History of Orange County Virginia United States of America

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William Wilson Hudson, educator, was born in Orange county, Va., about 1808. He was graduated from Yale, A.B. 1827, A.M., 1830, and was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Alabama, 1833-37. He removed to Columbia, Mo., in 1838, and was appointed professor in Columbia college there. Upon the merging of tire college in the University of Missouri he was professor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy in the university. 1843-56, and during the interim between the resignation of President John H. Lathrop and the inauguration of the Rev. James Shannon, he acted as president, 1849-50. He was elected president of the University of Missouri, July 4, 1856, on the retirement of Dr. Shannon, and was also professor of physics, astronomy, and engineering, holding these several offices until his death. The astronomical observatory which developed into the Laws observatory was erected and equipped with instruments under his direction and partly from his own private means. He died in Columbia, Mo., June 14, 1859.

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

Reuben Lindsay Cave, educator, was born in Orange county, Va., Jan. 13, 1845. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky and entered the Confederate army in 1861, serving under Thomas J. Jackson until his death, and then under Lee, until the surrender at Appomattox in 1865. At the close of the war he engaged in business and studied for the ministry of the Christian church. He held pastorates at Lexington, Ky., Gordonsville, Va., and at the First Christian church, Nashville, Tenn. He was professor of English at Christian university, Canton, Mo., was afterward president of that institution, and also of Kentucky university, 1897-1900.

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

James Johnson, representative, was born in Orange county, Va., Jan. 1, 1774; son of Robert Johnson, who removed to the "dark and bloody" ground of Kentucky in 1779, and settled in what is now Scott county. James served as a lieutenant-colonel in the war of 1812, and commanded. the right wing of the U.S. forces in the battle of the Thames. He engaged in contracting to furnish the U.S. troops on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers with supplies, 1819-20. He was a Democratic representative from Kentucky in the 19th congress, 1825-26. He died at Great Crossings, Ky., Aug. 14, 1826.

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

John Randolph Grymes, lawyer, was born in Orange county, Va, in 1786; son of John Randolph Grymes (1746-1820), loyalist and member of "the rangers" 1777-78. His mother was a daughter of John Randolph, the last royal attorney-general of Virginia, and niece of Peyton Randolph, president of the Continental congress. The son removed to Louisiana in 1808; was a volunteer aide to General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, receiving the complimentary notice of his chief in dispatches to the war department. He was Jackson's counsel in the U.S. bank case and was opposition counsel to Daniel Webster in the Myra Clark Gaines will contest. He served at different times as U.S. district attorney, as attorney general of the state of Louisiana, as representative in the state legislature and as a member of the state constitutional convention. He was a principal in two "affairs of honor" in one of which he was severely wounded. He died in New Orleans, La., Dec. 4, 1854.

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

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