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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790.
Son of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Died, probably from a stroke, in
a hotel
room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David
Gardiner; married, March 20,
1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia Gardiner (1820-1889); father of David
Gardiner Tyler. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart |
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John Young Mason (1799-1859) —
also known as John Y. Mason —
of Virginia.
Born near Emporia, Greensville
County, Va., April 18,
1799.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1823; member of Virginia
state senate, 1827; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1831-37 (2nd District 1831-35, 13th
District 1835-37); federal
judge, 1837; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844-45, 1846-49; U.S.
Attorney General, 1845-46; U.S. Minister to France, 1853-59, died in office 1859.
Died in Paris, France,
October
3, 1859 (age 60 years, 168
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939) —
also known as Claude A. Swanson —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Swansonville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 31,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1893-1906; resigned
1906; Governor of
Virginia, 1906-10; defeated, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1910-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1933-39; died in office 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Criglersville, Madison
County, Va., July 7,
1939 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Williams Walker Fearn (1832-1899) —
also known as Walker Fearn —
of Louisiana.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
13, 1832.
U.S. Minister to Romania, 1885-89; Serbia, 1885-89; Greece, 1885-89; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1885-89.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., April 7,
1899 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) —
of Charlotte
County, Va.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., June 2,
1773.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25,
1827-29, 1833 (at-large 1799-1807, 15th District 1807-13, 16th
District 1815-17, 1819-21, 5th District 1821-25, 1827-29, 1833); died
in office 1833; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1830.
Died May 24,
1833 (age 59 years, 356
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.; reinterment
at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, December
3, 1806.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21st
District 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.
Minister to Brazil, 1844-47; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Virginia, 1856-59; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died September
12, 1876 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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William Smith (1797-1887) —
also known as "Extra Billy" —
of Virginia.
Born in Marengo, King George
County, Va., September
6, 1797.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-43, 1853-61 (13th District
1841-43, 7th District 1853-61); Governor of
Virginia, 1846-49, 1864-65; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1877; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1878.
Died near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., May 18,
1887 (age 89 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Edmund Waddill, Jr. (1855-1931) —
of Virginia.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., May 22,
1855.
Son of Edmund Waddill and Mary Louisa (Redwood) Waddill.
Republican. State court judge in Virginia, 1880-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1883-85; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1886-89; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1890-91; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1908-21; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1921-31; died in
office 1931.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April 9,
1931 (age 75 years, 322
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Harvie (1742-1807) —
of Virginia.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., 1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; secretary of
state of Virginia, 1788.
His estate later became the site of Hollywood Cemetery.
Fell from a
ladder, and died as a result, in Richmond,
Va., February
6, 1807 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Alexander Wilbourne Weddell (1876-1948) —
also known as Alexander W. Weddell —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 6,
1876.
Son of Rev. Alexander W. Weddell.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Catania, 1914; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1916-20; Calcutta, 1921-24; Mexico City, 1926-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1933-38; Spain, 1939-42.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1948
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, May 31,
1923, to Virginia (Chase) Steedman. |
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John Moncure Daniel (1825-1865) —
also known as John M. Daniel —
Born in Stafford
County, Va., October
24, 1825.
Son of John Moncure Daniel and Margaret (Stone) Daniel.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Sardinia, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Sardinia, 1854-61.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March 30,
1865 (age 39 years, 157
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) —
also known as James A. Seddon —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
until December.
Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Thomas Coleman Andrews (1899-1983) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
19, 1899.
Son of Cheatham William Andrews and Dora Lee (Pittman) Andrews.
Accountant;
Virginia
state auditor, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
1953-55; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
John
Birch Society.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
15, 1983 (age 84 years, 238
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1840-1905) —
also known as Charles T. O'Ferrall —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Virginia, October
21, 1840.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1884-93; resigned
1893; Governor of
Virginia, 1894-98.
Died September
22, 1905 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Clermont, Fairfax
County, Va., November
19, 1835.
Son of Sydney Smith Lee (1802-1869) and Anna (Mason) Lee (1811-1896).
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
Virginia, 1886-90; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1896-98; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Died April 28,
1905 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Eppa Hunton (1822-1908) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1822.
Son of Eppa Hunton and Elizabeth Mary (Brett) Hunton.
Democrat. Lawyer; Prince
William County Commonwealth Attorney, 1849-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1873-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1891-95.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1908 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Garland Pollard (1871-1937) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Stevensville, King and
Queen County, Va., August 4,
1871.
Son of John Pollard (1839-1911) and Virginia (Bagby) Pollard
(1839-1918).
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901; Virginia
state attorney general, 1914; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1920-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1932.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 28,
1937 (age 65 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Peter Vivian Daniel (1784-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., April 24,
1784.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1809-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1818; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1836-41; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1841-60.
Episcopalian.
Died May 31,
1860 (age 76 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Allen Wilcox (1819-1864) —
Born in Greene
County, N.C., April 18,
1819.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1851-53; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in office
1864.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Richmond,
Va., February
7, 1864 (age 44 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Samuels Caskie (1821-1869) —
also known as John S. Caskie —
of Virginia.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
8, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1846-49; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (6th District 1851-53, 3rd
District 1853-59).
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1869 (age 48 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Julian Vaughan Gary (1892-1973) —
also known as J. Vaughan Gary —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1945-65.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
6, 1973 (age 81 years, 193
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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George Douglas Wise (1831-1898) —
also known as George D. Wise —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Deep Creek, Accomack
County, Va., 1831.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1881-95.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
4, 1898 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) —
also known as John S. Wise —
of Virginia.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December
27, 1846.
