Congressional Directory Volume 52 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...also associated in the publication of a hymn and tune book, for use in the Baptist Church; is not married; was elected to the Fifty-first Congress, and re-elected to the Fiftysecond Congress as a Democrat, receiving 10,569 votes, against 1,360 votes for Adams, Independent. SIXTH DISTRICT. Counties.--Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Montgomery, Roanoke, and the city of Lynchburgh, and Roanoke City. Paul Carrington Edmunds, of Halifax Court-House, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, November 1, 1836; was educated by a private tutor at home; was three years at the University of Virginia; graduated in law at William and Mary College, Williamsburgh, Virginia; practiced law for nearly two years in Jefferson City, Missouri; returned to Virginia in 1858, and has been engaged in agriculture since that time on his farm in Halifax County; was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1881, and served four years; was re-elected in 1884; was a Delegate from the Sixth District to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1884; was elected to the Fifty-first Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty-second Congress as a Democrat, receiving 11,615 votes, and 1,200 votes scattering. SEVENTH DISTRICT. CouNTieS.--Albemarle, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, and the cities of Charlottesville and Winchester. Charles T. O'Ferrall, of Harrisonburgh, was born in Frederick County, Virginia, October 21, 1840; at the age of fifteen he was appointed Clerk pro tempore of the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Virginia, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of his father, and at the age of seventeen was elected Clerk of the County Court of that county for six years; in May, 1861, he enjisted in the cavalry service o...