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FortEarly
Lynchburg, Virginia
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | |  Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) — also known asJubal A. Early;"The Terrapin fromFranklin";"Old Jube";"OldJubilee" —ofFranklinCounty, Va.;Lynchburg,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,November3, 1816.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1841-42; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Franklin County, 1861;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; after theConfederatesurrender, fearingimprisonment,hefledthe country to Cuba, then Canada;pardonedin 1869 by PresidentAndrewJohnson.Felldown stairs at the LynchburgPostOffice, and died two weeks later, inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1894 (age77 years, 119days).Interment atSpring Hill Cemetery; cenotaphatMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; memorial monument at Fort Early.
Humbles FamilyCemetery
744 Winston Ridge Road
Lynchburg, Virginia
Founded 1883
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,October17, 1840.Republican.Merchant;operated a toll road between Lynchburg and Rustberg; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1896,1904.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died, fromendocarditis,inLynchburg,Va.,October4, 1926 (age85 years, 352days).Interment at Humbles Family Cemetery.
Old CityCemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia
PresbyterianCemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Peter Johnston Otey (1840-1902) — also known asPeter J. Otey — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,December22, 1840.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;railroadexecutive;banker;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1895-1902; died inoffice 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1896.Died inLynchburg,Va.,May 4,1902 (age61 years, 133days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. | | James Philemon Holcombe (1820-1873) — also known asJames P. Holcombe — of Virginia. Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,September20, 1820.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Albemarle County, 1861;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Capon Springs,HampshireCounty, W.Va.,August22, 1873 (age52 years, 336days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. | | David Bell Macgowan (1870-1960) — also known asDavid B. Macgowan — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 5,1870.Reporter and correspondent for the ChicagoTribunenewspaper,and for the Associated Press; editor of the Knoxville, Tenn.Sentinelnewspaper,1908-14; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inMoscow, 1915-17; U.S. Consul inMoscow, 1917-18;Vladivostok, 1918-22;Riga, 1922-25;Kovno, 1927.Unitarian.Died inLynchburg,Va.,November30, 1960 (age90 years, 178days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. | | Collin Buckner (1768-1836) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,1768.Postmaster atLynchburg,Va., 1815-18.Presbyterian.Died inLynchburg,Va.,February29, 1836 (ageabout 67years).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. | | Charles Rice Slaughter (1819-1862) — also known asCharles R. Slaughter — ofCampbellCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,September29, 1819.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Campbell County, 1861.Died inLynchburg,Va.,February10, 1862 (age42 years, 134days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
Spring HillCemetery
401 Taylor Street
Lynchburg, Virginia
Founded 1806
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Carter Glass (1858-1946) — also known asGeorge Carter Glass;"Father of theFederal Reserve";"Pluck" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,January4, 1858.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1892,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940,1944;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1899-1902;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Lynchburg city,1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1916-28;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1920.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in his room at the MayflowerHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1946 (age88 years, 144days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. |  | John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) — also known asJohn W. Daniel;"The Lame Lion ofLynchburg" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,September5, 1842.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;permanentlydisabled by a war injury;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1869-72; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1875-81; Presidential Elector for Virginia,1876;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1880(ConventionVice-President),1888,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1896(PermanentChair),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1881;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1885-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1887-1910; died in office 1910;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Campbell County,1901-02.Died inLynchburg,Va.,June 29,1910 (age67 years, 297days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.  | Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — also known asRobert L. Owen — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.Born inLynchburg,Va.,February2, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandCherokeeIndian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;ModernWoodmen of America;AlphaTau Omega;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedJuly 19,1947 (age91 years, 167days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | James Rives Childs (1893-1987) — also known asJ. Rives Childs — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,February6, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspapercorrespondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inJerusalem, 1923-25;Bucharest, 1925-30;Cairo, as of 1931;Tangier, as of 1943; U.S. Minister toSaudi Arabia, 1946-49;Yemen, 1946; U.S. Ambassador toSaudi Arabia, 1949-50;Ethiopia, 1951.Died inRichmond,Va.,July 15,1987 (age94 years, 159days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Philip Wallace Hiden (1872-1936) — also known asPhilip W. Hiden — ofNewportNews, Va.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,April 5,1872.Mayorof Newport News, Va., 1920-24.Died inNewportNews, Va.,October25, 1936 (age64 years, 203days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | James Garland (1791-1885) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born in Ivy Depot,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,June 6,1791.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1835-41 (7th District 1835-37, 6thDistrict 1837-39, 7th District 1839-41).Slaveowner. Died inLynchburg,Va.,August8, 1885 (age94 years, 63days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born in Houston (now Halifax),HalifaxCounty, Va.,July 17,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofVirginiastate senate 12th District, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia 6th Circuit, 1938-39;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57;took senior status 1957.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order;PhiDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died inLynchburg,Va.,August16, 1972 (age80 years, 30days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Clarence Godber Burton (1886-1982) — also known asClarence G. Burton — ofLynchburg,Va.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,December14, 1886.Democrat.Mayorof Lynchburg, Va., 1946;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1948-53.Died inLynchburg,Va.,January18, 1982 (age95 years, 35days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Whitehead (1825-1901) — of Amherst,AmherstCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,1825.U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1873-75.Slaveowner. Died in1901(ageabout76 years).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel Isaac Hopkins (1843-1914) — also known asSamuel I. Hopkins — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,December12, 1843.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1887-89.Died inLynchburg,Va.,January15, 1914 (age70 years, 34days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) — also known asJubal A. Early;"The Terrapin fromFranklin";"Old Jube";"OldJubilee" —ofFranklinCounty, Va.;Lynchburg,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,November3, 1816.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1841-42; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Franklin County, 1861;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; after theConfederatesurrender, fearingimprisonment,hefledthe country to Cuba, then Canada;pardonedin 1869 by PresidentAndrewJohnson.Felldown stairs at the LynchburgPostOffice, and died two weeks later, inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1894 (age77 years, 119days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery; cenotaph atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; memorial monument atFort Early. | | Robert Henry Glass (1822-1896) — also known asRobert H. Glass — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,December27, 1822.Democrat. Postmaster atLynchburg,Va., 1853-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1860.Died inLynchburg,Va.,May 7,1896 (age73 years, 132days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Sidney Burruss Jr. (1914-1978) — also known asRobert S. Burruss, Jr. — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,November9, 1914.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1964;member ofVirginiastate senate 23rd District, 1964-76.Died inLynchburg,Va.,June 21,1978 (age63 years, 224days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Sidney Burruss (1882-1942) — also known asRobert S. Burruss — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,August6, 1882.Republican.Lumberbusiness; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Virginia,1932.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in Dillwyn,BuckinghamCounty, Va.,July 31,1942 (age59 years, 359days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
MontviewGrounds
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jerry Lamon Falwell (1933-2007) — also known asJerry Falwell — Born inLynchburg,Va.,August11, 1933.Republican.Pastor;televisionevangelist;founder(1971) of Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty University; alsoserved as itschancellor;founder of the Moral Majority, political group advocatingconservative Christian views;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1996.Baptist.Member,National RifleAssociation.Sufferedcardiacarrythmia, collapsed in hisofficeat Liberty University, and died soon after at Lynchburg GeneralHospital,Lynchburg,Va.,May 15,2007 (age73 years, 277days).Interment at Montview Grounds.
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