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ALLAN, CHILTON
Chilton Allan was born on April 06 1786 in Albemarle Co Virginia.
He moved with his mother to Winchester Kentucky in 1797. He
attended both the public schools and privately taught classes. He
served an apprenticeship for three years as a wheelwright and studied
law. In 1808 he was admitted in the bar and began his practice in
Winchester Kentucky. He was a Kentucky Representative in 1811,
1815, 1822 and 1930. He was a member of the Kentucky Senate from
1823-1827. He was elected an Anti-Jacksonian, and reelected as a
Whig later. Chilton Allen died in Winchester Kentucky in 1858 and
is buried in Winchester Cemetery
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BAILEY, DAVID
David Bailey is an American Singer and Songwriter who has released over
18 albums since 1997. He was born on February 26 1966 and
primarily focuses on Contemporary Christian Music.
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CARPENTER, MARY
CHAPIN
Mary Chapin Carpenter was born on February 21 1958 and is a Country
Music artist. She signed with Columbia Records after singing in
the Washington DC clubs for several years. She has won five
Grammy Awards. She is the only artist to have won the Grammy
Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance four consecutive
times.
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CARR, DABNEY SMITH
Dabney Carr was born in Albemarle Co Virginia. He is the founder
of the Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser Newspaper.
He also was a United States Minister to Turkey. He was born in
1802 and died in 1954. He was a brother-in-law of Thomas
Jefferson, having married his sister Martha.
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CLARK, CHRISTOPHER
HENDERSON
Christopher H Clark was born in 1767. He was a United States
Congressman from Virginia. He died in 1828.
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COLES, EDWARD
Edward Coles was born in Albemarle Co Virginia in 1786. He was a
Governor for the State of Illinois. He died in 1868.
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DOWELL, GREENSVILLE
Greensville Dowell was born in Albemarle County in 1822. He was
an author, physician and professor and died in 1876.
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FARLEY, JAMES T
James Farley was born in 1829 in Albemarle County. He was a
United States Senator in California and died in 1886.
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GONS, JAMES WALKER
James Gons was born in Albemarle County in 1812. He was a Baptist
church clergyman. He later joined the Christian Church, also
known as Disciples of Christ. He was an editor and pubisher of
the Christian Intelligencer. He was also an educator. He
died in 1886.
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GRISHAM, JOHN
John Ray Grisham was born on February 08 1955 in Jonesboro
Arkansas.. He is an American Author. He also has been a
lawyer and a politician. He has a home near Charlottesville
Virginia.
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HARVIE, JOHN
John Harvie was born in Albemarle County. He was a member of the
Continental Congress and a mayor of Richmond Virginia from 1785 to 1786.
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HOPKINS, SAMUEL
Samuel Hopkins was born in Albemarle County Virginia in 1753. He
was a congressman in Kentucky. He died in 1819.
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JEFFERSON, THOMAS
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 1743. His mother, Jane
Randolph, was the daughter of Isham Randolph, cousin to Peyton
Randolph, granddaughter of wealthy English gentry. His father,
Peter Jefferson, was a planter and surveyor in Albemarle County.
He was of Welsh descent. Jefferson began attending school in 1752
that was run by William Douglas, a Scottish minister. By age 9,
he studied Latin, Greek and French. He was 14 years old when his
father died in 1757. He inherited 5,000 acres of land and many
slaves. He built his home Monticello on that land. After
his father died, he was taught by James Maury from 1758 to 1760.
The school was near Gordonsville Virginia, in Fredericksville
Parish. He studied History and Scieence and received a classical
education. He entered The College of William & Mary in
Williamsburg, in 1760. He enrolled in the philosophy school and
studied mathematics, metaphsics and philosophy. He was a member
of the secret organization called the FHC Society. He was admitted to
the Virginia bar in 1767. His older sister Jane died at age 25 on
October 01, 1765. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a 23
year old widow. he was aged 29. Together they had six
children: Martha Jefferson Randolph, Jane Jefferson Randolph, a baby
son, Mary Jefferson Eppes, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson and a 2nd Lucy
Elizabeth Jefferson. Martha died September 06, 1782 after the
birth of the 2nd Lucy. He never remarried. It is said
that Jefferson had a long-term relationship with one of his slaves
named Sally Hemings. Sally was thought to be a half-sister to
Martha, his wife. Thomas Jefferson became the third President of
the United States from 1801-1809. He was the primary writer of
the Declaration of Independence and a Founding Father. The
Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clarke Expedition occured during
his presidency. He died on July 04 1826.
