Green Berry Samuels was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Shenandoah County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 35,075 people, 14,296 households, and 10,064 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 16,709 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

. He pursued classical studies then he studied law under Judge Henry St. George Tucker. He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced the practice of law while he resided at Woodstock, Virginia

Woodstock, Virginia

Woodstock is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 5,097 according to the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Shenandoah County....

. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841). He was cousins with Isaac Samuels Pennybacker, a congressman and later senator from Virginia. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1850 and 1851. He was elected judge of the circuit court in 1850 and of the Court of Appeals

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 in 1852, He died in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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and was buried in the Old Lutheran Graveyard in Woodstock.

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