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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268119970/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/015/69.29.jpg" width=70 height=71 border=0 alt="James Madison"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as "Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights" — of Virginia. Born in Port Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/KG-born.html">King George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/03-16.html">March 16, 1751</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1780-83, 1787-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5th District 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1801-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1809-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. He was elected in 1905 to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/06-28.html">June 28, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-buried.html#cms01363">Montpelier Plantation</a>, Montpelier Station, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/09-15.html">September 15, 1794</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#035.26.68">Dolley Todd</a> (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#435.32.88">Richard Cutts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#275.41.20">John George Jackson</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</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/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Madison counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MD.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MD.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MD.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/MA.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MD.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MD.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/MA.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MA.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MD.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA.html">Mont.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MD.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MD.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MB.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD.html">Va.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-names.html">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Madison, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Fort</a> Madison (1808-13), and the subsequent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LE-names.html">Fort Madison, Iowa</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James Madison (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#793.83.41">James Madison Broom</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#141.31.74">James Madison Hite Beale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#516.00.84">James Madison Porter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#049.56.18">James M. Buchanan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregg.html#273.62.13">James Madison Gregg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#377.56.17">J. Madison Wells</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#562.04.87">James M. Tarleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#384.04.77">James Madison Hughes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marvin.html#940.48.32">James M. Marvin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#491.11.47">James M. Edmunds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#324.83.02">James Madison Gaylord</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#694.32.25">James M. Leach</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#448.33.69">James Turner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#820.40.10">James M. Harvey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#785.08.81">James M. Seymour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#828.55.12">James Madison Barker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mullen.html#713.75.65">James Madison Mullen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#899.06.22">James M. Candler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinney.html#305.51.17">James Madison McKinney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#619.07.47">James M. Morton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#945.22.53">James Madison Barrett, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#020.72.14">James M. Gudger, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#449.24.74">James Madison Morton, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#141.47.82">James Madison Woodard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#448.04.72">James M. Waddell, 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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46.</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=M000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Madison">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/766/000024694">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/661">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4125">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about James Madison: Ralph Louis Ketcham, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813912652/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813912652&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison : A Biography</a> — Garry Wills, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069054/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069054&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison</a> — Robert Allen Rutland, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700604650/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700604650&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of James Madison</a> — Charles Cerami, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402202350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1402202350&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution</a> — Samuel Kernell, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804744955/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0804744955&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government</a> — Kevin R. C. Gutzman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312625006/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312625006&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison and the Making of America</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Richard Ridgely (1755-1824) — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/08-03.html">August 3, 1755</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland</a>, 1784-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1786-91; state court judge in Maryland, 1811. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-died.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-25.html">February 25, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 206 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-buried.html#cms04907">a private or family graveyard</a>, Howard County, Md. <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 Greenberry Ridgely and Lucy (Stringer) Ridgely; married to Elizabeth Dorsey; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000246">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409222">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37306928">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> Daniel Dorsey (1757-1823) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elkridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/03-06.html">March 6, 1757</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1809-10. Died in Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-died.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/05-16.html">May 16, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-buried.html#cms08252">South Lyons Cemetery</a>, Lyons, N.Y. <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 Dorsey and Elizabeth (Ridgely) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/02-17.html">February 17, 1779</a>, to Eleanor Dorsey; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35294668">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 Carnan Ridgely (1760-1829) — also known as Charles Ridgely Carnan; Charles Ridgely of Hampton — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/12-06.html">December 6, 1760</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1790-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1796-1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1816-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-died.