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LEWIS, MERIWEATHER
Meriwether Lewis, the son of a wealthy farmer, was born near
Charlottesville, in 1774. At 18 years of age, he relinquished his
academic studies and engaged in agriculture. Two years after, he acted
as a volunteer, to suppress the whiskey insurrection, from which
situation he was removed to the regular service. From about 1801 to
1803, he was the private secretary of Mr. Jefferson, when he, with Wm.
Clarke, went in their celebrated exploring expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. Mr. Jefferson, in recommending him to this duty, gave him a
high character, as possessing courage, inflexible perseverance,
intimate knowledge of the Indian character, fidelity, intelligence, and
all those peculiar combinations of qualities that eminently fitted him
for so arduous an undertaking. They were absent three years, and were
highly successful in the accomplishment of their duties. When, shortly
after his return, in 1806, he was appointed governor of the territory
of Louisiana, and finding it the seat of internal dissensions, he by
his moderation, firmness, and impartiality, brought matters into a
systematic train. He was subject to constitutional hypochondria, and
while under the influence of a severe attack shot himself on the
borders of Tennessee, in 1809, at the age of 35. This event was
ascribed to the protest of some bills, which he drew on the public
account. The account of his expedition, which he wrote, was published
in 1814. The mother of Mr. Lewis died in this county, only a few years
since. She possessed very strong powers of mind. [Source:
pg. 171, Biographies –
Historical Collections of Virginia: containing a collection of the most
interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes,
&c. relating to its history and antiquities, together with
geographical and statistical descriptions to which is appended an
historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia, by Henry
Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. Transcribed by
Robyn Greenlund]
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MONROE, JAMES
James Monroe was born in Albemarle County Virginia on September 10
1799. He was an American Politician who served as a United States
Congressman in New York from 1839 to 1841. He was the nephew of
President James Monroe. He died on September 07, 1870.
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SPACEK, SISSY
Mary Elizabeth Spacek was born on Christmas day in 1949 in Quitman
Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances Spilman and Edwin Arnold Spacek
Sr.. She is an American actress and singer. She won the
Best Actress Oscar in 1980.
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WIRT,
WILLIAM
William Wirt, the
distinguished author of the British Spy,
who was born at Bladensburg, for a time resided in this county. In
1792, when 20 years of age, he commenced the practice of law at
Fairfax, in the neighboring county of Culpeper. In 1795, he married the
eldest daughter of Dr. George Gilmer, a distinguished physician, and
took up his residence at Pen Park, the seat of his father-in-law, near
Charlottesville; and here he was introduced to the acquaintance of
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and other persons of celebrity. In 1799 his
wife died, and he was soon after elected clerk of the House of
Delegates. Having performed the duties of his office two years, he was
in 1802 appointed chancellor of the Eastern District of Virginia, and
then took up his residence at Williamsburg; and the game year he
married the daughter of Col. Gamble, of Richmond. He soon after
resigned his chancellorship, and at the close of the year 1803 removed
to Norfolk, and entered upon the assiduous practice of his profession.
Just before he removed to Norfolk, he wrote the letters published in
the Richmond Argus, under the title of ' the British Spy,' which were
afterwards collected in a small volume, and have passed through many
editions. In 1806 he took up his residence in Richmond, and in the
following year he greatly distinguished himself in the trial of Col.
Burr. In 1812 he wrote the greater part of a series of essays, which
were originally published in the Richmond Enquirer, under the title of
'The Old Bachelor,' and have since, in a collected form, passed through
several editions. The ' Life of Patrick Henry,’ his largest literary
production, was first published in 1817. In 1816 he was appointed, by
Mr. Madison, the U. S. Attorney for Virginia; and in 1817, by Mr.
Monroe, attorney-general of the United States, a post which he occupied
with distinguished reputation until 1829, through the entire
administrations of Monroe and Adams. In 1830, he took up his residence
in Baltimore for the remainder of his life. He died Feb. 18th, 1834, at
Washington City, in his 62nd year. As a public and professional man,
Mr. Wirt ranked among the first of his time; and in all the relations
of private life, as a man and a Christian, he was must exemplary, and
was regarded with singular affection and veneration." [Source:
pg. 171, Biographies –
Historical Collections of Virginia: containing a collection of the most
interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes,
&c. relating to its history and antiquities, together with
geographical and statistical descriptions to which is appended an
historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia, by Henry
Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. Transcribed by
Robyn Greenlund]
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