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Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Watkins Abbitt, Jr. —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., October
20, 1944.
Son of Watkins
Moorman Abbitt.
Insurance
and real estate business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 59th District, 1986-.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Moose; Woodmen;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Son of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer;
real estate business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1954
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Son of Charles R. Ahalt and Lilly (Main) Ahalt.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
real estate developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia, 1932;
secretary
of Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Otway Slaughter Allen (1851-1911) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born April 8,
1851.
Real estate developer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02.
Died February
17, 1911 (age 59 years, 315
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Campbell Bayliss (1893-1968) —
also known as Robert C. Bayliss —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
1, 1893.
Republican. Real estate business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1932
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1968
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel L. Burrows (b. 1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Crane (1882-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westover, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
12, 1882.
Son of Cornelia (Smith) Crane and Charles
Richard Crane.
Democrat. President, Crane Valve Company, Chicago, 1910-14; private
secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Robert
Lansing, 1915-19; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1919-21; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
real estate business.
Died October
3, 1938 (age 56 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Ellen Douglas Bruce. |
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Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Crawford —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., March 1,
1803.
Real estate agent; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863; banker.
Died as a result of a gas
explosion at his home, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 17,
1871 (age 68 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Grady W. Dalton (1908-1986) —
Born in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., June 19,
1908.
Son of Booker
Dalton.
Democrat. Banker;
real estate broker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 61st District, 1958-71.
Member, Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died March 5,
1986 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur H. Davis, Jr. (1917-2000) —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., 1917.
Real estate developer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1982-85; Panama, 1986-90.
Died, following a stroke, November
24, 2000 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Millbank Delph (1805-1891) —
also known as John M. Delph —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Va., August
18, 1805.
Carpenter;
real estate business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1850-52, 1861-63; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives.
Baptist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
16, 1891 (age 86 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Thelma D. Drake (b. 1949) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, November
20, 1949.
Republican. Realtor; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1996-2004; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2005-.
Female.
United
Church of Christ.
Still living as of 2009.
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William C. Fulcher (1850-1926) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., 1850.
Building
contractor; realtor; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1883-84.
Died in 1926
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Son of Charles Frederick Hotchkiss (1854-1914) and Melissa Ann
(Taylor) Hotchkiss (1857-1886).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Son of William F. James and Elizabeth A. (Williams) James.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor of
Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mary Loretta Landrieu (b. 1955) —
also known as Mary L. Landrieu —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
23, 1955.
Daughter of Maurice
Edwin Landrieu.
Democrat. Real estate agent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1980-88; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1980,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Louisiana
state treasurer, 1988-95; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1992;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1995; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1997-.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Delta
Gamma.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carl Alfred Marshall (b. 1891) —
also known as Carl A. Marshall —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
real estate business; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1925, 1945; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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De Witt W. Perdue (b. 1870) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Big Spring, Montgomery
County, Va., January
9, 1870.
School
teacher; real estate business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
in SAINT Thomas, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne Arrington. |
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William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893) —
also known as William T. Sutherlin —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., April 17,
1822.
Tobacco
merchant; banker;
real estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Danville, Va., 1855-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
His mansion housed Confederate President Jefferson
Davis at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
Died in Danville,
Va., July 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Albert Conrad Ullman (1914-1986) —
also known as Al Ullman —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., March 9,
1914.
Son of Albert C. Ullman and Julia (Miller) Ullman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,
1956
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1957-81; defeated, 1954,
1980.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1986 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Price Williams, Sr. (c.1811-1884) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia, about 1811.
Cotton
merchant; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; real estate and insurance
business.
Methodist.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
10, 1884 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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