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Thomas Branch (1802-1888) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
23, 1802.
Son of Thomas Branch and Mary (Patteson) Branch.
Merchant; banker; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
15, 1888 (age 85 years, 328
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly.
Republican. Merchant; hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., 1787.
Physician;
merchant; steamboat
owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died in 1838
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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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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Stephen Friel Nuckolls (1825-1879) —
of Linden, Clay
County, Mo.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., August
16, 1825.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1859; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1869-71; member
Wyoming territorial council, 1871; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1872.
Founder of Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
14, 1879 (age 53 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Christopher, 1727.
Son of Isaac Roberdeau (c.1690-1743) and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau
(1699-1771).
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
French
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., January
5, 1795 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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John S. Roberts (1796-1871) —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence.
Died August 9,
1871 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Son of John Smith and Isabel Smith.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant; surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to Harriet
Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
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