Son of Henry
Alexander Wise.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1885.
Died near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., May 12,
1913 (age 66 years, 136
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Lamb (1840-1924) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1897-1913.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
21, 1924 (age 84 years, 162
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Richard Alsop Wise (1843-1900) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
2, 1843.
Son of Henry
Alexander Wise.
Republican. College
professor; member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1898-99, 1900; died in
office 1900.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., December
21, 1900 (age 57 years, 110
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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David Edward Satterfield, Jr. (1894-1946) —
also known as Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Virginia, September
11, 1894.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1937-45.
Died December
27, 1946 (age 52 years, 107
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907-1998) —
also known as Lewis F. Powell, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., September
19, 1907.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Virginia
state constitutional commission, 1967-68; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died of pneumonia,
in Richmond,
Va., August
25, 1998 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927) —
also known as D. Gardiner Tyler —
of Sturgeon Point (unknown
county), Va.
Born in New York, 1846.
Son of John
Tyler (1790-1862).
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1893-97.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in 1927
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood Cemetery.
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William Francis Rhea (1858-1931) —
also known as William F. Rhea —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Virginia, 1858.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1899-1903.
Died in 1931
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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James Lyons (1801-1882) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
12, 1801.
Member of Virginia
state senate; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
18, 1882 (age 81 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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William Alexander Smith (1828-1888) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., January
9, 1828.
Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1873-75.
Died in Richmond,
Va., May 16,
1888 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., May 19,
1914 (age 58 years, 138
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Son of Griffin
Taylor Garnett and Ellen Douglas (Browne) Garnett (1854-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904;
Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died April 13,
1958 (age 81 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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William Hamilton MacFarland (1799-1872) —
of Virginia.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., February
9, 1799.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1822-24, 1830-31; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
10, 1872 (age 72 years, 335
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Henry Watkins Anderson (1870-1954) —
also known as Henry W. Anderson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
20, 1870.
Son of William Watkins Anderson and Laura Elizabeth (Marks) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
active in Red Cross relief work in the Balkans at the end of World
War I; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1920;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1921; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Died, from colon
cancer, January
7, 1954 (age 83 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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James Taylor Ellyson (1847-1919) —
also known as J. Taylor Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 20,
1847.
Son of Elizabeth Pinkney (Barnes) Ellyson (1813-1886) and Henry
Keeling Ellyson.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1885-88; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1888-94; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1891-1916; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March 18,
1919 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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William Lambert (1790-1853) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in 1790.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1840-52.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1853
(age about
63 years).
Original interment at St. John's Church
Cemetery; reinterment in 1892 at Hollywood Cemetery.
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George Ainslie (1868-1931) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
10, 1868.
Son of George Alexander Ainslie and Janet (Currie) Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer; police
commissioner of Richmond, Va., 1903-06; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1912-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 18,
1931 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Son of George Hilliard Bright and Mary Samuel (Davies) Bright.
Physician;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Henry Keeling Ellyson (1823-1890) —
also known as Henry K. Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 31,
1823.
Son of Jane 'Annie' (Huot) Ellyson (1797-1842) and Onan Ellyson
(1800-1859).
Printer;
lecturer;
newspaper
publisher; director of banks, insurance
companies, and the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad;
president, Virginia Steamboat
Co.; Henrico
County Sheriff, 1857-65; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1870-71.
Baptist.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
27, 1890 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Lloyd Campbell Bird (1894-1978) —
also known as Lloyd C. Bird —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Highland
County, Va., August 1,
1894.
Son of George Anson Bird and Mary Susan (Campbell) Bird.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 43rd District, 1943-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Chemical Society.
L. C. Bird High School, in Chesterfield County, Va., is named for
him.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., April 20,
1978 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Griffin Taylor Garnett (1846-1910) —
also known as G. Taylor Garnett —
Born in Essex
County, Va., October
2, 1846.
County judge in Virginia, 1886-1903; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1902; circuit judge in
Virginia, 1904-06.
Died in Mathews
County, Va., February
3, 1910 (age 63 years, 124
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Albert Orlando Boschen (1873-1957) —
also known as Albert O. Boschen —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 25,
1873.
Son of Henry C. Boschen (1845-1898) and Margaret (Frishkorn) Boschen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1918-21, 1924-27, 1934-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto.
Died August
15, 1957 (age 84 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Emma Guffey Miller (1874-1970) —
also known as Emma G. Miller; Mary Emma
Guffey —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Slippery Rock, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Guffey Station, Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 6,
1874.
Daughter of John Guffey and Barbaretta (Hough) Guffey.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1932-70; delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.
Died, from a heart
attack, February
23, 1970 (age 95 years, 232
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Guffey and Barbaretta (Hough) Guffey; married 1902 to Carroll
Miller (1875-1949); sister of Joseph
F. Guffey. |
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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.
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George Gordon Battle (1868-1949) —
also known as "Mr. Chairman" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1868.
Son of Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, H.
Snowden Marshall, and James
A. O'Gorman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named for him.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Fredericksburg,
Va., April 29,
1949 (age 80 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, April 12,
1898, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby (1869-1954). |
| | | Epitaph: "Throughout a long and
distinguished career as a greatly beloved and brilliant lawyer in the
city of New York, he never failed to defend the helpless and uphold
the rights of the poor and oppressed." |
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memorial |
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Carl Berges Fritsche (1885-1972) —
also known as Carl B. Fritsche —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
5, 1885.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., May 3,
1972 (age 86 years, 211
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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