Find A Grave - Orange County

Barbour, James b. June 10, 1775 d. June 7, 1842
On December 26, 1810, the then governor of Virginia, George William Smith, died in a fire in Richmond. The Virginia legislature appointed James Barbour to governor to fulfill Smith's term. Barbour took office on 1-3-1811 and was governor of Virginia during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In 1815 Barbour was elected to the US Senate. In 1825 he became Secretary of War under the administration of President John Quincy Adams. In 1828 Barbour was appointed Minister to Great Britain. And finally...[Read More]
Barboursville Winery Grounds, Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Beaty, John Owen b. December 22, 1890 d. September 9, 1961
Educator and Author. Wrote several books, most important being "An Introduction to Poetry," "Swords in the Dawn," and "The Iron Curtain Over America." (Bio by: Laurie)
Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Kemper, James Lawson b. June 11, 1823 d. April 7, 1895
Civil War Confederate Major General, Virginia Governor. At the start of the Civil War, he was a member of the Virginia State Legislature and helped organize Virginia troops for the Confederate forces. Rising through the ranks, he fought at Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and was promoted Brigadier General in June, 1862. At the Battle of Gettysburg, he was wounded, taken prisoner and prisoner exchanged in early 1864. He was promoted Major General in September, 1864 and was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Kemper Family Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Madison, Dolley b. May 20, 1768 d. July 12, 1849
Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of 4th United States President James Madison. Born in New Garden, North Carolina, she married John Todd, Jr., a lawyer, in 1790. He succumbed to yellow fever in 1793, leaving her with a small son, Payne. Her second marriage was to James Madison, who was then serving as a Congressman from Virginia, and was seventeen years her senior. He was very patient with his stepson Payne who first mismanaged his own affairs and eventually his mothers which left her...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Madison, James b. March 16, 1751 d. June 28, 1836
4th United States President. He was the co-author of the Federalist Papers and Father of the American Constitution. He was born in Port Conway, Virginia on a plantation to a wealthy father and a mother the daughter of a rich tobacco merchant. He was sickly suffering from seizures which would plague him throughout his life. James Madison married Dorothea Dandling Payne (Dolley Madison) in 1794. As chief...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Taylor, Robert b. April 29, 1763 d. July 3, 1845
US Congressman. A member of one of Virginia's most prominent families, he became an attorney and also owned a plantation called Meadow Farm. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1804 to 1815, and served as Senate President from 1812 to 1814. In 1824 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as an Adams candidate and served one term, 1825 to 1827. He did not run for reelection 1826 and returned to managing Meadow Farm. Taylor was the grandfather of US Senator James Taliaferro of Florida...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Taylor Family Cemetery (Meadow Farm Estate), Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Urquhart Jr., Charles b. 1800 d. July 7, 1866
Civil War Medical Figure. He examined John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, at Garrett's Farm, Virginia during the early morning of April 26,1865, treated his gunshot wound and later pronounced him dead after he was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett. (Bio by: Paula Lucy Delosh)
Urquhart Family Cemetery, Flat Run, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Waller, Charlie b. January 19, 1935 d. August 18, 2004
Bluegrass Music Artist. Born in Joinerville, Texas, when he was 10, he moved with his mother to Washington, D.C. There in 1957, he founded the Country Gentlemen, an influential, widely traveled bluegrass band. With his voice, rhythmic soul of modern bluegrass music, singing and playing guitar with the Country Gentlemen he was called the "new-grass revival." During his career, he helped transport bluegrass from the front porches of the Appalachians to college campuses, concert halls and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia, USA

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