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Joel Adams (1750-1830) —
Born in Virginia, February
4, 1750.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-15.
Baptist.
Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., July 9,
1830 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Son of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1954
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Son of Charles R. Ahalt and Lilly (Main) Ahalt.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1932;
secretary
of Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Otho Webb Altizer (b. 1888) —
also known as O. W. Altizer —
of Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in Floyd
County, Va., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Farmer; miller; sheriff;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Carl Andersen (1897-1978) —
also known as H. Carl Andersen —
of Tyler, Lincoln
County, Minn.
Born in Newcastle, King
County, Wash., January
27, 1897.
Son of C. C. Andersen and Lorena (Nielsen) Andersen.
Republican. Farmer; civil
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1939-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 26,
1978 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Danebod
Lutheran Cemetery, Tyler, Minn.
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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Son of William
Lee Ball and Sarah (Cassidy) Ball (1789-1863).
Farmer; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49, 1868-71;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad
train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer; coal
operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March 29,
1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Little Baxley (1898-1983) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., September
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 28,
1983 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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John Baylis (c.1727-1765) —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Manassas,
Va., about 1727.
Son of William Baylis.
Lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65.
Anglican.
Killed in a duel with
Cuthbert
Bullitt, in Prince
William County, Va., September
24, 1765 (age about 38
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1754
to Jane Blackburn. |
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William Andrew Bickers (b. 1880) —
also known as William A. Bickers —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Madison
County, Va., February
29, 1880.
Farmer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1914-17; Puerto Plata, 1919-29; Charlottetown, 1931-32; Calgary, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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D. Woodrow Bird (1912-1995) —
of Bland, Bland
County, Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., July 6,
1912.
Democrat. Dairy
farmer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau.
Died November
16, 1995 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Keys S. Bordwine (1886-1957) —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., December
29, 1886.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-55.
Baptist.
Died March 21,
1957 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward McPhail Bridgforth (1906-1951) —
also known as E. M. Bridgforth —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., June 16,
1906.
Democrat. Farmer; oil company
agent; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-51; died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society; Ruritan.
Died December
16, 1951 (age 45 years, 183
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
farmer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Simeon Buford, Sr. (1756-1835) —
of Barren
County, Ky.; Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
19, 1756.
Son of John Buford (1707-1787) and Judith (Early) Buford (1718-1782).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-03; a founder of the
Kentucky horse
racing industry.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in 1835
(age about
78 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Barren County, Ky.
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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1740.
Lawyer;
planter; shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried for
the killing
and acquitted; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., 1791
(age about
51 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Son of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit farmer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August 7,
1833.
Son of John Clayton and Ann (Clark) Clayton.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
of Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March 11,
1831.
Son of Thomas C. Cox.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
planter; president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad;
district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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John T. Crooks (b. 1807) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1807.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert C. Crumpler (1808-1882) —
Born in Nottoway Parish, Southampton
County, Va., November
29, 1808.
Son of Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler.
Tanner;
planter; member of Alabama
state senate; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Crumpler's Mountain, Talladega
County, Ala., November
29, 1882 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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J. M. Cyphers (b. 1874) —
of Gary, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Smyth
County, Va., January
19, 1874.
Son of G. W. Cyphers and Marildy (Christian) Cyphers.
Democrat. Farmer; coal miner;
timber
contractor; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-42,
1949-50.
Member, Junior
Order; United
Mine Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Booker Dalton (1869-1948) —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born, in a log
house, in Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1869.
Son of Willis Dalton (1836-1909) and Lucy Ann (Howell) Dalton
(1844-1916).
Farmer; District Commissioner of Revenue, 1910-12, 1923-26;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1913-15; Patrick
County Commissioner of Revenue, 1927-39.
Primitive
Baptist.
Lost
one eye in an accident.
Died, from a stroke, in
Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1948 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Interment at Stuart
Cemetery, Stuart, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Willis Dalton (1836-1909) and Lucy Ann (Howell) Dalton
(1844-1916); married, February
14, 1894, to Lilla Susan Shockley (1875-1970); father of Grady
W. Dalton. |
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Calvin M. Dooley (b. 1954) —
also known as Cal Dooley —
of Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif.; Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., January
11, 1954.
Democrat. Farmer; administrative assistant to State Sen. Rose
Ann Vuich, 1987-89; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2005 (17th District 1991-93,
20th District 1993-2005); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Edwards (1748-1837) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1748.
Planter; miller;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1781-85, 1796-1800; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., 1837
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
of Texas.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan.
Lawyer;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856;
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, Va., March 24,
1760.
Democrat. Farmer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of
North Carolina, 1820-21.
Died August
31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160
days).
Interment at Guilford
Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
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James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) —
also known as James M. Garnett —
of Loretto, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., June 8,
1770.
Democrat. Planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-01, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-09 (at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09); delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Died near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 23,
1843 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Edward James Gay (1816-1889) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., February
3, 1816.
Democrat. Planter; president, Louisiana Sugar
Exchange, New Orleans; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Iberville
Parish, La., May 30,
1889 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) —
also known as Andy Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1939.
Son of Elizabeth
Polk Guest and Raymond
Richard Guest.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1973-99.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Izaak
Walton League; Ruritan.
