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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-born.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1721/index.html">1721</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1774-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/10-22.html">October 22, 1775</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-buried.html#cms03648">College of William and Mary Chapel</a>, Williamsburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison</a>; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#330.62.42">William Henry Robertson</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RA.html">Randolph County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409030">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/101/000049951">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1722/11-29.html">November 29, 1722</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1774-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/01-20.html">January 20, 1810</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00805">St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Chew and Mary (Galloway) Chew; married to Mary Galloway and Elizabeth Oswald; father of Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Chew Nicklin</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George Mifflin Dallas</a>) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#908.74.21">John Lee</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#537.13.84">Charles Oliver O'Donnell</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#533.33.33">William Paca</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11316238">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Christopher Gadsden (1723-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1723/02-16.html">February 16, 1723</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1774-76; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1778-80. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/09-15.html">September 15, 1805</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Gadsden and Elizabeth (Gasciogne) Gadsden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/12-29.html">December 29, 1759</a>, to Mary Hasell; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Personal motto: "Don't tread on me."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000002">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404379">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6664742">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edmund Jenings Randolph (1753-1813) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-born.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/08-10.html">August 10, 1753</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncb.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/attygn.html">Virginia state attorney general</a>, 1776-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1779-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1786-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1789-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1794-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Millwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CK-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/09-12.html">September 12, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CK-buried.html#cms02044">Old Chapel Cemetery</a>, Millwood, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Randolph and Ariana (Jenings) Randolph; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/08-29.html">August 29, 1776</a>, to Elizabeth Nicholas (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#330.62.42">William Henry Robertson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA.html">Randolph County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409024">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edmund-randolph/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund Randolph">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/099/000049949">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20977">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Edmund Jenings Randolph: John J. Reardon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0026012006/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0026012006&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Edmund Randolph : A Biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Beverley Randolph (1754-1797) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HC-born.html">Henrico County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/index.html">1754</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1777-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1788-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/02-07.html">February 7, 1797</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-buried.html#cms04661">Westview Cemetery</a>, Farmville, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peter Randolph and Lucille (Bolling) Randolph; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/02-14.html">February 14, 1775</a>, to Martha Cocke; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#775.45.59">Douglass Townshend Bolling</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis8.html#152.31.41">Thomas Lawton Davis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#190.99.55">Richard Walker Bolling</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#794.87.46">Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#372.07.63">William Lewis Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#448.18.40">George Craighead Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#823.76.27">Benjamin Earl Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#999.74.54">Henry De La Warr Flood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#123.05.64">Joel West Flood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#230.79.50">Earle Cabell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#330.62.42">William Henry Robertson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/beverley-randolph/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley Randolph">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7620161">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Gadsden (1787-1831) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/03-04.html">March 4, 1787</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for South Carolina</a>, 1820-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html#2">intendant of Charleston, South Carolina</a>, 1827-29. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-24.html">January 24, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Philip Gadsden and Catherine (Edwards) Gadsden; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/04-29.html">April 29, 1818</a>, to Margaret Ann Edwards; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Gadsden">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Gadsden (1788-1858) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/05-15.html">May 15, 1788</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Florida state legislature, 1840; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1853-56. Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase, which added 30,000 square miles to the U.S. (parts of southern Arizona and New Mexico). Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-25.html">December 25, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Philip Gadsden and Catherine (Edwards) Gadsden; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GA.html">Gadsden County, Fla.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ET-names.html">Gadsden, Alabama</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Gadsden">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/gadsden-james ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36835622">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> St. Clair Ballard (1802-1873) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/08-14.html">August 14, 1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1847. Introduced the legislation to name Boone County, Virginia (now West Virginia) for Daniel Boone, who had rescued his mother from Indians when she was a child. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BO-died.html">Boone County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-26.html">December 26, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 134 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BO-buried.html#cms07072">a private or family graveyard</a>, Boone County, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John C. Ballard and Chloe (Finn) Ballard; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nicholson.html#116.83.40">Meredith Nicholson</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Coleby Chew (1802-1850) — also known as Colby Chew — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/11-17.html">November 17, 1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New London, 1838. Died in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-26.html">October 26, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms00037">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a>, New London, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Coleby Chew (1773-1802) and Frances (Learned) Chew; married to Mary Cecilia Law; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84397447">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis Ballard (1826-1906) — also known as "Dock" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-26.html">August 26, 1826</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monroe County, 1863. Died in Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/07-26.html">July 26, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-buried.html#cms08370">Peterstown Cemetery</a>, Rich Creek, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Ballard and Juliana Thompson (Williams) Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-13.html">March 13, 1855</a>, to Malinda Jane Spangler; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nicholson.html#116.83.40">Meredith Nicholson</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21394541">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Silas Uriah Pinney (1833-1899) — also known as Silas U. Pinney — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in Rockdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/03-03.html">March 3, 1833</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/madison.html">Mayor of Madison, Wis.