History of Tallahassee, (Leon County) Florida United States of America

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Richard Keith Call, governor of Florida, was born near Petersburg, Va., 1791; a nephew of Richard Keith Call. He entered the United States army in 1814 as 1st lieutenant of the 44th infantry, was appointed aid to General Jackson in April, 1818, was promoted captain in July, and subsequently became major-general of Florida militia. He served a term in the Florida assembly in 1822-23 as delegate to the 18th Congress, and in 1835 became governor of the territory of Florida, retaining the office until 1840. While governor he led the troops against the Seminole Indians, 1835-36, after which a controversy with the secretary of war relative to his conduct of the Seminole campaign led to his removal. He was re-appointed governor of Florida in 1841 by President Harrison, holding the office until 1844. In 1845, upon the admission of Florida to the Union as a state, he stood for an election to the governorship, but was defeated, owing to popular prejudice against him for his action in turning Whig in 1840. He died at Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 14, 1862.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

John Pope Duval, lawyer, was born in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1790; son of Maj. William Duval, a friend of Washington and officer in his army during the Revolution. He was graduated at Washington college in 1807, and at William and Mary and was admitted to the bar in Richmond in 1812. He served on the Canadian frontier and in Virginia, as lieutenant and captain in the 20th U.S. infantry during the war of 1812-14. He removed to Florida in 1827, where he joined his brother, William P., governor of the territory. He practised law there, 1827-32 and at Bairdston, Ky., 1832-36. He was a brigadier-general in the Texan army, and was on recruiting service in Kentucky when the war ended. He was secretary of the Territory of Florida and by order of Governor Call made a "Digest of the laws of Florida" (1840). He was secretary of state and acting governor of the territory for a time, and on the admission of Florida as a state in 1845, he was prominent as a Democratic politician. He died at Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 7, 1854.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Carrington Cabell, statesman, was born in Richmond, Va., Feb. 5, 1816; third son of Judge William H. and Agnes Sarah Bell (Gamble) Cabell. He studied at Washington college, 1832-33; Reynolds' classical academy, 1833-34, and the University of Virginia, 1834-36. He was first engaged as a civil engineer in surveying and locating the James river and Kanawha canal. In the fall of 1836 he removed to Florida. He was a delegate to the convention which framed the state constitution in 1838, which was ratified by the people, and the state was admitted into the Union in 1845. In 1839 he returned to Virginia, where he studied law and was licensed to practise in 1840. He then settled at Tallahassee, and was the Florida representative in the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd congresses, serving from 1845 to 1853. He removed to St. Louis, Mo., in 1859. He served in the Confederate army as aid to Gen. John Letcher of Virginia, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was at the battles of Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Frasier's farm, serving subsequently on the staffs of Generals Price and Kirby Smith, until the close of the war. He practised law in New York city from 1868 to 1872, and subsequently in St. Louis, Mo., and from 1878 to 1882 he occupied a seat in the Missouri senate, retiring from public life on the expiration of his term. He was married Nov. 5, 1850, to Anna Maria, daughter of Dr. Daniel Pinchbeck and Elizabeth (Moss) Wilcox. He died at St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor