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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in Virginia</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/wn-born.html">Waynesboro</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/03-11.html">March 11, 1800</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-officials.html">Coshocton County Auditor</a>, 1821-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1838-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-officials.html">Coshocton County Clerk</a>, 1843-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 15th District, 1857-59; <b>druggist</b>; probate judge in Ohio, 1870. Died in Coshocton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-died.html">Coshocton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-12.html">May 12, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-buried.html#cms00231">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Coshocton, Ohio. <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> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#728.83.72">William Wallace Burns</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=B001128">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402072">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Burns (U.S. politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8082158">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>Julian Baker Chipley (1895-1957)</b> — also known as <b>Julian Chipley</b> — of Moorefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-lived.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-born.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/11-06.html">November 6, 1895</a>. Democrat. <b>Pharmacist</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-parties.html">chair of Hardy County Democratic Party</a>, 1945. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/hb-died.html">Harrisonburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/03-28.html">March 28, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-buried.html#cms05615">Olivet Cemetery</a>, Moorefield, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#241.63.33">John Dixon Chipley</a> and Elizabeth (Baker) Chipley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-18.html">April 18, 1918</a>, to Emma C. Cunningham.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/68930743">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>Robert Newton Harper (b. 1861)</b> — also known as <b>Robert N. Harper</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born near Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-31.html">January 31, 1861</a>. Democrat. <b>Druggist</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/DC.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Miller McCreary (1837-1916)</b> — of Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-lived.html">Appanoose County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-born.html">Brooke County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-13.html">October 13, 1837</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <b>druggist</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1904-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-died.html">Appanoose County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-06.html">November 6, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-buried.html#cms01203">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Centerville, Iowa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885)</b> — of San Rafael, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-lived.html">Marin County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <b>druggist</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 19th District, 1852-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1860. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-buried.html#cms06102">Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery</a>, San Rafael, Calif. <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>Epitaph:</i> "His virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none — one of nature's noblemen."</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>Silas F. Taylor</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/dv-born.html">Danville</a>, Va. Democrat. <b>Druggist</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MA.html">Massachusetts Democratic State Committee</a>, 1928-48; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. 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