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Miller and Grain Dealer Politicians in Virginia


  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.
  Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) — also known as Henry M. Daniel — of Fillmore County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill County, Ore. Born in Danville, Va., March 26, 1829. Son of William Daniel and Lucinda (Miller) Daniel. Democrat. Sawmill and grist mill owner; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 3rd District, 1873. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Ore., December 16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265 days). Interment at Masonic Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of William Daniel and Lucinda (Miller) Daniel; married, September 9, 1851, to Sarah A. Driskell; first cousin of John Warwick Daniel.
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Susanna Wroe (1748-1833).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jacob Geltmacher — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Virginia. Flour mill business; mayor of Niles, Mich., 1867. Burial location unknown.
  Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) — also known as Robert S. McCormick — of Illinois. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., July 26, 1849. Son of William Sanderson McCormick (1815-1865) and Mary Ann (Grigsby) McCormick (1828-1878). Grain brokerage business; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1902; Russia, 1902-05; France, 1905-07. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, of pneumonia, in a nursing home at Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill., April 16, 1919 (age 69 years, 264 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Nephew of Cyrus Hall McCormick; son of William Sanderson McCormick (1815-1865) and Mary Ann (Grigsby) McCormick (1828-1878); married, June 8, 1876, to Katharine Van Etta Medill (1853-1932; daughter of Joseph Medill); father of Joseph Medill McCormick (who married Ruth Hanna) and Robert Rutherford McCormick; granduncle of William McCormick Blair, Jr.. See McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois.
  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.
  Relatives: Brother of James Noble and Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869); uncle of Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837). See Noble family of Indiana.
  See also National Governors Association biography

 

 


 
   
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