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Politicians in the Lumber and Timber Business in Virginia


  Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Fairfax County, Va., August 23, 1877. Democrat. Carpenter; Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; lumber business; member of New York state senate 24th District, 1923-24. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Robert H. Angell (b. 1868) — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Franklin County, Va., January 25, 1868. Son of Marshall J. Angell and Emma J. Angell. Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement); president, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank; president, Home Furniture Co.; director, New Hotel Corporation; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1928, 1932; Virginia Republican state chair, 1931. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1897 to Mary Jane Barlow.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, November 10, 1897, to Victoria Murphy.
  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.
  Joseph Thomas Deal (1860-1942) — also known as Joseph T. Deal — of Norfolk, Va. Born near Surry, Surry County, Va., November 19, 1860. Son of John J. Deal and Virginia Elizabeth Deal. Democrat. Lumber business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1908; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1910-12; member of Virginia state senate, 1919; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1921-29; defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of Virginia, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Norfolk, Va., March 7, 1942 (age 81 years, 108 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Married, October 28, 1885, to Juliette D. Spartley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James A. Stone (born c.1870) — of Bristol, Va. Born in Tennessee, about 1870. Democrat. Lumber business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933-2010) — also known as Charles Wilson; Charlie Wilson; "Good Time Charlie" — of Lufkin, Angelina County, Tex. Born in Trinity, Trinity County, Tex., June 1, 1933. Democrat. Lumber business; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Texas state senate, 1966-72; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996. Methodist. Died, from cardio-pulmonary arrest, in Lufkin Memorial Hospital, Lufkin, Angelina County, Tex., February 10, 2010 (age 76 years, 254 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1999 to Barbara Alberstadt.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

 

 


 
   
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