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Robert Lane Anderson (1907-1951) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
16, 1907.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
Marion, Va., 1948-51; died in office 1951.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack while golfing,
in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., June 7,
1951 (age 43 years, 295
days).
Interment at Rose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Sherwood Anderson and Cornelia Pratt (Lane) Anderson; married to
Mary Chryst. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Hurst Ball (1905-1993) —
also known as Joseph H. Ball —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
3, 1905.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940-42, 1943-49; defeated, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Protestant.
Died of a stroke,
in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va.
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William Andrew Bickers (b. 1880) —
also known as William A. Bickers —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Madison
County, Va., February
29, 1880.
Farmer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1914-17; Puerto Plata, 1918-29; Charlottetown, as of 1931-32; Calgary, as of 1938; Edmonton, 1940-41.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) —
also known as Francis P. Blair —
of Maryland.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
12, 1791.
Newspaper publisher; member of Pres. Andrew
Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee), 1860;
advisor to Pres. Abraham
Lincoln during Civil War.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
18, 1876 (age 85 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1897.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine, 1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March
25, 1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., December
23, 1806.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;
resigned 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861.
Died in Lexington,
Va., February
20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
29, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
27, 1963 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) —
also known as Walter P. Brownlow —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March
27, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1880,
1884,
1896,
1900;
postmaster;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1882-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1898-99.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910 (age 59 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Tenn.
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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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Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (1914-2013) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-65 (25th District 1948-55, 24th District
1956-63, 23rd District 1964-65); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Winchester,
Va., July 30,
2013 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906) —
also known as George C. Cabell —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., January
25, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 23,
1906 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother
of William
Lewis Cabell; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of Martha
Doswell (who married Collin
Buckner); uncle of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; granduncle of Earle
Cabell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke, Henry
De La Warr Flood and Joel
West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Beverley
Randolph and Harry
Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John
William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, John
Wayles Eppes and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge. |
| | | 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; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) —
also known as William E. Cameron —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., November
29, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1872;
mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1876-82; Governor of
Virginia, 1882-86; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Petersburg city,
1901-02.
In 1869, he was injured in a duel
with Robert
William Hughes.
Died in Louisa
County, Va., January
26, 1927 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Dabney Smith Carr (1802-1854) —
of Maryland.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., March 5,
1802.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1843-49.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March
24, 1854 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Hester (Smith) Carr and Peter Carr; married to Sidney Smith
Nichols; nephew of Dabney
Carr; grandnephew of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson; third cousin of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Randolph and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes, Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke and John
Augustine Marshall. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) —
also known as John G. Chalmers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., August
25, 1803.
Newspaper editor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1830;
Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.
During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was Stabbed
and mortally
wounded; he died soon after, January
1, 1847 (age 43 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Rives Childs (1893-1987) —
also known as J. Rives Childs —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
6, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1923-25; Bucharest, 1925-30; Cairo, as of 1931; Tangier, as of 1943; U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia, 1946-49; Yemen, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1949-50; Ethiopia, 1951.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 15,
1987 (age 94 years, 159
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) —
also known as Jesse S. Cottrell —
of Tennessee; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
23, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.
Newell
Sanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1921-28.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died March
24, 1944 (age 65 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Moncure Daniel (1825-1865) —
also known as John M. Daniel —
Born in Stafford
County, Va., October
24, 1825.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Sardinia, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Sardinia, 1854-61.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March
30, 1865 (age 39 years, 157
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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James Arthur Edgerton (b. 1869) —
also known as James A. Edgerton —
of Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Plantsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1869.
Newspaper editor; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Virginia, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Edgerton and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton; married, March
21, 1895, to Blanche Edgerton. |
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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 Emmerson (1772-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., 1772.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1815-17.
Died in 1837
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sydney Parham Epes (1865-1900) —
also known as Sydney P. Epes —
of Blackstone, Nottoway
County, Va.
Born near Nottoway Court House (now Nottoway), Nottoway
County, Va., August
20, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Amelia & Nottoway counties,
1891-93; register of the Virginia Land Office, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1897-1900; died in
office 1900.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1900 (age 34 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va.
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Franklin Gaillard (1829-1864) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., April
26, 1829.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in the Battle
of the Wilderness, in Orange
County, Va., May 6,
1864 (age 35 years, 10
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Michael Christian Garber (1813-1881) —
also known as M. C. Garber —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 7,
1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1856;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., April 8,
1881 (age 68 years, 1
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
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Carter Glass (1858-1946) —
also known as George Carter Glass; "Father of the
Federal Reserve"; "Pluck" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., January
4, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899-1902; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Lynchburg city,
1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1916-28; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in his room at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1946 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Carter Glass Jr. (1893-1955) —
also known as George Carter Glass Jr. —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March
29, 1893.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1940;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper editor.
Died, in Virginia Baptist Hospital,
Lynchburg,
Va., December
1, 1955 (age 62 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) —
of Georgia.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 8,
1782.
Whig. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Slaveowner.
Died near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., October
18, 1864 (age 82 years, 132
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Norman Rond Hamilton (1877-1964) —
also known as Norman R. Hamilton —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., November
13, 1877.
Democrat. Publisher of the Portsmouth Star; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Virginia; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1914-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1937-39.
Presbyterian.
