John Brown was an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas,he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch,the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River,Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s,Lynchburg was the only city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union before the end of the American Civil War.
Wytheville is a town in,and the county seat of,Wythe County,in southwestern Virginia,United States. It is named after George Wythe,a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence,and mentor to Thomas Jefferson. Wytheville's population was 8,211 at the 2010 census. Interstate Highways 77 and 81 were constructed to intersect at the town,long a crossroads for travelers.
The American Legion,commonly known as the Legion,is a non-profit organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis,Indiana. It is made up of state,U.S. territory,and overseas departments,and these are in turn made up of local posts. The organization was formed on March 15,1919,in Paris,France,by a thousand officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces,and it was chartered on September 16,1919,by the United States Congress.
Virginia State University is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick,Virginia. Founded on March 6, 1882,Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black Americans. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Bainbridge Colby was an American politician and attorney who was a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912;he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party,but never won.
Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 25,750. In Virginia,independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them,so the government offices of Augusta County are in Verona,which is contiguous to Staunton. Staunton is a principal city of the Staunton-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had a 2010 population of 118,502. Staunton is known for being the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson,the 28th U.S. president,and as the home of Mary Baldwin University,historically a women's college. The city is also home to Stuart Hall,a private co-ed preparatory school,as well as the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. It was the first city in the United States with a fully defined city manager system.
Carter Glass was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg,Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson. He played a major role in the establishment of the U.S. financial regulatory system,helping to establish the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Earl Farwell Dodge Jr. was an American politician who served as the Prohibition Party's chairman and presidential candidate from the 1984 to 2000 presidential elections and later ran with the nomination of his own faction during the 2004 presidential election.
Joseph Maull Carey was an American lawyer,rancher,judge,and politician,who was active in Wyoming local,state,and federal politics.
Howard W. Carson was an American Democratic politician. Carson was a member of the West Virginia Senate for the 11th district from 1956 to 1968. From 1961 to 1968,he served as President of the West Virginia Senate.
John Brown Jr. was the eldest son of the abolitionist John Brown. His mother was Brown's first wife,Dianthe Lusk Brown,who died when John Jr. was 11. He was born in Hudson,Ohio. In 1841 he tried teaching in a country school,but left it after one year,finding it frustrating and the children "snotty". In spring 1842 he enrolled at the Grand River Institute in Austinburg,Ohio. In July 1847 he married Wealthy Hotchkiss (1829–1911). The couple settled in Springfield,Massachusetts.
Barclay Coppock,also spelled "Coppac","Coppic",and "Coppoc",was a follower of John Brown and a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War. Along with his brother Edwin Coppock,he participated in Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
James Sloan Kuykendall was an American farmer,lawyer,and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Kuykendall was twice elected as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County. Kuykendall also served three terms as the mayor of Romney and later fulfilled the position of city attorney.
Woodrow Augustus Myers Jr. is an American physician and political candidate from Indiana. He served as health commissioner for Indiana and New York City. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Indiana in the 2020 election,losing to incumbent Republican Eric Holcomb.
Patton was an unincorporated community in Walker County,in the U.S. state of Alabama. "Patton" and "Patton Junction" are often treated as different names for a single community.
George Francis Barnes was an American businessman and politician aligned with the Republican Party,who served in the Virginia state senate briefly in 1963 and then again from 1966 until his defeat ten years later.
Daniel Woodrow Bird Sr. was an American farmer and politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. He is best remembered for his pioneering work in establishing community colleges in Virginia which became a model for the rest of the United States.
Arthur Glenn Froe was an American lawyer and politician. He was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia,and served in this position from 1922 to 1930 during the presidential administrations of Harding,Calvin Coolidge,and Herbert Hoover.
Eppa Hunton III,known as Eppa Hunton Jr.,was an American attorney. The son of General Eppa Hunton,he experienced a turbulent childhood with the American Civil War and Reconstruction as its backdrop. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law,he practiced law with his father in Warrenton,Virginia,for a number of years before moving south to Richmond in 1901 to help found the law firm Munford,Hunton,Williams &Anderson.
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