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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Petersburg city, Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/03-16.html">March 16, 1769</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1795-96, 1798-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit</a>, 1801. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-09.html">November 9, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 238 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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: Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</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/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2460.html">Anderson-Marshall family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2645.html">Tuck-Marshall family</a> of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01236">Blandford Cemetery</a> 319 South Crater Road Petersburg, Virginia Founded 1702 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=49478&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) — also known as W. Hodges Mann — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NT-lived.html">Nottoway County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-born.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/07-30.html">July 30, 1843</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/NT-officials.html">Nottoway County Judge</a>, 1870-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 28th District, 1904-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. He was the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">last</a> Confederate veteran to serve as Governor of Virginia. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-12.html">December 12, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of John Mann and Mary Hunter (Bowers) Mann; married to Sallie Fitzgerald and Etta Edloe Donnan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#634.74.37">William Hodges Mann Jr.</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/william-hodges-mann/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Hodges Mann">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/622/000209992">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7140828">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100000">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267609283/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/924/79.22.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="William Mahone"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Mahone (1826-1895) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SO-born.html">Southampton County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/12-01.html">December 1, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk & Petersburg <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president, Norfolk and Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1881-87. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-08.html">October 8, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000067">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407095">Govtrack.us page</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: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)</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> William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) — also known as William E. Cameron — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-29.html">November 29, 1842</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/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/VA.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html">mayor of Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1876-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1882-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Petersburg city, 1901-02. In 1869, he was injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#929.71.59">Robert William Hughes</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LU-died.html">Louisa County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-26.html">January 26, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Walker Anderson Cameron and Elizabeth Page (Walker) Cameron; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-01.html">October 1, 1868</a>, to Louisa Clarinda Egerton.</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/william-e-cameron/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William E. Cameron">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8691735">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> Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) — also known as Patrick H. Drewry — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-24.html">May 24, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 29th District, 1912-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/VA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/VA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/VA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33, at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/12-21.html">December 21, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</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 Dr. E. A. Drewry and Alta L. (Booth) Drewry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-18.html">April 18, 1906</a>, to Mary E. Metcalf.</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=D000496">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403603">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/216/000167712">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> Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909) — also known as Francis R. Lassiter — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/02-18.html">February 18, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia</a>, 1893-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1900-03, 1907-09; died in office 1909. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in the Elks Home, Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BE-died.html">Bedford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-31.html">October 31, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Dr. Daniel W. Lassiter; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#435.03.38">Charles T. Lassiter</a>; married to Fannie McGill; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rives-rizzo.html#606.45.76">Francis Everod Rives</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/10793.html">Lassiter family</a> of Petersburg, Virginia.</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=L000106">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406613">Govtrack.us page</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> Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861) — also known as Francis E. Rives — of Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SS-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-born.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/01-14.html">January 14, 1792</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad builder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1821-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1831-36, 1848-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 17th District, 1837-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html">mayor of Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1847-48. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-26.html">December 26, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#084.76.83">Francis Rives Lassiter</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/10793.html">Lassiter family</a> of Petersburg, Virginia.</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=R000284">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409257">Govtrack.us page</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 Herbert Gholson (1798-1848) — also known as James H. Gholson — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/index.html">1798</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>, 1824-28, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1833-35; circuit judge in Virginia, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-died.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-02.html">July 2, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#307.91.32">Thomas Saunders Gholson</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/">1827</a> to Charlotte Louisa Cary; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#809.91.18">Thomas Gholson Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#343.00.75">Richard Dickerson Gholson</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/11973.html">Gholson family</a> of Virginia.</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=G000148">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404517">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8956626">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> Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) — also known as Charles F. Collier — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-27.html">September 27, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Virginia state legislature, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html">mayor of Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-29.html">June 29, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8740891">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> William Robertson McKenney (1851-1916) — also known as William R. McKenney — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/12-02.html">December 2, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/VA.html">1892</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1895-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-03.html">January 3, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Armstrong McKenney and Virginia Bland (Robertson) McKenney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Clara Justine Pickrell.