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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Washington County, Va.</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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Crumpler</b> — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-02.html">September 2, 1920</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/abingdon.html#2">Abingdon, Va.</a>, 1965-66. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/03-07.html">March 7, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Knollkreg Memorial Park. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88882384">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00814">Sinking Spring Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863)</b> — also known as <b>John B. Floyd</b> — of Virginia. Born in Smithfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/IW-born.html">Isle of Wight County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/06-01.html">June 1, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1847-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1849-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died near Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/08-26.html">August 26, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Letitia (Preston) Floyd and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#252.16.11">John Floyd</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a> and Nicketti Buchanan Floyd (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#939.95.38">John Warfield Johnston</a>); married to Sarah 'Sally' Preston; adoptive father of Eliza M. Johnston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#929.71.59">Robert William Hughes</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#916.93.84">William Preston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#031.04.24">Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John B. Floyd</i> (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1965) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-buchanan-floyd-jr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Buchanan Floyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10866">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>David Campbell (1779-1859)</b> — of Virginia. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/08-02.html">August 2, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1837-40. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/03-19.html">March 19, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-campbell/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></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> <b>Connally Findlay Trigg (1810-1880)</b> — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va.; Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/03-08.html">March 8, 1810</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee</a>, 1862-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee</a>, 1862-80; died in office 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1862-80; died in office 1880. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SU-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-25.html">April 25, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Trigg and Rachel (Findlay) Trigg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/05-23.html">May 23, 1833</a>, to Mary Trigg Campbell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Seraphina Deery (widow of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#916.94.13">Randal William McGavock</a>; who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg (1847-1907)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2411&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connally Findlay Trigg (judge)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88861110">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/trigg-connally-findlay">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></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> <b>George Washington Hopkins (1804-1861)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Hopkins</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GO-born.html">Goochland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/02-22.html">February 22, 1804</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1833-35, 1850-51, 1859-61; died in office 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1835-47, 1857-59 (8th District 1835-37, 7th District 1837-39, 11th District 1839-41, 18th District 1841-43, 13th District 1843-47, 1857-59); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1847-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-01.html">March 1, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000774">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405624">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/hopkins-george-washington ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></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> <b>Robert William Hughes (1821-1901)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PO-born.html">Powhatan County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-16.html">January 16, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia</a>, 1871-73; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia</a>, 1874-98; retired 1898. In a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> in 1869, he shot and wounded <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#691.64.00">William E. Cameron</a>. Died near Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-10.html">December 10, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Eliza M. Johnston (adoptive daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#889.09.46">Joseph Eggleston Johnston</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#946.33.98">Robert Morton Hughes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0167.html">Johnston-Floyd family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1115&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert William Hughes">Wikipedia article</a></span></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> <b>John Hall Fulton (c.1792-1836)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-born.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., about 1792. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1823-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 18th District, 1833-35. Died in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/01-28.html">January 28, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">about 44 years</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html#681.99.67">Andrew Steele Fulton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000423">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412041">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Connally Findlay Trigg (1847-1907)</b> — also known as <b>Connally F. Trigg</b> — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/09-18.html">September 18, 1847</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-officials.html">Washington County Commonwealth Attorney</a>, 1872-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1885-87. Died in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/04-23.html">April 23, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Dr. Daniel Trigg and Anna Munford (Tompkins) Trigg; married to Pocahontas Anne Robertson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg (1810-1880)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis8.html#152.31.41">Thomas Lawton Davis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</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#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#387.15.81">Harry Flood Byrd</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#682.58.24">Harry Flood Byrd Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; fourth cousin once 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/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#775.45.59">Douglass Townshend Bolling</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0736.html">Walker-Randolph family</a> of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000369">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410938">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connally Findlay Trigg">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7711052">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>James King Gibson (1812-1879)</b> — also known as <b>James K. Gibson</b> — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/02-18.html">February 18, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/abingdon.html#2">Abingdon, Va.</a>, 1837-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 8th District, 1870-71. Slaveowner. Died in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-30.html">March 30, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000162">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404529">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03225">Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Alexander Buchanan (1843-1921)</b> — of Virginia. Born near Groseclose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-born.html">Smyth County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/10-07.html">October 7, 1843</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1885-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Virginia state supreme court</a>, 1895-1903. Died near Emory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-02.html">September 2, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 330 days</a>). 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