Robert Enoch Withers

Robert Enoch Withers (HMU6T)

Location: Wytheville, VA 24382 Wythe County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 57.081', W 81° 4.197'

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Robert Enoch Withers was born in CampbellCounty on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduationfrom the medical department at the Universityof Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicinein Campbell County and Danville until 1861.During the Civil War Withers achieved therank of colonel in the Confederate army. Heserved as the lieutenant governor of Virginiafrom 1874 to 1875 and in the United StatesSenate from 1875 to 1881. Withers was theU. S. Consul at Hong Kong from 1885 to 1889and he died nearby at his home, Ingleside,on 21 Sept. 1907.
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HM NumberHMU6T
Marker NumberK-37
Year Placed2002
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 12:22am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 493772 N 4089477
Decimal Degrees36.95135000, -81.06995000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 57.081', W 81° 4.197'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 57' 4.86" N, 81° 4' 11.82" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 927-949 Withers Rd, Wytheville VA 24382, US
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