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Politician members in Virginia

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.   Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) — also known as Robert H. Angell — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Franklin County, Va., January 25, 1868. Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement); president, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank; president, Home Furniture Co.; director, New Hotel Corporation; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1928, 1932; Virginia Republican state chair, 1931. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis. Died in Roanoke, Va., November 12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.   Relatives: Son of Marshall J. Angell and Emma J. Angell; married 1897 to Mary Jane Barlow.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973) — also known as Frank B. Beazley — of Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va. Born in Sparta, Caroline County, Va., September 3, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1944-51. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Ruritan; Theta Chi; Delta Theta Phi. Died December 17, 1973 (age 76 years, 105 days). Burial location unknown.   James Ozro Day (b. 1888) — also known as James O. Day — of Mississippi; Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Decatur, Newton County, Miss., November 30, 1888. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Mississippi state senate 27th District, 1928-32; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1933; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1942-45. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Lions. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Marion Day and Eliza P. (Clark) Day; married, October 1, 1918, to Maude Barbara Reeves.   John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) — also known as J. O. Gunn — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Pelham, Caswell County, N.C., December 27, 1892. Democrat. Farmer; automobile dealer; banker; Caswell County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67; secretary, Royal Hosiery Mills. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Rotary; Junior Order. Died, in Memorial Hospital, Danville, Va., February 18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53 days). Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Richard Griffin Gunn and Nannie Elizabeth (Rudd) Gunn; married to Annie Warner Newman; first cousin of John Henry Gunn (who married Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Colin Neblett (1875-1950) — of Tesuque, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Brunswick County, Va., July 6, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; district judge in New Mexico 6th District, 1911-17; U.S. District Judge for New Mexico, 1917-48; took senior status 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Jesters; Elks. Suffered a stroke in the Hilton Hotel dining room, and died soon after in a hospital at Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., May 7, 1950 (age 74 years, 305 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.   Relatives: Married 1943 to Adelaide Lamb.   See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   John Mark Slack Jr. (1915-1980) — also known as John M. Slack, Jr. — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., March 18, 1915. Democrat. U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63, 3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1960. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution; Exchange Club. Died in Alexandria, Va., March 17, 1980 (age 64 years, 365 days). Interment at Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of John Mark Slack and Jennie (Gilchrist) Slack; married to Frances Jean Reid.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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