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Barbour Family
The Barbour family is a prominent American political family of Scottish origin from Virginia. The progenitor of the Barbour family was James Barbour, who emigrated to Virginia from Scotland in the middle of the 17th-century. Notable members The Barbour family's more notable members included James Barbour (10 June 1775–7 June 1842), United States Senator, 18th Governor of Virginia, and 11th United States Secretary of War; John Strode Barbour, Sr. (8 August 1790–12 January 1855), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district; John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820–14 May 1892), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district and United States Senator; and Philip P. Barbour (25 May 1783–25 February 1841), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Associate Justice of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word ''Scoti'' originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Justices Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justices, any six of whom constitute a quorum. Appointments Clause, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants plenary power to the President of the United States to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint justices to the Supreme Court; justices have life tenure. Background The Supreme Court was created by Article Three of the United States Constitution, Article III of the Constitution of the United States, United States Constitution, which stipulates that the "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court," and was organized by the 1st United States Congress. Through the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress specified the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Field (1841–1890)
Henry Field (1841 – December 22, 1890) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A millionaire, Field was involved in the business ventures of his brother Marshall Field, as well as many other commercial ventures. Through his wedding to Florence Lathrop in 1878, Field became a member of the prestigious Barbour family. Early life Field was born in Conway, Massachusetts in 1841. Adult life In 1861, Field moved to Chicago, Illinois. Field quickly received employment at Cooley, Farwell & Co, where his brother Marshall also worked. When Field, Leiter & Company, the business of his elder brother Marshall, was established in 1869, Field became a member of the firm. Field would become a millionaire, serving as a junior partner of the company. On October 29, 1879, at the age of 38, Field wed the 21-year-old Florence Lathrop at the Byrd's Nest Chapel, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Florence, a daughter of Jedediah Hyde Lathrop, was a member of the prestigious Barbour family. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Lathrop Field Page
Florence Lathrop Field Page (October 29, 1858 – July 6, 1921) was an American socialite and philanthropist. Born into the esteemed Barbour family, Page became a notable society figure and philanthropist. Page was considered a member of America's urban elite.Funigiello p. 3 She was twice married, first to Henry Field (the brother of Marshall Field), and later to Thomas Nelson Page. Early life, education, and family Born Florence Lathrop on October 19, 1858 in Alexandria, Virginia she was the daughter of Jedediah Hyde Lathrop and Mariana Bryan Lathrop (also known as "Minerva" and "Minna").Funigiello p. 15 Her siblings included Bryan Lathrop, Barbour Lathrop, and Minna Lathrop. She was a descendant of the puritan John Lothropp on her father's side. She was a member of the Barbour family on her mother's side. Her maternal grandmother was Mary Barbour Bryan (the daughter of Thomas Barbour, and the sister of James Barbour and Philip P. Barbour). Her maternal grandfather was Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbour Lathrop
Thomas Barbour Lathrop (January 28, 1847 – May 17, 1927) was an American philanthropist and world traveler. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Jedediah Hyde Lathrop, a descendant of the Lathrop family of New Hampshire and Mariana Bryan of Virginia. His older brother was Bryan Lathrop and younger sister was Florence Lathrop. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Lathrop's father, an abolitionist, moved the family to Chicago. Lathrop spent two years at a New York City boarding school before being sent to Germany to attend the University of Bonn. Upon his return, he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1869. Lathrop was a member of the Barbour family on his mother's side. Lathrop rebelled against his father's insistence that he practice law and was cut off from any further financial assistance. He moved to San Francisco in the early 1870s and worked as a reporter for The San Francisco Morning Call. Shortly after its founding in 1879, Lathrop became one of the earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Lathrop
Bryan Lathrop (August 6, 1844 – May 13, 1916) was an American businessman and art collector from Alexandria, Virginia, United States. He is known for his works in Chicago, Illinois, where his insurance and real estate dealings made him very wealthy. Lathrop had a lifelong interest in the arts, supporting several Chicago institutions and rallying for an extension to Lincoln Park. He was also the longtime president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Graceland Cemetery. He was the brother-in-law of Marshall Field and Thomas Nelson Page. Early life Bryan Lathop was born on August 6, 1844, to Jedediah Hyde Lathrop and Mariana Lathrop in Alexandria, Virginia. His family was prominent in the state; he descended from John Lothropp and was the grand-nephew of Governor James Barbour. He was grandson of Daniel Bryan Lathrop attended the Dinwiddie School, intending to enroll at the University of Virginia. However, with the outbreak of the American Civil War, Lathrop moved with his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jedediah Hyde Lathrop
