cremated.
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Anthony Farnum —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Bristol,
Va.
Real
estate agent; landlord; property manager; mayor
of Bristol, Va., 2021-.
Still living as of 2022.
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Lynn
Winterdale —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Stenographer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy
Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16, 1919-22; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in San Salvador, 1922-24; Hong Kong, 1924-25, 1925-28; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1928-30; Chefoo, 1930-31; Amoy, 1931-33; Stockholm, as of 1938-40; Niagara Falls, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curaçao, as of 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fredericksburg
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-son of George L. Franklin; son of Charles Winterdale and Jenny
(Jones) Winterdale; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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memorial |
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Samuel G. Hudson (1856-1920) —
also known as Sam Hudson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Luray, Page
County, Va., February
3, 1856.
Democrat. Traveling salesman; postmaster at Lincoln,
Neb., 1915-20.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March
12, 1920 (age 64 years, 38
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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William Mitchell (1887-1968) —
also known as Billy Mitchell —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March
29, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
salesman; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died October
22, 1968 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell; married,
February
27, 1936, to Mae Holbrook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Norman Sisisky (1927-2001) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 9,
1927.
Democrat. Business executive; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1974-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1983-2001; died in
office 2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Richmond,
Va., March
29, 2001 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Henrico County, Va.
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Philip Young (1910-1987) —
of New York; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1910.
Republican. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business
executive; dean of
the Columbia University business school, 1948-53; chair, U.S. Civil
Service Commission, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1957-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
15, 1987 (age 76 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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