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Biggs, Asa b. February 4, 1811 d. March 6, 1878
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to representative North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. Elected as a Senator from North Carolina to the United States Senate, serving from 1855 to 1858. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Bowden, George Edwin b. July 6, 1852 d. January 22, 1908
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1891.
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Carr, William M. b. November 25, 1829 d. May 2, 1884
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Master-at-Arms in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and against the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Carr performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Plot: South East Lot 309
Dezendorf, John Frederick b. August 10, 1834 d. June 22, 1894
US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent Virginia's 2nd District in the Forty-seventh Congress, he served from 1881 to 1883. Dezendorf's spell on Capitol Hill was the highlight of a checkered professional life. Born in Lansingburgh, New York, he started out as a carpenter's apprentice and studied architecture and civil engineering on his own. From 1850 to 1860 he was active in railroad and other construction in Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, and then tried to make a living as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Loyall, George b. May 29, 1789 d. February 24, 1868
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 1st and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1830-1831 and 1833-1837. Also served in the Virginia State Legislature.
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Mallory, Francis b. May 28, 1833 d. May 2, 1863
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Following his graduation from Virginia Military Institute in 1853, he was employed under William Mahone as an engineer with the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. He joined the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant in 1856 and saw service at Fort Vancouver and Walla Walla in the Washington Territory. When the Civil War started, he joined the Confederate States Infantry as a Lieutenant and was promoted to Colonel and commander of the 55th Virginia Infantry...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Mallory, Francis b. December 12, 1807 d. March 26, 1860
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 1st, 10th and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives. Also served as State Court Judge and a member of the Virginia State Legislature.
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Pickett, Charles Francis b. June 1, 1840 d. March 25, 1899
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. The brother of Major General George E. Pickett, after attending Richmond schools, and being raised on the Turkey Island Plantation, he attended the University of Virginia between 1857 and 1859. After graduation he entered into the family business of “Pickett, Pollard, Johnston and Hopkins”, a mercantile and legal firm. When Virginia made its decision to withdraw from the Union and the call to arms came, he enlisted as a Private in Company F, 1st Virginia...[Read More] (Bio by: K M)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Taylor, Walter Herron b. June 13, 1838 d. March 1, 1916
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as a Colonel and Chief Aide-de-Camp to Confederate General Robert E. Lee throughout the conflict.
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Tazewell, Littleton Waller b. December 17, 1774 d. May 6, 1860
US Congressman, US Senator, Virginia Governor. Elected to represent Virginia as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1800 to 1801. Elected as a Senator from Virginia to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator John Taylor, serving from 1824 to 1832. Served as Governor of Virginia from 1834 to 1836. Unsuccessfully ran for Vice-President of the United States in 1840. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA

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