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Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Cabell —
of Jefferson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
5, 1816.
Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County,
1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46,
1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate, 1878-82.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
28, 1896 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Craighead Cabell (1837-1906) —
also known as George C. Cabell —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., January
25, 1837.
Son of Benjamin
William Ssheridan Cabell; brother of William
Lewis Cabell; uncle of Benjamin
Earl Cabell.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 23,
1906 (age 69 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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William H. Cabell (1772-1853) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cumberland
County, Va., December
16, 1772.
Son of Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married
1795 to
Elizabeth Cabell; married 1805 to Agnes
Gamble.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector for
Virginia, 1800,
1804;
Governor
of Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11; Judge, Virginia Court of
Appeals, 1811.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
12, 1853 (age 80 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James Chris Cacheris (b. 1933) —
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., 1933.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Virginia 19th Circuit, 1971-81; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1981-98,
1998-.
Still living as of 2010.
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Alexander Caldwell (1774-1839) —
of Westville, Jefferson
County, Pa.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in New Jersey, November
1, 1774.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825-39;
died in office 1839.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 8,
1839 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Clay Caldwell (1832-1915) —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
4, 1832.
Son of Van Caldwell and Susan (Moffit) Caldwell; married 1854 to Harriet
Benton.
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1856-58; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1864-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1864-90; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1890-1903; retired
1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1915 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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James L. Camblos (1888-1970) —
of Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
23, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-51, 1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died July 11,
1970 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) —
also known as William E. Cameron —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., November
29, 1842.
Son of Walker Anderson Cameron and Elizabeth Page (Walker) Cameron;
married, October
1, 1868, to Louisa Clarinda Egerton (1846-1908).
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper
editor; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1876-82; Governor of
Virginia, 1882-86; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02.
In 1869, he was injured in a duel
with Robert
William Hughes.
Died in Louisa
County, Va., January
26, 1927 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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John Wilson Campbell (1782-1833) —
of Ohio.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., February
23, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1810, 1813, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1817-27 (2nd District 1817-23, 5th
District 1823-27); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1828; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1829-33.
Died in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, September
24, 1833 (age 51 years, 213
days).
Original interment at North
Graveyard, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) —
also known as Philip P. Campbell —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, April 25,
1862.
Son of Daniel A. Campbell and Mary (McRae) Campbell; married, November
23, 1892, to Helen E. Goff.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1903-23.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1941 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Preston White Campbell (b. 1874) —
also known as Preston W. Campbell —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., January
24, 1874.
Son of Edward McDonald Campbell (M.D.) and Ellen Sheffey (White)
Campbell; married, April 9,
1914, to Louise Elwood Howard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1912;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1914-24; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1924-31; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1931-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi Gamma
Mu; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon; married, December
21, 1945, to Dorothy Pace.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876) —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born near Union, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
21, 1810.
Son of Hugh
Caperton.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1841-42; member of Virginia
state senate, 1844-48; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1875-76; died in office 1876.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 26,
1876 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va.
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Charles Creighton Carlin (1866-1938) —
also known as Charles C. Carlin —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., April 8,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1907-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1924,
1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1938 (age 72 years, 179
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Paul J. Carr, Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Father of Paul
John Carr, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Died March 24,
1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Casey (1898-1980) —
also known as Joseph E. Casey —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
27, 1898.
Son of John Edward Casey and Winifred M. (Carey) Casey; married to
Constance Dudley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1935-43;
defeated, 1926, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; American
Legion.
Died September
1, 1980 (age 81 years, 249
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Samuels Caskie (1821-1869) —
also known as John S. Caskie —
of Virginia.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
8, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Virginia, 1846-49; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (6th District 1851-53, 3rd
District 1853-59).
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1869 (age 48 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Catron (1786-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, January
7, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1865 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898) —
also known as James R. Chalmers —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Lynchburg, Halifax
County, Va., January
12, 1831.
Nephew of John
Gordon Chalmers; son of Joseph
Williams Chalmers; brother of H.
H. Chalmers.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1852;
delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1877-82, 1884-85 (6th District
1877-82, 2nd District 1884-85).
Died, from complications of the grippe,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 9,
1898 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Williams Chalmers (1807-1853) —
also known as Joseph W. Chalmers —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., 1807.
