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Westmoreland County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Westmoreland County

Index to Locations HagueHickory Hill Cemetery Near HagueBurnt House FieldCemetery KinsaleYeocomico Cemetery LeedstownHungerford Cemetery Oak GroveOak Grove Cemetery Hickory HillCemetery Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia Richard Lee Turberville Beale (1819-1893) — also known asRichard L. T. Beale — of Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.Born in Hickory Hill,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,May 22,1819.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1847-49, 1879-81 (8th District1847-49, 1st District 1879-81); general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died near Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,April21, 1893 (age73 years, 334days).Interment at Hickory Hill Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Politicians buriedhere:

Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,January20, 1732.Democrat.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,June 19,1794 (age62 years, 150days).Interment at Burnt House Field Cemetery; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison (Ludwell) Lee; brother ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; married,December5, 1757, to Ann Aylett; married1769 to Ann(Gaskins) Pinckard; great-grandfather ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second great-grandfather ofEdwardBrooke Lee; third great-grandfather ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; first cousin once removed and father-in-law ofCharlesLee; first cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLee; first cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin four times removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andJohnLee Carroll; first cousin six times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey andLeeMarvin; second cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin thrice removed ofHancockLee Jackson; second cousin four times removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin five times removed ofRobertTodd Lincoln,HarrisonMoore Lakin andJamesOffutt Lakin.   Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   Lee counties inGa. andIll. arenamed for him.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier   Books about Richard Henry Lee: OliverP. Chitwood,RichardHenry Lee : Statesman of the Revolution   Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909)

Robert Murphy Mayo (1836-1896) — also known asRobert M. Mayo — of Virginia. Born in Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1836.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;courtmartialed in theConfederateArmy, 1863, fordrunkenness,andreduced inrank;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1881-82, 1885-88;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1883-84.Member,American BarAssociation.Slaveowner. Died in Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,March29, 1896 (age59 years, 336days).Interment at Yeocomico Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Robert Mayo and Emily Ann (Campbell) Mayo; married,December3, 1867, to Emily Claybrook; nephew ofJosephCarrington Mayo.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

John Pratt Hungerford (1761-1833) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born in Leeds (now Leedstown),WestmorelandCounty, Va.,January2, 1761.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1797-1801, 1823-30; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1801-09;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1811, 1813-17 (8th District 1811,1813-15, 9th District 1815-17); general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,December21, 1833 (age72 years, 353days).Interment at Hungerford Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Thomas Hungerford and Ann Burkett (Pratt)Hungerford.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) — ofIsleof Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach,WestmorelandCounty, Va.Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part ofSuffolk),Va.,December16, 1907.Republican.Ferry boatcaptain;farmer;real estatebusiness;hotelowner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;chair ofWestmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate forVirginiastate senate, 1947; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1952.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, from anintestinalblood clot, in Physicians MemorialHospital,La Plata,CharlesCounty, Md.,November7, 1954 (age46 years, 326days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to MarieMiller.
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