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James Murray Hooker (1873-1940) —
also known as J. Murray Hooker —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, 1873.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1921-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1931-37.
Died in 1940
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Stuart Cemetery.
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Booker Dalton (1869-1948) —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born, in a log
house, in Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1869.
Son of Willis Dalton (1836-1909) and Lucy Ann (Howell) Dalton
(1844-1916); married, February
14, 1894, to Lilla Susan Shockley (1875-1970); father of Grady
W. Dalton.
Farmer;
District Commissioner of Revenue, 1910-12, 1923-26; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1913-15; Patrick
County Commissioner of Revenue, 1927-39.
Primitive
Baptist.
Lost
one eye in an accident.
Died, from a stroke, in
Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1948 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Interment at Stuart Cemetery.
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