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Middlesex County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Middlesex County


Index to Locations

  • Pleasant View Bristow Cemetery
  • Urbanna Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery


    Bristow Cemetery
    Pleasant View, Middlesex County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Larkin F. Bristow (1891-1965) — of Saluda, Middlesex County, Va. Born July 13, 1891. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1932, 1956. Died January 2, 1965 (age 73 years, 173 days). Interment at Bristow Cemetery.


    Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
    Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia
    Politicians buried here:
      Andrew Jackson Montague (1862-1937) — also known as Andrew J. Montague — of Richmond, Va. Born in Campbell County, Va., October 3, 1862. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1893-98; Virginia state attorney general, 1898-1902; Governor of Virginia, 1902-06; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1913-37 (3rd District 1913-33, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); died in office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916. Died January 24, 1937 (age 74 years, 113 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson
      Cross-reference: Thomas Burke
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
      Robert Latane Montague (1819-1880) — of Middlesex County, Va. Born in Middlesex County, Va., May 23, 1819. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1850, 1872; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1860-64; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state court judge in Virginia, 1875-80. Baptist. Died of erysipelas infection, near Saluda, Middlesex County, Va., March 2, 1880 (age 60 years, 284 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also Wikipedia article


     

     


     
       
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