The Political Graveyard: Fauquier County, Va.

Fauquier County
Virginia

Fauquier County information:

Population: 55,139 (2000); 48,741 (1990)
Land area 650 square miles.
County seat: Warrenton
Fauquier County official web site.
Capital Impact: Fauquier County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Fauquier County -- census data on population, race, economics
Fauquier County VAGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).

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The Political Graveyard:

Politicians who were born in Fauquier County
Politicians who lived in Fauquier County
Politicians who died in Fauquier County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fauquier County

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Private or family graveyards
Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Robert Eden Scott (1808-1862) — of Virginia. Born in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., April 23, 1808. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1835-42, 1845-52; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Killed in a skirmish with a band of Union deserters, in Fauquier County, Va., May 3, 1862. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
James Keith Marshall (1800-1862) — Born in Richmond, Va., February 13, 1800. Son of John Marshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall (1766-1831); brother of Thomas Marshall; married, December 22, 1821, to Claudia Hamilton Burwell (1804-1884). Member of Virginia state senate. Died in Fauquier County, Va., December 2, 1862. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family

Politicians formerly buried here:

Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known as Andrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., March 24, 1855. Father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920, 1924, 1928; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33. Died in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 26, 1937. Original interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at Mellon Fountain, Washington, D.C.
- See also Bruce family of Maryland
- See also: Wikipedia article.
- Books about Andrew Mellon: David Cannadine, Mellon : An American Life

Georgetown Cemetery
Broad Run, Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Howard Worth Smith (1883-1976) — also known as Howard W. Smith — of Alexandria, Va.; Broad Run, Fauquier County, Va. Born in Broad Run, Fauquier County, Va., February 2, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920; circuit judge in Virginia, 1928-30; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1931-67 (8th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-67). Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Alexandria, Va., October 3, 1976. Interment at Georgetown Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Leeds Church
Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Walker Barr (1918-1996) — also known as Joseph W. Barr — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Hume, Fauquier County, Va. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., January 17, 1918. Son of Oscar Lynn Barr and Stella Florence (Walker) Barr; married, September 3, 1939, to Beth Williston. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; movie theater owner; U.S. Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1960; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1964-65; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi. Died, of a heart attack, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, February 23, 1996. Interment at Leeds Church.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.

Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known as Andrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., March 24, 1855. Father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920, 1924, 1928; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33. Died in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 26, 1937. Original interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery; memorial monument at Mellon Fountain, Washington, D.C.
- See also Bruce family of Maryland
- See also: Wikipedia article.
- Books about Andrew Mellon: David Cannadine, Mellon : An American Life

City Cemetery
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

William Winter Payne (1807-1874) — also known as William W. Payne — of Gainesville, Sumter County, Ala. Born in Fauquier County, Va., January 2, 1807. Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1841-47 (at-large 1841-43, 4th District 1843-47). Died in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., September 2, 1874. Interment at City Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Warrenton Cemetery
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Charles Lee (1758-1815) — Born in Westmoreland County, Va., 1758. Grandnephew of Richard Bland; son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; first cousin once removed and son-in-law of Richard Henry Lee; brother of Henry Lee (1756-1818) and Richard Bland Lee; married 1789 to Anne Lee (second cousin; died 1804); married 1809 to Margaret Scott; third cousin of Zachary Taylor; granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee. U.S. Attorney General, 1795-1801; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800. Died in Fauquier County, Va., June 24, 1815. Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: Wikipedia article.
Thomas Love Moore (d. 1862) — of Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va. Born near Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. (now W.Va.). U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (10th District 1820-21, 15th District 1821-23). Died in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., 1862. Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Chilton (1804-1867) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1804. U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1843-45. Died in 1867. Interment at Warrenton Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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