Langdon Taylor Christian, also known as Major Langdon Taylor Christian, son of William Edmund (1817-1865), a farmer, and Anne Elizabeth (Taylor) Christian (1831-1863) of New Kent County, Virginia. In 1858 Christian moved with his family to Charles City County, Virginia. His elementary education consisted of four months at a private school in Richmond, Virginia, but did not progress beyond basic reading and math. During his early teens, he commenced working on a farm in Charles City County and never returned to school. At the age of eighteen, he left his parents' farm and came to Richmond where he worked for two years in a tobacco factory. In 1872 Christian entered employment with John A. Belvin, who owned the leading furniture and undertaking business in Richmond. Christian applied himself in this endeavour as a fine finisher, varnisher, and cabinet maker, and when Belvin died in 1880 Christian succeeded him and reorganized the business to bear his name.
L. T. Christian became widely known as a funeral director and he soon entered politics. He was a member of the Richmond city council for 10 years beginning in 1888. From 1900 to 1904 he served as a delegate from Richmond in the Virginia General Assembly. Christian was also a member and leader of numerous fraternal and funeral directors organization including the Masonic Home of Virginia. He had a hand in the initial organization of the Virginia Game Protective Association, the National Funeral Directors' Association (1883), the Virginia Funeral Directors Association (1887), and the United States College of Embalming (1889). In 1894 Christian co-authored a bill to regulate the practice of embalming in Virginia, a bill which became law that same year and inititated the establishment of the first state examining board of embalming in the United States. Christian also served in the Virginia National Guard: he entered the Virginia Volunteers as a private in 1872 and retired 26 years later with the rank of major. On 5 October 1881, he married his first wife Isabella "Belle" Beverley Brown. With her Christian had three children. She died in 1928 and he married second Katherine Dubose, who died 2 October 1935.
L. T. Christian became widely known as a funeral director and he soon entered politics. He was a member of the Richmond city council for 10 years beginning in 1888. From 1900 to 1904 he served as a delegate from Richmond in the Virginia General Assembly. Christian was also a member and leader of numerous fraternal and funeral directors organization including the Masonic Home of Virginia. He had a hand in the initial organization of the Virginia Game Protective Association, the National Funeral Directors' Association (1883), the Virginia Funeral Directors Association (1887), and the United States College of Embalming (1889). In 1894 Christian co-authored a bill to regulate the practice of embalming in Virginia, a bill which became law that same year and inititated the establishment of the first state examining board of embalming in the United States. Christian also served in the Virginia National Guard: he entered the Virginia Volunteers as a private in 1872 and retired 26 years later with the rank of major. On 5 October 1881, he married his first wife Isabella "Belle" Beverley Brown. With her Christian had three children. She died in 1928 and he married second Katherine Dubose, who died 2 October 1935.
Langdon Taylor Christian, also known as Major Langdon Taylor Christian, son of William Edmund (1817-1865), a farmer, and Anne Elizabeth (Taylor) Christian (1831-1863) of New Kent County, Virginia. In 1858 Christian moved with his family to Charles City County, Virginia. His elementary education consisted of four months at a private school in Richmond, Virginia, but did not progress beyond basic reading and math. During his early teens, he commenced working on a farm in Charles City County and never returned to school. At the age of eighteen, he left his parents' farm and came to Richmond where he worked for two years in a tobacco factory. In 1872 Christian entered employment with John A. Belvin, who owned the leading furniture and undertaking business in Richmond. Christian applied himself in this endeavour as a fine finisher, varnisher, and cabinet maker, and when Belvin died in 1880 Christian succeeded him and reorganized the business to bear his name.
L. T. Christian became widely known as a funeral director and he soon entered politics. He was a member of the Richmond city council for 10 years beginning in 1888. From 1900 to 1904 he served as a delegate from Richmond in the Virginia General Assembly. Christian was also a member and leader of numerous fraternal and funeral directors organization including the Masonic Home of Virginia. He had a hand in the initial organization of the Virginia Game Protective Association, the National Funeral Directors' Association (1883), the Virginia Funeral Directors Association (1887), and the United States College of Embalming (1889). In 1894 Christian co-authored a bill to regulate the practice of embalming in Virginia, a bill which became law that same year and inititated the establishment of the first state examining board of embalming in the United States. Christian also served in the Virginia National Guard: he entered the Virginia Volunteers as a private in 1872 and retired 26 years later with the rank of major. On 5 October 1881, he married his first wife Isabella "Belle" Beverley Brown. With her Christian had three children. She died in 1928 and he married second Katherine Dubose, who died 2 October 1935.
L. T. Christian became widely known as a funeral director and he soon entered politics. He was a member of the Richmond city council for 10 years beginning in 1888. From 1900 to 1904 he served as a delegate from Richmond in the Virginia General Assembly. Christian was also a member and leader of numerous fraternal and funeral directors organization including the Masonic Home of Virginia. He had a hand in the initial organization of the Virginia Game Protective Association, the National Funeral Directors' Association (1883), the Virginia Funeral Directors Association (1887), and the United States College of Embalming (1889). In 1894 Christian co-authored a bill to regulate the practice of embalming in Virginia, a bill which became law that same year and inititated the establishment of the first state examining board of embalming in the United States. Christian also served in the Virginia National Guard: he entered the Virginia Volunteers as a private in 1872 and retired 26 years later with the rank of major. On 5 October 1881, he married his first wife Isabella "Belle" Beverley Brown. With her Christian had three children. She died in 1928 and he married second Katherine Dubose, who died 2 October 1935.
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