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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in Virginia

William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) — also known as William Barr — of Virginia. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 23, 1950. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for General Telephone and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon Communications. Still living as of 2020.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Howard Bucknell Jr. (b. 1899) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Bluemont, Loudoun County, Va. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 17, 1899. U.S. Vice Consul in Chungking, 1921; Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, as of 1924-26; Geneva, 1937-39; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1940; Madrid, 1940; vice-president, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, 1945. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Howard Bucknell and Marie Ethel (Harlan) Bucknell; married, April 19, 1922, to Lucy Barrow Taylor.   George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., October 29, 1886. Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920-21; Trondheim, 1921; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1921-22; Jerusalem, 1923; Bushire, 1923-24; Teheran, 1924-26; Berlin, 1926-27; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1927-28; Kingston, 1928-33; Winnipeg, as of 1938-43; Saint John, as of 1943-44; Antwerp, as of 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Consul General in Tunis, as of 1946-48. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died March 12, 1973 (age 86 years, 134 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller; married, February 27, 1926, to Therese Alston Williams.   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. 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.   Relatives: Son of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married, October 4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson.   Image source: Huntington Through Seventy-Five Years (1947)

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