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/07-17.html">July 17, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 223 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-buried.html#cms04935">a private or family graveyard</a>, Baltimore County, Md. <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 Carnan and Achsah (Ridgely) Carnan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/10-17.html">October 17, 1782</a>, to Priscilla Hill Dorsey; father of Prudence Gough Ridgely (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither 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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-carnan-ridgely/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Taylor Madison (1762-1843) — also known as William Madison — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/05-01.html">May 1, 1762</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1791-94, 1804-11 (Culpeper County 1791-94, Madison County 1804-11); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/07-19.html">July 19, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-buried.html#cms01363">Montpelier Plantation</a>, Montpelier Station, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison (1751-1836)</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#035.26.68">Dolley Madison</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/12-20.html">December 20, 1783</a>, to Francis Throckmorton; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</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/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Madison">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8359098">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> George Madison (1763-1816) — of Kentucky. Born in Augusta County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>), Va., June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/index.html">1763</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/aud.html">Kentucky auditor of public accounts</a>, 1796-1816; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1816; died in office 1816. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-died.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-14.html">October 14, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, Ky. <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 Madison and Agatha (Strother) Madison; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/02-11.html">February 11, 1796</a>, to Jane Smith; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#283.62.28">John Tyler (1747-1813)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#515.86.97">Max Rogers Strother</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#008.32.15">John Tyler (1790-1862)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#693.28.14">David Gardiner Tyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#361.09.63">Lyon Gardiner Tyler</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#827.26.10">Bronson Murray Cutting</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-madison/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Madison">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6864680">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> Alexander Warfield (1764-1835) — Born in Sams Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/03-31.html">March 31, 1764</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1819-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Sams Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-died.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-06.html">January 6, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-buried.html# ">Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, New Windsor, Md. <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 Charles Warfield and Elizabeth (Warfield) Warfield; married to Jemima Dorsey; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#535.51.86">George William Owings Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39556180">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> Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) — of Chaptico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/index.html">1778</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1816-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1825-31; district judge in Maryland, 1832-46. Slaveowner. Died while holding <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court session</a>, Port Tobacco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-died.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-08.html">August 8, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-buried.html# ">Summerseat Cemetery</a>, Laurel Grove, Md. <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 Dorsey and Mary (Hammond) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-12.html">December 12, 1799</a>, to Priscilla Hebb; married to Dicandia Ireland; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000437">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403547">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37080828">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 Beale Dorsey (1780-1855) — also known as Thomas B. Dorsey — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/10-17.html">October 17, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maryland</a>, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/attygn.html">Maryland state attorney general</a>, 1822-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals</a>, 1824-51. Died in Ellicott City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-died.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-26.html">December 26, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-buried.html#cms03555">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Ellicott City, Md. <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 Worthington Dorsey and Comfort (Worthington) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/01-28.html">January 28, 1808</a>, to Milcah Goodwin; father of Mary Ann Tolley Worthington Dorsey (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#201.00.11">Gilbert Livingston Thompson</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28445884">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> Joseph Maull (1781-1846) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/09-06.html">September 6, 1781</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1846; died in office 1846. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/05-03.html">May 3, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms01922">St. Peter's Churchyard</a>, Lewes, Del. <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 Maull and Mary (Marsh) Maull; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/">1802</a> to Penelope Shields; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/">1820</a> to Sarah Davis Watson; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-maull/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Maull">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7498940">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> Andrew Dorsey (1786-1842) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Libertytown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/04-25.html">April 25, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Calhoun County, 1838. Died in Homer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-died.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/04-12.html">April 12, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms05976">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Homer Township, Calhoun County, Mich. <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/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and Eleanor (Dorsey) Dorsey; married to Ruth Shekel; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8716199">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> Henry Gaines Johnson (1787-1857) — of Greenville District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-born.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/02-17.html">February 17, 1787</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Greenville, 1840-44. Died in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-died.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/12-15.html">December 15, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 301 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Elizabeth (White) Johnson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/">1804</a> to Mary Pendleton Gaines; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#543.31.18">James Benjamin Garnett</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Howard (1789-1846) — of near Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-21.html">November 21, 1789</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1831-33; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (Convention Vice-President). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died near Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-died.