History of Norfolk, (Norfolk (city) County) Virginia United States of America

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Thomas Newton, representative, was born in Norfolk, Va. in 1769; son of Thomas and Martha (Tucker) Newton; grandson of Thomas and Amy (Hutchins) Newton, and of Robert Tucker, and a great grandson of George and Aphie (Wilson) Newton. George Newton was mayor of the borough of Norfolk, Va., in 1786 and 1742. Thomas received a good education, studied law and settled in practice in Norfolk. He was a Republican representative in the 7th-20th and the 22d congresses, 1801-29 and 1831-33. He claimed election to the 21st congress, but the house by a majority of thirteen gave the seat to George Loyall who had contested it. He retired the oldest member in point of service in the house, having also served for many years as chairman of the committee on commerce and manufactures. His son, John Newton , was the distinguished soldier and engineer. He died in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 5, 1847.

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

John Cowper Granbery, M.E. bishop, was born in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 5, 1829; son of Richard Allen and Ann (Leslie) Granbery; grandson of Isaiah and Mary E. (Cowper) Granbery, and a descendant of John Granbery, who died in 1733. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in 1844, entered the Randolph-Macon college, and was graduated in 1848. He was a chaplain in the Confederate army, 1861-65, and a pastor, missionary, and itinerant preacher from the time he left college until 1875, when he became acting professor of mental and moral philosophy, and professor of practical theology in the Biblical department of Vanderbilt university. Nashville, Tenn. In May 1882 Dr. Granbery was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and he resigned the chairs in Vanderbilt and made his episcopal residence at Ashland, Va. He was made a member of the board of trust of Vanderbilt university in 1822. Randolph-Macon conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1857, and that of D.D. in 1870. He is the author of Bible Dictionary (1882), and Sermons (1896).

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

Mary Kollock, artist, was born in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 20, 1832; daughter of Shepard Koscinsko and Sarah (Harris) Kollock; granddaugh: ter of Shepard and Susannah (Arnett) Kollock, and of Stephen and Sarah (Denny) Harris of Leicester, Mass., and a descendant on her mother's side from John Alden of the Mayflower. She studied under Robert Wylie in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia, Pa.; at the National Academy of Design in New York; also took lessons in landscape painting from John B. Bristol, A. H. Wyant and others, and spent one year at the Julian school in Paris and in sketching in the north of France. She established herself in a studio in New York city. She was elected a member of the Art Students' league in 1877. In 1890 she settled in Paris, where she remained five years, studying under Paul Delance, Collot, Lewis Deschamps and others. While in Paris she exhibited in the Salon. She returned to America and again settled in New York city in 1897. She exhibited "Midsummer in the Mountains" at the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876, and constantly exhibited at the National Academy of Design and other places in the United States. Her more important works include: Lake George (1872); Black Mountain (1872); Morning in the Mountains (1877); On the Road to Mount Marcy (1877); A November Day (1878); An Evening Walk (1878); A Gleam of Sunshine (1882); On Rondout Creek (1883); The Old Fiddler (1883); Under the Beeches (1885); A Glimpse of the Catskills (1886); Early Morning in the Mountains (1887); Old Brittany Woman Spinning (1890); Road in Normandy (1890); Washing in Pont-Arch, France (1890); The Gossips (1892); Italian Brigand (1892).

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

Jane Barron Hope Marr, author, was born in Hampton, Va., May 26, 1859; daughter of James Barron and Annie Beverly (Whiting) Hope; granddaughter of Wilton and Jane (Barron) Hope and of Kennon and Anne (Wythe) Whiting, and a descendant of James Whitinge, who came to Virginia in the George in 1607. Kennon Whiting was the grandson of Col. Thomas Whiting, president of the Virginia naval board, who held George Washington in his arms at the child's baptism. Jane Barron Hope was educated at home and by private tutors, and at the Leache-Wood seminary, Norfolk, Va., and became well known as a writer of short stories. She was married at Norfolk, Va., April 13, 1887, to Robert Athelstan Marr, Jr.. She became a member of the Pennsylavania Historical society in 1882. Her published works include: The Rescue, a Story of Colonial Virginia; (1883); Stories and Papers (1884); A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves (poems of her father selected and edited, 1895); and numerous short stories, sketches of her father's life and work, sketches of travel, and other contributions to periodicals.

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