History of Brunswick County Virginia United States of America

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John Herbert Claiborne, physician, was born in Brunswick county, Va., March 16, 1828; son of the Rev. John Gregory and Mary Elizabeth (Weldon) Claiborne of "Roslin Castle"; grandson of John Herbert and Mary (Gregory) Claiborne; and great-grandson of Col. Augustine and Mary (Herbert) Claiborne, who was third in descent from Secretary William Clayborne of Virginia, 1589-1676. He was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1849 and from the Jefferson medical college of Philadelphia in 1850, and practised in Petersburg, Va., until the breaking out of the war. In 1857 he was elected to the state senate. He served as a chief medical officer with the rank of major in the Confederate army and performed active and arduous duty, organizing the great general hospital at Petersburg in 1862, of which he was the medico-military head. At the close of the civil war he returned to private practice. He was twice married: first to Sarah Joseph Alston of the famous North Carolina family of that name, and secondly to Anne Leslie Watson of Petersburg, Va. He had a wide reputation as a skilful physician, especially as a gynecologist, and was also well known as a scholar and writer. He was made vice-president of the Virginia state medical society, and a member of the Confederate States army and navy medical association. He is the author of the Old Virginia Doctor, and Other Pieces; a notable essay on Diphtheria and Dysmennorrh?a and a volume of Clinical Reports from Private Practice (1873).

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

Aaron Venable Brown, statesman, was born in Brunswick county, Va., Aug. 15, 1795. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1814; removed to Nashville, Tenn., 1815; practiced law, and was at one time a partner of Janms K. Polk. He was a member of the Tennessee legislature; a representative in the 26th, 27th and 28th congresses, and governor of Tennessee, 1845-'7. He was U.S. postmaster-general, 1857-59. He died in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1850.

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

Francis Mallory, representative, was born in Brunswick county, Va., where he was brought up and educated. He settled at Hampton, Va., as a planter. He was a representative from Virginia in the 25th, 26th and 27th congresses, serving from Sept. 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843. He was appointed U.S. naval agent at Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1, 1850, by President Fillmore and held this office until his death in Norfolk, March 26, 1860.

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

George Washington Owen, representative, was born in Brunswick county, Va., in 1795, son of a planter, who removed his family to Davidson county, Tenn,, in 1808. He was graduated at the University of Nashville, studied law under Felix Grundy and was admitted to the bar in 1816. He practised in Claiborne, Monroe county, Ala., in partnership with John Gayle, represented Monroe county in the state legislature, 1819-20, and was speaker of the house in 1820. He was representative from Alabama in the 18th, 19th and 20th congresses, 1823-29; removed to Mobile; was collector of that port, 1829-36, and mayor of Mobile, 1836-37. He was married to Miss Hollinger of Mobile, Ala. He died at his plantation near Mobile, Ala., Aug. 18, 1837.

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

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