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John Bull (1803-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Physician;
ordained minister; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1828;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1833-35.
Died near Rothville, Chariton
County, Mo., February, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Hutcheson
Cemetery, Near Rothville, Chariton County, Mo.
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Jerry Lamon Falwell (1933-2007) —
also known as Jerry Falwell —
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
11, 1933.
Son of Carey Hezekiah Falwell and Helen V. (Beasley) Falwell.
Republican. Pastor; television
evangelist; founder
(1971) of Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty University; also
served as its chancellor;
founder of the Moral Majority, political group advocating
conservative Christian views; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Suffered cardiac
arrythmia, collapsed in his office at
Liberty University, and died soon after at Lynchburg General Hospital,
Lynchburg,
Va., May 15,
2007 (age 73 years, 277
days).
Interment at Montview
Grounds, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
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Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., May 10,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer;
preacher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1837-43; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1844-51.
Methodist.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, October
17, 1862 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio.
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John Cowper Granberry (1829-1907) —
also known as John C. Granberry —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
5, 1829.
Son of Mary Ann (Leslie) Granberry (1800-1832) and Richard Granberry
(1802-1855).
Democrat. Methodist minister; chaplain in the
Confederate States Army; bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died in Ashland, Hanover
County, Va., April 1,
1907 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Leslie) Granberry (1800-1832) and Richard Granberry
(1802-1855); married 1858 to Jennie
Massie (died 1859); married 1862 to Ella
Fayette Winston (1837-1906). |
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Addison Hall (1797-1871) —
of Lancaster
County, Va.
Born in Heathsville, Northumberland
County, Va., September
3, 1797.
Minister; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in Lancaster
County, Va., April 2,
1871 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Morattico
Baptist Church Cemetery, Near Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Va.
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 1746.
Son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg.
Democrat. Pastor; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801
(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1802-07.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1807 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Augustus
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Son of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church of
God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Marion Gordon Robertson (b. 1930) —
also known as Pat Robertson —
Born in Lexington,
Va., March 22,
1930.
Son of Absalom
Willis Robertson and Gladys Churchill (Willis) Robertson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; minister; host of the "700 Club" television
show; founder and chairman, Christian Broadcasting
Network; founder, Christian Coalition; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1988.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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John L. Suttenfield —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Minister; mayor
of Lynchburg, Va., 1953-56.
Still living as of 1956.
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Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., July 15,
1924.
Republican. Baptist minister; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
mayor
of Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
First
black mayor of Roanoke.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., October
29, 1998 (age 74 years, 106
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bedford County, Va.
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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1964,
1972.
Pentecostal.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial
location unknown.
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