Abingdon, Virginia
1. Rick Boucher (1946)
Virginia Politician
From 1983 until 2011, this Democratic Party politician served Virginia's ninth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In the 1970s and early 1980s, he was a member...
2. Boogie2988 (1974)
YouTube Star
YouTube phenomenon best known for his gaming-related content. He has different personas, including his most well known one of Francis, a lisp-afflicted childish adult who enjoys breaking stuff. His channel...
3. Nan Grogan Orrock (1943)
American Politician
Nan Grogan Orrock is a Democratic state senator in the Georgia State Senate for the State Senate district 36. Following the 2006 retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa Orrock was...
4. Martin Beaty (1784)
American Politician
Martin Beaty was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Abingdon Virginia. In his life he worked as an iron furnace operator a salt manufacturer a rancher...
5. William Nichol (mayor) (1800)
American Politician
Nichol was an American banker Whig politician and planter. He served as the Mayor of Nashville Tennessee from 1835 to 1837.
6. Preston W. Campbell (1874)
American Politician
Preston White Campbell was born in Abingdon Virginia. He was educated by tutors and at the Abingdon Male Academy. He read law in the office of Francis B. Hutton later...
7. Connally Findlay Trigg (1847)
Politician
Connally Findlay Trigg was a United States Congressman from Virginia and a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He was born in Abingdon the county seat of Washington County...
8. Connally Findlay Trigg (judge) (1810)
United States Federal Judge
Connally Findlay Trigg was a United States federal judge. Born in Abingdon Virginia Trigg read law in 1833 and had a private practice in Abingdon until 1856. He was a...
9. Jeremiah Watkins Clapp (1814)
American Politician
Jeremiah Watkins Clapp was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Washington County Virginia and later moved to Mississippi. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from...
10. Richard D. Obenshain (1935)
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Richard Dudley Dick Obenshain was an American attorney and politician.
11. Addison White (1824)
Politician
Addison White was an American politician who served the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives between 1851 and 1853. He was a cousin of Kentucky Congressman...
12. Gilbert S. Meem (1824)
Virginia Militia Confederate Sta
Gilbert Simrall Meem was a brigadier general in the Virginia militia who served along with the Confederate States Army in northwestern Virginia at various times during 1861 and early 1862...
13. John S. Preston (1809)
Confederate Army General
John Smith Preston was a wealthy planter soldier and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist he was the state's delegate dispatched...
14. James K. Gibson (1812)
American Politician
James King Gibson was a nineteenth-century politician merchant sheriff and banker from Virginia.
15. David C. Cummings, Jr. (1861)
Member Of The Senate Of Virginia
David Campbell Cummings Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate representing the state's 1st district.
16. Granville Henderson Oury (1825)
American Politician Judge Miner
Granville Henderson Oury was a nineteenth-century American politician lawyer judge soldier and miner.
17. Henry Warren Ogden (1842)
Confederate States Of America Ar
Henry Warren Ogden was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional district. He was born in Abingdon in Washington County in far southwestern Virginia.
18. Israel O'Quinn (1980)
Virginia Politician
Israel D. O'Quinn is an American politician. A Republican he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 5th district made up of the...
