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History of Clarke County VirginiaSelect a City, Town, Village or Township: Our database does not include an historic photo for Clarke County Virginia, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:A Biography of James Bowen Funsten James Bowen Funsten, first missionary bishop of Bois? and 191st in succession in the American episcopate, was born at The Highlands, Clarke county, Va., July 23, 1856. He was graduated at the Virginia military institute in 1875, and at the University of Virginia, LL.B. in 1878. He took his theological course at Virginia theological seminary and was ordained a deacon, June 23, 1882, in the seminary chapel at Alexandria, Va., by Bishop Whittle, and priest in same place by Bishop Peterkin in 1883. He was missionary at Bristol, Tenn., and Marion, Va., 1882-84; rector of Christ church, Richmond, Va, 1884-90; general missionary of the diocese, 1890-92; and rector of Trinity church, Portsmouth, Va., 1892-99. At the general convention of 1898 he was elected missionary bishop of Bois?, a new see created out of portions of the missionary district of Idaho and Wyoming, vacated by the Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, elected bishop of Central Pennsylvania. He was consecrated in Trinity church, Portsmouth, Va., July 13, 1899, by Bishops Whittle, Whitaker, Penick, Peterkin, Randolph, Pavet, Talbot and Cheshire. A Short Biography of James William Marshall James William Marshall, cabinet officer, was born in Clarke county, Va., Aug. 14, 1822; son of James Pede and Susan (Orear) Marshall and grandson of Rush Marshall. He attended the schools of Clarke and Fauquier counties until 1837 when he removed to Mount Sterling, Ky., and engaged in business. He was graduated from Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., in 1848. He was adjunct professor of ancient languages at Dickinson, 1848-50, and full professor, 1850-62. In 1850 he was married to Jane Stevenson of Carlisle. He was U.S. consul at Leeds, England, by appointment of President Lincoln, 1861-65. He settled near Bound Brook, N. J., in 1865, and was appointed first assistant postmaster-general by President Grant in 1869, and was appointed postmaster-general in 1874 on the retirement of John A. J. Cresswell, and held the position until the appointment of Marshall Jewell in the same year, when he was re-appointed first assistant postmaster-general, serving until March 3, 1877, after which time he was not in public life. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
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