</a>, 1874-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Wisconsin state supreme court</a>, 1892-98; resigned 1898. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-01.html">April 1, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 29 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Justin Chapman Pinney and Mary Polly (Miller) Pinney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/03-03.html">March 3, 1856</a>, to Mary M. Milliken; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949) — also known as Elliot W. Major — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in Edgewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-20.html">October 20, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 11th District, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1913-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac insufficiency</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">chronic myocarditis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a>, aggravated by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">very hot and humid weather</a>, in St. Joseph's Hill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, near Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/07-09.html">July 9, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-buried.html# ">Bowling Green City Cemetery</a>, Bowling Green, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Reed Major and Sarah Taylor (Woolfolk) Major; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-14.html">June 14, 1887</a>, to Elizabeth Myers; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/elliot-woolfolk-major/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7277603">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edgar Bailey Woolfolk (1865-1956) — also known as Edgar B. Woolfolk — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Mo. Born in Flint Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SC-born.html">St. Charles County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/11-22.html">November 22, 1865</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Lincoln County, 1899-1902; circuit judge in Missouri 35th Circuit, 1912-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/01-02.html">January 2, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-buried.html# ">Troy Cemetery</a>, Troy, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Allen Woolfolk and Mary Elizabeth (Allen) Woolfolk; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-25.html">November 25, 1891</a>, to Mary Norton; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/118977989">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Crawfordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-09.html">December 9, 1866</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Indiana Democratic State Committee</a>, 1930-32; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1933-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-diplomats.html ">Venezuela</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-diplomats.html ">Nicaragua</a>, 1938-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">novelist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/12-21.html">December 21, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Willis Nicholson and Emily Ellen (Meredith) Nicholson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-16.html">June 16, 1896</a>, to Eugenie Kountze; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-20.html">September 20, 1933</a>, to Dorothy (Wolfe) Lannon; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/nicholson-meredith ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) — also known as Philip H. Gadsden — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-04.html">October 4, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">utility executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/SC.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/02-28.html">February 28, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms00360">West Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Christopher Shulz Gadsden and Florida Indiana (Morrall) Gadsden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-19.html">April 19, 1895</a>, to Sally Pelzer Inglesby; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58881429">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764013916/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/659/94.49.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Oscar H. Ballard"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Hampton Ballard (1886-1967) — also known as O. H. Ballard — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Ballard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-13.html">September 13, 1886</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1931-34, 1939-42, 1945-46, 1949-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/princeton.html">mayor of Princeton, W.Va.</a>, 1937-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1953-60; defeated in primary, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sa-died.html">Salem</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/10-13.html">October 13, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-buried.html#cms01465">Monte Vista Park Cemetery</a>, Bluefield, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Millard Fillmore Ballard and Lydia (Keatley) Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-21.html">October 21, 1921</a>, to Ruth Snead; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#812.30.40">Silas Uriah Pinney</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/100487010">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Reginald Ballard (1893-1949) — also known as John R. Ballard — of Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-04.html">September 4, 1893</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Investigator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1945-49. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/05-24.html">May 24, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-buried.html# ">Ballard Church Cemetery</a>, Ballard, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Thompson Ballard and Margaret (Bonham) Ballard; married to Miriam K. Dunn; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#812.30.40">Silas Uriah Pinney</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6213745">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) — also known as Sherman H. Ballard — of Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born in Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-22.html">July 22, 1894</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monroe County, 1941-44, 1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/12-25.html">December 25, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-buried.html#cms08370">Peterstown Cemetery</a>, Rich Creek, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Wade Hampton Ballard and Lillie Elizabeth (Williams) Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-15.html">November 15, 1922</a>, to Maudie Mae Jessee; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21394825">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763993000/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/132/46.95.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Harry R. Pauley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry R. Pauley (b. 1907) — of Iaeger, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Keystone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-born.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-19.html">February 19, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">coal operator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1937-40, 1949-54, 1957-60, 1963-66, 1969-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the West Virginia State House of Delegates</a>, 1958-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary Etta (Redmond) Pauley and Emory Preston Pauley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-03.html">August 3, 1927</a>, to Jessie M. Lambert; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wade Hampton Ballard III (1924-2006) — also known as Wade H. Ballard III; Jim Ballard — of Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-30.html">November 30, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-parties.html">chair of Monroe County Republican Party</a>, 1968; campaign manager for Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#874.43.19">Arch A. Moore</a>, 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia</a>, 1969-70; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1970. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/06-29.html">June 29, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-buried.html#cms08370">Peterstown Cemetery</a>, Rich Creek, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#909.95.66">Wade Hampton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a> and Maudie Mae (Jessee) Ballard; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#826.82.32">Valeria J. Ballard</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17375622">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/826/82.32.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Val J. Ballard"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Valeria J. Ballard (1931-2010) — also known as Val J. Ballard; Valeria Jancso — of Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-26.html">December 26, 1931</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-parties.html">chair of Monroe County Republican Party</a>, 1972-73; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 19th District, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Missionary Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Peterstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/05-30.html">May 30, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-buried.html#cms08370">Peterstown Cemetery</a>, Rich Creek, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Arpad Jancso and Valeria (Deak) Jancso; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53650297">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, November 4, 1974</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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