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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank;
president, Tobacco Board of Trade; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions;
Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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Stith Bolling (1835-1916) —
of Lunenburg
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., February
28, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
tobacco business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Lunenburg County, 1869-73;
postmaster at Petersburg,
Va., 1882-85, 1889-1913; candidate for mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, from bronchitis
and nephritis,
in Petersburg,
Va., November
1, 1916 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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John Oglesby Winston Gravely (1862-1932) —
also known as J. O. W. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., February
1, 1862.
Democrat. Tobacco business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1928.
Died in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., March 5,
1932 (age 70 years, 33
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Rocky Mount, N.C.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
tobacco buyer; manager, tobacco products factory;
director and general manager, China America Tobacco Co.;
director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Hanewinckel (1821-1877) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Germany,
June
19, 1821.
Tobacco exporter;
Consul
for Germany in Richmond,
Va., 1871-76; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Richmond,
Va., 1872-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
27, 1877 (age 55 years, 222
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Benjamin Stephen Hooper (1835-1898) —
of Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born near Buckingham, Buckingham
County, Va., March 6,
1835.
Republican. Merchant;
tobacco products manufacturer; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; postmaster at Farmville,
Va., 1877; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1883-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1888.
Died in Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., January
17, 1898 (age 62 years, 317
days).
Interment at Farmville
Cemetery, Farmville, Va.
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Emil Otto Nolting (1824-1893) —
also known as Emil O. Nolting —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Minden, Prussia (now Germany),
June
22, 1824.
Tobacco exporter;
banker;
Consul
for Belgium in Richmond,
Va., 1852-93; business partner of Augustus
Kohler.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
16, 1893 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Adolph Osterloh (1847-1901) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
May
15, 1847.
Tobacco exporter;
Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Richmond,
Va., 1879; Consul
for Germany in Richmond,
Va., 1885-1901.
Presbyterian;
later German Evangelical
Church. German
ancestry.
Died, from dysentery
and peritonitis,
in Richmond,
Va., August
29, 1901 (age 54 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Lovingston, Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco Company;
engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893) —
also known as William T. Sutherlin —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., April
17, 1822.
Tobacco merchant; banker; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Danville, Va., 1855-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Pittsylvania County, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
His mansion housed Confederate President Jefferson
Davis at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
Died in Danville,
Va., July 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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