Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin
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Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Clarke and Warren Counties | |
| In office January 12, 1916 – January 10, 1922 | |
| Preceded by | Aubrey G. Weaver |
| Succeeded by | Charles A. Ford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin February 14, 1890 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | June 21, 1947 (aged 57) Scaleby, Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia |
| Resting place | Old Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Education | University of Virginia |
| Profession | businessman, horseman, politician |
Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin (February 14, 1890 – March 11, 1944, nicknamed "Kingfish") was a military aviator in both World War I and World War II, as well as a three-term member of the Virginia House of Delegates and a distinguished breeeder of thoroughbred horses,.[1]
Early and family life
Born to Hattie Gilpin and her merchant husband Henry Gilpin in Baltimore, and educated at Gilman's School as well as St. James School before his higher education at the University of Virginia. He married Isabella McGhee Tyson, daughter of a West Point graduate who became a Tennesee manufacturer and also Brigadier General during World War I and later U.S. Senator. As did his wife's brother, he became a military aviator in that conflict, but unlike McGhee Tyson, survived (and would name his son after his friend). His grandaughter, Drew Gilpin Faust would become President of Harvard University.
Career
Upon moving to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, Gilpin bread horses, and was also active in veterans' organization, the Episcopal Church, Blue Ridge Hunt Club, Blue Ridge County Club, Commonwealth Club and Maryland Club.[2]
Clarke and Warren County voters elected him as their representative in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1915, and re-elected him until 1922.<ref>Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp.
Death and legacy
Gilpin died at his home, Scaleby, in 1947 and was buried in historic Old Chapel Cemetery in Millwood. His son McGhee Gilpin would continue the family's thoroughbred breeding enterprises while residing at Lakeville nearby.<ref>Stuart E. Brown, Jr., Annals of Clarke County, Virginia, Vol.1 (Old Homes, Familities, Etcetera of thte Southern Section (berryville, Virginia Book Company) 1983) p.60</ref?
References
- ^ Dodson, E. Griffith (1939). The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919–1939: Register. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ Dodson p. 255
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