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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal
blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
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memorial |
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Charles Mitchell Barnett (1870-1940) —
also known as Charles M. Barnett —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
September
22, 1870.
Steamship agent; coal
dealer; bank
director; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1898-1907; Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1907; Consul
for Nicaragua in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1921; Consul
for Costa Rica in Norfolk,
Va., 1900-07; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Norfolk,
Va., 1902-07; Consul
for Paraguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1903-29; Honorary
Consul for Mexico in Norfolk,
Va., 1929.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1940 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Richardson Cemetery, Eureka, Ind.
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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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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;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
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.
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Henry Keeling Ellyson (1823-1890) —
also known as Henry K. Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 31,
1823.
Printer;
lecturer;
newspaper
publisher; director of banks, insurance
companies, and the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad;
president, Virginia Steamboat Co.; Henrico
County Sheriff, 1857-65; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1870-71.
Baptist.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
27, 1890 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Thomas Parker Host Sr. (1892-1962) —
also known as T. Parker Host, Sr. —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born October
2, 1892.
Maritime shipping business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Norway in Newport
News, Va., 1935-50; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Peru in Newport
News, Va., 1935; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1940-42.
Died December
7, 1962 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October
28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., 1787.
Physician;
merchant;
steamboat owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died in 1838
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William Lamb (1835-1909) —
also known as "The Hero of Fort Fisher" —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
27, 1835.
Newspaper
publisher; merchant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; steamship agent; importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Norfolk,
Va., 1876-1903; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Norfolk,
Va., 1880-1903; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1880-86; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
23, 1909 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Democrat. Naval
architect; designed battleships for the U.S. Navy; later,
proprietor of shipyards; president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally
Lewis Wood. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Walter A. Post (1857-1912) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in New York, January
7, 1857.
Railroad
executive; shipbuilder; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1896-98.
Died in Newport
News, Va., February
12, 1912 (age 55 years, 36
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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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." |
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memorial |
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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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