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Williamsburg, Virginia
BrutonChurchyard
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Cyrus Griffin (1748-1810) — of Virginia. Born in Farnham,RichmondCounty, Va.,July 16,1748.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777-78, 1786-87;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778-81, 1787-88;U.S.District Judge for Virginia, 1789-1810; died in office 1810.Died in Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,December14, 1810 (age62 years, 151days).Interment at Bruton Churchyard.
Bruton ParishChurch Cemetery
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Blair Jr. (1732-1800) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,1732.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1766-71;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia,1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1789;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795.PresbyterianorEpiscopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,August31, 1800 (ageabout 68years).Interment at Bruton Parish Church Cemetery. | | Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) — ofCarolineCounty, Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,September9, 1721.Planter;lawyer;justice of the peace;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1776;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1777;chiefjustice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died inoffice 1803;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CarolineCounty, 1788.Anglican.Died inRichmond,Va.,October23, 1803 (age82 years, 44days).Original interment atEdmundsburyGraveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at BrutonParish Church Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married,January21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married,January20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; granduncle ofPhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; great-granduncle ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; third great-granduncle ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed ofJohnPenn; first cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison andZacharyTaylor; first cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; first cousin four times removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andCharlesSumner Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamByrd III; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:Pendleton#1 family of Maryland;Pendleton#3 family of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pendleton counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
Bruton ParishChurchyard
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March 6,1856.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toPersia, 1891-92;Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1912;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Died near Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,June 2,1936 (age80 years, 88days).Interment at Bruton Parish Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardFitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married,April30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter ofJamesGillespie Blaine); married,April23, 1903, to Marie Oge. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | TruxtunAvenueand BealeAvenue,inBakersfield,California, arenamed forhim. — BealePark,inBakersfield,California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
Cedar GroveCemetery
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) — of Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio;Williamsburg,Va.Born in Hillsdale,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1808.Whig.Lawyer;LorainCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35;U.S.Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45;newspaperpublisher.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1894 (age86 years, 140days).Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
College ofWilliam and Mary Chapel
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,1721.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October22, 1775 (ageabout 54years).Interment at College of William and Mary Chapel.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law ofBenjaminHarrison; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofEdmundJenings Randolph; granduncle ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph; second great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; third great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin ofRichardBland; first cousin once removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,EdmundJennings Lee,DabneyCarr andHenrySt. George Tucker; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin six times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin seven times removed ofLeeMarvin; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; second cousin four times removed ofSt.Clair Ballard,LewisBallard andWilliamHenry Robertson; second cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Randolph County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier |
EpiscopalCemetery
Williamsburg, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Taliaferro Ward (c.1810-1862) — also known asGeorge T. Ward — ofLeonCounty, Fla.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky., about 1810.Whig.MemberFlorida territorial council, 1833-34;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,1838-39; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841; candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 1852;delegateto Florida secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; candidate forSenatorfrom Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1861; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shotand killed while leading his regiment in theCivilWar battle atWilliamsburg,Va.,May 5,1862 (ageabout 52years).Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
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