Brother of John
Gordon Chalmers; father of H.
H. Chalmers and James
Ronald Chalmers.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1845-47.
Died June 16,
1853 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal
failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) —
also known as George E. Chamberlain —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., January
1, 1854.
Grandson of Stevenson
Archer; son of Charles Thomson Chamberlain and Pamela A. (Archer)
Chamberlain; married, May 21,
1879, to Sarah Newman Welch.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1880-84; Oregon
state attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Governor of
Oregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1928 (age 74 years, 190
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Oscar Littleton Chapman (1896-1978) —
also known as Oscar L. Chapman —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Omega, Halifax
County, Va., October
22, 1896.
Son of James Jackson Chapman and Rosa Archer (Blount) Chapman;
married, December
21, 1920, to Olga Pauline Edholm (died 1932); married, February
24, 1940, to Ann Kendrick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died February
8, 1978 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Reuben Chapman (1799-1882) —
of Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., July 15,
1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1832-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1835-47 (1st District 1835-41,
at-large 1841-43, 6th District 1843-47); Governor of
Alabama, 1847-49; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1855; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1860,
1868;
Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1862-65.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., May 16,
1882 (age 82 years, 305
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Samuel Chilton (1804-1867) —
of Virginia.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., September
7, 1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1843-45; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Died in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., January
14, 1867 (age 62 years, 129
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Joseph William Chinn (1798-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born near Nuttsville, Lancaster
County, Va., November
16, 1798.
Married to Marianne Smith (1802-1865).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1826-28; member of Virginia
state senate, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1831-35 (13th District 1831-33,
10th District 1833-35).
Died in Richmond
County, Va., December
5, 1840 (age 42 years, 19
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richmond County, Va.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph William Chinn and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn;
married, December
14, 1899, to Sarah Fairfax Douglas (died 1932).
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Joseph Howard Chitwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Joseph H. Chitwood —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va., March 14,
1877.
Son of Henry Clay Chitwood and Gillie Anne (Divers) Chitwood;
married, September
12, 1913, to Ruth Elizabeth Peddicord.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1907-08; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1920-21, 1934-40.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Murray M. Chotiner (1909-1974) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
4, 1909.
Married, November
17, 1956, to Ruth Arnold.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936,
1944,
1952,
1956;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1960.
Special counsel to President Richard
Nixon, 1970-71.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Va., in front of the home
of Massachusetts Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy, and died one week later, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
30, 1974 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. (Army lieutenant, killed in action in
Europe, 1945).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48;
resigned 1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City
Controller, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August 2,
1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., May 17,
1780.
Son of Thomas
Claiborne (1749-1812); brother of John
Claiborne.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811-15, 1831-33; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
7, 1856 (age 75 years, 235
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; nephew of Thomas
Claiborne; married to Elizabeth Lewis; married 1812 to Suzette
Bosque; brother of Nathaniel
Herbert Claiborne; uncle of John
Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; second great-granduncle of Herbert
Claiborne Pell, Jr.; third great-granduncle of Corinne
Claiborne Boggs and Claiborne
de Borda Pell.
Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Moses Edwin Clapp (1851-1929) —
also known as Moses E. Clapp —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., May 21,
1851.
Son of Harvey Spaulding Clapp and Abbie Jane (Vandercook) Clapp;
married, December
30, 1874, to Hattie Allen.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Croix County Attorney, 1878-80; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1887-93; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1901-17; defeated in primary, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904,
1912.
Died near Accotink, Fairfax
County, Va., March 6,
1929 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur
W. Marsh; married, October
5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ramsey Clark (b. 1927) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Son of Thomas
Campbell Clark and Mary Jane (Ramsey) Clark; married, April 16,
1949, to Georgia Welch.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Clark (1891-1957) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1891.
Son of J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark; married, September
20, 1913, to Marjorie Blair.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died October
10, 1957 (age 66 years, 251
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) —
also known as Clement C. Clay —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., December
17, 1789.
Second cousin once removed of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; third cousin of Henry
Clay (1777-1852), Porter
Clay, Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Hart Clay, James
Brown Clay and Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); father of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Clay (1849-1884).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member
Alabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge in
Alabama, 1819-23; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1827-28; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35; Governor of
Alabama, 1835-37; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1837-41; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843.
