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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
28, 1897.
Son of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss and Emma Brewster (Jennings)
Auchincloss.
Republican. Lawyer;
stockbroker; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Salem, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
19, 1875.
Son of Rev. Hiram Bingham and Minerva Clarissa (Brewster) Bingham.
Republican. Explorer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925; censured
by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing a paid
lobbyist as his chief clerk.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1956 (age 80 years, 200
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Nathan Bradley (b. 1874) —
also known as H. N. Bradley —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Page
County, Va., 1874.
Son of William F. Bradley and Susannah (Printz) Bradley.
Republican. Postmaster;
purchasing agent; hotel
manager; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1917; vice-chair of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1929; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1938,
1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Son of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929).
Republican. Stockbroker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929); married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer (divorced); married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) —
of Gloucester, Gloucester
County, Va.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., June 29,
1950.
Republican. Business owner; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Assembly
of God.
Died in Gloucester
County, Va., October
6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Franklin
Winterbothm —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm.
Stenographer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy
Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1925, 1926-27; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1929; Amoy, 1932; Stockholm, 1938; Niagara Falls, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curacao, 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm; step-son of
George L. Franklin; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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William Mitchell (1887-1968) —
also known as Billy Mitchell —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March 29,
1887.
Son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
salesman; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died October
22, 1968 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Near Bluefield, Tazewell County, Va.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.
Republican. Stockbroker; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward L. Schrock (b. 1941) —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, April 6,
1941.
Republican. Stockbroker; member of Virginia
state senate, 1995-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2001-.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Norman Sisisky (1927-2001) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 9,
1927.
Democrat. Business executive; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1974-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1983-2001; died in
office 2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Richmond,
Va., March 29,
2001 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Henrico County, Va.
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Philip Young (1910-1987) —
of New York; Great Falls (unknown
county), Va.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1910.
Son of Josephine Sheldon (Edmonds) Young (1870-1935) and Owen
D. Young.
Republican. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business
executive; dean of the
Columbia University business school, 1948-53; chair, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1957-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
15, 1987 (age 76 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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