A state park in Warren County was named for
him in 1995.
Died, of cancer, in
Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., April 2,
2001 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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John D. Hale (b. 1847) —
of Madison
County, Neb.; Tilford, Meade
County, S.Dak.; Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., 1847.
Democrat. Miner;
farmer; Madison
County Sheriff, 1877; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1881; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-04, 1907-10 (46th
District 1903-04, 1907-08, 49th District 1909-10); alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1913-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Porter Hardy, Jr. (1903-1995) —
of Churchland, Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Bon Air, Chesterfield
County, Va., June 1,
1903.
Son of Rev. Porter Hardy and Jane Lang (Mahood) Hardy.
Democrat. Accountant;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1947-69.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Kappa
Alpha Order; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1995
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) —
also known as "The Signer" —
of Virginia.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., April 5,
1726.
Planter; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state
legislature, 1776; Governor of
Virginia, 1782-84.
Died April 24,
1791 (age 65 years, 19
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Plantation, Charles City County, Va.
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Stephen Heard (1741-1815) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., November
13, 1741.
Son of John Heard, Jr. and Bridget (Carroll) Heard.
Engineer;
planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Governor of
Georgia, 1780-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1794-95.
Died in Elbert
County, Ga., November
15, 1815 (age 74 years, 2
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of John Heard, Jr. and Bridget (Carroll) Heard; married to Jane
Germany; married, August
25, 1785, to Elizabeth Darden (1765-1848); father of Jane Lanier
Heard (who married Singleton
Walthall Allen), George
Washington Heard, Barnard
Carroll Heard and Thomas
Jefferson Heard; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who married Luther
H. O. Martin, Sr.), Rebecca Allen (who married William
H. Mattox), James
Lawrence Heard, Robert
Middleton Heard and William
Henry Heard; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who
married Budd
Clay Wall), Nancy Middleton Heard (who married Phillip
Watkins Davis), William
Henry Harrison Heard and Luther
H. O. Martin, Jr.. See Heard
family of Georgia. |
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Ga. is named for him. |
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Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Enoch Hoult (b. 1820) —
of Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1820.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Lane County, 1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Denny Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as A. D. Ivie —
of Leaksville, Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., May 3,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913 (20th District 1911, 19th
District 1913).
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Patton Kent (b. 1857) —
also known as William P. Kent —
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; livestock raiser; served in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, 1916-17; Berne, 1919; Belfast, 1922; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph McDowell, Jr. (1756-1801) —
also known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., February
15, 1756.
Son of Joseph McDowell (1715-1771) and Margaret (O'Neill) McDowell
(1723-1780).
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1785-88, 1791-92; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1797-99.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
5, 1801 (age 44 years, 355
days).
Interment at Quaker
Meadows Cemetery, Near Morganton, Burke County, N.C.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Daniel Newcomb (b. 1800) —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1800.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Lawyer;
farmer; merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1836, 1838.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Robert Page (1765-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gloucester County (part now in Mathews
County), Va., February
4, 1765.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1795; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Died in Clarke
County, Va., December
8, 1840 (age 75 years, 308
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Dennis Pennington (1776-1854) —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, May 18,
1776.
Farmer; stonemason;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1810, 1812-16; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-20, 1825-27, 1830-33, 1842-45; defeated, 1839;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822-24, 1828-30, 1845-46;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1825; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1832;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1833.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died near Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., September
2, 1854 (age 78 years, 107
days).
Interment at Pennington
Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County, Ind.
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Jared Peyton (1777-1851) —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., June 16,
1777.
School
teacher; farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33; probate judge in
Indiana, 1834-38.
Baptist.
Died in Clay
County, Ind., September, 1851
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Smith Preston (1809-1881) —
also known as John S. Preston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April 20,
1809.
Son of Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston.
Democrat. Planter; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 1,
1881 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) —
also known as Francis E. Rives —
of Littleton, Sussex
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Democrat. Planter; railroad
builder; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-31; member of Virginia
state senate, 1831-36, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1847-48.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1861 (age 69 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Nathaniel Robbins (b. 1793) —
of Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., March 18,
1820.
Son of James Stevenson and Elizabeth (Erskine) Stevenson.
Republican. Cabinetmaker;
farmer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1857; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member of
West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; Presidential Elector
for West Virginia, 1864,
1872;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
29, 1883 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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James Turner (1766-1824) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
20, 1766.
Democrat. Farmer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1802-05; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1805-16.
Died January
15, 1824 (age 57 years, 26
days).
Interment at Bloomsbury
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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John Tyler (1747-1813) —
of Virginia.
Born February
28, 1747.
Planter; state court judge in Virginia, 1789; Governor of
Virginia, 1808-11.
Died January
6, 1813 (age 65 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Walker (1744-1809) —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
13, 1744.
Planter; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790.
Died in Orange
County, Va., December
2, 1809 (age 65 years, 292
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Son of Arthur Watkins and Emily A. (Gerber) Watkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
rancher; district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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Nathaniel Williams, Jr. (1742-1805) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
1, 1742.
Lawyer;
planter; delegate to
North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Accidentally drowned
while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
25, 1805 (age 62 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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