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-02.html">August 2, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 254 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms02496">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a> and Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' (Chew) Howard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/">1811</a> to Prudence Gough Ridgely (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#557.62.31">Charles Carnan Ridgely</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-howard/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7530480">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> Gilbert Livingston Thompson (1796-1874) — also known as Gilbert L. Thompson — Born in Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/06-20.html">June 20, 1796</a>. U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-diplomats.html ">Cuba</a>, 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1844. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/07-04.html">July 4, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-buried.html#cms03555">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Ellicott City, Md. <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/thompson8.html#809.01.71">Smith Thompson</a> and Sarah (Livingston) Thompson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/06-17.html">June 17, 1818</a>, to Arietta Minthorne (Tompkins) Tompkins (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#599.15.89">Hannah Tompkins</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-23.html">February 23, 1839</a>, to Mary Ann Tolley Worthington Dorsey (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#227.53.36">Guy Vernor Henry</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#467.87.25">Robert Livingston the Elder</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#360.90.57">Jacob Livingston Sutherland</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#537.76.51">Robert Livingston the Younger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#504.47.00">Enos Thompson Throop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#728.30.78">George Bliss Throop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#752.77.27">Hamilton Fish (1808-1893)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#522.03.16">Israel Thompson Hatch</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston (1764-1836)</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#300.66.40">Israel Dodd Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#438.67.46">Nicholas Fish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#367.32.64">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#700.80.53">Henry Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#158.71.62">Peter Augustus Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#800.41.06">Rensselaer Westerlo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#095.75.00">Edward Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#014.71.43">William Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#694.24.43">Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#559.40.43">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#103.37.19">James Parker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#375.68.77">Mary Mather Hooker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#052.47.67">Montgomery Schuyler Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#177.95.46">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#910.15.98">Hamilton Fish (born 1951)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#557.36.23">Alexa Fish Ward</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#291.10.40">Philip Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#764.34.99">Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#724.66.91">Edward Livingston (1796-1840)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#635.63.07">William Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#098.18.45">Henry Bell Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#112.09.04">Denning Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#517.15.08">Henry Brockholst Ledyard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#767.34.55">John Jay II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#637.48.52">John Jacob Astor III</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#753.05.32">Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#474.51.31">Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#477.65.60">Maturin Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#279.13.10">James Alexander Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George Washington Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#234.21.08">John Cortlandt Parker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#399.45.73">Philip N. Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#973.60.22">Kiliaen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#784.43.99">William Waldorf Astor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#319.31.40">John Kean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pike.html#614.64.86">Jacob Clark Pike</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#724.71.29">Hamilton Fish Kean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#853.91.54">Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870)</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1232.html">VanRensselaer family</a> of Albany, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thompson-gilbert-l ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/72427071">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> Richard Yates (1815-1873) — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. Born in Warsaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GL-born.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/01-18.html">January 18, 1815</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1842-45, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1851-55 (7th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1861-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1865-71. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-27.html">November 27, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-buried.html#cms00865">Diamond Grove Cemetery</a>, Jacksonville, Ill. <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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#728.97.96">Richard Yates Rowe</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Politician named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#728.97.96">Richard Y. Rowe</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000012">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411945">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-yates-sr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Yates (19th century politician)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known as David S. Walker — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/05-02.html">May 2, 1815</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html">mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1860-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in Florida, 1878-91. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-20.html">July 20, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms04267">St. John's Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Tallahassee, Fla. <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/walker2.html#311.92.96">David Walker</a>; married to Philoclea Alston (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alston.html#875.57.46">Augustus A. Alston</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alston.html#927.28.36">Willis Alston</a>); father of Courtney Walker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#339.70.96">Robert Spratt Cockrell</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#953.42.68">George Walker</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The David S. Walker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Library</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-names.html">Tallahassee, Florida</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://www.nga.org/governor/david-shelby-walker/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David S. Walker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10181239">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> Alexander Warfield Dorsey (1828-1868) — also known as Alexander W. Dorsey — of Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Md. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/12-27.html">December 27, 1828</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/westminster.html#2">Westminster, Md.