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Brunswick County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Brunswick County

Index to Locations Macedonia United Methodist ChurchCemetery AlbertaBethel Methodist ChurchCemetery BrunswickGholson Family Cemetery LawrencevilleClaiborne FamilyCemetery LawrencevilleLawrencevilleCemetery LawrencevilleOakwood Cemetery Macedonia UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery Brunswick County, Virginia Thaddeus Franklin Daniel (1900-1942) — also known asT. Franklin Daniel — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,February25, 1900.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Lynchburg city, 1934-42; died inoffice 1942.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;TauKappa Alpha.Shotandkilled,along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, by Warren Guy Myers,in hisoffice,inLynchburg,Va.,June 30,1942 (age42 years, 125days). Myers was judged to be insane, committed to theSouthwestern State Hospital, and died in 1963.Interment at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Lee Andrew Daniel and Susan (Pritchett) Daniel.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial —Virginia HouseHistory

Joseph Washington Bland (1912-1991) — also known asJ. W. Bland — of Alberta,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born in Crewe,NottowayCounty, Va.,October8, 1912.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1948-53.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Ruritan.DiedMarch16, 1991 (age78 years, 159days).Interment at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.

	Epitaph:"Educator, Legislator."
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Gholson Jr. (d. 1816) — of Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born in Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1806-09;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1808, 1809-16 (17th District 1808,1809-15, 18th District 1815-16); died in office 1816; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner.Diedfrom war wounds, inBrunswickCounty, Va.,July 4,1816.Interment at Gholson Family Cemetery.

	Relatives: Uncleand father-in-law ofThomasSaunders Gholson; uncle ofJamesHerbert Gholson; second cousin ofRichardDickerson Gholson.
		Political family:Gholsonfamily of Virginia.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) — ofBrunswickCounty, Va.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,February1, 1749.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1783-88;BrunswickCounty Sheriff, 1789-92; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1790-92;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1793-99, 1801-05 (8th District1793-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-05).Slaveowner. Died inBrunswickCounty, Va.,1812(ageabout63 years).Interment at Claiborne Family Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Augustine Claiborne and Hannah (Ravenscroft) Claiborne; married,January19, 1772, to Mary Clayton; father ofJohnClaiborne andThomasClaiborne (1780-1856); first cousin once removed ofFerdinandLeigh Claiborne,WilliamCharles Cole Claiborne andNathanielHerbert Claiborne; first cousin twice removed ofJohnFrancis Hamtramck Claiborne; first cousin five times removed ofHerbertClaiborne Pell Jr. andCorinneClaiborne Boggs; first cousin six times removed ofClaibornede Borda Pell,BarbaraBoggs Sigmund andThomasHale Boggs Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofAndrewFuller Fox.
		Political families:Claiborne#1 family of Louisiana and Virginia;Claiborne#2 family of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Robert Turnbull (1850-1920) — of Lawrenceville,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born in Lawrenceville,BrunswickCounty, Va.,January11, 1850.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;BrunswickCounty Clerk, 1885-93; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1896,1904;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from BrunswickCounty, 1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1910-13.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in1920(ageabout70 years).Interment at Lawrenceville Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Edward Randolph Turnbull and Elizabeth (Harrison) Turnbull;married,December17, 1874, to Mary L. Harrison.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (1907-1995) — also known asAlbert S. Harrison, Jr. — of Lawrenceville,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born near Alberta,BrunswickCounty, Va.,January11, 1907.Democrat.Lawyer;BrunswickCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; director and generalcounsel, Farmers and MerchantsBank;member ofVirginiastate senate 7th District, 1948-58;Virginiastate attorney general, 1958-62;Governor ofVirginia, 1962-66.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedJanuary23, 1995 (age88 years, 12days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Albertis S. Harrison and Lizzie (Goodrich) Harrison; married,May 8,1930, to Lacey Virginia Barkley.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier

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