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served several years as a member of the siatc house oi delegates and senate; elected at a Democrat to the twenty-fourth, twenty- fifth aiul twenty-sixth congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3. 1S41) ; declined being a can- didate fur re-election; elected to the twenty- eighth and twenty-ninth congresses ( Alarch 4. 1843-March 3, 1847) ; died April 27, 1.S47.

Edmundson, Henry Alonzo, born in Dlacksburg, Montgomery county, Virginia, June 8. 1814; completed preparatory stud- ies;, studied law and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Salem ; elected to the thirty-first, thirty-second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1861); died in his home at Falling Waters, Mont- gomery county, Virginia, December 16, 1890.

Eggleston, Joseph, born in Amelia county, X'irginia. November 24. 175-1. He was gradu- ated from William and Mary College in 1776. and immediately afterward entered the revolutionary army and became one of its most brilliant cavalry officers. He was soon promoted to major, under Col. Henry Lee, c-nd commanded the rear-guard of that offi- cer's famous legion in the Southern cam- I'aign. He especially distinguished himself in the desperate battle of Guilford Court House in March. 1781. and in the siege of Augusta in the following June. In the bril- liant battle of Eutaw Springs, in September of the same year, his bold attack upon the British advance won the first success in the ?ction. After the war he was a member of the assembly for several years. He was elected to congress in 1798 to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of William B. Giles, and v/as re-elected to the sixth con-

gress, extending his service to March 3, 1801, when he became a justice of the peace, and retained that office until his death, in .Amelia county, February 13, 181 1.

Eppes, John W. (q. v.).

Estill, Benjamin, native of Washington county, born March 13, 1780; was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Abingdon ; elected to the nineteenth congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1S27) ; died July 14, 1853.

Evans, Thomas, a native of Accomac county, Virginia, was a student of William and Mary College, where in 1773 he won one of the Botetourt medals for classical learn- ing. He married Mildred Moody, of Wil- liamsburg, widow of Josiah Johnson, pro- fessor of humanitv in the college. He re- sided at "Sunderland Hall,"' Accfimac county, and was member of the fifth and s:xth congresses (March 4, 1797-March 4, iSoi). His son, Thomas Moody Evans, married Eliza Mary White, daughter of Gen. Anihv.nv Walton White, aide-de-camp to (leorgo Washington.

Faulkner, Charles James, born in Mar- tinsburg. \'irginia, July 6. 1806; was gradu- ated from Georgetown (D. C.) University in 1S22: attended Chancellor Tucker's law lectures in Winchester: was admitted to the bar in 1829. and entered upon practice. He was a member of the state house of dele- gates in 1832-33 ; was a commissioner on the disputed Virginia-Maryland boundary: was a state senator. 1841-44, but resigned: was elected to the revising legislature in 1848; member of state constitutional convention, 1850. He was elected to the thirty-second congress. March 4. 1851. and to the two suc-

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