Jedediah Hyde Lathrop (July 5, 1806 – November 23, 1889) was an American merchant. Early life Lathrop was born on July 5, 1806, in Lebanon in Grafton County, New Hampshire. He was a younger son of Lois ( Huntington) Lathrop (1765–1846) and Samuel Lathrop (1756–1821), a soldier in the Revolutionary War. A descendant of the puritan John Lothropp, his paternal grandparents were Elisha Lathrop and Hannah ( Hough) Lathrop. His maternal grandparents were Theophelus Huntington and Lois ( Gifford) Huntington. Career In 1842, Lathrop was appointed by President John Tyler to succeed George W. Clinton as the Collector of the Port of Buffalo, serving in that position until 1845. He acquired a sizable fortune through stock investments, as well as banking associated with the Riggs Bank. Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, he made several large investments in Chicago real estate that greatly increased his wealth. Lathrop and his wife were strong unionists, and, in the leadup to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Bryan (Virginia Politician)
Daniel Bryan (1789 – December 22, 1866) was an American politician, abolitionist, lawyer, poet, and postmaster who served in the Senate of Virginia from 1818 to 1820 and as postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia for more than three decades. Bryan married into the prestigious Barbour family in his second marriage. Early life Bryan was born in 1789 in rural Rockingham County, Virginia. Sources disagree whether Bryan's maternal uncle was Daniel Boone. (Daniel Boone had a nephew named Daniel Bryan, but there is evidence to indicate that this is a different person from the subject of this article. It is likely, however, that the politician/poet Daniel Bryan was more distantly related to Boone.) If he was Boone's nephew, then Bryan's father would have been William Bryan, one of the founders of Bryan Station, and his mother Mary Boone Bryan, sister of Daniel Boone. Bryan attended Washington Academy (today's Washington and Lee University), but did not graduate. He read law at home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sextus Barbour
Dr. Sextus Barbour (July 26, 1813 – December 20, 1848) was a prominent American physician and planter. As the son of Philip P. Barbour (May 25, 1783 – February 25, 1841), U.S. Congressman from Virginia and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Barbour was a scion of the Barbour political family. Early life and education Barbour was born on July 26, 1813, in Orange County, Virginia. He was the sixth child of Philip P. Barbour and his wife Frances Todd Johnson. Barbour was a matriculant at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1834. Writings Sometime between 1839 and '43, Barbour wrote "Directions for Writing" which is widely cited in literature on writing and grammar:In notes in the third person, the address, and date, are to be placed, on the right side just below the last line. Both letters, and notes, are to be addressed, to the persons for whom they are intended, on the left side, of the lower part of the paper. The place of abode of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barbour (Virginia)
Thomas Barbour (1735 – May 16, 1825) was a prominent landowner and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Thomas Barbour was born in 1735 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia, the son of James Barbour (1707-1775). His elder brother James Barbour (burgess) represented Culpeper County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses from 1761-1765. Barbour married Mary Pendleton Thomas, a first cousin of Edmund Pendleton, in 1771. They had ten daughters and five sons. Their sons who likewise held offices included James Barbour (18th Governor of Virginia and 11th United States Secretary of War) and Philip P. Barbour ( U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court). Barbour served as Justice of the Peace for Orange County, from 1768 until his death. From 1769 until 1776 (although the prorogued house had no quorum after June 24, 1775), Barbour represented Orange County in the Virginia House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Madison Barbour
Alfred Madison Barbour (April 17, 1829 – April 4, 1866) was a Virginia lawyer, one-term delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates and also in the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. He may be best known for his role as Superintendent of the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) during John Brown's raid. Although Barbour voted against secession, he became a major in the Confederate States Army and served as a quartermaster during the American Civil War. Early life Barbour was born on April 17, 1829, on a plantation in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was the son of John S. Barbour, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district, and his wife Ella A. Byrne, and had several siblings. Barbour attended the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. Government service Returning to Virginia, Barbour moved to the state's northwest corner. Monongalia County voters once elected him as one of their two re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strode Barbour (1866–1952)
John Strode Barbour (August 10, 1866 – May 6, 1952) was a Virginia lawyer, businessman, and politician. Early life and education Barbour was born on August 10, 1866 at Beauregard in Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia. The Barbour political family, was one of the First Families of Virginia. His lawyer father James Barbour, had continued the family's political involvement, as well as served as a major in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His mother was Fanny Thomas Beckham, and also bore daughter, Mrs. C.B. Wallace of Nashville, Tennessee. Barbour's private education included William Hartman Kable's Charles Town Male Academy in Charles Town, West Virginia. In 1884, Barbour began reading law at John Franklin Rixey's law office in Culpeper, Virginia. Two years later, Barbour started a weekly newspaper, the Piedmont Advance, which operated for approximately two years. In 1887 Barbour began attending law school at the University of Virginia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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