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Tazewell County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Tazewell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards TazewellJeffersonville Cemetery TazewellMaplewood Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Tazewell County, Virginia Rees Tate Bowen (1809-1879) — also known asRees T. Bowen — ofTazewellCounty, Va.Born inTazewellCounty, Va.,January10, 1809.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1863-65;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1873-75.Slaveowner. Died inTazewellCounty, Va.,August29, 1879 (age70 years, 231days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Father ofHenryBowen.   Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Henry Bowen (1841-1915) — of Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.Born near Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.,December26, 1841.Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1880;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1883-85, 1887-89.Died near Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.,April29, 1915 (age73 years, 124days).Interment at Jeffersonville Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofReesTate Bowen; nephew ofJohnWarfield Johnston; cousin *** ofWilliamBowen Campbell.
		Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) — also known asGeorge C. Peery — of Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.Born in Cedar Bluff,TazewellCounty, Va.,October28, 1873.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;vice-president, NortonHardwareCompany; director ofcoal miningcompanies and arailroad;Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia,1917;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29;Governor ofVirginia, 1934-38;delegateto Virginia limited constitutional convention 18th District, 1945.SouthernMethodist. Member,KappaSigma;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Richlands,TazewellCounty, Va.,October14, 1952 (age78 years, 352days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof James Peery and Mary Letitia (Spotts) Peery; married,June 19,1907, to Nancy Bane Gillespie.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof John T. Litz and Elizabeth (Thompson) Litz; married,October27, 1908, to Judith Effler.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1929

William Mitchell (1887-1968) — also known asBilly Mitchell — of Welch,McDowellCounty, W.Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,March29, 1887.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;salesman;member ofWestVirginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight.DiedOctober22, 1968 (age81 years, 207days).Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell; married,February27, 1936, to Mae Holbrook.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951

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