</a>, 1849-53. Died in Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-02.html">January 2, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-buried.html#cms01787">Westminster Cemetery</a>, Westminster, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Green Dorsey and Honor (Warfield) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-23.html">October 23, 1849</a>, to Mary Rebecca Webster; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#535.51.86">George William Owings Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown 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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62083809">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 David Walker (1830-1906) — also known as James D. Walker — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Born near Russellville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/12-13.html">December 13, 1830</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1879-85. Died in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-17.html">November 17, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 339 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Volney Walker and Susan Howard (McLean) Walker; married to Mary W. Walker; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#216.74.58">John McLean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#440.37.08">Finis Ewing McLean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#311.92.96">David Walker</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#953.42.68">George Walker</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#383.94.41">Wilkinson Call</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0077.html">Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family</a> of New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0402.html">Lewis-Pollard family</a> of Texas (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411236">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James D. Walker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9010565">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> Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-lived.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif. Born in Patapsco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-07.html">September 7, 1833</a>. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">livestock raiser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1877-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by his mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TO-died.html">Tuolumne County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-21.html">April 21, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 227 days</a>). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-buried.html#cms04007">Stockton Rural Cemetery</a>, Stockton, 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">Relatives: Son of Edward Worthington Dorsey and Eleanor Elizabeth (Brown) Dorsey; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113647371">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> David Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known as David S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-born.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-10.html">October 10, 1846</a>. 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/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html">mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1875, 1878-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a>, 1885; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1887. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-06.html">December 6, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms04267">St. John's Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Tallahassee, Fla. <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/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and Philoclea Edgeworth 'Florida' (Alston) Walker; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#311.92.96">David Walker</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#953.42.68">George Walker</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0077.html">Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family</a> of New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0402.html">Lewis-Pollard family</a> of Texas (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10181312">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/556/34.68.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="George R. Gaither"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Riggs Gaither Jr. (1858-1921) — also known as George R. Gaither — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/02-28.html">February 28, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/attygn.html">Maryland state attorney general</a>, 1899; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1907. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Catonsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-died.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-17.html">October 17, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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 Riggs Gaither, Sr. and Rebecca Hanson (Dorsey) Gaither; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/02-16.html">February 16, 1882</a>, to Fannie Imogen Granger; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#557.62.31">Charles Carnan Ridgely</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/167591339">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: Baltimore Sun, August 15, 1907</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> Richard Yates (1860-1936) — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-12.html">December 12, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in Illinois, 1894-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1901-05; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1919-33; defeated, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/04-11.html">April 11, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-buried.html#cms00865">Diamond Grove Cemetery</a>, Jacksonville, Ill. <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/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and Catherine (Geers) Yates; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-23.html">October 23, 1888</a>, to Helen 'Nellie' Wadsworth; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#728.97.96">Richard Yates Rowe</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000011">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411946">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-yates-jr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Yates, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qFQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA612-IA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/485/84.08.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="George Poffenbarger"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Poffenbarger (1861-1951) — of Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-24.html">November 24, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-officials.html">Mason County Sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WV.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1901-22; resigned 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-20.html">March 20, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clinton Poffenbarger and Mary (Lewis) Poffenbarger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-10.html">May 10, 1894</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Livia Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#596.78.23">Noland I. Poffenberger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Poffenbarger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73614602">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin H. Ridgely (1861-1908) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CR-born.html">Caroline County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-13.html">July 13, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Geneva</a>, 1893-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Malaga</a>, 1900-02; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Nantes</a>, 1902-04; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Barcelona</a>, 1904-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-consuls.html ">Mexico City</a>, 1908, died in office 1908. