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William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) —
also known as William Barr —
of Virginia.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 23,
1950.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for
General Telephone and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon
Communications.
Still living as of 2009.
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Howard Bucknell, Jr. (b. 1899) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Bluemont, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
17, 1899.
Son of Howard Bucknell and Marie Ethel (Harlan) Bucknell.
U.S. Vice Consul in Chungking, 1921; Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1924-26; Geneva, 1937-39; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1940; Madrid, 1940; vice-president, International Telephone
and Telegraph Corporation, 1945.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
29, 1886.
Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller.
Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; U.S. Vice Consul in
Oslo, 1920; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1922; Jerusalem, 1923; Teheran, 1924-25; Berlin, 1926; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1926; Niagara Falls, 1927; Kingston, 1929-32; Winnipeg, 1938-43; SAINT John, 1943-44; Antwerp, 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Consul General in Tunis, 1946-48.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March 12,
1973 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher; railway
station agent; publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Son of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; manager, telegraph
office; train
dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank &
Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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