~ the son of Robert and Elizabeth Craig Kent
~ lawyer
~ lieutenant-governor of Virginia
~ a farmer and large landowner of Wythe county
~ a justice of the old county court of Wythe county
~ Married twice:
* Eliza Ann Wood
* Anastatia Pleasants Smith
~ He had seven children
~ Education: Georgetown college in Washington, D.C. & Princeton, where he took the A. B. degree.
~ He read law in the office of Judge Andrew Fulton, of Wytheville.
~ 1853, he began the practice of law in Wytheville.
~ 1861, he was elected to represent Wythe county in the Constitutional convention, famous in history for having passed the ordinance of secession taking Virginia out of the Union. Of this convention he was the youngest member.
~ He was twice commonwealth's attorney of Wythe county
~ twice represented his county in the house of delegates of Virginia
~ once president of the electoral college of Virginia
~ served four years as lieutenant-governor of the state
~ For many years, he was president of the Farmers Bank of Wytheville, Virginia.
~ His name became a synonym of honesty and integrity all over Virginia.
~ In politics, was a Democrat
~ In religious preference, a Presbyterian
= Reference: Men of Mark in Virginia (Vol. 5) 1909
= Buried in East End Cemetery Per Wythe County, Virginia - A Bicentennial History by Mary B. Kegley
~ lawyer
~ lieutenant-governor of Virginia
~ a farmer and large landowner of Wythe county
~ a justice of the old county court of Wythe county
~ Married twice:
* Eliza Ann Wood
* Anastatia Pleasants Smith
~ He had seven children
~ Education: Georgetown college in Washington, D.C. & Princeton, where he took the A. B. degree.
~ He read law in the office of Judge Andrew Fulton, of Wytheville.
~ 1853, he began the practice of law in Wytheville.
~ 1861, he was elected to represent Wythe county in the Constitutional convention, famous in history for having passed the ordinance of secession taking Virginia out of the Union. Of this convention he was the youngest member.
~ He was twice commonwealth's attorney of Wythe county
~ twice represented his county in the house of delegates of Virginia
~ once president of the electoral college of Virginia
~ served four years as lieutenant-governor of the state
~ For many years, he was president of the Farmers Bank of Wytheville, Virginia.
~ His name became a synonym of honesty and integrity all over Virginia.
~ In politics, was a Democrat
~ In religious preference, a Presbyterian
= Reference: Men of Mark in Virginia (Vol. 5) 1909
= Buried in East End Cemetery Per Wythe County, Virginia - A Bicentennial History by Mary B. Kegley
~ the son of Robert and Elizabeth Craig Kent
~ lawyer
~ lieutenant-governor of Virginia
~ a farmer and large landowner of Wythe county
~ a justice of the old county court of Wythe county
~ Married twice:
* Eliza Ann Wood
* Anastatia Pleasants Smith
~ He had seven children
~ Education: Georgetown college in Washington, D.C. & Princeton, where he took the A. B. degree.
~ He read law in the office of Judge Andrew Fulton, of Wytheville.
~ 1853, he began the practice of law in Wytheville.
~ 1861, he was elected to represent Wythe county in the Constitutional convention, famous in history for having passed the ordinance of secession taking Virginia out of the Union. Of this convention he was the youngest member.
~ He was twice commonwealth's attorney of Wythe county
~ twice represented his county in the house of delegates of Virginia
~ once president of the electoral college of Virginia
~ served four years as lieutenant-governor of the state
~ For many years, he was president of the Farmers Bank of Wytheville, Virginia.
~ His name became a synonym of honesty and integrity all over Virginia.
~ In politics, was a Democrat
~ In religious preference, a Presbyterian
= Reference: Men of Mark in Virginia (Vol. 5) 1909
= Buried in East End Cemetery Per Wythe County, Virginia - A Bicentennial History by Mary B. Kegley
~ lawyer
~ lieutenant-governor of Virginia
~ a farmer and large landowner of Wythe county
~ a justice of the old county court of Wythe county
~ Married twice:
* Eliza Ann Wood
* Anastatia Pleasants Smith
~ He had seven children
~ Education: Georgetown college in Washington, D.C. & Princeton, where he took the A. B. degree.
~ He read law in the office of Judge Andrew Fulton, of Wytheville.
~ 1853, he began the practice of law in Wytheville.
~ 1861, he was elected to represent Wythe county in the Constitutional convention, famous in history for having passed the ordinance of secession taking Virginia out of the Union. Of this convention he was the youngest member.
~ He was twice commonwealth's attorney of Wythe county
~ twice represented his county in the house of delegates of Virginia
~ once president of the electoral college of Virginia
~ served four years as lieutenant-governor of the state
~ For many years, he was president of the Farmers Bank of Wytheville, Virginia.
~ His name became a synonym of honesty and integrity all over Virginia.
~ In politics, was a Democrat
~ In religious preference, a Presbyterian
= Reference: Men of Mark in Virginia (Vol. 5) 1909
= Buried in East End Cemetery Per Wythe County, Virginia - A Bicentennial History by Mary B. Kegley
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