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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in Virginia
other than newspapers

  Samuel Lake Burroughs (1858-1941) — also known as Samuel L. Burroughs — 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; Honorary Vice-President, 1940. Episcopalian. Died in Portsmouth, Va., April 12, 1941 (age 83 years, 63 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Henry Burroughs and Georgiana F. (Elliott) Burroughs; married 1885 to Annie B. Lane; married 1901 to Lally White.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jane 'Annie' (Huot) Ellyson and Onan Ellyson; married, June 22, 1843, to Elizabeth Pinkney Barnes; father of James Taylor Ellyson.
  Political family: Hotchkiss family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joe Gregory Gentry (1893-1983) — also known as Joe G. Gentry — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C., September 23, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printing business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; defeated (Democratic), 1928; Republican candidate for West Virginia state senate 5th District, 1942. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; American Legion; Elks. Died September 6, 1983 (age 89 years, 348 days). Interment at Elks Cemetery, Bedford, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Sterling Hawood Gentry and Oda Catherine (Rierson) Gentry; married, June 3, 1922, to Jessie Elizabeth Ferguson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Robert L. Tudor Robert Lee Tudor (1875-1949) — also known as Robert L. Tudor — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Critz, Patrick County, Va., March 4, 1875. Democrat. Telegrapher; railway station agent; publishing business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from a subdural hematoma, in Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Va., May 14, 1949 (age 74 years, 71 days). Interment at Tudor Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Abraham Tudor and Martha Jane (Lee) Tudor.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1917
  Jacob Yost (1853-1933) — of Staunton, Va.; Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Staunton, Va., April 1, 1853. Republican. Printer; civil engineer; mayor of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining business. Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., January 25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299 days). Interment at Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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