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Lavalette Johnston McMullen

Birth
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death
27 Apr 1941 (aged 90–91)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Section H, Lot 79, Grave 3
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Mrs. McMullen Dies At 91
Great-Grandniece Of Patrick Henry Was Formerly A Baltimorean
Special Dispatch to The Evening Sun Washington, April 28, 1941.

Mrs. Lavelette Johnston McMullen, widow of John F McMullen, of Howard county and great-grandniece of Patrick Henry, the Virginia orator and patriot, died at her Georgetown home yesterday. She was 91 years old. A requiem mass will be said at Holy Trinity Church here tomorrow and burial will follow in the New Cathedral Cemetery at Baltimore.

Father A Statesman
Mrs. McMullen was born in Tazewell, Va., in 1850, the daughter of Judge John Warfield Johnston, United States Senator from Virginia from 1869 to 1893, and Nicketti Floyd Johnston. Her maternal grandfather, John Floyd, who served in Congress from 1815 to 1829, was known as "the Father of Oregon" for his advocacy of the Northwest boundary purchase. Floyd was twice Governor of Virginia and was one of the founders of the Whig party. As a girl of 13. Mrs. McMullen saw the burning of Abingdon, Va., during a raid by a Federal cavalry.

Moved To Baltimore
She was married in 1871 and came to Baltimore, moving to Howard county some years later. She took up her residence in Georgetown seventeen years ago. Surviving are four daughters, the Misses Mary F., Laetitia J. and Nicketti McMullen, and Mrs. W. Arnold Brinkman, all of Washington, and three sons, John F. of San Francisco, and Joseph B. and Dysart McMullen, of Washington. Also surviving are a brother and sister, Col. Joseph B. Johnston and Miss Coralie Johnston, both of Richmond, Va.

The Baltimore Sun, April 28, 1941.
Mrs. McMullen Dies At 91
Great-Grandniece Of Patrick Henry Was Formerly A Baltimorean
Special Dispatch to The Evening Sun Washington, April 28, 1941.

Mrs. Lavelette Johnston McMullen, widow of John F McMullen, of Howard county and great-grandniece of Patrick Henry, the Virginia orator and patriot, died at her Georgetown home yesterday. She was 91 years old. A requiem mass will be said at Holy Trinity Church here tomorrow and burial will follow in the New Cathedral Cemetery at Baltimore.

Father A Statesman
Mrs. McMullen was born in Tazewell, Va., in 1850, the daughter of Judge John Warfield Johnston, United States Senator from Virginia from 1869 to 1893, and Nicketti Floyd Johnston. Her maternal grandfather, John Floyd, who served in Congress from 1815 to 1829, was known as "the Father of Oregon" for his advocacy of the Northwest boundary purchase. Floyd was twice Governor of Virginia and was one of the founders of the Whig party. As a girl of 13. Mrs. McMullen saw the burning of Abingdon, Va., during a raid by a Federal cavalry.

Moved To Baltimore
She was married in 1871 and came to Baltimore, moving to Howard county some years later. She took up her residence in Georgetown seventeen years ago. Surviving are four daughters, the Misses Mary F., Laetitia J. and Nicketti McMullen, and Mrs. W. Arnold Brinkman, all of Washington, and three sons, John F. of San Francisco, and Joseph B. and Dysart McMullen, of Washington. Also surviving are a brother and sister, Col. Joseph B. Johnston and Miss Coralie Johnston, both of Richmond, Va.

The Baltimore Sun, April 28, 1941.

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