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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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John Brown (1757-1837) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1784-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd
District 1791-92); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Samuel Sam Dale (1772-1841) —
also known as Sam Dale —
of Alabama; Mississippi.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1772.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died near Daleville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 24,
1841 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;
reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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David Funsten (1819-1866) —
of Virginia.
Born in Clarke
County, Va., October
14, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1844-45; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died of pneumonia,
at Howard (now part of Tysons Corner), Fairfax
County, Va., April 6,
1866 (age 46 years, 174
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Oliver Ridgeway Funsten (1817-1871) —
also known as O. R. Funsten —
of White Post, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Clarke
County, Va., April
15, 1817.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1860.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Clarke
County, Va., July 15,
1871 (age 54 years, 91
days).
Interment at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Post, Va.
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1789-1864) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
29, 1789.
Whig. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1824-26; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1851-55; resigned 1855; Governor of
Missouri, 1861-64; died in office 1864.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
31, 1864 (age 74 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Magill (1760-1827) —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), July 10,
1760.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1799-1800; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 4th
Circuit, 1801-02; mayor
of Winchester, Va., 1805.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., April
18, 1827 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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John Mathews (1768-1849) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
30, 1768.
Surveyor;
lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1798-1802,
1803-05, 1813-15, 1816-17.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), November
10, 1849 (age 81 years, 11
days).
Interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm
implement manufacturing company which became International
Harvester; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) —
also known as Robert S. McCormick —
of Illinois.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., July 26,
1849.
Grain
brokerage business; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1902; Russia, 1902-05; France, 1905-07.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., April
16, 1919 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Williamson McGavock (1846-1934) —
also known as J. W. McGavock —
of Max Meadows, Wythe
County, Va.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., October
25, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1922.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Struck
by an automobile, and died in a hospital
soon after, in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
20, 1934 (age 87 years, 146
days).
Interment at Oglesby Cemetery, Fort Chiswell, Va.
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Relatives: Son
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Richard McIlwaine (1834-1913) —
of Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 20,
1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; chaplain;
minister;
college
professor; president,
Hampton-Sydney College, 1883-1904; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Prince Edward
County, 1901-02.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
9, 1913 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, 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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