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Brockenbrough family of Virginia

William Brockenbrough (1778-1838) — of Virginia. Born inEssexCounty, Va.,July 10,1778.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1802-03, 1807-09.Died inRichmond,Va.,December10, 1838 (age60 years, 153days).Burial location unknown.

Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Carter Braxton (1736-1797) — of Virginia. Born inKing andQueen County, Va.,September16, 1736.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Died inRichmond,Va.,October10, 1797 (age61 years, 24days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, King William County, Va.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.

	Relatives: Sonof George Braxton and Mary (Carter) Braxton; married1755 to JudithRobinson; married1761 toElizabeth Corbin; grandfather-in-law ofWilliamBrockenbrough; grandfather of Mary Page White (who marriedAndrewStevenson); great-grandfather ofJohnWhite Brockenbrough,JohnWhite Stevenson andElliottMuse Braxton; ancestor *** ofWilliamTyler Page.
		Political family:Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Braxton County,W.Va. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

	Relatives:Father-in-law ofEdwardColston; father ofJohnWhite Brockenbrough; uncle ofWilliamHenry Brockenbrough; grandson-in-law ofCarterBraxton.
		Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

Edward Colston (1786-1852) — of Virginia. Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,December25, 1786.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died inBerkeleyCounty, Va (now W.Va.),April23, 1852 (age65 years, 120days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.

	Relatives:Son-in-law ofWilliamBrockenbrough; brother-in-law ofBenjaminWatkins Leigh andJohnWhite Brockenbrough; nephew ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin and second cousin ofThomasAlexander Marshall; first cousin ofThomasFrancis Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall (1808-1884),CharlesAlexander Marshall andEdwardColston Marshall; first cousin once removed and nephew bymarriage ofHumphreyMarshall.
		Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) — of Virginia. Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,December23, 1806.Lawyer;newspapereditor;lawprofessor;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;resigned 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateDistrict Judge, 1861.Died inLexington,Va.,February20, 1877 (age70 years, 59days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va.

	Relatives: SonofWilliamBrockenbrough; brother-in-law ofEdwardColston; great-grandson ofCarterBraxton; first cousin ofWilliamHenry Brockenbrough.
		Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

William Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) — also known asWilliam H. Brockenbrough — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Virginia,February23, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1838-40; member ofFloridastate senate, 1840-44;U.S.Representative from Florida at-large, 1846-47.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January28, 1850 (age37 years, 339days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.

	Relatives:Nephew ofWilliamBrockenbrough; first cousin ofJohnWhite Brockenbrough.
		Political family:Brockenbroughfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

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