Person:Gabriel Wharton (1)

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Brigadier General Gabriel Colvin Wharton

b.1824 Culpepper, Culpepper Co., VA

d.1906

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F. John Redd Wharton1796 - 1868
M. Eliza Hansbrough Colvin1803 - 1873

Mattie Wharton
Brigadier General Gabriel Colvin Wharton1824 - 1906
Letitia E. Wharton1825 -
Mary Amelia Wharton1831 -
Eliza J. Wharton1834 -
Sallie B. Wharton1835 -
Emma Frances Wharton1838 -
Nannie B. Wharton1840 -
John James Wharton1845 -

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H. Brigadier General Gabriel Colvin Wharton1824 - 1906
W. Anne Rebecca Radford1843 - 1890

William Radford Wharton1864 - 1918

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Name	Brigadier General Gabriel Colvin Wharton
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1824	Culpepper, Culpepper Co., VA
Marriage		to Anne Rebecca Radford
Graduation`^?`	1847	VMI
Death`^?`	1906
Burial`^?`		Radford Family Cemetery, Radford, VA
Reference Number`^?`		Q5515556^?

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Gabriel Colvin Wharton (July 23, 1824 – May 12, 1906) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work.

Brig. Gen. Gabriel Colvin Wharton, C.S.A 1824-1906 Born in Culpeper, Virginia. Married to Anne Rebecca (Nannie) Radford after whose family the City of Radford was named.

During the Civil War "Wharton's Brigade" fought mostly in the forgotten western front of Virginia, defending the vital railroads and materials which supplied the troops. After the war he became a businessman in the New River area with interest in land and railroad. He served in the Virginia Legislature and while there aided in obtaining Morrill Land-Grant Act script to establish Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He served on the V.P.I. board and as Rector.

Gen. Wharton, his wife and several generations of descendants are buried in the Radford Family Cemetery in Radford, Virginia.

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