Lexington city
Virginia
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Lexington city
Virginia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lexington city
Index to Locations UnknownLocation Lexington, Virginia
LexingtonCemetery Lexington, Virginia
Oak GroveCemetery (formerly Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery) 314 South Main Street Lexington, Virginia See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Andrew Moore (1752-1821) — ofLexington,Va.Born in Virginia,1752.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1780;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97, 1803-04 (at-large 1789-91,3rd District 1791-93, 2nd District 1793-97, at-large 1803-04);U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1804-09.Slaveowner. Died in1821(ageabout69 years).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| James McDowell (1795-1851) — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,October13, 1795.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838;Governor ofVirginia, 1843-46;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.Slaveowner. Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,August24, 1851 (age55 years, 315days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. John Letcher (1813-1884) — ofLexington,Va.Born inLexington,Va.,March29, 1813.Democrat.Delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (11th District 1851-53, 9thDistrict 1853-59);Governor ofVirginia, 1860-63; member of Virginia state legislature, 1875.Slaveowner. DiedJanuary26, 1884 (age70 years, 303days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| 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 at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) — ofStaunton,Va.;Lexington,Va.Born inWinchester,Va.,April 5,1853.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;died in office 1932;lawprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1912.Member,American BarAssociation.Died inLexington,Va.,July 23,1932 (age79 years, 109days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| Francis Thomas Anderson (1808-1887) — Born inBotetourtCounty, Va.,December11, 1808.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1864-65;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1871-82.Died inLexington,Va.,November30, 1887 (age78 years, 354days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| Charles P. Dorman (1794-1849) — of Virginia. BornOctober14, 1794.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1833-37, 1839-42, 1846-48.Presbyterian.Sponsored bill to create the Virginia Military Institute. Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,December20, 1849 (age55 years, 67days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| James Baldwin Dorman (1828-1893) — also known asJames B. Dorman — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inLexington,Va.,July 25,1828.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1848-51;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Rockbridge County, 1861;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died at the VirginiaHotel,Staunton,Va.,August4, 1893 (age65 years, 10days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Politicians formerlyburied here: |  Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,April22, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;WallaWalla County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-94; superior court judgein Washington, 1904-08;U.S.Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11;U.S.Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1920;U.S. Ambassador toPeru, 1923-28.Died in Greenlee,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,September21, 1946 (age78 years, 152days).Original interment at Oak Grove Cemetery; reinterment atFairmountMemorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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