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, en route to Mexico City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">in a Pullman railroad car</a> at Monterrey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NN-died.html">Nuevo León</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-10.html">October 10, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <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 Frederick W. Ridgely and Harriet (Isett) Ridgely; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-05.html">January 5, 1891</a>, to Kate Ewing Eaches; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/98414119">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> Livia Simpson Poffenbarger (1861-1937) — also known as Olivia Nye Simpson; Mrs. George Poffenbarger — of Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Pomeroy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MG-born.html">Meigs County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-12.html">March 12, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-27.html">October 27, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of George Perry Simpson and Phoebe Almeda (Kennedy) Simpson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-10.html">May 10, 1894</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia Simpson Poffenbarger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73615841">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> Albin Owings Jr. (1870-1953) — also known as "Bud" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/01-12.html">January 12, 1870</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Baltimore city 6th District, 1927-37. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/10-06.html">October 6, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 267 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Albin Owings and Margery Eleanor 'Emma' (Plummer) Owings; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#077.24.18">Mabel Owings</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#535.51.86">George William Owings Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown 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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mabel Owings (1874-1951) — also known as Mabel Roberta Gaines; Mrs. Albin Owings; "Birdie" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-10.html">August 10, 1874</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MD.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/08-15.html">August 15, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 5 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Robert Brown Gaines and Margaret Jane (Van Pelt) Gaines; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings 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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eli Huston Brown Jr. (1875-1945) — of Bardstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-lived.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky.; Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky.; Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-born.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-03.html">May 3, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; officer and general counsel to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil</a> companies; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1899-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives</a>, 1904-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Norton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-13.html">October 13, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 163 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eli Huston Brown and Nancy Washington (Dorsey) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-17.html">December 17, 1902</a>, to Rose McKnight Crittenden; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings 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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Yates Rowe (1888-1973) — also known as Richard Y. Rowe — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-12.html">December 12, 1888</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1943; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican state chair</a>, 1944; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1944-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1947-49. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-died.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/03-19.html">March 19, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 97 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-buried.html#cms00865">Diamond Grove Cemetery</a>, Jacksonville, Ill. <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/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates</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 Frederick Harvey Rowe and Marietta Yates (Mathers) Rowe; married to Sarah Jane Harris; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/145752752">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> Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger (1898-1962) — also known as Nathan S. Poffenbarger — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.; Spring Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-04.html">August 4, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WV.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-19.html">July 19, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Livia Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78186159">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> Perry Simpson Poffenbarger (1899-1997) — also known as Perry S. Poffenbarger — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-24.html">November 24, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1960. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-20.html">April 20, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Livia Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; married to Helen Reid Wood; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78186081">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> Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger (1903-1983) — also known as L. F. Poffenbarger — of Dunbar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-17.html">December 17, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1950. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/10-20.html">October 20, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Albertus Poffenberger and Anna (Murray) Poffenberger; married to Virginia E. Jarrett; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44570787">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> Eli Huston Brown III (b. 1906) — also known as Eli H. Brown III — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-05.html">November 5, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky</a>, 1938-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a> and Rose McKnight (Crittenden) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-27.html">April 27, 1935</a>, to Mavin Hamilton; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Noland I. Poffenberger (1906-1995) — also known as Ira Noland Poffenberger — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-13.html">December 13, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/midland.html">mayor of Midland, Mich.</a>, 1953-54. Died in Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-died.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/12-04.html">December 4, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 356 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Besse Poffenberger and John William Poffenberger; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Noland Poffenberger: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Compressibility of Propane</a> (1934)</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> George William Owings Jr. (1907-1984) — also known as George W. Owings, Jr. — of Owings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-lived.html">Calvert County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-born.html">Calvert County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-29.html">June 29, 1907</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Calvert County, 1939-41; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-died.html">Calvert County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/02-03.html">February 3, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George William Owings and Ida (Insley) Owings; married to Mary Maxwell; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</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/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Husband - Father - Grandfather - Veteran"</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/93379049">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 T. Poffenbarger (b. 1935) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.; Dunbar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-15.html">October 15, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1964; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1967-74; defeated, 1974 (8th District), 1980 (17th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Still living as of 1980. <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/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a> and Virginia (Jarrett) Poffenbarger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/04-07.html">April 7, 1961</a>, to Susan Gidley; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=248565">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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