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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad promoter; served
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad; lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820-1892) —
also known as John S. Barbour, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-51; president, Orange & Alexandria
Railroad, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1881-87; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1884-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1889-92; died in office 1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1892 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Slaveowner.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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Charles Clinton Broy (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles C. Broy —
of Sperryville, Rappahannock
County, Va.
Born in Sperryville, Rappahannock
County, Va., July 26,
1887.
Railway clerk; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1909-11; Milan, 1911-13; Dublin, 1916; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1916-18; Queenstown, 1916-18; London, 1918-19, 1932-35; Cherbourg, 1920-22; Nassau, 1926-29; Brussels, as of 1938-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Ennis Broy and Susan Belle (Hite) Broy; married, April 9,
1925, to Mrs. Thomas U. Sisson. |
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John Carey (1792-1875) —
of Ohio.
Born in Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 5,
1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1828, 1836, 1843; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; promoter and first president, Mad
River Railroad; founder of the town of Carey, Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1859-61.
Died in Carey, Wyandot
County, Ohio, March
17, 1875 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1919 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Carey, Ohio.
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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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Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) —
also known as Charles F. Collier —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., September
27, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1852; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern
Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in Petersburg,
Va., June 29,
1899 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
also known as William R. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad; district judge in
North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Westmoreland Davis (1859-1942) —
also known as Morley Davis —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born, of American parents, at sea in the North
Atlantic Ocean, August
21, 1859.
Democrat. Railway clerk; lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
7, 1942 (age 83 years, 17
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.
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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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Henry Fairfax (1850-1916) —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Aldie, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., May 4,
1850.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked for railroads; member of Virginia
state senate, 1890; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Loudoun County,
1901-02.
Died July 11,
1916 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil
engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &
Petersburg Railroad; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; president, Norfolk and Western Railroad; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Francis Mallory (1807-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part of Hampton,
Va.), December
12, 1807.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-39, 1840-43 (11th District
1837-39, 10th District 1840-41, 1st District 1841-43); president,
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, 1853-59; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-55, 1857-58.
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
26, 1860 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (1811-1869) —
also known as Wyman B. S. Moor —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839; Maine
state attorney general, 1844-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848; railroad construction
superintendent; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1857-61.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March
10, 1869 (age 57 years, 119
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., July 4,
1796.
Whig. Lawyer;
railroad promoter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of
North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.
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Peter Johnston Otey (1840-1902) —
also known as Peter J. Otey —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., December
22, 1840.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
railroad executive; banker; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1895-1902; died in
office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., May 4,
1902 (age 61 years, 133
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) —
also known as George C. Peery —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell
County, Va., October
28, 1873.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
vice-president, Norton Hardware
Company; director of coal mining
companies and a railroad; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of
Virginia, 1934-38; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 18th District, 1945.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., October
14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; director,
Pennsylvania Railroad, American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins. |
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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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Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) —
also known as Francis E. Rives —
of Littleton, Sussex
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Democrat. Planter;
railroad builder; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-31; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.
Slaveowner.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1861 (age 69 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Harry Richard Sheppard (1885-1969) —
also known as Harry R. Sheppard —
of Yucaipa, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
10, 1885.
Democrat. Railroad worker; beverage
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-65 (19th District 1937-43,
21st District 1943-53, 27th District 1953-63, 33rd District 1963-65);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1956,
1960.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died of pneumonia
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1969 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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William Alexander Smith (1828-1888) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., January
9, 1828.
Republican. Farmer;
railroad president; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1873-75.
Died in Richmond,
Va., May 16,
1888 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
2, 1939.
Lawyer;
chairman and chief executive officer of CSX railroad; charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982;; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2020.
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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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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway station agent; publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; manager, telegraph
office; train dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank &
Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married,
October
4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson. |
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Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842-1895) —
also known as A. H. A. Williams —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., October
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant;
developer and president of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1883-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1891-93.
Died in Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
5, 1895 (age 52 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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John Skelton Williams (1865-1926) —
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., July 6,
1865.
President, Seaboard Air Line Railroad System; chairman,
American Bankers
Association; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1914-21.
Died in Virginia, November
4, 1926 (age 61 years, 121
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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