Famous People of Richmond, Virginia

Brigadier General John Pegram

of Richmond, Virginia

Hetty Cary Pegram

Brigadier General John Pegram of Richmond won Hetty Cary's hand and after their wedding in January 1865, they went to his headquarters in a farmhouse near Petersburg, Virginia, Three weeks later he was killed leading a charge. She returned to Richmond in the freight car that carried his body. John is sleeping at Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond.

Joseph Reid Anderson

Mr. Joseph Reid Anderson, industrialist who built and operated Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Virginia

Mrs. John Marshall

Mary Willis (Polly) Ambler, wife of the 2nd Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall. In 1790, they built their home at 818 E. Marshall Street and lived there for 40 years.

Edward V. Valentine

Edward V. Valentine, sculptor of many Confederate heroes, whose masterpiece is the recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee in the chapel in Lexington. He is shown at about the time when he did the Lee statue.