George Strother

George F. Strother
George F. Strother
Member of the Thomas L. Moore
Personal details
Born	1783; College of William and Mary
Profession	Lawyer, planter, military officer, politician

George French Strother (1783 – November 28, 1840) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and slaveowner in Virginia and Missouri.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in

College of William and Mary

.

Virginia political career

After studying law, George Strother too was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Culpeper County, Virginia. He inherited property (including slaves) when his father died in 1799. In the 1810 federal census, he owned 7 slaves in Culpeper County, and 23 slaves in Falmouth in Stafford County, Virginia, from here his father had moved to Culpeper County but where the family continued to retain property.

George Strother won what once had been his father's seat in the

Thomas L. Moore

was elected in November.

Missouri

After the

St. Louis, Missouri, where Strother became receiver of public money.^[2]

Strother practiced law in St. Louis for many years. A nephew with the same name caused a sensation by stabbing a fellow lawyer from Virginia named Horatio Cozens to death in the courthouse over a political dispute on behalf of this George Strother. The murderer then fled to Mexico, where he reportedly died.[3]

Family

George French Strother married Sarah Green Williams, daughter of Gen. James Williams, of "Soldier's Rest" in

James French Strother who served in Virginia's Constitutional Convention of 1850). After Sarah died, Strother married Theodosia, daughter of John Hunt, of Lexington, Kentucky, and had two more children, Sallie and John Hunt Strother (1812–1863).^[4]

Death and legacy

George Strother died on November 28, 1840. He was originally interred in Christ Church Cemetery and in 1860 was reinterred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

References

^
- United States Congress. "George Strother (id: S001023)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ Encyclopedia of American Biography (1902) p. 902
^ William Van Ness Bay, Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri (St. Louis: F. H. Thomas and Company, 1878), pp. 199–200.
^ William Armstrong Crozier, Howard Randolph Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby (Privately published for William D. Buckner, 1907), p. 237.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Aylett Hawes	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district March 4, 1817 – February 10, 1820	Succeeded by Thomas L. Moore

[1] 
United States Congress. "George Strother (id: S001023)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[2] United States Congress. "George Strother (id: S001023)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[2] Encyclopedia of American Biography (1902) p. 902

[3] William Van Ness Bay, Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri (St. Louis: F. H. Thomas and Company, 1878), pp. 199–200.

[4] William Armstrong Crozier, Howard Randolph Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby (Privately published for William D. Buckner, 1907), p. 237.

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