William Fitzhugh Gordon, who had represented Virginia in the Congress during the 1830s, died at age seventy-one on his plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. A veteran if the War of 1812, he had risen to major-general in the Virginia militia. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
“Graham, William,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000361