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John Adams —
of Richmond,
Va.
Physician; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1819-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
physician; banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1795; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1795; New
Castle County Prothonotary, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., September
12, 1822 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
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Walter Gilbert Alexander (b. 1880) —
also known as Walter G. Alexander —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., December
30, 1880.
Physician; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1921-22;
defeated (Progressive), 1912; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(Convention
Vice-President).
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Royal Alexander and Amalia Henrica (Terry)
Alexander. |
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George Calvert Andes (1891-1985) —
also known as George C. Andes —
of Timberville, Rockingham
County, Va.; Fayette
County, W.Va.; Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., January
25, 1891.
Republican. Physician; worked for a coal mining
company; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1934, 1936.
Died in October, 1985
(age 94
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Andes and Rebecca Andes. |
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Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., December
13, 1790.
Physician; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brazoria, Brazoria
County, Tex., September
22, 1856 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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Andrew Jackson Beale (1831-1909) —
also known as Andrew J. Beale —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March
19, 1831.
Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889-90.
Died in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
4, 1909 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) —
also known as William W. Bibb —
of Petersburg, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., October
2, 1781.
Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large
1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813-16; Governor
of Alabama Territory, 1817-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.
Fell
from his horse
during a thunderstorm,
sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now in
Elmore
County), Ala., July 10,
1820 (age 38 years, 282
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Prince
George County, Va.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March
21, 1742.
Physician; planter;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince
George County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling)
Bland; married 1768 to Martha
Dangerfield; nephew of Richard
Bland; uncle of John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; granduncle of Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; first cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775), Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; second 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) and Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed 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; second cousin thrice removed of 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; second cousin four times removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt, Francis
Beverley Biddle and Richard
Walker Bolling; second cousin five times removed of Henry
De La Warr Flood, Joel
West Flood and Earle
Cabell; third cousin of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether
Lewis; third cousin once removed of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of George
Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben
Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Democrat. Physician; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40; defeated, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Israel Brown (1873-1928) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., July 28,
1873.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-24.
Jewish.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion.
Died February
11, 1928 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Richard Green Buckingham (1816-1889) —
also known as R. G. Buckingham —
of Virginia; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
14, 1816.
Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1876-77.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
18, 1889 (age 72 years, 185
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Gideon Buckingham and Marie Josephine (Crowley)
Buckingham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Bull (1803-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Physician; ordained
minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died near Rothville, Chariton
County, Mo., February, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Hutcheson
Cemetery, Near Rothville, Chariton County, Mo.
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Henry H. Chambers (1790-1826) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born near Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., October
1, 1790.
Democrat. Physician; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1820; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1821, 1823; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1825-26; died in office 1826.
Died near Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., January
24, 1826 (age 35 years, 115
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va.
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John H. Ellis (born c.1814) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1814.
Democrat. Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 8th District, 1865;
member of Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1867-68; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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William Fleming (1729-1795) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
February
19, 1729.
Physician; Governor of
Virginia, 1781; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Botetourt
County, 1788.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died August
5, 1795 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellmont Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Littleberry Stainback Foster (1856-1942) —
of Mathews
County, Va.; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Mathews
County, Va., February
23, 1856.
Democrat. Physician; superintendent
of schools; bank
director; chair of
Mathews County Democratic Party, 1892-99; superintendent, Eastern
State Hospital at Williamsburg, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., September
23, 1942 (age 86 years, 212
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Foster and Nancy Jane (Holmes) Foster; married, December
21, 1881, to Agnes Virginia Dixon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia
(1906) |
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William Foushee —
of Richmond,
Va.
Physician; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1782-83; postmaster at Richmond,
Va., 1808-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., June, 1773.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1817-25, 1827-35 (3rd
District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-25, 3rd District 1827-35); member
of North
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1836-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., June 30,
1853 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Macnail-Hall
Cemetery, Near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African
ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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David Henderson (born c.1802) —
of Dent Courthouse (now Salem), Dent
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1802.
Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Drury Hoge Jr. (1861-1920) —
also known as M. D. Hoge —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
2, 1861.
Physician; Honorary
Consul for Paraguay in Richmond,
Va., 1902-03.
Died in Henrico
County, Va., November
24, 1920 (age 59 years, 296
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Drury Hoge and Susan Morton (Wood) Hoge; married to Alice
Page Aylett. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) —
also known as Hutchins F. Inge —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Physician; member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Urban
League; NAACP; American Medical
Association.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March
28, 2002 (age 101 years,
346 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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James Edward Inskeep (1851-1925) —
also known as James E. Inskeep —
of Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1851.
Democrat. Physician; Wabash
County Coroner; Wabash
County Sheriff; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1912.
Died in Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill., July 9,
1925 (age 73 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
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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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Arthur Lee (1740-1792) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., December
20, 1740.
Physician; lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1781; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782.
Died in Middlesex
County, Va., December
12, 1792 (age 51 years, 358
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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W. J. Mairs (b. 1856) —
of Sullivan
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, 1856.
Democrat. Physician; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Sullivan County, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Graham Matney (1889-1976) —
also known as T. G. Matney —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Card, Buchanan
County, Va., April
19, 1889.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1951-52,
1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Medical
Association.
Died June 11,
1976 (age 87 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery, Lillydale, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Wise Matney and Annie (Muscroft) Matney; married, April
26, 1917, to Virgie Lee Burke. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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James McClurg (1746-1823) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., 1746.
Physician; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1797-98, 1800-01, 1803-04.
In 1787, he advocated establishment of a monarchy for the United
States.
Died July 9,
1823 (age about 77
years).
Interment at St.
John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.
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Ralph Shearer Northam (b. 1959) —
also known as Ralph S. Northam —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Nassawadox, Northampton
County, Va., September
13, 1959.
Democrat. Physician; member of Virginia
state senate 6th District; elected 2011; Governor of
Virginia, 2018-.
Still living as of 2021.
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African
ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isham Penn and Maria (Irvine) Penn; married 1899 to Lula
(Tompkins) Wright. |
| | | Image source: Yale University
Library |
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James Hugh Relfe (1791-1863) —
also known as James H. Relfe —
of Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, October
17, 1791.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1835-43; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., September
14, 1863 (age 71 years, 332
days).
Interment at Caledonia
Methodist Cemetery, Caledonia, Mo.
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Joseph Rowlett (1793-1865) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., February
23, 1793.
Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1838-50.
Died in Henry
County, Ala., December
21, 1865 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Sharp (1825-1901) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Richmond,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Newville, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 29,
1825.
Republican. Physician; postmaster at Richmond,
Va., 1865-69.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
2, 1901 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Knight G. Smith (born c.1831) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, about 1831.
Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 9th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885) —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va.
Physician; druggist;
member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1852-53; member of California
state senate, 1860.
Died, of pneumonia,
1885.
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Epitaph: "His
virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none
— one of nature's noblemen." |
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John Edwin Trevey (1933-1990) —
also known as Jack Trevey —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1933.
Republican. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 78th District, 1978-79; member of
Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1979-90; died in office 1990.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., June 28,
1990 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hunting
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Island, Va.
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James Dorman Weaver (1920-2003) —
also known as James D. Weaver —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., September
27, 1920.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1963-65.
Died in Sterling, Loudoun
County, Va., November
15, 2003 (age 83 years, 49
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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D. W. Whitehurst (b. 1807) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., 1807.
Lawyer;
physician; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1865; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1868-69.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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