Fought a duel
in 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., September
7, 1866 (age 76 years, 264
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) —
of Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 28,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1852-53, 1857-61 (15th District
1852-53, 10th District 1857-61); delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Purrington Cole, Jr. (1889-1957) —
also known as William P. Cole, Jr. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., May 11,
1889.
Son of William Purrington Cole and Ida Estelle (Stocksdale) Cole;
married, June 27,
1918, to Edith Moore Cole.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
22, 1957 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Son of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton.
Lawyer; district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Minor Coleman (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis M. Coleman —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., May 20,
1861.
Great-grandson of John
Marshall; son of Lewis Minor Coleman and Mary Ambler (Marshall)
Coleman; married, September
7, 1892, to Julia Wingate Boyd.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1913-17.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) —
also known as Charles F. Collier —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., September
27, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1852;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in Petersburg,
Va., June 29,
1899 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Henry Watkins Collier (1801-1855) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., January
17, 1801.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; circuit judge in Alabama,
1828-36; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1836-37; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1837-49; Governor of
Alabama, 1849-53.
Methodist.
Died, of "cholera morbus" (gastroenteritis),
in Bailey Springs, Lauderdale
County, Ala., August
28, 1855 (age 54 years, 223
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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L. Preston Collins (c.1897-1952) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., about 1897.
Son of Lewis Preston Collins and Ella (Moorman) Collins; married to
Pauline Hull Staley.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1946-52; died in office 1952.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, at the dedication
of the Robert S. Sheffey Consolidated Elementary School, near
Austinville, Wythe
County, Va., September
20, 1952 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Andrew Collins (1844-1905) —
also known as Patrick A. Collins —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland,
March
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868-69; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1876,
1880,
1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1883-89; U.S.
Consul General in London, 1893-97; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1902-05; defeated, 1899.
Catholic.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., September
13, 1905 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Edward Colston (1786-1852) —
of Virginia.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., December
25, 1786.
Nephew of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and nephew
by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall; son-in-law of William
Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Benjamin
Watkins Leigh and John
White Brockenbrough; first cousin and second cousin of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; first cousin of Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 23,
1852 (age 65 years, 120
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Grandnephew by marriage of George
Washington.
Lawyer; fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court,
and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Holmes Conrad (1840-1915) —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., January
31, 1840.
Son of Robert
Young Conrad and Elizabeth Whiting (Powell) Conrad.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1878-82; U.S. Solicitor General,
1895-97.
Died in Winchester,
Va., September
4, 1915 (age 75 years, 216
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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William Corry (1779-1833) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Virginia, 1779.
Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1815-19.
Died December
16, 1833 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Edward Prentiss Costigan (1874-1939) —
also known as Edward P. Costigan —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in King William
County, Va., July 1,
1874.
Married to Mabel G. Cory.
Lawyer; Progressive candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1912, 1914; U.S. Tariff Commissioner, 1917-28.; member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1927-28; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
17, 1939 (age 64 years, 200
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James La Fayette Cottrell (1808-1885) —
also known as James L. F. Cottrell —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born near King William, King William
County, Va., August
25, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834, 1836-37; member of Alabama
state senate, 1838-41; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1846-47; member of Florida
state senate, 1865-85.
Died in Cedar Key, Levy
County, Fla., September
7, 1885 (age 77 years, 13
days).
Interment at Old
Town Cemetery, Old Town, Fla.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin, Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April 11,
1929.
Nephew of Clarence
Dennis Coughlin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1967-69; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees;
Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Steve Camberling Cowper (b. 1938) —
also known as Steve Cowper; "The High Plains
Drifter" —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., August
21, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1975-78; Governor of
Alaska, 1986-90.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August 6,
1909.
Son of Bernard Clyde Craig and Clo (Branson) Craig; married, August
29, 1931, to Kathryn Louisa Heiliger (1911-2001).
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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Gibson L. Cranmer (b. 1826) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
20, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1855-56.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph M. Crockett (d. 1968) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1937-41, 1955; chair of
McDowell County Republican Party, 1945-46.
Died in Crockett's Cove, Wythe
County, Va., 1968.
Interment at Crockett
Family Cemetery, Crockett's Cove, Va.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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