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The Political Graveyard: Danville city, Va.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Danville city, 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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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-born.html">Danville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/08-10.html">August 10, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html">Consul for Liberia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-consuls.html">St. Louis, Mo.</a>, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MO.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, at People's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/09-01.html">September 1, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 22 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#133.86.79">Hutchins Franklin Inge</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03240">Green Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lee Street <br> Danville, 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">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>George C. Cabell</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-lived.html">Danville</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-born.html">Danville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/01-25.html">January 25, 1836</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1875-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-23.html">June 23, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#794.87.46">Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell</a> and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#372.07.63">William Lewis Cabell</a>; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of Martha Doswell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#682.73.87">Collin Buckner</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#823.76.27">Benjamin Earl Cabell</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#230.79.50">Earle Cabell</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#775.20.26">William Cabell</a>; first cousin once removed 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>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#973.19.38">William Cabell Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#439.27.42">William Henry Cabell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</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>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#038.07.47">Frederick Mortimer Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#045.17.96">Edward Carrington Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>, <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 twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#999.74.54">Henry De La Warr Flood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#123.05.64">Joel West Flood</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#387.15.81">Harry Flood Byrd</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#682.58.24">Harry Flood Byrd Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#966.21.11">John William Leftwich</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; fourth cousin of <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> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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/10001-0031.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/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=C000004">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402166">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6862361">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rorer Abraham James (1859-1921)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Rorer A. James</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-lived.html">Danville</a>, Va. Born near Brosville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/03-01.html">March 1, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1889-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1893-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/VA.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/VA.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1920-21; died in office 1921. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-died.html">Danville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-06.html">August 6, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Angeline (Rorer) James and John W. Craighead James; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/">1892</a> to Ann Marshall 'Annie' Wilson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=J000052">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405957">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorer A. James">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6862367">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William T. Sutherlin</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-lived.html">Danville</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-17.html">April 17, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">Tobacco merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/danville.html">mayor of Danville, Va.</a>, 1855-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Pittsylvania County, 1861; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. His mansion housed Confederate President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Davis</a> at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-died.html">Danville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-22.html">July 22, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05766">Grove Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Danville, 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">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell (1793-1862)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Benjamin W. S. Cabell</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-lived.html">Danville</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BC-born.html">Buckingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/05-10.html">May 10, 1793</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1829-30. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-died.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-19.html">March 19, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Pocahontas Rebecca (Bolling) Cabell and Joseph Cabell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/">1816</a> to Sarah Epes 'Sallie' Doswell (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#682.73.87">Collin Buckner</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#372.07.63">William Lewis Cabell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#448.18.40">George Craighead Cabell</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#823.76.27">Benjamin Earl Cabell</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#775.20.26">William Cabell</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#230.79.50">Earle Cabell</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>; first 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>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#973.19.38">William Cabell Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#439.27.42">William Henry Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</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/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>, <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>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#999.74.54">Henry De La Warr Flood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#123.05.64">Joel West Flood</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#387.15.81">Harry Flood Byrd</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#682.58.24">Harry Flood Byrd Jr.</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#038.07.47">Frederick Mortimer Cabell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#045.17.96">Edward Carrington Cabell</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#966.21.11">John William Leftwich</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</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> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#768.47.76">Thomas Jones Hardeman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#392.76.50">Bailey Hardeman</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>&nbsp;</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/10001-0031.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>&nbsp;</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/13821735">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04177">Highland Burial Park</a></b></span><br> Danville, 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">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wilbur Clarence Daniel (1914-1988)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Dan Daniel</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-lived.html">Danville</a>, Va. Born in Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/05-12.html">May 12, 1914</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1959-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1969-88; died in office 1988. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-died.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/01-23.html">January 23, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Highland Burial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=D000038">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403178">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/392/000130002">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edwin Johnson Harvey (1864-1932)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>E. J. Harvey</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PT-lived.html">Patrick County</a>, Va.; Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-lived.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-05.html">October 5, 1864</a>. <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>, 1899-1904, 1932 (Carroll, Grayson & Patrick counties 1899-1904, 13th District 1932); died in office 1932; circuit judge in Virginia 7th Circuit, 1906-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral sclerosis</a>, in Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-died.html">Danville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-07.html">May 7, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 215 days</a>). 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