</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 William R. McKenney <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Free Library</a> (built 1859, named as a library 1924, now the William R. McKenney Memorial Building), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pe-names.html">Petersburg, Virginia</a>, is <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000502">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407497">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7750294">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> Edward Carrington Venable (1853-1908) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/index.html">1853</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/VA.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1889-91; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000085">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411141">Govtrack.us page</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> Thomas Saunders Gholson (1810-1868) — of Virginia. Born in Gholsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/12-09.html">December 9, 1810</a>. State court judge in Virginia, 1859-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/12-12.html">December 12, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#107.12.93">James Herbert Gholson</a>; nephew and son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#809.91.18">Thomas Gholson Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#343.00.75">Richard Dickerson Gholson</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/11973.html">Gholson family</a> of Virginia.</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/8955889">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> William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890-1953) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-11.html">August 11, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html">mayor of Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1946-50. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/06-22.html">June 22, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#963.74.46">William Hodges Mann</a> and Etta Edloe (Donnan) Mann.</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/40657605">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Bulletin_of_the_University_of_Vir/v9pKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/101/10.18.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Richard McIlwaine"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard McIlwaine (1834-1913) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-lived.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/05-20.html">May 20, 1834</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">chaplain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Hampton-Sydney College, 1883-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Prince Edward County, 1901-02. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-09.html">August 9, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Archibald Graham McIlwaine and Martha (Dunn) McIlwaine; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/05-14.html">May 14, 1857</a>, to Elisabeth 'Lizzie' Read; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#558.91.03">William Baird McIlwaine</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/Richard McIlwaine (educator)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27531190">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: Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia (1914)</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> William Baird McIlwaine (1854-1930) — also known as William B. McIlwaine — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-born.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/10-04.html">October 4, 1854</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Petersburg city, 1891-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> from Petersburg city & Dinwiddie County, 1893-1905. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-11.html">August 11, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Dunn McIlwaine and Lucy Atkinson (Pryor) McIlwaine; married to Jane Maury Pegram and Sarah Joseph Claiborne; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#101.10.18">Richard McIlwaine</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/28930546">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> Stith Bolling (1835-1916) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-lived.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-born.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/02-28.html">February 28, 1835</a>. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">tobacco business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lunenburg County, 1869-73; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html#2">Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1882-85, 1889-1913; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html">mayor of Petersburg, Va.</a>, 1888; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/pr1888-election.html">1888</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/VA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-confed-vets.html">United Confederate Veterans</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">bronchitis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">nephritis</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-01.html">November 1, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of John Stith Bolling and Mary Thomas (Irby) Bolling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-09.html">May 9, 1860</a>, to Cornelia Scott Forrest.</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/24968010">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> James Boisseau (1822-1872) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-lived.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Dinwiddie County, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19189254">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> Thomas Branch (1802-1888) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CF-born.html">Chesterfield County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/12-23.html">December 23, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Petersburg city, 1861. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-15.html">November 15, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Branch and Mary (Patteson) Branch.</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/11256158">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> Timothy Rives (1855-1927) — of Templeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-lived.html">Prince George County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-born.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-02.html">November 2, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/VA.html">1892</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/VA.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Prince George & Surry counties, 1901-02. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-died.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-20.html">November 20, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at Blandford 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">Relatives: Son of George Edward Rives and Ann Virginia (Cate) Rives; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Mattie M. Warrenton; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rives-rizzo.html#413.14.40">Timothy Rives (1807-1865)</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/19477848">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 Thompson Wyatt (1896-1981) — also known as J. Thompson Wyatt — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-03.html">June 3, 1896</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/VA.html">1932</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/04-25.html">April 25, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at Blandford Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03196">Old Blandford Cemetery</a> Petersburg, Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Kidder Meade (1803-1862) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born near Lawrenceville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/07-29.html">July 29, 1803</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-diplomats.html ">Brazil</a>, 1857-61. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-20.html">April 20, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at Old Blandford 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000618">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407607">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/meade-richard-kidder ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03205">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a> Petersburg, Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Dennis Brady (1843-1900) — also known as James D. Brady — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-born.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-03.html">April 3, 1843</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/petersburg.html#5">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Petersburg, Virginia</a>, 1879, 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1885-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/VA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-30.html">November 30, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph's 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000752">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401712">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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