Died at Norfolk General Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., March
26, 1964 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859) —
of Georgia.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., August
25, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; newspaper
publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Butler, Taylor
County, Ga., March
31, 1859 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Taylor County, Ga.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state legislature,
1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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Robert William Hughes (1821-1901) —
of Virginia.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., January
16, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1873; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-98;
retired 1898.
In a duel
in 1869, he shot and wounded William
E. Cameron.
Died near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., December
10, 1901 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
also known as John S. Irby —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August
9, 1867.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby; married, October
12, 1901, to Harriet Ryland. |
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Rorer Abraham James (1859-1921) —
also known as Rorer A. James —
of Danville,
Va.
Born near Brosville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 1,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1889-92; member of Virginia
state senate, 1893-1901; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1920-21; died in
office 1921.
Died, from heart
disease, in Danville,
Va., August
6, 1921 (age 62 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; livestock
raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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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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James Hubert Lindsay (b. 1862) —
also known as J. H. Lindsay —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., December
29, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Albemarle County
& Charlottesville city, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Clarke Lindsay and Annie (Morgan) Lindsay; married, December
24, 1884, to Annie Sieg. |
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David Bell Macgowan (1870-1960) —
also known as David B. Macgowan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 5,
1870.
Reporter and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
newspaper, and for the Associated Press; editor of the
Knoxville, Tenn. Sentinel newspaper, 1908-14; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1917-18; Vladivostok, 1918-22; Riga, 1922-25; Kovno, 1927.
Unitarian.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., November
30, 1960 (age 90 years, 178
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Elbert Sevier Martin (c.1829-1876) —
of Jonesville, Lee
County, Va.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Jonesville, Lee
County, Va., about 1829.
Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 13th District, 1859-61; served in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1876 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) —
also known as Max McCarthy —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
24, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for the
Buffalo News newspaper, 1978-89.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of Lou
Gehrig's disease, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 5,
1995 (age 67 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Miller (1781-1846) —
of Franklin, Howard
County, Mo.; Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
25, 1781.
Newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Missouri, 1826-32; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.
Died in Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo., March
18, 1846 (age 64 years, 113
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit
drying company in California; newspaper reporter; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, as of 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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David Dunlap Newsom (1918-2008) —
also known as David D. Newsom —
of California.
Born in Richmond, Contra
Costa County, Calif., January
6, 1918.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; newspaper publisher; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1965-69; Indonesia, 1974-77; Philippines, 1977-78.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Charlottesville,
Va., March
30, 2008 (age 90 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Haymond Polsley (1803-1877) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.), November
28, 1803.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Lieutenant
Governor of West Virginia, 1861; district judge in West Virginia
7th District, 1863-66; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1867-69.
Slaveowner.
Died in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., October
14, 1877 (age 73 years, 320
days).
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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James Henry Quillen (1916-2003) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank,
1961-82.
Died November
2, 2003 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison Holt Riddleberger (1844-1890) —
also known as Harrison H. Riddleberger —
of Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
4, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-75; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; Shenandoah
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1876-80; member of Virginia
state senate, 1879-82; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1883-89.
German
ancestry.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., January
24, 1890 (age 45 years, 112
days).
Interment at Cedarwood
Cemetery, Edinburg, Va.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper; member,
Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark. |
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Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., October
20, 1885.
Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; Sergeant-at-Arms of the
U.S. House of Representatives, 1931-47; convicted
in 1947 of concealing
a shortage of about $121,000 in House bank accounts, and
sentenced to one to three years in prison;
released in 1949.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 6,
1952 (age 66 years, 169
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39;
newspaper editor; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-58; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Bruce Smith (1901-1985) —
also known as Robert B. Smith —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in New York, May 1,
1901.
Newspaper executive; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1956-58.
Died April
29, 1985 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper reporter; congressional aide
to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer,
in the Arlington Hospice
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Margery Craw. |
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March
20, 1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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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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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.; Mangum, Greer
County, Okla.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., January
17, 1866.
Bookkeeper;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1899; mayor of
Mangum, Okla., 1909-10; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1915; appointed 1915.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Editor of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06;
publisher, New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Beverly Tucker (1820-1890) —
also known as Beverly Tucker —
of Virginia.
Born in Winchester,
Va., June 8,
1820.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1857-61.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 5,
1890 (age 70 years, 27
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
St. George Tucker and Ann Evelina (Hunter) Tucker; married to
Jane Shelton Ellis; nephew of John
Randolph of Roanoke; grandson of St.
George Tucker; grandnephew of Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790) and Thomas
Tudor Tucker; great-grandnephew of Richard
Bland; second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of George
Tucker; first cousin thrice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin once removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; third cousin once removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Fitzhugh
Lee; third cousin twice removed of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether
Lewis; third cousin thrice removed of William
Welby Beverley; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893), James
Archibald Meriwether, William
Lewis Cabell, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Douglass
Townshend Bolling. |
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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). |
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William Creed Wampler (1926-2012) —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Pennington Gap, Lee
County, Va., April
21, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1953-55, 1967-83.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Nu Phi; Moose; Lions.
Died in Bristol,
Va., May 23,
2012 (age 86 years, 32
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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James Henry Webb Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2016.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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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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Robert Enoch Withers (1821-1907) —
of Virginia.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., September
18, 1821.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1874-75; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1875-81; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1885-89.
Died in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., September
21, 1907 (age 86 years, 3
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Cherokee Nation County, Indian Territory (now Rogers
County, Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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