Frank Hume
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Alexandria City and Alexandria
In office
December 6, 1899 – December 4, 1901
Preceded byLouis C. Barley
Succeeded byJames R. Caton
In office
December 4, 1889 – December 2, 1891
Preceded byLawrence W. Corbett
Succeeded byCharles Bendheim
Personal details
Born(1843-07-21)July 21, 1843
Culpeper, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 1906(1906-07-17) (aged 62)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Emma Phillips Norris
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(m. 1870)​
Children9
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/serviceConfederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Frank Hume (July 21, 1843 – July 17, 1906) was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.[1] The Hume School is named for him, and the Frank Hume Memorial Fountain, known as the "whispering wall", at the University of Virginia was built in his honor. In 2022, the memorial’s engraved stones were replaced with plain stone.

During the Civil War, Hume fought with the Volunteer Southrons in the Confederate Army and received a thigh wound at the Battle of Gettysburg. Following the war, he had a clerkship in the Barruch Hall store in Washington, after which he and Richard Poole formed the Poole & Hume business. Hume took full control after Poole became ill, and he continued in charge until he died.[2]

In 1870, Hume married Emma Phipps Norris. They had nine children.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Frank Hume dead; veteran merchant". The Washington Times. D.C., Washington. July 17, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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