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Eppa
Eppa is a masculine given name which is borne by: * Eppa Hunton I (1789–1830), American planter, militia officer and politician * Eppa Hunton (1822–1908), American lawyer, politician and Confederate Civil War brigadier general, son of the above * Eppa Hunton Jr. (1855–1932), American lawyer, railroad executive and politician, son of the above * Eppa Hunton IV (1904–1976), American lawyer, son of the above * Eppa Rixey Eppa Rixey Jr. (May 3, 1891 – February 28, 1963), nicknamed "Jephtha", was an American baseball player who played 21 seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1933 as a left-handed pitc ... (1891–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher {{given name English-language masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton II (September 24, 1822October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat in both the United States House of Representatives and then the United States Senate from Virginia. Early years Hunton was born on September 24, 1822 near Warrenton, Virginia, to Eppa Hunton I (1789–1830) and the former Elizabeth Marye Brent (1789–1866), who had married on June 22, 1811, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Fauquier County. He was their third son, after the twins John Heath Hunton and George William Hunton, who were born in 1826. Both families had emigrated from England in the 17th century. The Brent family had moved across the Potomac River from Maryland before Bacon's Rebellion and by the time of the Revolutionary War were important planters and lawyers in Stafford County, Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppa Hunton Jr
Eppa Hunton III (April 14, 1855 – March 5, 1932), known as Eppa Hunton Jr., was an American lawyer, railroad executive, and politician. The son of Confederate general Eppa Hunton, he experienced a turbulent childhood with the American Civil War and Reconstruction as its backdrop. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, he practiced law with his father in Warrenton, Virginia, for a number of years before moving south to Richmond, Virginia, Richmond in 1901 to help found the law firm Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson (later Hunton Andrews Kurth). He served as List of presidents of the Virginia Bar Association, president of the Virginia State Bar Association from 1915 to 1916, and, in 1920, he resigned from his firm to accept the presidency of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a position he held until his death in 1932. Like his father, he was active in politics, winning election to a term in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppa Hunton IV
Eppa Hunton IV (July 31, 1904 – November 23, 1976) was an American lawyer. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he graduated from the University of Virginia and its law school before returning to his hometown, where, excepting his overseas military service in World War II, he resided the remainder of his life. The only son of Eppa Hunton Jr., in 1927 he joined the firm his father co-founded—Hunton, Williams, Anderson & Gay (now Hunton Andrews Kurth)—and practiced corporate law, eventually becoming a senior partner. Hunton was an influential figure in Richmond society for nearly half a century. He was a longtime director of the First & Merchants Bank, was active in Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politics, served for many years on the Board of visitors, boards of visitors of the Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, including a period as Rector (academia), rector of the latter, and held membership in a multitude of civic and cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppa Rixey
Eppa Rixey Jr. (May 3, 1891 – February 28, 1963), nicknamed "Jephtha", was an American baseball player who played 21 seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1933 as a left-handed pitcher. Rixey was best known as the National League's leader in career victories for a left-hander with 266 wins until Warren Spahn surpassed his total in 1959. Rixey attended the University of Virginia where he was a star pitcher. He was discovered by umpire Cy Rigler, who convinced him to sign directly with the Phillies, bypassing minor league baseball entirely. His time with the Phillies was marked by inconsistency. He won 22 games in 1916, but also led the league in losses twice. In 1915, the Phillies played in the World Series, and Rixey lost in his only appearance. After being traded to the Reds prior to the 1921 season, he won 20 or more games in a season three times, including a league-leading 25 in 1922, and posted eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppa Hunton I
Eppa Hunton (January 30, 1789 – April 8, 1830) was an American planter, military officer, and politician. Early life and family Childhood Hunton was born on January 30, 1789, at "Fairview" in Fauquier County, Virginia, the second of eight children of Hannah Logan (née Brown) and James Hunton. Marriage Hunton married the former Elizabeth Marye Brent on June 22, 1811. The couple had eleven children: Virginia, Hannah, John, Judith, Silas B. Hunton, Silas, James, Eppa Hunton, Eppa, Elizabeth, George, Mary, and Charles. Death Hunton died at his home, "Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia), Mount Hope", near New Baltimore, Virginia, on April 8, 1830, and was buried in the family cemetery on the property. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunton, Eppa 1 1789 births 1830 deaths American slave owners Hunton family, Eppa 1 19th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
